It's All In Her Head ft. Dr. Elizabeth Comen
About this episode
Dr. Sharon and Dr. Elizabeth Comen discuss the historical and ongoing misunderstandings of women's health in medicine.
Medical oncologist and author Dr. Elizabeth Comen joins to unpack the long history of how women’s bodies have been misunderstood and minimized in medicine. From the early days of male doctors who believed women were "small men" to the racial bias that shapes how Black women’s pain is treated. Dr. Sharon and Dr. Comen explore how these ideas still influence care today. Plus, both Dr. Sharon and Dr. Comen discuss the dynamics between oncologiists and their relationship to Hormone Replacement Therapy. Have questions? Submit them here . Dr. Elizabeth Comen, M.D., has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. An award-winning, internationally sought-after clinician and physician-scientist, Dr. Comen is a Medical Oncologist specializing in breast cancer and an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Co-Director of the Mignone Women’s Health Collaborative at NYU Langone Health. She earned her BA in the History of Science from Harvard College and her MD from Harvard Medical School, then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and her fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her research has been published in…
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