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Semin Reprod Med 2025; 43(03): 163-164
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1814078
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Endometriosis

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  • Kathleen M. Hoeger

    1   Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

  • Terhi T. Piltonen

    2   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Research Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Kathleen M. Hoeger, MD, MPH
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Terhi T. Piltonen, MD, PhD

This issue of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine is dedicated to an in-depth look at Endometriosis and its broad implications in Reproductive Medicine. Our guest editors for this issue are truly devoted scientists and clinicians studying Endometriosis and its impact in women's health. They have assembled a broad range of authors and topics covering both the basic and clinical aspects of the condition.

Dr. Michael S. Rogers earned his PhD in Biology from The Mayo Graduate School and his post-doctoral training at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He completed a 2 year Visiting Professorship at the University of Bergen in Norway studying biomarkers while continuing his work in Boston. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard. He is the Associate Scientific Director of Basic Science Research at the Boston Center for Endometriosis. He is on the advisory committee for the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center project looking at non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis by molecular imaging. He is the principal Investigator on several NIH grants looking at novel targets for the treatment of endometriosis associated pain.

Dr. Megan Burns is Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rochester Medical Center and certified in Minimally Invasive Surgery. She has a clinical practice dedicated to the care of women with endometriosis and is the clinical expert for the Rochester Endometriosis Collective delivering education and information for the community of women with Endometriosis. She has worked extensively in the surgical techniques of endometriosis and provides expertise and mentorship to fellows in minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Together Drs. Rogers and Burns have assembled a collection of articles from experts in the study and treatment of endometriosis and share this collection in this important issue.



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Article published online:
20 January 2026

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