Patricia Yarberry Allen MD

University of Louisville School of Medicine: Medical Degree; Internship in General Surgery New York Hospital/Cornell Medical College; Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical College; Fellowship in Infectious Disease and Gynecology at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical College; Clinical Assistant.Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology @ Weill Cornell Med College; Assistant Attending Obstetrician-Gynecologist New York Presbyterian Hospital;Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Dr Allen did a one year sex therapy program at the Center for Sexual and Marital Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School;Solo Private Practice Gynecology and Primary Care for women; Member of the Faculty Advisory Board & the Women's Health Director of the Weill Cornell Community Clinic. a medical student led initiative that provides high quality & equitable health care to uninsured women; Dr. Allen instructs the medical students in the art of patient relationships and oversees all gynecologic care provided in this clinic. She also serves as a mentor to students who are interested in a career in women's health. Director of New York Menopause Center; President and Founding Member of Women's Voices for Change; Publisher of www.womensvoicesforchange.org which has a distinctive mix of news, opinion, and refection from an over- 40 woman's perspective. Women's Voices for Change believes that this phase of life is about self discovery, empowerment, and opportunity. The goal of this site is to create an accurate, vital portrait of who women over 40 really are and what they contribute to the world. Dr. Allen has written and spoken extensively about women in the second half of their lives. She inspires women to use the menopausal transition as a time for self-evaluation, reinvention or evolution. She provides women with accurate information on all aspects of health and encourages each woman to start in her forties to create the woman she wants to be for the rest of her life.Dr. Allen attended the Lindsey Wilson College in her home town of Columbia, Kentucky and then completed her undergraduate work at the University of Louisville. She received an honorary Doctorate from Lindsey Wilson College in 2004. Dr. Allen maintains close ties to her home state and is a member of the board of the University of Louisville-Kentucky Author Forum. She is active in social issues that impact the health of women in Kentucky and is involved with Planned Parenthood of Kentucky. Dr. Allen is a member of the American Medical Association, New York County Medical Society,New York State Medical Society, The Weill Cornell Alumnae Association, The North American Menopause Society. She is a member of the Cosmopolitan Club and the New York Junior League.

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Young women must understand that the battles fought by those of us forty years ago for equal opportunity and for reproductive rights are battles that are still raging. Every generation of women must be vigilant, politically active and make its voice heard.

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