Dr. Legato is an internationally known academic physician, author, lecturer,
and specialist in women's health. She is the founder and director of
the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University.
The first collaboration between academic medicine and the private sector
focused solely on gender-specific medicine the science of how normal
human biology differs between men and women and of how the diagnosis
and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. Dr. Legato
has spent her research career doing cardiovascular research on the structure
and function of the cardiac cell, which is supported by the American
Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Legato
writes for the scientific and lay communities.
Degrees:
A.B. Manhattanville College
M.D., New York University College of Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Associations:
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Founder and Director, Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University
Charter Member, Advisory Board Office of Women's Research, NIH
Co-Chair & Co-Author, Research on Women's Health for the 21st Century Task Force
Awards:
New York's Best Doctors List, New York Magazine 1996-2003
Outstanding Woman in Science, American Women's Health Association, 2002
Woman in Science, American Health Women's Association, of New York City, 2002
Heroine of Women's Health, Ladies Home Journal, 2000
American Health Hero, American Health for Women, 1997
Woman of the Nineties, Mirabella Magazine, 1994
Research Career Development Award, National Institute of Health, 1972-1977
J. Murray Steele Award, American Heart Association New York Affiliate, 1971
Martha Lyon Slater Fellowship, American Heart Association New York Affiliate. 1965-1968
Four Year Senior Investigator, American Heart Association New York Affiliate, 1968-1972
Appearances:
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Today Show
Good Morning America
Lifetime TV
Good Day New York
The Joan Hamburg Show
Publications:
Author, Eve's Rib
Author, The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease
Author, What Women Need to Know: From Headaches to Heart Disease
Founder/Editor, The Journal of Gender Specific Medicine
Founder/Editor, Gender and Health
Editorial Board, Prevention Magazine and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Health Advisor, Ladies Home Journal
Editor, Principals of Gender Specific Medicine (In Press), Publication in Spring 2004
