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Saralyn Mark, M.D.

Dr. Mark, an endocrinologist, geriatrician and women's health specialist, was the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for ten years. She continues to serve as a physician consultant to NASA / Dynamac Corporation.

Dr. Mark completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Following private practice in San Francisco, Dr. Mark returned to UCSF where she designed and completed one of the country's first Women's Health fellowships. She also conducted clinical research studies in the areas of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and lipids. Dr. Mark chaired or served on over 50 national and international advisory and editorial boards, commissions and task forces. Dr. Mark has published and given over 400 lectures worldwide on critical issues in women's health, sex and gender based medicine and emerging technologies. She has received numerous awards for public service and innovation in healthcare.

Degrees:

  • M.D., New York University School of Medicine
  • B.A., with honors, Barnard College of Columbia University

Associations:
  • President, SolaMed Solutions, LLC
  • Senior Scientific Policy Advisor, The Cook Group Incorporated
  • Physician Consultant, NASA Medical Policy Board
  • Associate Clinical Professor adjunct, Yale and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine, Departments of Medicine & OB/GYN
  • Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
  • Member, W.O.M.E. N., Inc. Board of Directors
  • Member, Hadassah Health Advisory Council
  • Advisor / Former Chair, National Task Force on Reentry into Clinical Practice
  • Former Member, Surgeon General Physician Advisory Committee
  • Former Member, United Nations' Global Commission on Women's Health
  • Former Member, Pan American Health Organization Special Subcommittee on Women's Health
  • Former Member, President's Interagency Council on Women
  • Former Member, National Institutes of Health Federal Work Group on Bone Diseases
  • Former Member, National Committee for Quality Assurance Advisory Panel for Women's Health
  • Former Chair, Subcommittee on Exogenous Hormones for the Federal Interagency Work Group on Women's Health and the Environment
  • Former Chair, National Task Force on Mentoring in Academic Medicine

Appearances:
  • CNN
  • NBC Nightly News
  • Washington Post
  • Over 100 television, radio and print appearances

Publications:
  • Contributing editor to ME Magazine
  • Currently at work on a book demystifying fear driven medical myths
  • Leading scientific and medical journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association and Academic Medicine

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