An insightful and informative webinar exploring the complex intersection of sexual dysfunction with Dysautonomia and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD). This session aims to shed light on how these often-overlapping conditions can impact sexual health and intimacy.
Svetlana Blitshteyn, MD, FAAN is the Director and Founder of Dysautonomia Clinic and a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine. Dr. Blitshteyn completed her neurology training at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine. She is the Clinical Lead for the Autonomic Section of the Multi-Disciplinary PASC/Long Covid Collaborative and serves on the medical advisory board for Dysautonomia International, Dysautonomia Information Network, Standing Up to POTS and the Ehlers-Danlos Society. Her research focuses on POTS, Long Covid, autoimmunity, pregnancy and sexual dysfunction. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and received Dysautonomia International 2022 Physician of the Year Award, the Patient’s Choice Award from Dysautonomia Support Network in 2019, a Research Award from the Florida Society of Neurology and others.
Dr. Rachel S. Rubin is a board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. She is one of only a handful of physicians with fellowship training in sexual medicine for all genders. Dr. Rubin is a clinician, researcher, and passionate educator. In addition to being the former education chair and current Director-at-Large for the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), she serves as associate editor for the journal Sexual Medicine Reviews. Dr. Rubin completed her medical education at Tufts University, her urology training at Georgetown University, and her sexual medicine fellowship training with Dr. Irwin Goldstein in San Diego.