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'''Marianne J. Legato''' (born 1935) is an American [[physician]], [[author]], [[lecturer]], and renowned expert in [[gender-specific medicine]], which focuses on understanding how [[biological sex]] and [[gender]] influence human health and the experience of diseases.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Oertelt-Prigione |first=Sabine |date=March 4, 2020 |title=Putting gender into sex- and gender-sensitive medicine |journal=eClinicalMedicine |publisher=[[Elsevier Ltd]] |volume=20 |doi=10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100305|doi-access=free |pmc=7152822 }}</ref>
'''Marianne J. Legato''', MD, FACP, is an internationally known{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} academic physician, author, and lecturer and globally recognized expert in [[gender-specific medicine]], the science of how normal human function and the experience of the same disease vary as a function of gender/biological sex. Legato is an expert on the sex-specific aspects of men's and women's [[health]] and is the founder and director of the [[Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine]] at [[Columbia University]]. In 2008, she established the [[non-profit]] Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine. She has devoted much of her research to the subject of women and [[heart disease]] and in 1992 won the [[American Heart Association]]'s Blakeslee Award for writing the best book on cardiovascular disease written for the lay public.


Legato is the founder and director of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at [[Columbia University]], where she specializes in the sex-specific aspects of men's and women's [[health]]. In 2006, she established the non-profit Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2018 |title=SAGE Publishing and The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine publish Gender and the Genome |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/press/sage-publishing-and-the-foundation-for-gender-specific-medicine-publish-gender-and-the-0 |access-date=Dec 25, 2023 |website=Sage}}</ref> Her research has primarily centered on women and [[heart disease]], and she received the [[American Heart Association]]'s Blakeslee Award in 1992 for her book on cardiovascular disease written for the general public.
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Legato is the founder and editor of ''[[The Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine]]'' and of ''Gender-Medicine'' and a leading advocate for the inclusion of women in [[clinical trial]]s. She is annually cited in [[New York Magazine]]'s top doctors issues. She is also the author of bestselling ''Why Men Die First: How to Lengthen Your Lifespan'', ''Eve's Rib:The New Science of Gender-Specific Medicine and How It Can Save Your Life'', ''The Female Heart'', and ''Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget,'' which was translated into eleven languages. She edited the medical textbook, ''Principles of Gender Specific Medicine'', the first compilation for professional audiences of the sex-specific aspects of normal human function and disease.


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Legato is the founder and editor of ''The Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine'' and ''Gender Medicine''. She is a strong advocate for including women in [[Clinical trial|clinical trials]] and is frequently cited in [[New York Magazine]]'s annual "Top Doctors" issue. She has authored several books, including ''Why Men Die First: How to Lengthen Your Lifespan;'' ''Eve's Rib: The New Science of Gender-Specific Medicine and How It Can Save Your Life;'' ''The Female Heart;'' and ''Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget'', which have been translated into multiple languages. Additionally, she edited the medical textbook ''Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine'', which addresses the sex-specific aspects of normal human function and disease. The third edition of the textbook received a PROSE Award from the [[Association of American Publishers]] in 2018. Her latest textbook, ''The Plasticity of Sex'', also received a PROSE Award in 2021.
Legato has been an invited speaker at lectures and conferences throughout the United States and around the world. She has been featured on the national ABC program [[20/20]] in a segment dealing with gender prejudice in women's health care and has made multiple appearances on local and national television and radio programs, including [[NBC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'', ''[[Good Day New York]]'', the [[Joan Hamburg Show]], ''[[The Today Show]]'', ''[[Lifetime TV]]'', ''[[Iyanla Show]]'', ''[[The Larry King Show]]'' and [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]].


Marianne Legato has been an invited speaker at hundreds of lectures and conferences throughout the world for over a decade. Most recently, she was the president of the First International Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in [[Berlin]], Germany (February 2006) and is the honorary president of the next two International Congresses on Gender-Specific Medicine in [[Vienna]] (2007) and [[Stockholm]] (2008).{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
Legato has been invited as a speaker at numerous lectures and conferences worldwide. She has appeared on various television and radio programs, including ABC's ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV program)|20/20]]'', [[NBC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'', and ''[[The Today Show]]'', as well as ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', discussing gender bias in women's healthcare and other related topics. She served as the president of the First International Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in [[Berlin]] in 2006 and is the honorary president of subsequent International Congresses on Gender-Specific Medicine held in [[Vienna]] (2007) and [[Stockholm]] (2008).{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


==Childhood and early career==
==Childhood and early career==
Marianne J. Legato was born in 1935, in New York. She grew up accompanying her father, a [[general practitioner]], on house calls and hospital rounds, and knew by the age of three that she wanted to follow him into a career in medicine. Although he had high expectations for his daughter, her father was anxious to protect her and opposed her decision to go to medical school. She enrolled at his alma mater, [[New York University College of Medicine]], but could not persuade him to allow her to have her independence and a career in medicine.
Marianne J. Legato was born in 1935 in New York. During her childhood, she accompanied her father, a general practitioner, on his visits to patients' homes and hospitals. From a very young age, she aspired to pursue a career in medicine. Despite her father's initial concerns for her well-being, she decided to attend medical school. She enrolled at New York University College of Medicine, her father's alma mater, without familial support. Legato attributes her success during medical school and beyond to the mentorship she received from José Ferrer and M. Irené Ferrer, siblings of Mel Ferrer, whom she met at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. M. Irené Ferrer went so far as to personally speak with the dean of New York University College of Medicine to facilitate Legato's education there, even covering her tuition expenses. Legato has two children, Christiana and Justin, who grew up as part of the extended Ferrer family and affectionately referred to her as "gran".{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

Legato began her career without the support of her family. She credits her success in medical school and after graduation to the mentorship of José Ferrer and M. Irené Ferrer (siblings of [[Mel Ferrer]]), whom she met at the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]]. M. Irené Ferrer even visited the dean of New York University College of Medicine to arrange for Legato to complete her education there, personally paying her tuition fees. Legato has two children, Christiana and Justin, who have grown up as part of Ferrer's extended family and knew her as "gran".{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
After graduating from medical school in 1962, Legato completed an [[internship]] and junior residency at [[Bellevue Hospital]] and a senior residency at the [[Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)|Presbyterian Hospital]] of the City of New York. From 1965 to 1968 she was a [[visiting fellow]] in [[cardiology]] at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in 1968 she was appointed instructor in medicine, beginning an academic career at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where she currently holds the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine. She is a Fellow of the [[American College of Physicians]] and a Diplomate of the [[American Board of Internal Medicine]].
Upon completing her medical degree in 1962, Legato pursued an internship and junior residency at [[Bellevue Hospital]], followed by a senior residency at the [[Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)|Presbyterian Hospital]] of the City of New York. From 1965 to 1968, she served as a [[visiting fellow]] in [[cardiology]] at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1968, Legato assumed the role of instructor in medicine, marking the beginning of her academic career at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Presently, she holds the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine at the institution. Legato is recognized as a Fellow of the [[American College of Physicians]] and a Diplomate of the [[American Board of Internal Medicine]].


Since 1969, Legato has been an attending physician at [[St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center]], and since 1973 at the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York. She is currently senior attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt and has been a senior attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital since 1998. She has held several teaching appointments and committee memberships at both institutions, and in 1997 founded the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Since 1969, Legato has served as an attending physician at [[St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center]], and since 1973, she has also been an attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York. Currently, she holds the position of senior attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and has been a senior attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital since 1998. Legato has held various teaching appointments and committee memberships at both institutions. In 1997, she founded the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.


As director of the Partnership, Legato promoted collaboration between academic medicine and the private sector to generate research on the differences between men and women. Her mission is to ensure the inclusion of women in clinical trials of relevance to the health of both sexes, to promote the study of differences in the [[biology]] of men and women and how gender affects the [[diagnosis]] and treatment of [[disease]], for the benefit of all patients. The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine is raising funds for the M. Irené Ferrer Professorship in Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
As the director of the Partnership, Legato has fostered collaboration between academic medicine and the private sector to conduct research on gender differences. Her objective is to ensure the inclusion of women in clinical trials relevant to the health of both genders and to promote the study of [[Biology|biological]] distinctions between men and women, as well as how gender influences disease diagnosis and treatment, ultimately benefiting all patients. The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine is actively raising funds for the establishment of the M. Irené Ferrer Professorship in Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


=== [https://gendermed.org/ The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine] ===
===The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine===
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In the early 1990s, the active involvement of women in [[Clinical trial|clinical trials]] marked the initiation of [[gender-specific medicine]].
The second half of the 20th Century saw the dramatic change of women’s roles in society as well as medicine. The American medical community and policy-makers realized that “protecting” women from the potential dangers of medical research was doing them a disservice. By the early 1990s, women began participating in direct clinical trials. While the scientific community initially resisted the change, the result was an unexpectedly rich discovery of remarkable differences in the physiology of women and men in normal health as well as in their response to the same diseases. These discoveries opened the gateway to a new science: gender-specific medicine.


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The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine is dedicated to utilizing the study of gender to advance the development of new sciences and enhance healthcare for all patients. The foundation focuses on investigating the impact of biological sex and gender on normal human functioning and the experience of disease.


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To use the study of gender to foster the development of new sciences and improve health care for all patients: The Foundation for Gender Specific-Medicine supports the investigation of the ways in which biological sex and gender affect normal human function and the experience of disease.
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* Support original scientific research in gender-specific medicine. Annually, the foundation awards fellowships to young faculty members who are in the early stages of their investigative careers, aiming to cultivate their interest in gender-specific medicine.
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* Develop evidence-based protocols for physician guidance. The foundation is actively working on compiling a substantial body of evidence-based criteria to inform optimal gender-specific treatment across various medical specialties. They have completed recommendations for gender-specific care of diabetics, and efforts are underway to address cardiovascular disease.
* Educate the general public and the scientific and medical community. Recognizing that science is interconnected with society, the foundation places significant emphasis on education. It views education as an integral component of its mission, facilitating open communication between patients and the medical community. Rather than solely providing information, the foundation encourages an interactive dialogue.


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==Recognition==
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Legato has received various professional accolades for her contributions, including the Martha Lyon Slater Fellowship from 1965 to 1968 and the J. Murray Steele Award in 1971, both granted by the [[New York Heart Association]]. Her research on the structure and function of the myocardial cell was supported by a Research Career Development Award from the [[National Institutes of Health]] and research grants from the [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]]. She has served on study sections to evaluate NIH grant applications at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. From 1995 to 1998, she served as a charter member of the advisory board to the newly established Office of Research in Women's Health at the NIH. During that time, she co-chaired the Task Force responsible for setting the research agenda on women's health for the 21st century.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


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In 1992, Legato received the American Heart Association's Blakeslee Award for her book titled ''The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease'', published by [[Simon & Schuster]]. Her film, ''Shattering the Myths: Women and Heart Disease'', earned her a first prize, known as a "Freddy", in the Women's Health category at the 1995 International Health and Medical Film Festival.
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1. Support original scientific research in gender-specific medicine: Each year, the Foundation provides fellowships to untenured, young faculty members with the goal of fostering their interest in gender-specific medicine at the beginning of their investigative careers.


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She was recognized as an "American Health Hero" by American Health for Women in 1997 and was honored with the Women's Medical Society of New York's annual Woman in Science Award in the same year. ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'' named her a "Heroine of Women's Health" in the fall of 2000. Legato has been consistently recognized as one of New York's top doctors by ''[[New York Magazine]]'', most recently in 2009.
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2. Create an evidence-based set of protocols to guide physicians: The Foundation is working to assemble a critical mass of evidence-based criteria for optimal gender-specific treatment within each specialty of medicine. We have finished recommendations for gender-specific care of diabetics and are currently working on cardiovascular disease.


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In 2002, she received the Woman in Science Award from the [[American Medical Women's Association]]. She was featured in the June 1994 issue of ''Mirabella'' magazine's "1,000 Women for the 1990s" and was included in the New York Times list of accomplished healthcare professionals in the field of women's health in June 1997.
3. Educate of the lay public and the scientific/medical community: The Foundation understands that science does not operate outside of the rest of society, and we consider education a central part of our mission. The interests of the lay public drive medical research and practice. Rather than simply serving as an informational vehicle, the Foundation creates an open dialogue between patients and the medical community.


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In 2004, Legato was one of the 300 American physicians featured in the [[National Library of Medicine]]'s documentary ''Changing the Face of Medicine''. She received the National Council on Women's Health Award for distinguished service in gender-specific medicine in 2005. The Ladies' Home Journal established the annual Marianne J. Legato Award in Gender-Specific Medicine in her honor in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/ladiesi3-4-home-journal-establishes-inaugural-dr-marianne-j-legato-gender-specific-medicine|title=Ladiesï¾' Home Journal Establishes The Inaugural Dr. Marianne J. Legato Gender-Specific Medicine Award|date=2006-08-02|website=Columbia University Irving Medical Center|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>
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==Recognition==
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Legato has won extensive professional recognition for her work, including the Martha Lyon Slater Fellowship from 1965 to 1968 and in 1971, the J. Murray Steele Award, both from the [[New York Heart Association]]. Her research career, which defined the structure and function of the myocardial cell, was supported by a Research Career Development Award from the [[National Institutes of Health]] and by research grants from the [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]] of the National Institutes of Health. She has served on study sections to review applications for NIH grants at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. She was a charter member of the advisory board (1995–1998) to the newly created Office of Research in Women's Health of the NIH. There she was co-chair of the Task Force convened to set the research agenda on women's health for the 21st century.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


In recognition of her work on the differences between men and women, Legato was granted an honorary PhD from the [[University of Panama]] in 2015.
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In 1992, Legato won the American Heart Association's Blakeslee Award for the best book written for the lay public on [[cardiovascular disease]] with her publication of ''The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease'', published by [[Simon & Schuster]]. Her film, ''Shattering the Myths: Women and Heart Disease'' won a “Freddy”, a first prize in the category of Women's Health at The 1995 International Health and Medical Film Festival.


In 2018, she was honored with a [[PROSE Awards|PROSE Award]] from the [[Association of American Publishers]] for the best book on clinical medicine for ''Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era (Third Edition)''. Her book, ''The Plasticity of Sex: The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Behavior'', won a PROSE Award in the Biomedicine category in 2021.
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She was named an "American Health Hero" by American Health for Women in 1997 and received the Women's Medical Society of New York's annual Woman in Science Award in 1997. In the Fall of 2000, ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'' honored Legato as a “Heroine of Women’s Health”. She has been consecutively cited as one of New York’s best doctors by ''[[New York Magazine]]'', for the past 12 years, most recently in 2009.


==References==
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In 2002 she received the Woman in Science Award from the [[American Medical Women's Association]]. She has been listed in the June 1994 issue of Mirabella magazine's "1,000 Women for the 1990s", and inclusion in the New York Times list of twelve health care professionals accomplished in the area of women's health in June 1997.
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She was one of 300 American physicians included in the [[National Library of Medicine]]'s documentary, '''Changing the Face of Medicine''' in 2004. In 2005, she received the National Council on Women’s Health Award for distinguished service in gender-specific medicine. In 2006, the Ladies' Home Journal established an annual Marianne J. Legato Award in Gender-Specific Medicine in her honor.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

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Marianne J. Legato, MD, FACP
Born1935 (age 88–89)
New York, U.S.
OccupationPhysician, author, lecturer,
Notable awardsMartha Lyon Slater Fellowship (1965-1968)
J. Murray Steele Award (1971)
Woman in Science Award|American Medical Women's Association (2002) Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health (1972-1977)
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Marianne J. Legato (born 1935) is an American physician, author, lecturer, and renowned expert in gender-specific medicine, which focuses on understanding how biological sex and gender influence human health and the experience of diseases.[1]

Legato is the founder and director of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University, where she specializes in the sex-specific aspects of men's and women's health. In 2006, she established the non-profit Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine.[2] Her research has primarily centered on women and heart disease, and she received the American Heart Association's Blakeslee Award in 1992 for her book on cardiovascular disease written for the general public.

Legato is the founder and editor of The Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine and Gender Medicine. She is a strong advocate for including women in clinical trials and is frequently cited in New York Magazine's annual "Top Doctors" issue. She has authored several books, including Why Men Die First: How to Lengthen Your Lifespan; Eve's Rib: The New Science of Gender-Specific Medicine and How It Can Save Your Life; The Female Heart; and Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget, which have been translated into multiple languages. Additionally, she edited the medical textbook Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, which addresses the sex-specific aspects of normal human function and disease. The third edition of the textbook received a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers in 2018. Her latest textbook, The Plasticity of Sex, also received a PROSE Award in 2021.

Legato has been invited as a speaker at numerous lectures and conferences worldwide. She has appeared on various television and radio programs, including ABC's 20/20, NBC's Good Morning America, and The Today Show, as well as The Oprah Winfrey Show, discussing gender bias in women's healthcare and other related topics. She served as the president of the First International Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in Berlin in 2006 and is the honorary president of subsequent International Congresses on Gender-Specific Medicine held in Vienna (2007) and Stockholm (2008).[citation needed]

Childhood and early career

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Marianne J. Legato was born in 1935 in New York. During her childhood, she accompanied her father, a general practitioner, on his visits to patients' homes and hospitals. From a very young age, she aspired to pursue a career in medicine. Despite her father's initial concerns for her well-being, she decided to attend medical school. She enrolled at New York University College of Medicine, her father's alma mater, without familial support. Legato attributes her success during medical school and beyond to the mentorship she received from José Ferrer and M. Irené Ferrer, siblings of Mel Ferrer, whom she met at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. M. Irené Ferrer went so far as to personally speak with the dean of New York University College of Medicine to facilitate Legato's education there, even covering her tuition expenses. Legato has two children, Christiana and Justin, who grew up as part of the extended Ferrer family and affectionately referred to her as "gran".[citation needed]

Professional career

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Upon completing her medical degree in 1962, Legato pursued an internship and junior residency at Bellevue Hospital, followed by a senior residency at the Presbyterian Hospital of the City of New York. From 1965 to 1968, she served as a visiting fellow in cardiology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1968, Legato assumed the role of instructor in medicine, marking the beginning of her academic career at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Presently, she holds the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine at the institution. Legato is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Since 1969, Legato has served as an attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, and since 1973, she has also been an attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York. Currently, she holds the position of senior attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and has been a senior attending physician at the Presbyterian Hospital since 1998. Legato has held various teaching appointments and committee memberships at both institutions. In 1997, she founded the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

As the director of the Partnership, Legato has fostered collaboration between academic medicine and the private sector to conduct research on gender differences. Her objective is to ensure the inclusion of women in clinical trials relevant to the health of both genders and to promote the study of biological distinctions between men and women, as well as how gender influences disease diagnosis and treatment, ultimately benefiting all patients. The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine is actively raising funds for the establishment of the M. Irené Ferrer Professorship in Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University.[citation needed]

The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine

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In the early 1990s, the active involvement of women in clinical trials marked the initiation of gender-specific medicine.

Mission

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The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine is dedicated to utilizing the study of gender to advance the development of new sciences and enhance healthcare for all patients. The foundation focuses on investigating the impact of biological sex and gender on normal human functioning and the experience of disease.

Purpose

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  • Support original scientific research in gender-specific medicine. Annually, the foundation awards fellowships to young faculty members who are in the early stages of their investigative careers, aiming to cultivate their interest in gender-specific medicine.
  • Develop evidence-based protocols for physician guidance. The foundation is actively working on compiling a substantial body of evidence-based criteria to inform optimal gender-specific treatment across various medical specialties. They have completed recommendations for gender-specific care of diabetics, and efforts are underway to address cardiovascular disease.
  • Educate the general public and the scientific and medical community. Recognizing that science is interconnected with society, the foundation places significant emphasis on education. It views education as an integral component of its mission, facilitating open communication between patients and the medical community. Rather than solely providing information, the foundation encourages an interactive dialogue.

Recognition

[edit]

Legato has received various professional accolades for her contributions, including the Martha Lyon Slater Fellowship from 1965 to 1968 and the J. Murray Steele Award in 1971, both granted by the New York Heart Association. Her research on the structure and function of the myocardial cell was supported by a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health and research grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She has served on study sections to evaluate NIH grant applications at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. From 1995 to 1998, she served as a charter member of the advisory board to the newly established Office of Research in Women's Health at the NIH. During that time, she co-chaired the Task Force responsible for setting the research agenda on women's health for the 21st century.[citation needed]

In 1992, Legato received the American Heart Association's Blakeslee Award for her book titled The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease, published by Simon & Schuster. Her film, Shattering the Myths: Women and Heart Disease, earned her a first prize, known as a "Freddy", in the Women's Health category at the 1995 International Health and Medical Film Festival.

She was recognized as an "American Health Hero" by American Health for Women in 1997 and was honored with the Women's Medical Society of New York's annual Woman in Science Award in the same year. Ladies Home Journal named her a "Heroine of Women's Health" in the fall of 2000. Legato has been consistently recognized as one of New York's top doctors by New York Magazine, most recently in 2009.

In 2002, she received the Woman in Science Award from the American Medical Women's Association. She was featured in the June 1994 issue of Mirabella magazine's "1,000 Women for the 1990s" and was included in the New York Times list of accomplished healthcare professionals in the field of women's health in June 1997.

In 2004, Legato was one of the 300 American physicians featured in the National Library of Medicine's documentary Changing the Face of Medicine. She received the National Council on Women's Health Award for distinguished service in gender-specific medicine in 2005. The Ladies' Home Journal established the annual Marianne J. Legato Award in Gender-Specific Medicine in her honor in 2006.[3]

In recognition of her work on the differences between men and women, Legato was granted an honorary PhD from the University of Panama in 2015.

In 2018, she was honored with a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers for the best book on clinical medicine for Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era (Third Edition). Her book, The Plasticity of Sex: The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Behavior, won a PROSE Award in the Biomedicine category in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Oertelt-Prigione, Sabine (March 4, 2020). "Putting gender into sex- and gender-sensitive medicine". eClinicalMedicine. 20. Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100305. PMC 7152822.
  2. ^ "SAGE Publishing and The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine publish Gender and the Genome". Sage. July 20, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ladiesï¾' Home Journal Establishes The Inaugural Dr. Marianne J. Legato Gender-Specific Medicine Award". Columbia University Irving Medical Center. August 2, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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