Pulling Back the Curtain on Menopause: A Special Screening of The M Factor Menopause Documentary

Panelists

Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, MD, MSCE, MSCP

Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, MD, MSCE, MSCP completed medical school, earned her Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology, and completed OBGYN residency at the University of Pennsylvania.  She moved to Seattle in 2005 to take a position as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington. In 2013 she moved to Swedish Medical Center, First Hill campus and started to build her menopause focused practice. In 2019 she transitioned to gynecology and menopause care full time, founding the Women’s Wellness and Gyn Specialties Clinic at Swedish Medical Center, where she was Medical Director of Menopause services from 2019 to 2023. She joined Gennev.com in 2017 as Director of Health to help build it into the premier online clinic for women in midlife and menopause, and in 2019 became their Chief Medical Officer, transitioning to full time in 2023. She is also a Medical Director at Seattle Clinical Research Center where she serves at primary investigator on many studies. She served a term as an editor for Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2016-2020. She is a Menopause Society certified menopause practitioner and a fellow of ACOG. Her focus in practice and research is on holistic, evidence-based care for women in midlife and menopause.

Maria Uloko

Maria Uloko, MD (she/her)
Urology, Comprehensive Sexual Medicine, Prosthesis and Reconstruction
CEO MUMD Sexual Medicine LLC
CEO/Founder VULVAi

Dr. Maria Uloko is a board-certified urologist specializing in comprehensive sexual health, reconstruction, and prosthetics. She is one of only seven urologists worldwide skilled in managing sexual dysfunction across all genders, offering expertise in treating vulvar sexual dysfunction, sexual pain, low libido, erectile dysfunction, symptomatic menopause, atrophic vaginitis, urologic prosthetic surgery, Peyronie’s disease, and hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Uloko champions improving her patients’ quality of life through a compassionate, inclusive, and shame-free approach to sexual health, empowering them to take control of their well-being.

Formerly a clinical professor at UCSD, Dr. Uloko transitioned to found MUMD Sexual Medicine Consulting and VULVAi, an AI-driven tool that supports patients and clinicians diagnose vulvovaginal issues, including pain, recurrent UTIs, interstitial cystitis, and infections. As an international award-winning researcher, she gained recognition for her seminal work on clitoral anatomy and as the founder of the first urologist-led vulvar sexual health clinic in the U.S. Her research focuses on debunking sexual health misinformation and advocating for medical education reform, particularly in vulvar anatomy and physiology.

Dr. Uloko’s academic background includes a comprehensive sexual health fellowship at San Diego Sexual Medicine and Scripps, residencies in urology and general surgery at the University of Minnesota, and a medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Urology and co-associate editor for the Video Journal of Urology, evidencing her leadership.

Image courtesy of the office of Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Biography courtesy of Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester

Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester represents Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves as an Assistant Whip for House Leadership. Lisa sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The committee has broad jurisdiction over health care, the environment, commerce and trade, energy policy, telecommunications, manufacturing, and consumer protection.

As the Energy and Commerce Committee’s only former statewide health official, Lisa understands health care from a number of different perspectives – as an implementer at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, negotiator while serving as State Personnel Director, and advocate as CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League. Lisa is focused on reducing the cost of health care and prescription drugs for middle-class families, addressing the disparity in outcomes for communities of color, and tackling our nation’s opioid and addiction epidemic. She serves as a Member of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, comprised of more than 100 members united with the common goal of tackling opioid addiction.

Lisa is a leading voice in Congress on economic and future of work-related issues. As former Secretary of Labor and State Personnel Director, Lisa leverages her professional experience to advocate for legislation that boosts start-up business growth, and removes barriers for citizens re-entering society. She is a Co-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Future of Work Task Force. She is also the founder of the Congressional Future of Work Caucus.

In the 115th Congress, Lisa was a member of the House Committee on Agriculture – the first Delawarean to serve on the committee in over 120 years. In this role, she helped craft the 2018 Farm Bill, which is a five-year re-authorization that extends U.S. Department of Agriculture programs related to the farm safety net; nutrition programs that feed children, seniors, people with disabilities, and families who rely on the social support programs; land-grant and 1890 universities; and agriculture research.

As a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a strong proponent of reforming our criminal justice system, Lisa introduced first-in-the-nation legislation, the Clean Slate Act, sealing the federal records of former nonviolent offenders that remain crime-free and have earned a second chance. This bill would provide new opportunities for Americans to earn a good-paying job, pursue education and training, and rent or own a home. According to estimates by the Center for American Progress, the passage of the Clean Slate Act could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $87 billion per year.

Traveling up and down the state, Lisa is an advocate for the needs of every community, which informs her work in Washington. Having met with homeowners in the South Shore Marina development in North Bethany Beach, she learned of an error in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s coastal mapping unit for the town – preventing homeowners from taking advantage of the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA aid in the event of a disaster. Turning their concerns into action, Lisa reached across the aisle to work with Democrats and Republicans across the country with similarly affected mapping units and introduced the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act. She worked with allies in Delaware and Washington to help usher this critical piece of legislation into law – aiding homeowners and setting aside hundreds of acres for environmental protection.

With deep roots in the First State, Lisa grew up in Wilmington, graduated from Padua Academy, and worked her first job at the McDonald’s on Market Street. She graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a degree in International Relations and put herself through graduate school as a working mom – earning a master’s degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware.

Lisa began her distinguished career in public service as an intern and later Caseworker in a congressional office where she helped Delawareans with their Social Security benefits, disability insurance claims, IRS disputes, and housing needs. Lisa would go on to serve in the cabinets of two Delaware governors and as CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League – an action-oriented, public policy research think-tank.

Lisa also served as the Senior Executive Leadership and Systems Manager for the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she advocated for people with disabilities in their struggle for equal opportunity and civil rights. During this time, Lisa helped expand the Institute’s global footprint and advised state agencies and employers. In part due to Lisa’s work, she helped build the Institute into a fully-fledged college at the university, the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development — focused on the inclusion of all people.

Lisa currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware near her adult-aged children, Alex and Alyssa, as well as her daughter-in-law, Ebony.

Moderator

Denise Hyater-Lindenmuth

NWHN Executive Director

Denise Hyater-Lindenmuth has worked in the Washington DC area in both nonprofit and for-profit industries for nearly 30 years. Her nonprofit leadership roles included creating ground-breaking community-based programs where her efforts were recognized internationally and led organizations such as Brain Injury Services and the American Cancer Society for the National Capital Region. She also served in leadership roles for national/international public relations firms representing healthcare clients and health interests. She has extensive experience serving as spokesperson in many of her leadership roles.

Denise’s leadership style is based on the philosophy of community service and is firmly driven by data and results. She has proven successes with leading boards and people through change and overcoming challenges while remaining mission focused. Critical areas of importance include mission and strategy, governance, financial management and development, operations, and marketing.

She earned her MBA at George Washington University in Washington D.C., a master’s degree in Community Health Education at Trinity Washington University, in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s in Public Relations/Marketing at Howard University, in Washington, D.C. Denise also received a certificate in strategic nonprofit management from Harvard University. As a fifth-generation Washingtonian, she lives with her husband, Philip, in the District of Columbia. They have three children who are successfully “adulting”.