Dr. Olga Bougie is the Head of Research in Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto, and a minimally invasive Gynaecologic Surgeon specializing on surgical management of advanced endometriosis as well as other complex benign gynaecologic conditions. For years, she's been watching patients bounce between five to seven specialists before reaching her, all while endometriosis remains chronically underfunded compared to other conditions affecting women. In this episode, Dr. Bougie talks about why endometriosis has been historically dismissed, what the biases in women's health research look like, and what you need to know before walking into your doctor's office. This is the conversation shows exactly why we are running the Down There Affair—because without research funding, there will be no change.
