Florence Comite Explained

Florence Comite, MD
Birth Name:Florence Comite
Nationality:American
Known For:Associate Clinical Professor Yale University School of Medicine
Employer:ComiteMD, Northwell Health[1]
Occupation:Medical Doctor
Endocrinologist

Florence Comite is an American endocrinologist[2] who has helped develop new therapies for osteoporosis, endometriosis, fibroid disease, and infertility.[3] She was awarded a patent for developing a new method of determining fertility in women[4] In 1990, Comite was awarded a second patent for the use of Clomifene to increase bone mass in premenopausal women.[5] Alongside her work in precision medicine and integrated medical analysis, she is also known for founding Women's Health at Yale in 1992.[6] [7] Comite is known for her work in clinical hormone research, and as the founder of Women's Health at Yale in the early 1990s.

Field of study

Comite is known for having an integrated approach to health care delivery using precision medicine.[8] [9] She has researched hormonal changes and aging, and in particular, issues of Hypogonadism (Low T) in men and how it impacts the onset of certain associated diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease.[10]

Her research involves studying delivery systems and how they impact health outcomes; it has been her focus as a Senior Clinical and Research Adviser to the Offices of Alternative Medicine (OAM) at NIH.[11]

Education and early career

Comite graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Yale University School of Medicine; she was an associate clinical professor on the Yale faculty for 25 years; She founded Women's Health at Yale in 1988. Comite completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, incorporating training in Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology and Andrology,[12] at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH. In early 1980, she was researching the use of Gonadotropin-releasing hormones to treat precocious puberty.[13] [14]

Comite had researched in the area of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).[15]

Comite has served on advisory councils and committees with the NIH, the Egyptian Ministry of Health, and on the Balance Documentary Medical Advisory Board,[16] the Age Management Medicine Group, Independent Doctors of New York,[17] and the American Fertility Society as well as Alpha Omega Alpha.[18]

Awards

Alan P. Mintz, MD Award for Clinical Excellence in Age Management Medicine, 2013.[19]

Publications

Comite has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine,[20] and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.[21]

In June 2013, Comite published a work focused on male menopause, entitled: "Hormonal Expression of Androgen Deficiency in Aging Men (ADAM)".[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Florence Comite, MD . Northwell Health.
  2. News: Male Menopause Crisis Finds Solutions In Hormone Optimization Program. 2 April 2014. Red Orbit. 24 April 2007.
  3. Web site: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States: Committee members. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institute for Health. 2 April 2014.
  4. using clomifene.News: Andrews. Edmund. Patents; A Method to Determine Fertility in Women. 2 April 2014. New York Times. 29 April 1989.
  5. Web site: Yale. University. Use of clomiphene to increase bone mass in premenopausal women '13 Nov 1990'. Justia Patents. 11 June 2015. clomiphene.
  6. News: Dunkel. Tom. Vigor Quest. 2 April 2014. New York Times Magazine. January 15, 2010.
  7. News: Curtis. John. Florence Comite, MD'76, honored for hormone research. 1 April 2021. Yale School of Medicine. December 11, 2013.
  8. News: Hutkin. Erinn. Hormone therapies help older adults find new life. UT San Diego. 7 January 2014.
  9. News: Langille. Jane. Low T: Separating Facts From Frenzy low-testosterone. MedShadow. 20 March 2014.
  10. Web site: Florence Comite. Janet Baek. Hormonal Expression of Androgen Decline in Aging Men (ADAM). Male Reproductive Endocrinology & Case Reports Clinical. The Endocrine Society. 15 June 2013. December 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202094242/https://endo.confex.com/endo/2013endo/webprogram/Paper7084.html. dead.
  11. News: Late Nights with Jim Bohannon. The Jim Bohannon Show. 13 December 2013. May 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140520020412/https://www.jimbotalk.net/programhighlights?date=20131213. May 20, 2014. dead.
  12. News: Urist. Jacoba. Men Have Biological Clocks, Too. 2 April 2014. The Atlantic. 21 October 2013.
  13. Comite. Florence. Cutler, Gordon B. . Rivier, Jean . Vale, Wylie W. . Loriaux, D. Lynn . Lynn Loriaux . Crowley, William F. . Short-Term Treatment of Idiopathic Precocious Puberty with a Long-Acting Analogue of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone. New England Journal of Medicine. 24 December 1981. 305. 26. 1546–1550. 10.1056/NEJM198112243052602. 6458765.
  14. Sonis. William A . Florence Comite . ORA H. PESCOVITZ . KAREN HENCH . CHARLES W. RAHN . GORDON B. CUTLER Jr. . D L LORIAUX . ROBERT P. KLEIN . Biobehavioral Aspects of Precocious Puberty. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 28 May 1985. 25. 5. 674–679. 10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60293-4 . 3760417.
  15. Book: Prevention, Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public, Board on Health Promotion and Disease. Complementary and alternative medicine in the United States. 2004. National Academies Press. Washington, DC. 978-0-309-09270-8. 321. [Online-Ausg.]. registration.
  16. Web site: Richards. Avis. Balance Documentary. Birds Nest Foundation. 2 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075342/http://www.balancedocumentary.org/advisory. April 7, 2014. dead.
  17. News: New York Superdoctors. 2 April 2014. Independent Doctors of New York: IDNY.org. 19 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074213/http://downloads.superdoctors.com/pdf/platinum/NYMD13_INDY.pdf. April 7, 2014. dead.
  18. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha. Directory. Alpha Omega Alpha. 2 April 2014.
  19. News: Curtis. John. Florence Comite, M.D.'76, recognized for hormone research. 2 April 2014. Yale Alumni Journal. 11 December 2013.
  20. Comite. Florence . Fernando Cassorla . Kevin M. Barnes . Karen D. Hench . Andrew Dwyer . Marilyn C. Skerda . D. Lynn Loriaux . Gordon B. Cutler Jr . Ora H. Pescovitz . Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone Analogue Therapy for Central Precocious Puberty. Journal of the American Medical Association. 16 May 1986. 255. 2613-2616. 19. 10.1001/jama.1986.03370190097031. 2613.
  21. Web site: Comite. Florence. Endocrine Press. The Endocrine Society. 2 April 2014.
  22. Web site: June 15, 2013 . Hormonal Expression of Androgen Decline in Aging Men (ADAM) . Endo 2013 . May 19, 2014 . December 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202094242/https://endo.confex.com/endo/2013endo/webprogram/Paper7084.html . dead .

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