Press Release

For Immediate Release
Contact: Kaylyn Kendall Dines
www.umdnj.edu
(973) 972-7276

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Health Professionals at UMDNJ Offer Free Women's Health Seminar

A free seminar about a misunderstood gynecological infection called Vulvodynia will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Women's Health Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, Room 2120, New Brunswick.

Dr. Gloria Bachmann, director of the Women's Health Institute at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will host the "Chronic Vulvar Pain Educational Seminar." Vulvodynia is characterized by chronic pain in the area surrounding the vagina that is often mistaken for a yeast infection. Symptoms include persistent itching, burning, stinging and tenderness in the vaginal area. According to the American Journal of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Vulvodynia affects between five and 15 percent of American women.

Additional seminar speakers include Dr. Raymond Rosen, director of Programs in Sexual Health at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Joan Hammond, M.S.N., an advanced practice nurse at the Women's Health Institute.

Reservations are suggested Call Joan Hammond at 732-235-7799 or e-mail her at hammonjm@umdnj.edu.

WHAT: Free Women's Health Seminar

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Women's Health Institute at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Clinical Academic Building
125 Paterson Street, Room 2120, New Brunswick, NJ

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