Marianne Legato

Marianne J. Legato 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.

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. 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). Provided by Wikipedia
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by Legato, Marianne.
Published 1997
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by Legato, Marianne J., 1935-.
Published 1991
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