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Florence Comite

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Florence Comite, MD
Comite in 2014
Born
Florence Comite
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMedical Doctor
Employer(s)ComiteMD, Northwell Health[1]
Known forAssociate Clinical Professor Yale University School of Medicine
TitleEndocrinologist
WebsiteOfficial website

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

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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

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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.[12] Comite completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology, incorporating training in Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology and Andrology,[13] 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.[14][15]

Comite had researched in the area of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).[16]

Comite has served on advisory councils and committees with the NIH, the Egyptian Ministry of Health, and on the Balance Documentary Medical Advisory Board,[17] the Age Management Medicine Group, Independent Doctors of New York,[18] and the American Fertility Society as well as Alpha Omega Alpha.[19]

Awards

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Alan P. Mintz, MD Award for Clinical Excellence in Age Management Medicine, 2013.[12]

Publications

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Florence Comite, MD". Northwell Health.
  2. ^ "Male Menopause Crisis Finds Solutions In Hormone Optimization Program". Red Orbit. April 24, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "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. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ^ using clomifene.Andrews, Edmund (April 29, 1989). "Patents; A Method to Determine Fertility in Women". New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Yale, University. "Use of clomiphene to increase bone mass in premenopausal women '13 Nov 1990'". Justia Patents. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. ^ Dunkel, Tom (January 15, 2010). "Vigor Quest". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  7. ^ Curtis, John (December 11, 2013). "Florence Comite, MD'76, honored for hormone research". Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Hutkin, Erinn (January 7, 2014). "Hormone therapies help older adults find new life". UT San Diego.
  9. ^ Langille, Jane (March 20, 2014). "Low T: Separating Facts From Frenzy low-testosterone". MedShadow.
  10. ^ Florence Comite, Janet Baek. "Hormonal Expression of Androgen Decline in Aging Men (ADAM)". Male Reproductive Endocrinology & Case Reports Clinical. The Endocrine Society. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  11. ^ "Late Nights with Jim Bohannon". The Jim Bohannon Show. December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Curtis, John (December 11, 2013). "Florence Comite, M.D.'76, recognized for hormone research". Yale Alumni Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  13. ^ Urist, Jacoba (October 21, 2013). "Men Have Biological Clocks, Too". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  14. ^ Comite, Florence; Cutler, Gordon B.; Rivier, Jean; Vale, Wylie W.; Loriaux, D. Lynn; Crowley, William F. (December 24, 1981). "Short-Term Treatment of Idiopathic Precocious Puberty with a Long-Acting Analogue of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone". New England Journal of Medicine. 305 (26): 1546–1550. doi:10.1056/NEJM198112243052602. PMID 6458765.
  15. ^ Sonis, William A; Florence Comite; ORA H. PESCOVITZ; KAREN HENCH; CHARLES W. RAHN; GORDON B. CUTLER Jr.; D L LORIAUX; ROBERT P. KLEIN (May 28, 1985). "Biobehavioral Aspects of Precocious Puberty". Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 25 (5): 674–679. doi:10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60293-4. PMID 3760417.
  16. ^ Prevention, Committee on the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public, Board on Health Promotion and Disease (2004). Complementary and alternative medicine in the United States ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-309-09270-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Richards, Avis. "Balance Documentary". Birds Nest Foundation. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  18. ^ "New York Superdoctors" (PDF). Independent Doctors of New York: IDNY.org. May 19, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  19. ^ "Alpha Omega Alpha". Directory. Alpha Omega Alpha. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  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 (May 16, 1986). "Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone Analogue Therapy for Central Precocious Puberty". Journal of the American Medical Association. 2613-2616. 255 (19): 2613. doi:10.1001/jama.1986.03370190097031.
  21. ^ Comite, Florence. "Endocrine Press". The Endocrine Society. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  22. ^ "Hormonal Expression of Androgen Decline in Aging Men (ADAM)". Endo 2013. June 15, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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