The following message was included in the most recent IPPS Newsletter:
"Men with Pelvic Pain Find a Path to Treatment Blocked by a Gynecology Board" - Pelvic Pain and IPPS Featured in New York Times Article
The International Pelvic Pain Society was recently featured in an article in the New York Times. The article addresses the recent ruling by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology obstetricians and gynecologists are not allowed to treat men. Violation of the ABOG's recent ruling could cause a doctor to lose his or her board certification.
The IPPS already has worked collaboratively with the ABOG to ensure that NO restriction be put on obstetrician/gynecologists to treat chronic pain patients, which had initially been raised as a restriction. IPPS is grateful that the ABOG was prompt in removing this restriction.
IPPS President Stephanie Prendergast, MPT weighed in on the subject, stating "...these gynecologists are better equipped to treat male patients with pelvic pain than most urologists, neurologists, orthopedists, etc."
