MCMS News
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June is Pride Month: LGBTQ+ Healthcare Resources
LGBTQ+ Health Resources in Montgomery County: A Physician’s Guide Montgomery County has more LGBTQ+ residents per capita than most Maryland jurisdictions, but a 2024 report from the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) found the County functions as a healthcare “desert” for transgender patients. Only three clinics offer any gender-affirming services, and none specializes exclusively in…
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Community Starts with an Invitation
James Bryant, MCMS Executive Director One of my favorite stories about building community comes from a pathologist in California who enjoyed birdwatching. Looking for a way to connect with others who shared his interest, he posted a notice on his state pathology society’s calendar inviting anyone interested to join him for a monthly birdwatching outing. The first…
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Polycystic ovary syndrome is more than ovarian
Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, M.D. Montgomery Fertility Center The name polycystic ovary syndrome may have unintentionally narrowed how medicine understood one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting women. The ovaries were visible. The deeper physiology was not. For decades, the syndrome was largely framed around irregular ovulation, infertility, excess androgen symptoms, and the characteristic “string of…
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Estrogen-Dopamine Connection in ADHD
Nadia Sirdar, M.D., MPH Bethesda Modern Primary Care May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I want to share something that rarely gets identified correctly in a standard care visit: ADHD that unmasks during perimenopause. Estrogen directly supports dopamine activity in the brain. As estrogen drops during perimenopause, the brain that has been quietly managing ADHD…
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The View From The Exam Room
Harita Raja, M.D. Bethesda Women’s Mental Health In my practice, I’m seeing more women who don’t “look” like they’re struggling because by most external measures, they’re not. They’re working efficiently, caregiving with a smile, and showing up for their children. Underneath that, though, there’s a steady hum of anxiety, poor sleep, irritability and/or physical symptoms that…
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Hantavirus and the Andes Virus Outbreak
What Maryland Physicians Need to Know An active multi-country outbreak of Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain capable of person-to-person transmission, has prompted the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to begin monitoring two state residents following potential exposure. While confirmed cases remain far from Maryland and the risk to patients is considered very low, the…
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History of MCMS Presidents
Olney Manor, home of Charles Farquhar, M.D., MCMS President in 1908. Montgomery County Medical Society has been blessed with over a century of extraordinary leaders. We thank them for their service and their vision. 1903 Roger Brooke, M.D.1904 Roger Brooke, M.D.1905 Horace B. Haddox, M.D.1906 Edward Anderson, M.D.1907 James E. Deets, M.D.1908 Charles Farquhar, M.D.1909…
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Tell Your State Legislators to Vote No on HB 520/SB 470
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MEDTalks from January 22 Event
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