Society Mission & Vision

Mission:  To promote the health and quality of life of women through an understanding of menopause.

Vision:

• Be the preeminent professional organization dedicated to this mission.
• Stimulate, recommend, recognize, and support research on physiologic, medical, genetic, psychosocial, ethnic, and cultural aspects of menopause and its translation into clinical practice.
• Promote the exchange of multidisciplinary scientific knowledge of menopause through efforts that include the Annual Scientific Meeting and the journal Menopause.
• Delineate the scope of, and promote excellence in, menopause-related clinical practice.
• Develop and distribute continuing professional education for healthcare providers, researchers, and educators that increases understanding of menopause.
• Enable women to participate actively in menopause-related healthcare decisions by providing them with culturally sensitive, scientifically accurate information.
• Serve as the definitive, independent resource on menopause for healthcare professionals, researchers, the media, and the general public.