Author Biography

This training in the fields of both medicine and psychology is augmented by invaluable experience gained while working with cutting-edge medical research laboratories for over a decade.

The author's well-rounded education and professional expertise provided the background necessary to research the 100-year history of medical literature encompassing these operations, and enabled Dr. Plourde to compile the information in an easily understandable format for all women.

Her 20-years of research and expertise in the field of women’s health has resulted in her appearances on ABC's 20/20, Berman & Berman: For Women Only, Good Morning America, The Gary Null Show, and numerous network news programs and radio shows across the country.

She has also guest lectured at colleges, and universities, as well as women's groups internationally.

Click Here to view Dr. Plourde's complete Curriculum Vitae (CV).

ABC's 20/20 show aired Friday, August 22, 2002:

Sexless After Surgery?  Women, Doctors Say Hysterectomies

May Be Detrimental to Sexual Health

Hysterectomy and Sexuality – Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA

Protect Your Health and Sexual Vitality by Learning the Right Questions to Ask Your Gynecologist –

      Female Sexual Medicine Center at UCLA – Los Angeles, CA

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects –

      Women’s Health Clinic, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Women’s Health Care, El Paso, TX

Hormone Replacement Therapy: There Are Answers! –  St. Mary’s Choice Health Fair, Victorville, CA

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects –

      Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ

Women’s Health: Making Informed Choices – Kansas City Community College, Kansas City, KS

Women’s Sex Hormones: Nature’s Awesome Elixirs of Life – Butte County College, Oroville, CA

Women’s Health: Making Informed Decisions – Weston A. Price Foundation, Annapolis, MD

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects –

     Harding Community Education, St. Paul, MN

Sex Hormones: Awesome Elixirs of Life – The  Inside Edge, Newport Beach, CA

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Wayne Public Library, Wayne, MI

Get to Know The Body You Live In: Questions All Women Need to Ask Their Doctors –

      Women’s National Book Association, Detroit Chapter

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Info-courses, Rochester, NY

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Learning Connection, Providence, RI

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Knowledge Network, Albany, NY

Women’s Sex Hormones: Nature’s Awesome Elixir’s of Life – The Knowledge Shop, Atlanta, GA

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Leisure Learning, Houston, TX

Hysterectomy & Ovary Removal: Biochemical and Structural Affects – Sage Ways, Albuquerque, NM

Hormone Replacement Therapy: There Are Answers! – Radisson Santa Fe, NM

Hormone Replacement Therapy: There Are Answers! – Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM

Hormone Replacement Therapy: There Are Answers! &

Hysterectomies, Ovary Removal, and Tubal Ligations –

     National Convention of the American Association of University Women, Providence, RI

Hysterectomies, Ovary Removal, and Tubal Ligations –

     National Convention of the American Association of University Women, Providence, RI

Hormone Replacement Therapy: There Are Answers! – Soroptimists, NOW, American Association of University

     Women Clubs, American Business Women’s Association, and Brandeis University National Women’s Alumni

     Clubs throughout America