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Maria Uloko MD
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Urologist, comphrehensive sexual medicine, - sexual health for all genders. Researcher, advocate, Beyonce stan. Founder VULVAi
Los Angeles, CA
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    Dec 5, 2020
    My dad has spent the last 4 years getting his PhD while working two full time jobs. He did it because he didn’t want me to be the only Doctor in the family. At the age of 65, world, meet Dr. Emmanuel Uloko 😭 my father, my biggest cheerleader and who I compare every man to.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
    As a board-certified urologist that specializes in sexual health for ALL sexes... I mean this when I say "medical sexism is real." Men and women are not getting the same level of care, access to care or even scientific integrity in their care.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    2. Vasectomies are done under local anesthesia/sedatives as standard practice. An IUD placement however is done without medication despite the immense pain that can be associated with it. It's so prevalent that articles have been written about this experience.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    Dec 6, 2020
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    Wow, you all thank you so much for the kind words on my father. He’s floored and overwhelmed by the support. Never in his wildest dreams would he think he’d get such a response! If you loved this story, check out my podcast @BattleCryPod for more stories of diversity in STEM!
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    It is so deeply ingrained in our system that we don't even notice it. So let's give some very obvious examples. 1. Hormones are celebrated for men's health and fear mongered in women despite both potentially causing cancer and side effects.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    Jun 8, 2020
    When I told my medical school appointed advisor that I was in my second term of being our medical school class president- "It's so hard being a white male in medicine now that they are giving away our leadership spots to people like you" #BlackintheIvory
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    3. When we do cancer surgeries for men (prostate/bladder) we have therapies invented to address the potential quality of life issues afterward. It wasn't until 2024, that the AUA had a course addressing sexual health for women after urologic cancer surgeries
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    4. We have so much data that HRT is a safe and most effective way to prevent diseases for menopausal people like heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, colon cancer, gynecologic cancers, debilitating symptoms etc. Yet many people experiencing menopause can't find doctors to go to.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    7. When a man comes in with bothersome urinary symptoms we have a whole protocol that helps guide us to get down to the root cause. When women present with bothersome urinary symptoms we call it a UTI and give them antibiotics without exploring other options.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    5. We perform open abdominal surgery on pregnant people (C-section) without general anesthesia- I can't imagine how well this would go with if these were male bodies. I am not a gambler but I would bet we would have created new protocols/research to enhance the experience
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    6. We overwhelm our OB/GYN colleagues with non-sensical consults whenever we have a pregnant person because we feel so uncomfortable. We have so sequestered all of women's health to one specialty despite women making >50% of the population.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    This one is wild. I found that up to 88% of people that initially came to my clinic for recurrent UTIs were actually a vulvar condition. We treated their vulva we stopped the infections.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    10. My men's health clinic was high fives and smiles but my women's health clinic was always tears. ALWAYS. These tears were caused by a system that has neglected them. Told them diseases that are easily treated are chronic or have your experience dismissed, you would cry too.
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    Maria Uloko MD
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    May 21, 2024
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    12. We analyzed PubMed articles and the number of articles published on penises was >53,000 and vulva research ~2500. Yall, this is bad. Just very bad.
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