meet our menopause experts

Professor Mary Ann Lumsden

Mary Ann Lumsden is Professor of Medical Education and Gynaecology and Head of the Section of Reproductive & Maternal Medicine, Division of Developmental Medicine at the University of Glasgow. She is an Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Greater Glasgow Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mary Ann graduated from Medicine from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1977. Her MD was awarded in 1985. Mary Ann’s past appointments at the University of Glasgow include Senior Lecturer and Reader before being awarded a personal chair.

Dr Sarah Gray

Dr Sarah Gray has been a GP for over 20 years and throughout this time has had an interest in women’s health. As a specialist she leads the NHS menopause referral service in Cornwall. She has worked with NICE and the GMC. She organises education and training for doctors and nurses in a range of topics including contraception, bleeding problems, menopause and osteoporosis. She has written widely in the field of women’s health and is frequently asked to comment for the media.

Dr Tim Hillard

Dr Tim Hillard was trained at the Southampton Medical School and King's College Hospital in London. He has been a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Poole, Dorset since 1994. He became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in 1987 and a Fellow in 1999. He is also a fellow of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH). Tim is the district tutor for the RCOG and an examiner for the London and Southampton medical schools. He also examines for the DRCOG and is an Associate Professor at St George's University, Grenada. He is the past Chairman of the British Menopause Society.

More information about Professor Hillard can be found on his website www.timhillard.co.uk

Elaine Stephens

Elaine trained at St Bartholomews Hospital London and qualified in 1982. She has worked within the menopause field since 1986 . She is the senior Specialist Nurse within the menopause service at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital running two specialist menopause clinics per week. She is a Member of the British Menopause Society Council and administrator for the West Midlands Menopause Society.

She has been involved in education both locally and nationally for the last twenty years, teaching at all levels on all aspects of Menopause Health.

Dr Julie Ayres

Julie Ayres trained in Leeds and qualified in 1984. This was followed by GP training in Airedale. She has led the Menopause and PMS clinics in Leeds (now Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust) since 1993, currently as a Specialty Doctor.  In addition she does the hormone prescribing for the regional gender identity service.  She is a British Menopause Society Council Member. Julie runs the Yorkshire Menopause Group for healthcare practitioners, organising educational meetings  and their website (www.yorkshiremenopause.co.uk) and is on the editorial board of the Primary Care Women’s Health Journal.