Sheryl A. Kingsberg

Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg is the Chief of Behavioral Medicine at MacDonald Women’s Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Professor in Reproductive Biology and Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Her areas of clinical specialization include sexual medicine, female sexual disorders, menopause, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders, and psychological aspects of infertility. Dr. Kingsberg’s primary research interests are in treatments for female sexual disorders and the psychological aspects of infertility and menopause. She has been the principal investigator for several clinical trials for treatments for female sexual disorders and consults for many pharmaceutical companies that are developing investigational drug treatments for sexual problems. She is an Associate Editor for Sexual Medicine Reviews and sits on the editorial boards of the journal Menopause and Climacteric. Dr. Kingsberg is currently the Chair of Advocacy for both the North American Menopause Society and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health.

WHY I SERVE 

Over many years as a researcher and clinician in the field of female sexual health, I have observed the amazing scientific and clinical advances that the SHE+ Foundation grants have supported. So, when I was asked to join the SHE+ Medical Board I jumped at the opportunity to help guide this mission. I believe that my value to this board is measured by 1) the importance of having a psychologist’s perspective in what is a biopsychosocial understanding of sexuality; 2) 30 years of experience as a clinician treating sexual problems and 30 years as a researcher involved in developing treatments for female sexual disorders including those for hypoactive sexual desire disorder, female sexual arousal disorder, female orgasmic disorder, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM); and my leadership experience and service at a national and international level including President of the North American Menopause Society, President of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and my current roles as Chairwoman of the Advocacy Committees of both these organizations.