Endocrine Insider
February 5, 2010

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Maria I. New, MD, past-president of The Endocrine Society, recently served as co-director of “The 2nd World Conference: Hormonal and Genetic Basis of Sexual Differentiation Disorders,” which brought together many of the world’s top experts in endocrinology and genetics to discuss developments in the evolving area of disorders of sexual differentiation. 

The conference was partially funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of its effort to develop new guidelines for gender testing of athletes for future sporting events. Following the conference, Dr. New participated in an IOC-sponsored symposium of scientists and sports federation physicians to make recommendations on treatment of sex ambiguity cases in athletic competition.

Dr. New is quoted in aNew York Times article regarding the IOC symposium and its recommendations.