PCOS to PMOS

May 19, 2026

We’re taking a closer look at a major shift in how doctors understand and diagnose a condition that affects millions of women and adolescents around the world. Joining us are Dr. Heather Appelbaum, Director of Pediatric Gynecology at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and Dr. Michelle Maresca, Endocrinologist at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, to explain why Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS, is now being renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome or PMOS and what that change could mean for patients and families moving forward.

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