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Marianne Legato

Marianne J. Legato is an American physician and researcher known for her work in gender-specific medicine. Her research focuses on how biological sex and gender influence human health and the experience of diseases, including research on the relationship between women and heart disease.

Legato founded and directs the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University. In 2006, she established the non-profit Gender-Specific Medicine Foundation. She received an award from the American Heart Association for her book ''The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Coronary Artery Disease'', published in 1992.

Legato served as president of the First International Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in Berlin in 2006, and has served as president for subsequent International Congresses on Gender-Specific Medicine, including those held in Vienna (2007) and Stockholm (2008). Provided by Wikipedia