New England Center for Pelvic Health

02/08/2026

I've been so busy I completely missed the opportunity to share this milestone:

On February 1, New England Center for Pelvic Health celebrated THREE YEARS IN PRACTICE!!! Three years of treating some of the most complicated, difficult, frustrating chronic conditions in medicine. Three years of changing patients' lives. Three years of independent practice delivering dedicated, exemplary medical care.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible and continues to make it possible (especially my family and the amazing Lisa Lucas, DO for giving me the encouragement and blueprint to pursue this vision). Thank you to everyone who believed and, more importantly, UNDERSTOOD that this practice type and model was necessary, especially now.

02/08/2026

Multifactorial and multi-disciplinary considerations need to be in the dialogue but this is some useful information regarding surgical /diagnosis and intervention for endometriosis and infertility:

High pregnancy rates after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis in women with infertility, regardless of prior fertility treatment

02/01/2026

More info on how treating endometreiosis and pel;vic pain needs a multi-faceted approach.

Supervised group exercise or independent individual exercise, including pelvic floor muscle training added to multidisciplinary pain management, did not reduce…

01/28/2026

01/28/2026

Please attend if you can but if not, please see this film and ask us how you can help endometriosis patients get the help they need!

01/17/2026

"findings are consistent with the concept of central nervous system adaptation to persistent pain, a model well established in other chronic pain conditions. The lack of association between brain structure and peripheral disease characteristics further challenges the assumption that lesion burden alone explains pain severity.
.. these data reinforce the need for age-aware and mechanism-informed pain assessment in endometriosis, particularly in adolescents, where early pain exposure may intersect with ongoing brain development.
.. calls for a shift from anatomy-centered thinking to integrated models that recognize pain as a dynamic interaction between peripheral disease and the central nervous system—without oversimplification and without overstatement."

Endometriosis-associated pain is linked to age-related differences in brain structure

01/15/2026

ENOUGH! This does not have to be the case for one more patient. The more we study, understand, discuss and treat this disease, the more lives we are saving. We are moving in the right direction. If you or comenone you know is suffering from endometriosis/pelvic pain, don't give up. There is hope!!!

*** If you or someone you know is suffering with depression and struggling with thoughts of self harm, PLEASE seek medical help immediately. Call 988 for the National Su***de Hotline.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/endometriosis-patients-face-increased-risk-self-harm-and-2025a1000xwz?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPV1jtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe2Wv-qhYEqxuFG8yO2uN_BEIvVcWAdwqAlEjQdWYGFS5prd28F5Lkcz15SZY_aem_k8hkxDnHtTQ7DVOFnn5dhA&form=fpf

The risk was particularly pronounced in those with minimal or no previous mental health service utilization.

01/11/2026

This is why it's important to understand how endometriosis changes how the nervous system processes pelvic pain. Excision surgery is an important part but it is often just the beginning of the treatment process. If you have pain after endometriosis excision surgery, the answer is not always more surgery. A better understanding of the problem leads to a better solution.

A neuropathic pain component shapes pain severity and quality of life in deep endometriosis.

12/13/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D3Kfku5gx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Neuroimmune Sensitization as a Driver of Endometriosis Pain

Read More:
https://www.endonews.com/how-neuroinflammation-sensitizes-pain-pathways-in-endometriosis

11/24/2025

This is a great development for patients!

Proposal Calls for Accredited Endometriosis Centers to Improve Outcomes and Equity

Read More:
https://www.endonews.com/endometriosis-care-quality-reform-in-the-united-states

10/27/2025

New insight into how Mast Cells and possibly Mast Cell Activation may collaborate with/contribute to endometriosis:
https://www.endonews.com/1751739325

This reminds us that we need to approach this disease with understanding broader focus than gynecologic surgery or hormonal medication.

Mast Cells Promote Endometriosis Progression Through CCL2/CCR4-Driven EMT

10/27/2025

Each fall, monarch butterflies begin their long migration. Fragile, yet determined.

This week, we honor the “Butterfly Children” living with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare condition that makes skin as delicate as wings but hearts stronger than most.

Our community goal is to raise $50,000 during our Unstoppable Migration Week (Oct 25–31) to fund life-changing research and move us closer to cures.

💙 Watch Rowan’s story — a young girl living with EB whose courage inspires this campaign:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrSbtlrqlnU

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It began in silence, then came the courage to fly.Like monarchs starting their journey, Rowan and families living with EB move forward with fragile strength ...