The Menopause Hub - Clinician Profiles

Dr John Eden is a certificated reproductive endocrinologist and gynaecologist. He is a Conjoint Associate Professor at The University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is a visiting medical officer at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia where he is Director of the Sydney Menopause.

Until recently he worked at the Moree Aboriginal Health Service. John is a Director of the Women’s Health and Research Institute of Australia (WHRIA). John is on the executive committee of the NSW Health Menopause Hub project and is a co-chair.

His research and clinical interests include managing menopause after breast cancer, infertility, early menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), amenorrhoea, osteoporosis, PMDD, hormone replacement therapy as well as herbal medicine. He has also published over 150 scientific publications on multicultural aspects of menopause, breast cancer and menopause management.

Dr. Amanda Beech is a senior staff specialist in Obstetric Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Hospital for Women. She has a breadth of experience in women’s health across all ages, particularly in obstetric medicine, menopause, and prevention of secondary fracture in women with Osteoporosis. Her clinical responsibilities include preconception counselling, antenatal and postnatal management of high risk pregnancies, management of medical complications in menopause and in women with osteoporosis.

Dr. Beech is the Director of the Bone Density unit at the Royal Hospital for Women and is a conjoint Senior Lecturer for the University of New South Wales, where she currently oversees the Menopause Masters course. She currently holds a position on the Executive Council of the International Society of Obstetric Medicine and recently completed 8 years on the SOMANZ (Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand) Council. Finally, Dr. Beech is a co-chair on the NSW Menopause Taskforce, coordinating the provision of menopause services across NSW.

Having been a school teacher before her medical training, Amanda has a passion for medical education and continues to lecture regularly at local, national, and international scientific meetings. She is actively involved with university teaching, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and with chairs the MenoECHO education group aiming to educate clinicians and allied health professionals on menopause management. She is the Director of the Obstetric Simulation Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women, integrating simulation into obstetric emergency training.