Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA, FACEP
Dr. McGregor, MD MA FACEP is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and currently serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Dr. McGregor was the co-founder and Director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications on biological sex differences and its impact on women’s health and was recently awarded an Honorary Degree in Science by the University of New Hampshire for her life’s work.
Dr. McGregor’s breadth of expertise and influence long ago expanded outside of her specialty of emergency medicine. She developed the knowledge and skill set to move outdated research practices from one of neglect to one of consideration and opportunity for clinicians and patients. Her ability to influence key leaders, and speak intelligently, but forcefully about the gaps in our sex and gender medical care has brought these issues in to the light.
She is an international spokesperson for advancing our understanding of women specific health and their inclusivity in research with countless podcasts, interviews for print and radio and was also featured in the award-winning documentary MsDiagnosed.
Dr. McGregor’s TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” currently has over 2 million views and her award-winning book “Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It”, recently won Gold Book of the Year for the Stevie Awards Women in Business. Dr. McGregor is excited to have recently published her second book entitled “Why Women Aren’t Wining at Health (But Can)” Published by WorldChangers Media.
Dr. McGregor is a member of numerous national and international committees that focus on improving health of women such as the Inaugural Scientific Council Member Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Advisory Committee Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH) Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institute of Health, and as a Scientific Advisor for numerous platforms where women can gain access to high quality, expert driven information to improve their health such as OM-Experts, Bureau Brussels Care4EveryBody Inc, CorDiFio Inc and most recently B4 Symptoms.
Dr. McGregor is an impassioned, prolific, and groundbreaking leader in a field that promises to have tremendous impact on health care