Marianne Legato

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Marianne J. Legato
Born1935 (age 89–90)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation Physician
EducationMD, New York University College of Medicine
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Marianne J. Legato (born 1935) is an American physician and researcher in the field of gender-specific medicine. Her work examines how biological sex and gender influence human health and disease, including the relationship between women and heart disease.[1][2]

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She founded the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University.[3] In 2006, she also established the non-profit Gender-Specific Medicine Foundation.[4]

Legato received recognition from the American Heart Association for her 1992 book The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Coronary Artery Disease.[5][6]

In 2006, she served as president of the First International Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in Berlin. She later presided over congresses held in Vienna (2007) and Stockholm (2008).[7]

Early life and education

Legato was born in 1935 in New York City. [1] Her father's career as a general practitioner inspired her own pursuit of medicine and she enrolled in his alma mater, the New York University College of Medicine, but she was forced to drop out when her father withdrew his support. Dr. M. Irené Ferrer and her brother, Dr. José María Ferrer, became mentors to Legato and assisted in her return to medical school. Dr. M. Irené Ferrer advocated for her re-enrollment and provided financial support for tuition. [2] [3]

Professional career

After graduating in 1962, Legato completed an internship and junior residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York, followed by a senior residency at the Presbyterian Hospital of the City of New York. [1] From 1965 to 1968, she was a visiting fellow in cardiology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [4] In 1968, Legato became an instructor in medicine, starting her academic career at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [3] She holds the title of Professor Emerita of Clinical Medicine at Columbia. [5] Legato is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. [6]

In 1997, Legato founded the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [1] The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine established the M. Irené Ferrer Professorship in Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University. [1] [7] Legato is the director of the Partnership. [8]

Research and advocacy

Legato received the Martha Lyon Slater Fellowship from 1965 to 1968 and the J. Murray Steele Award in 1971, both given by the New York Heart Association. [9] Her research on myocardial cell structure and function was supported by a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health as well as research grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She has worked on study sections for NIH grant applications at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. From 1995 to 1998, Legato served as a member of the advisory board to the Office of Research in Women's Health at the NIH. During that time, she co-chaired a task force responsible for setting research priorities on women's health. [10]

In 2004, Legato was among 300 American physicians featured in the National Library of Medicine's documentary, Changing the Face of Medicine. [10] She received the National Council on Women's Health Award for gender-specific medicine in 2005. Ladies Home Journal established the annual Marianne J. Legato Award in Gender-Specific Medicine in 2006. [11]

Legato was granted a Ph.D. from the University of Panama in 2015. [12]

In 2018, she received a PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers for her book on clinical medicine, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era (Third Edition). Her book, The Plasticity of Sex: The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Behavior, [13] also received a PROSE Award in the Biomedicine category in 2021. [14]

Personal life

Legato has two children. [1] [9]

Publications

Sources: [15] [5]

Books

Textbooks

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine [16]

Journals

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Changing the Face of Medicine | Marianne J. Legato". cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Changing the Face of Medicine | M. IrenéFerrer". cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Changing the Face of Medicine | Marianne J. Legato". cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ Read "Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research: A Workshop Summary" at NAP.edu. 2012. doi:10.17226/13307. ISBN   978-0-309-22524-3.
  5. 1 2 "Marianne J. Legato". Columbia University. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Verify Physician Status | ABIM.org". www.abim.org. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ "What We Fund - The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine" . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Marianne J. Legato | Emeritus Professors in Columbia". professorsemeritus.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Marianne Legato". Women’s Media Center. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Marianne J. Legato". All American Speakers. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Ladiesï¾' Home Journal Establishes The Inaugural Dr. Marianne J. Legato Gender-Specific Medicine Award". Columbia University Irving Medical Center. August 2, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Marianne J. Legato". Sage. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  13. ↑ "2018 Winners of The R.H. Hawkins Award" . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ "2021 Winners of The R.H. Hawkins Award" . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Marianne J. Legato". Publishers’ Weekly. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  16. ↑ "2021 Award Winners". proseawards.com. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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