Penny Wise Budoff (July 7, 1939 – December 6, 2008) was an American physician. She was a family practitioner, and a clinical associate professor of family medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is known for her research, which established that menstrual cramping is a physical phenomenon rather than a psychological one. She wrote two books on women's health.
Penny Wise Budoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1939 |
| Died | December 6, 2008 (aged 69) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Medical doctor |
| Children | Jeffrey Budoff (orthopedic surgeon) |
Education and career
editBudoff attended University of Wisconsin–Madison (1955–57). She received a BA from Syracuse University in 1959 and a medical degree in 1963 from SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. She was the director of a women's health services center associated with North Shore University Hospital.[1][2] In 1986, she founded a women's health clinic, the Penny Wise Budoff, MD, Women's Medical Center,[3] which gathered multiple medical specialists focused on care of female patients[4][5] and was the first of its kind in the United States.[6] Budoff's medical clinic included a center for women undergoing menopause that considered medical issues for women in that portion of their life.[7]
Research
editIn the 1970s, her work on menstrual cramping (dysmenorrhea) helped to establish that menstrual cramping was physiological rather than psychological. When she started her research into dysmenorrhea in 1974, she found few scientific articles on the topic which led her to begin her own research into the topic.[8] She also studied mefenamic acid as a treatment.[8][9] When Budoff approached Warner–Lambert, the company manufacturing Ponstel, a commercial version of mefenamic acid, they agreed to supply the drug at no cost for the research but declined to fund the research project.[8] After her initial research showed positive results, they made her an "outside clinical investigator" which allowed a research project with the required controls and placebos[8] that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1979.[10] The publication of her research was delayed because the research was seen as low priority.[11] She subsequently determined that the presence of prostaglandins cause uterine contractions, and the resulting discomfort could be relieved by zomepirac sodium,[12] research that was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.[13]
She wrote No More Hot Flashes and Other Good News, which was released by Putnam (New York, NY) in 1983, with a revised edition published as No More Hot Flashes and Even More Good News from Warner Books (New York, NY), in 1998.[2]
Selected publications
edit- Budoff, Penny Wise (June 22, 1979). "Use of Mefenamic Acid in the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 241 (25): 2713–2716. doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03290510021018. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 376875.
- Budoff, Penny Wise (September 16, 1982). "Zomepirac Sodium in the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea Syndrome". New England Journal of Medicine. 307 (12): 714–719. doi:10.1056/NEJM198209163071203. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 7050711.
- Budoff, P. W. (July 1, 1983). "The use of prostaglandin inhibitors for the premenstrual syndrome". The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 28 (7): 469–478. ISSN 1943-3565. PMID 6350580.
Awards
edit- Budoff received recognition awards from the American Medical Association in 1972, 1976 and 1978.[2]
- C. W. Post College named Budoff Woman of the Year in 1981.[2]
- In 1983, the National Consumers League provided special recognition by giving her their Trumpeter Award.[14]
Death
editBudoff died in her home on December 6, 2008, in Delray Beach, Florida. She suffered from rheumatoid arthritis from for 20 years and ALS, which resulted in respiratory failure and ultimately her death.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Penny Wise Budoff, MD". WebMD. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Budoff, Penny Wise 1939–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ Fay, Martha (September 1987). For Women Only. Working Mother Media.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths Budoff, Penny Wise". The New York Times. December 9, 2008.
- ^ "Guide to the Collections of the Center for the History of Family Medicine" (PDF). American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ Baldwin, Joyce (February 16, 1986). "Female Doctors Breaking Barriers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ Swirsky, Joan (June 6, 1993). "Menopause: New Research And Treatment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Rovner, Sandy (July 6, 1979). "Health Talk | A New-Old Drug for Menstrual Cramps". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ jk (1979). "Woman Doctor Finds Remedy for Cramps". Off Our Backs. 9 (8): 7. ISSN 0030-0071. JSTOR 25793024.
- ^ Budoff, Penny Wise (June 22, 1979). "Use of Mefenamic Acid in the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 241 (25): 2713–2716. doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03290510021018. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 376875.
- ^ Seliger, Susan (March 1980). Take care of yourself. Working Mother Media. pp. 58, 60.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ UPI (September 16, 1982). "Study Finds Drug Alleviates Many Menstrual Symptoms". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Budoff, Penny Wise (September 16, 1982). "Zomepirac Sodium in the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea Syndrome". New England Journal of Medicine. 307 (12): 714–719. doi:10.1056/NEJM198209163071203. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 7050711.
- ^ "Trumpeter Awards winners". National Consumers League. Retrieved November 30, 2021.