About Marianne J. Legato, MD, FACP and Laura Tucker
Marianne J. Legato, FACP, is an internationally known academic physician, author, and lecturer. She is a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University, where she founded and heads the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine. One of the world's foremost experts on gender medicine and winner of many awards for her work, she is the author of The Female Heart, What Women Need to Know, and Eve's Rib. She recently edited the widely acclaimed academic textbook, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine.Laura Tucker is the coauthor of several health and medical books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.