With immense pleasure and gratitude, I have taken over as President of Chennai menopause Society on 22-7-25, for the tenure Aug25 – July27. I thank all the CMSians for trusting me with this responsibility. My predecessors have done a wonderful job to create awareness about menopausal health and to ensure wellbeing of midlife women and beyond.

The theme of the society was coined as ‘Changes not Challenges’ by the Founder Secretary Chennai Chapter of IMS and Founder President Chennai Menopause Society, Dr A Jaishree Gajaraj. The Indian Menopause Society was launched in 1995 at a national level.

Chennai was included as one of the first chapters of IMS by the initiative of Prof Indra Ramamoorthy. Dr A Jaishree Gajaraj was the Founder Secretary Chennai chapter of IMS in Nov 2004, followed by Dr  Vijayalakshmi Seshadri, Dr Sumana Manohar, Dr Mala Raj and Dr Hepzibah. Chennai Menopause Society was formed in 2018 with Dr Jaishree Gajaraj as Founder President, Dr Hephzibah as Vice President Dr A Tamilselvi as Secretary, and Dr Padma Ravindran as Treasurer for a period of 2 years. Subsequently the Presidential leadership was handed over to Dr Hephzibah, Dr TK Shanthi and at present I am privileged to be the President.

‘Positive Menopausal Transition’ is the theme of the CMS during my tenure. Key elements of Positive Menopausal Transition include Empowerment of midlife women through knowledge, Holistic health focus, Encouraging preventive care, proper nutrition, sleep hygiene and exercise. Our society is committed towards the journey of improving midlife women’s health and empowering women through awareness, knowledge, compassion and scientific understanding of menopause. Our society advocates continuation of education programs and public awareness camps designed to refine our approach to indivualised and evidence based care for midlife women. Our society’s aim is to support every woman’s transition with confidence, compassion, dignity and care.

I thank you all and look forward to an engaging and enlightening tenure ahead.

– Dr Premalatha Ramachandran