"Empowering Women Through Every Stage of the Menopause"

Teresa Mitchell is a specialist in Menopause and Women's Health and a pioneer of Surrey Menopause Clinic. Dr Mitchell studied Medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School and subsequently trained in General Surgery and Urology before embarking on a career in General Practice. She was the Principal GP at a Surrey practice for 33 years, specialising in all aspects of Women’s Health and Dermatology, including vulval dermatology, and skin lesion management. She also has an MSc in Addictive Behaviour from St George’s Hospital Medical School and an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Surrey (both with distinction).  She is currently studying for an MA in Medical Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Teresa has always been a staunch advocate of menopausal hormone therapy, even through the early 2000s when reported findings of the Women’s Health Initiative and Million Women Study disseminated fear about the risks of cardiovascular disease and breast cancer, and many doctors were reluctant to prescribe the medication.

 

Explaining the flaws in the design and interpretation of these research studies, she was able to support her female patients in their HRT decisions in the face of widespread negative media discourses. Dr. Teresa has herself started oestrogen replacement in 2005, despite still undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and has remained with this therapy ever since. Her diagnosis fuelled a particular interest in complex menopause care and, in 2017, she was recognised as a Menopause Specialist by the British Menopause Society.  From then on she campaigned for a Surrey-based NHS Community Menopause Service.  Although ultimately forced to abandon this project due to lack of funding, she has continued to champion Menopause Care in Surrey.

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Through her extensive background in Women’s health and menopause, Dr. Mitchell is also experienced in inserting and removing IUDs.