The Fibroids Fighters Foundation is a public welfare organization created to advance the cause of women’s’ health and the safe and effective treatment of uterine fibroids.
Our Mission
Inform
Empower women with information about symptoms and treatment options so they have a voice in their care.
Research
Advocate for research that advances fibroid treatment to discover earlier detection, better care and outcomes.
Educate
Educate the public about the health, social and economic impact caused by uterine fibroids diseases.
Our Story
May 2021
Instagram Live Chat Series “Talk About U” Fibroids and Fertility
The Live Instagram Chat Series gives women an opportunity to discuss concerns around uterine fibroids and their ability to get pregnant. Medical experts explain how fibroid treatments impact fertility, and what questions women should ask their health providers.
April 2021
Our Uterine Fibroid Awareness and Education Reception in Washington, D.C.
Our Women’s Health and Wellness Uterine Fibroid Awareness Reception drew staunch support from community leaders who participated in an open forum about improving awareness, education, and treatment options for fibroid disease. Our Founder and CEO Yan Katsnelson, M.D., was the keynote speaker at the event. Upcoming receptions will be held this spring and summer in Atlanta and Maimi.
March 2021
“Break the Silence, Break the Behavior” Video Series
“Break the Silence, Break the Behavior” are conversations with political representatives, thought and community leaders and activists that focus on how we can get more conversations started around fibroid awareness. The series includes discussions with Councilwoman Christine Henderson, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Coach Gessie Thompson and others.
“I have the Right” Campaign
This innovative advertising campaign features powerful video testimonials of our ambassadors explaining why women have the right to know about their options with uterine fibroids.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research & Education Act of 2021
Working with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke’s office, we are one of the endorsing organizations for this bill that was reintroduced in March and will impact funding, research, and studies for millions of women.
February 2021
Brand Ambassador Program
Our Ambassador Program is founded on partnerships with celebrity or well-known fibroid survivors to share their stories and to create meaningful engagement with women across the globe raising awareness and urgency for education about uterine fibroids.
December 2020
“Talk About You”
Fibroid Fighters launches “Talk About U”, an online testimonial platform, to bring women together by sharing their experiences with fibroid disease on social media and end suffering in silence.
August 2020
Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act
Fibroid Fighters is named one of the endorsing organizations on Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act sponsored by Senator Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
2019
As women began telling us about their battles with fibroids, we realized that education and awareness about symptoms and treatment options was critical. Women were often told that a hysterectomy was their only treatment choice. Our organization rose to the forefront to provide better information, access to medical expertise and connection to other fibroid sufferers.
2018
Fibroid Fighters was started when its Founder Dr. Yan Katsnelson learned that over half a million hysterectomies were performed annually for benign fibroids. “I became a cardiovascular surgeon because I was fascinated with the opportunity to heal and magic of medicine,” Dr. Yan Katsnelson says. “Heart and vascular surgeries had transitioned to better and minimally invasive procedures and the same advancements were available to treat uterine fibroids. But no one was talking about it!” Fibroid Fighters began bringing people together, sharing knowledge, and focusing on strategies to address the fibroid epidemic.
Shaping the Future
We’re shaping the future with our action-charged initiatives to change the conversation around fibroids and educate women across the country about treatment options. We are forming strong networks and partnerships that include people - like you - that care about making healthcare choices, research, and education around fibroids a priority. Let’s put an end to unneeded hysterectomies.
Newsroom
BTSBTB with Kellee Stewart: Latest News
Fibroid Fighters Ambassador, Erica Taylor, spoke with actor Kellee Stewart during Fibroid Fighters’ Break the Silence Break the Behavior YouTube series for National Infertility Week. Stewart is best known for
Fibroid Fighters Hosts IG Live "Guys Let's Chat" December 28
For Immediate Release Fibroid Fighters presents an Instagram Live event, “Guys, Let’s Chat” hosted by author and Fibroid Ambassador, Eugenia Buie on Wednesday, December 28, at 6 pm [EST]. Eugenia
A Permanent Solution
A hysterectomy is the only permanent solution to uterine fibroids. Each year in the United States, doctors perform about 300,000 hysterectomies on women with uterine fibroids. The surgery involves the