Today I received an email from the wife of Dr. Gino Tutera
announcing the passing of Dr. Tutera over the past weekend. I only met Dr. Tutera 3 years ago and our
relationship was more professional than personal but I must say that this news
is received with great sadness. This
marks the passing of a great man with a big heart and the courage to challenge
prevailing ideas in medicine with the right ideas. He opened my eyes and provided me tools to
help women in ways that I never could before.
Despite completing medical school with honors, being the executive chief
resident of my obstetrical and gynecology residency program rand scoring in the
top 1% in the country on my OBGYN training exams (CREOG); I NEVER EVER heard of pellet therapy for
women until I met Dr. Tutera.
This is astonishing as hormone pellet therapy has tremendous
benefits and has been around for 50 years!!
How could a studious OBGYN resident have not heard about this? Pellet therapy is one of the most common HRT
used in Europe and Australia yet many OBGYNs in the USA have never heard of it.
Dr. Tutera recognized 20 years ago when he started
SottoPelle that hormones, vitamins and good nutrition are the key to
WELLNESS. Why wait until a person is
sick to help them? Why not help them when
they are well to help them stay well as long as possible? I thank God for Dr. Tutera and the men and
women like him with the courage to think outside of the box. This courage results in a better quality of
life for us all.
On this very sad day I want to say thank you Dr.
Tutera. Thank you for all that you have
done to support the wellness of countless men and women in our country and the
world.
Melvin Ashford, MD
