Veteran medical professional Dr. Tyrone Malloy has run Metropolitan Atlanta OB/GYN. a successful private practice in Decatur, Georgia, for three decades. Dr. Tyrone Malloy also has considerable experience in research and medical leadership and serves as the medical director and principal investigator of the Soapstone Center for Clinical Research, which conducts clinical trials related to women's reproductive health issues, including the side effects of major surgeries such as hysterectomy. Hysterectomy, which involves surgical removal of the uterus, is a last-resort treatment for serious medical conditions such as cancer, severe fibroids, and endometriosis. Hysterectomy in premenopausal women disrupts hormone production and causes a drop in reproductive hormones, such as estrogen. This is accompanied by unpleasant symptoms such as vaginal dryness, sexual dysfunction, decreased muscle mass, and mood. After a hysterectomy, many women undergo estrogen replacement therapy in order to relieve these symptoms. However, growing evidence indicates that administering testosterone can also help alleviate symptoms associated with hysterectomy. A recent study conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston studied the dose-dependent effects of testosterone on women with low testosterone levels following hysterectomy. The 71 participants were randomly assigned either the placebo or one of four different testosterone doses, which were delivered on a weekly basis for 24 weeks. At the end of that period, researchers found that the highest dose (25 mg) tested in the trial was associated with significant gains in sexual function, muscle mass, and other measures of physical performance. While there are concerns that testosterone therapy causes unpleasant symptoms of masculinization in women, such as unwanted hair growth and acne, researchers observed very few of those side effects in the study. This suggests that women might truly benefit from testosterone post-hysterectomy