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Philip M. Sarrel received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1963. He completed his internship at Mount Sinai Hospital and his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center where he became the director of the teenage pregnancy clinic in 1964, later known as the Young Mothers Program. Following his appointment to the faculty in 1969, the year that co-education was instituted at Yale, Sarrel and his wife Lorna, a psychiatric social worker holding degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Columbia University, both trained by Masters and Johnson in sex therapy, founded the Yale Sex Counseling Service. They also instituted the first Yale class dealing with human sexuality and produced a student booklet, "Sex at Yale." In 1984, Dr. Sarrel was appointed director of the Mid-Life Study Program. He has remained at Yale throughout his career, earning the rank of Full Professor in 1988 and is currently Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Sarrel is the author and co-author of over 200 medical articles and chapters for medical texts and the co-author of six textbooks related to menopause and to understanding sexual behavior and response.