International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 2023

*International PCOS Network Authorship Team (in alphabetical order by surname):Tamadher Al-ShaailiSimon AlesiSnigdha Alur-Gupta;Wiebke ArltMike ArmourJodie AveryRafiatu AzumahRicardo AzzizMahnaz Bahri KhomamiAdam BalenJessica BartschiLisa BedsonYitayeh BelstiJamie BenhamRejoy BenjaminLorna BerryHugh BidstrupHanneke BoltWichor BramerLeah BrennanWendy BrownJahnay BryanLeeann BuiTania BurgertMaureen BusbyAli ButtAlayna CarrandiAdele CaveYing CheongSu Jen ChuaGiorgia Elisabeth ColomboLaura CooneyKathryn CorbettThisara CosterStephanie CowanXela Dafauce BouzoMeri DavitadzeShrinkhala DawadiLinda DownesPauline DuCarolyn EeVictoria FitzMadeline FlanaganMaria ForslundKiran GangaRhonda GaradMelanie GibsonSabrina GillKristen Gill HairstonAlyse GoldbergSandro GracaKaley GyorfiDemelash HandisoCheryce HarrisonRoger HartSomayeh HashemiJames HawleyTuong HoKathleen HoegerDawn-Kimberly HopkinsYanan HuHeather HuddlestonGeranne JiskootCailin JordanMaryam KazemiPunith KempegowdaHalimah KhalilJoy KimMarlene KongLily LaiJoop LavenSiang Ing LeeRichard LegroRong LiAngelica HirschbergJing LiuYvonne LouwersMarla LujanRonald MaDjuro MacutShruthi MahalingaiahKashish MalhotraDarren MansfieldKate MarshAlison MaunderMargaret McGowanJohanna MelinEka MelsonTusyita MenonJulia MichalakMarie MissoEdgar MocanuBen MolRachel MormanNegar NaderpoorDhevaksha NaidooAdriana NevenNoel NgKay NguoSharon OberfieldAlexis OldfieldHester PastoorMalika PatelRhiannon PattenLoyal PattuwageJeff PeaAlexia PeñaStephanie PirottaUday Pratap SinghDarren RajitFahimeh Ramezani TehraniSanjeeva RanasinhaVibhuti RaoThais Rasia SilvaThais RochaDaniela RomualdiLuk RombautsAngelo SabagTahani Said NassarAwa SannehDuru ShahSoulmaz ShorakaeLaura SmithLoriana SomaPoli Mara SpritzerElisabet Stener-VictorinAnuradhaa SubramanianJennifer TamblynKatrina TanShakila ThangaratinamMala ThondanReinier TimmanVaishnavi VaddipartiKim van der HamAnne-Lotte van der KooiEszter VankyMichelle VuAadhya VyasCynthia WanChandrika WijeyaratneSelma WitchelIsabella XavierJulia XiongJennifer YamamotoDongzi YangGuoyan (Emily) YangLadan YeganehXinyi WuBulent YildizThis International Evidence-based Guideline for the assessment and management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) 2023, is designed to provide clear information to assist clinical decision making, support optimal patient care and improve health outcomes. It is the culmination of the work of over 1000 healthcare professionals, early careers researchers and academics experts, multidisciplinary clinicians and patients/consumers internationally, bringing together the best available evidence with international, multidisciplinary clinical expertise and consumer preferences to provide healthcare professionals, consumers, educators, funders and policy makers with guidance. The guideline and translation programs promote accurate and timely diagnosis and best practice, evidence-based, consistent assessment and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Education, empowerment and shared decision making is key, with a focus on prevention of complications and improved patient experience and health outcomes for the one in ten women worldwide with PCOS.</p