Actress and producer, Angelina Jolie reportedly plans to remove her ovaries after undergoing a preventative double mastectomy. New York Daily News spoke to Dr. Sharyn Lewin, a gynecological oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, about taking such proactive measures and asked for her opinion.

A recent New York Times article looks at the growing number of experts, including Dr. Carolyn L. Westhoff, a gynecologist at Columbia University Medical Center, who now question the value of conducting routine pelvic exams on asymptomatic women.