Dr. Aviva Romm

Aviva Romm, MD, is a Yale-trained, board-certified family physician, herbalist, midwife, and internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics. She has spent over four decades advancing evidence-based, whole-person healthcare for women and families.A pioneering voice in women's integrative health and midwifery care, Dr. Romm is the founder of the Yale Integrative Medicine Program, and her own organization, The Women's Integrative Health and Medicine Institute, dedicated to practitioner education, consumer empowerment, and transforming women's healthcare through science-based, root-cause approaches to prevention and healing. She is the author of numerous influential books including Hormone Intelligence, a New York Times bestseller, and Botanical Medicine for Women's Health, widely regarded as the definitive textbook on women's herbal medicine. Her forthcoming book, Force of Nature: A Whole Woman's Guide to Perimenopause, Menopause, Midlife, and Beyond, continues her mission of redefining women's health across the lifespan. Dr. Romm serves on the Board of Directors of Every Mother Counts and chairs its Impact Committee, helping advance equitable maternal healthcare globally. Through her clinical work, research, teaching, writing, and advocacy, she bridges traditional healing wisdom with modern medical science, empowering women to transforming their personal health and and healthcare professionals to transform patient care and the healthcare system itself toward one that more deeply meets the needs of women.