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Chris Naraine, MD, FACOG, FABOIM
ABOUT
Dr. Naraine holds dual physician board-certification in Gynecology & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Integrative Medicine. He completed his medical training at Hahnemann University School of Medicine/Drexel University with Distinguished Academic Performance and completed an OB/GYN residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He founded and directed a thriving OB/GYN practice at Penn Medicine Princeton and has been recognized by the AMA with the Physician Recognition Award along with multiple teaching awards.
He specializes in advanced robotic laparoscopic and pelvic reconstructive surgery, treating pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, and menopausal and postpartum anatomical changes. As an Integrative Gynecologist, he manages endometriosis, PCOS, fibroids, chronic pelvic pain, and abnormal menstruation using integrative approaches. Fellowship training at the Andrew Weil Center refined his integrative expertise. Dr. Naraine is committed to compassionate care and global health, serving underserved populations in South America.

Maria Sophocles, MD, FACOG
ABOUT
Maria Sophocles, MD, is a gynecologist whose mission is to address gender inequality in sexual health—what she calls “The Bedroom Gap.” She advocates for open, empowering conversations around midlife sexuality, highlighting the dramatic sexual changes accompanying menopause. She believes sex should be grounded in pleasure and mutuality, not the outdated male-focused model still shaping cultural narratives.
Through education, clinical work, and public-facing commentary, she works to modernize how society understands women’s sexual health. As a gynecologist, Maria Sophocles is well informed about how women's bodies age, and how the sexual effects of menopause are neither understood nor discussed. Having talked with and treated women around the world, she knows this "broken, dried up" feeling midlife women develop is universal.
Having taught clinicians in the U.S and abroad, she also knows our medical education system does not adequately teach menopause issues, especially sexual ones, and is failing the nearly one billion menopausal women worldwide. Maria works to teach women -- in her clinic in Princeton New Jersey and her international virtual practice --to understand normal changes with age, and to advocate for their own health rights, whether sexual pleasure or reproductive choice.
Seeking to improve access to contraception for New Jersey marginalized women, she spoke repeatedly before the New Jersey Senate over seven years, and was instrumental and ultimately successful in the passage of a bill in 2023, granting women access to contraception without repeat clinic visits, a meaningful step toward reducing unplanned pregnancies. This bill is now enshrined in the NJ state constitution.
In 2015, Sophocles pioneered the use of lasers to regenerate vaginal tissue and introduced this technology to clinicians on five continents.
She mentors women in STEM and entrepreneurs with ideas, advising healthtech startups, including one with a wearable device to stop hot flashes where she is the Chief Medical Officer.
She is a board-certified member of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, holds formal certification as a Menopause Expert from The Menopause Society, and is a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health.
She has been named a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases for her contributions to gynecology.
She hosted the limited YouTube video series GyneCollege and has a forthcoming book "The Bedroom Gap." Chronically curious, she is an avid reader and traveler, collecting people ( and sand) and imbuing her life with humor and pathos as much as she can.
Her TED Talk and website are great ways to get to know her.

Deborah Copaken
ABOUT
Deborah Copaken is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including Shutterbabe, The Red Book, Between Here and April, and Ladyparts, her most recent memoir of bodily destruction and resurrection during marital rupture (Random House, 2021). A contributing writer at The Atlantic, she was also a writer on the Emmy/Golden Globe-nominated Netflix hit, Emily in Paris, a performer (The Moth, etc.), and an Emmy Award–winning news producer and photojournalist.
Her photographs have appeared in Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Slate, O, the Oprah Magazine, Air Mail, and Paris Match, among others. Her column “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist” was adapted for the Modern Love streaming series. She is the founder, writer, producer, CEO, and publisher of the Webby Award-winning Substack, Ladyparts.

Gayatri Devi MD
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Dr. Gayatri Devi is a neurologist and internationally known expert in memory disorders, particularly dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Director of the New York Memory & Healthy Aging Services, she provides individualized, compassionate care for cognitive conditions.
She is the author of *The Spectrum of Hope*, a groundbreaking guide to living with memory loss.

Vivian A. Kominos, MD, FACC, ABOIM
ABOUT
Vivian A. Kominos, MD, FACC, ABOIM, a nationally recognized
clinician and educator in integrative cardiology, is a graduate of St
Louis University School of Medicine. She completed her internal
medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital in her home state of New Jersey.
She is board certified in both Integrative Medicine and Cardiology.
After practicing cardiology for over 35 years, she recently “retired”
from private practice and now concentrates on teaching and
volunteering.
She provides cardiology care to the uninsured at
Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, New Jersey. She is
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Andrew Weil
Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) where she completed
her integrative medicine fellowship in 2007 and is a founding
member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine where she
served as vice chair and remained an active board member until
2020.
Besides being a mentor for the AWCIM fellows, she holds an
essential role in the fellowship educational curricula, authoring
modules on topics ranging from cardiovascular health to nutrition,
mind body medicine, and obesity. She is a speaker and educator
for her peers, medical students and residents, nurses, and the
community. She loves running, kayaking, cooking and spending
time with family and friends. Her greatest joy is her
granddaughters.

Tieraona Low Dog, MD
ABOUT
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is one of the nation’s most respected voices in integrative medicine, women’s health, herbal medicine, and dietary supplements. A pioneering clinician and scholar, she has authored 54 peer-reviewed papers, 25 textbook chapters, and four books with National Geographic, and co-edited Oxford’s *Integrative Women’s Health*.
She has delivered 600+ keynotes globally and served in national leadership roles including the White House Commission on CAM Policy and advisory roles at NCCAM/NIH. For more than 25 years, she has shaped safety and quality standards for botanical and supplement use through the U.S. Pharmacopeia. She advises Fortune 500 companies, serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Botanical Council, and is the Founding Director of UC Irvine’s Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship.

Ashley Koff, RD
ABOUT
Ashley Koff, RD is the founder of The Better Nutrition Program (BNP), the Nutrition Course Director for UC Irvine’s Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship, and a faculty member at IFNA, where she teaches integrative nutrition approaches to obesity and weight management.
With 25+ years of clinical experience, she helps patients adopt “better, not perfect” nutrition strategies grounded in sustainable, measurable outcomes. Recognized as one of CNN’s Top 100 Health Makers and featured in *InStyle* as “Hollywood’s Leading Dietitian,” she has served as Westin’s Global Nutrition Ambassador. Her upcoming book, *Your Best Shot*, explores personalized health and GLP-1–guided wellness.

Adi Benito-Herrero, MD
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Dr. Adi is an integrative endocrinologist trained in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital and Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed an Integrative Medicine fellowship at the Andrew Weil Center, herbal training at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies, and meditation training at Khalsa Healing Arts.
Director of Princeton Integrative Endocrinology, she also serves on faculty at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and UC Irvine, where she developed the Integrative Endocrinology curriculum. Her clinical work blends evidence-based medicine with herbal, nutritional, and mind-body therapies, specializing in thyroid disorders, PCOS, and metabolic health.

Jennifer Ashton MD
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Dr. Jennifer Ashton is one of the nation’s most trusted and credentialed voices in women’s health. Double board-certified in OB-GYN and Obesity Medicine with a Master’s degree in Nutrition from Columbia University, she is uniquely positioned at the
intersection of hormonal health, weight management, and evidence-based nutrition—credentialed expertise that is unmatched on the national stage.
She is the Founder and President of AJenda, a multimedia health platform focused on science-driven metabolic and hormonal health for women. For 12 years, Dr. Ashton was seen by millions of people daily on national television as the Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News and co-host of GMA3: What You Need to Know. She
was the first woman and only the third physician to hold that role in network history.
A four-time Emmy Award winner, Columbia DuPont award winner, bestselling author, and American Heart Association board member, she continues to shape national conversations around women’s health. Her free weekly newsletter, AJenda, and her program, The Wellness Experiment, reflect her mission: to make medical science accessible and actionable for every woman.
Dr. Ashton is the mother of 2 children, and lives in Boston, LA and NYC with her husband, executive producer and Fenway Sports Group co-owner, Tom Werner.

Meghan Rabbitt
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Meghan Rabbitt is an award-winning journalist and the author of *The New Rules of Women’s Health: Your Guide to Thriving at Every Age*.
She has written extensively for national publications including Women’s Health, Oprah Daily, Prevention, and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. Known for translating complex medical and scientific concepts into clear, compelling language, she tells stories that help women better understand their bodies and health.