Speaking

I speak about what women are taught to believe about their bodies, and what it costs them.

With over 25 years of practicing medicine – in women’s health and obesity medicine – I bring the biology and the exam-room stories together for audiences of women, clinicians, and the organizations that serve them.

My talks challenge assumptions, reframe familiar problems, and leave people seeing things differently.

Featured Keynote Presentations

These talks can be customized – from 30-minute keynotes to half-day workshops.

Health ≠ Morality

How shame-based health narratives teach women to shrink – in their bodies, careers, and voices – and how medicine, workplaces, and culture can stop reinforcing them.

Ideal for: women’s leadership events, professional associations, health-system leaders

Designing for Strength

Women in midlife are experienced, high-value talent. Most are hungry to contribute, yet they are leaving the workplace at record rates. Understanding what’s broken in the systems they are working in and how to redesign them is the key to optimizing our current and future workforce

Ideal for: benefits leaders, executive retreats, women’s leadership events

Fade or Rise: Rewriting Midlife

Why midlife is when women are taught to disappear, what the biology actually asks of us, and what happens when we refuse to wait to be taken seriously.

Ideal for: women’s leadership events, retreats, association keynotes

Medical & Clinical Presentations

I regularly present at medical conferences and professional meetings, focusing on evidence-based obesity medicine, menopause care, and metabolic health across the lifespan.

Selected Topics:

  • When Biology Changes the Rules: Clinical Insights into Weight, Hormones, and Midlife Health
  • Obesity and Maternal Health: Clinical Considerations Before, During, and After Pregnancy
  • Evidence-Based Obesity Treatment in the Era of GLP-1s
  • Gender Health Disparities: From the Perspective of a Clinician
  • Obesity: An Economic Problem
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My Approach

Evidence-Based

Every talk is grounded in current research, delivered without academic jargon.

I translate complex science into clear frameworks that audiences can immediately apply.

Story-Driven

I use patient stories and lived experience to make complex concepts relatable and memorable.

Data informs the framework, but stories make it stick.

Action-Oriented

Audiences leave with practical frameworks and tools they can apply immediately.

I offer more than inspiration – focusing on actual strategies that can be implemented easily.

Speaking Experience

Recent Keynotes & Panels:

2026:

  • Obesity Medicine Association: Obesity Medicine 2026: Controversies and Crossfire in Obesity Medicine (panel discussion)
  • Columbia Cornell Obesity: Additional Topics for Advanced Study On Demand: Obesity and Maternal Health: Pregnancy & Postpartum
  • Obesity Medicine Association Summit: The Business of Obesity Medicine: The Future of Obesity Medicine: Innovation, Advocacy, and the Next Era of Care (panel discussion)
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Districts XII/IV and District IIAnnual Meetings: Optimizing Obesity Care in Women Across the Reproductive Lifespan: From Preconception to Postpartum
  • 22nd Annual Women’s Health Annual Visit (WHAV): Pasadena and New York City: The Obesity Decision Lab: Rapid-Fire Women’s Health Cases Across the Reproductive Spectrum

2025:

  • South By Southwest (SXSW): Dr. TikTok Will See You Now: Social’s Impact on Obesity Care
  • Obesity Medicine Association: Obesity Medicine 2025: Recipes for Care: Hormones in Flux: Unlocking Metabolic Health Through the Menopause Transition and Beyond
  • Food as Medicine Network: Live 2025: Unifying the Food Movement Ecosystem: What’s it Going to Take?
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): District II, Districts XII/V and Districts VI/VII Annual Meetings: Collaborating With Peers to Optimize Obesity Management in Women: Clinical Considerations Before, During, and After Pregnancy
  • Rochester Regional Health’s 3rd Annual Obesity, Weight Loss, & Metabolic Surgery Symposium: When Biology Changes the Rules: Clinical Insights into Weight, Hormones, and Midlife Health

2024:

  • Obesity Medicine Association: The Obesity Summit: Women’s Health: Conference Moderator
  • University of Missouri, Kansas City, Department of OB/GYN: Grand Rounds: Women’s Health Economics
  • Indie Books Trusted Advisor Rainmaker Summit: Aligning Marketing With Your Why
  • STAT Open Doors: The GLP-1 Catalyst: Transforming Healthcare Markets
  • Midwest Business Group on Health: Supporting Women in the Workplace: Health Care in the Workplace: Women’s Journey

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