Dr. Somi Javaid is a board-certified OB/GYN, a leading women’s sexual health and menopause advocate, and the founder of HerMD, a comprehensive women’s health practice revolutionizing the future of women’s health care. Dr. Javaid aims to make women’s healthcare exceptional by educating, advocating for, and empowering patients to take control of their health concerns. 

Dr. Javaid earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she also completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and was Chief Resident. She was an assistant professor of gynecology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and completed her preceptorship at the San Diego Institute of Sexual Medicine. Dr. Javaid is a member of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) where she frequently presents research. 

In 2024, Dr. Javaid was featured in Inc.’s prestigious Female Founders 250 list. She is also often featured in popular  media publications such as Forbes, Vogue, Well + Good, InStyle, Parents, Refinery29, Mashable, Adweek, Popsugar, and more. In 2020 Dr. Javaid took the TEDx Mainstage to speak about Gender Bias and the Female Sexual Health Revolution.

Dr. Somi Javaid’s defining moment

Dr. Javaid was a 21-year-old pre-med student when her 45-year-old mother was rushed into emergent quadruple bypass surgery with a condition so severe that if the heart attack had come, she would not have survived. Fortunately, the surgery was successful, but this experience and the time leading up to it became a defining moment for Dr Javaid. 

She witnessed how doctors repeatedly dismissed her mother despite obvious symptoms of cardiac disease and a family history of both cardiac disease and sudden cardiac death. Pain in her left arm and chest and shortness of breath were attributed to anxiety. It was suggested that the demands of motherhood stressed her out, and doctors advised her to reduce caffeine intake. Dr. Javaid quickly realized that her mother’s story was not unique. Women’s health concerns were then, as they are today, largely brushed under the rug. It was then that the seed for what would become HerMD and Dr. Javaid’s mission to reimagine women’s healthcare was born.

Today Dr. Javaid is at the forefront of exciting changes actively improving healthcare for both female patients and their providers through her work with HerMD and her advocacy work beyond. 

Awards

  • Inc Founders 250

    Dr Somi is featured on 2024’s Inc Female Founders 250

  • Cincinnati Top Doc

    Dr. Somi Javaid honored on an exclusive list of Greater Cincinnati's top physicians

  • Candela National Center of Excellence

    Dr Somi and Associates awarded Syneron-Candela’s Center of Excellence title

  • Best of Cincinnati, Medical Spa

    HerMD recognized on the "Best of Cincinnati" as a Medical Spa

  • Blossom Award

    Dr Somi received a Blossom Award for her work with The White dress Project, Fibroid awareness and advocacy.

  • Women Who Mean Business

    Dr Somi awarded 2023 Women Who Mean Business

  • Fire Award

    Dr Somi was awarded 2022’s Cincy Inno Fire Award for Women-Led Startups.

  • Cincinnati Influencers

    Dr Somi named in Cincinnati Business Courier’s list of top influencers for 2023-24