Dr. Sophia Yen will discuss perimenopause and explore how social media is shaping women’s health beliefs and decision-making, for better and for worse, and what clinicians and patients need to watch for in this new information ecosystem.​

Dr. Yen will also introduce Maya—an AI character designed to reflect the collective voice and lived experience of women in midlife. Used responsibly, AI can help bridge the gap between information overload and trustworthy insight. This unique and innovative initiative from HERmedicine is intended to bring together empathy, science-backed education, and digital innovation to empower women. Maya’s mission is to make sense of peri/menopause by asking the right questions, cutting through misinformation, and connecting women with expert, evidence-based guidance from trusted voices in women’s health.​ 

Sophia Yen, MD, MPH, is CEO and Co-Founder of Pandia Health, an expert in asynchronous telehealth and pharmacy for birth control & peri/menopause. She has a passion for making women’s lives easier, preventing unplanned pregnancies, and educating women about #PeriodsOptional and peri/menopause.

She graduated with a BS from MIT, an MD from UCSF Medical School, and an MPH in Maternal Child Health from UC Berkeley. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford Medical School. Dr. Yen is board-certified in Adolescent Medicine and an MSCP.

She developed and tested an algorithm for picking the best birth control pill, with 93% of patients happy with the 1st pill prescribed at 10 weeks, and 82% of newbies still on the OCP at 1-year follow-up.

Mother of 2 future SheHeroes and wife of a feminist. She would like to be the 1st surgeon general to say masturbation without being asked to resign (what Clinton asked of Dr. Elders)