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Dr. Alyssa Quimby and Dr. Sara Twogood are OBGYNs at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.
Through their years of clinical experience, they realized the current health care environment does not permit the extensive education sessions that patients need and want. Basic education about the female body and all parts of reproductive medicine take more time than a focused doctor visit will allow. While online information and support groups are invaluable, it can be challenging to differentiate anecdotal information from science based expert information. This is especially true with sexual health, wellness, and dysfunction where marketing of products causes even more confusion.
Dr. Quimby and Dr. Twogood started exploring avenues to give patients helpful, scientific based medical information. This included serving on medical review boards; contributing to online publications such as NPR, SELF, Cosmopolitan, and Well+Good; lecturing outside the office; and forming group sessions inside the office. Ultimately, they realized the best way to do this consistently is through the first physician produced online and in person education platform.
Voila – Female Health Education was born.
Meet Dr. Alyssa Quimby, MD
Dr. Quimby’s passion is education. As a former professor at USC Keck School of Medicine, she lead the required OBGYN clerkship. For years, she mentored and taught each 3rd year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine, both in the classroom and the hospital. She developed innovative curriculum to round out education and received accolades as a teacher and physician. In her current role at Cedars Sinai, she continues her role of teaching medical students and residents. Patients have equally recognized this passion for teaching and Dr. Quimby consistently receives the highest marks from patients.
Meet Dr. Sara Twogood, MD
Dr. Twogood’s passion is promoting and demystifying health information to the public. Her blog, Dr. Sara Twogood’s LadyParts Blog, provides comprehensive information about pregnancy and gynecology topics. She is on the medical board for the period tracker app Flo; contributes as a medical expert for The Bump (a pregnancy app and website); and serves on both Parents Magazine and Byrdie Beauty and Wellness Review Board (Byrdie.com). As a former professor at USC Keck School of Medicine, she gave talks to the community.