The GSM Collective

The GSM Collective Concierge medicine--elevated, full-service care for the modern woman. I provide each and every service to my patients personally.

My professional passion has always been providing the highest level of service to my patients ensuring good health and well being on the inside and out. You’ll be in my individualized and experienced care throughout your journey at the CGC . As someone who has practiced throughout the nation, in major academic medical centers, and other countries , I have served patients in a variety of cultures, social situations and have seen a large variety of gynecologic pathology. I have seen almost everything and work to alleviate not only the current problems my patient’s face, but also work toward preventing future medical issues and am open to problems many doctors do not wish to discuss–such as s*xual health and cosmetic surgeries–that when addressed appropriately improve the overall lives of women. As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I have seen women through a variety of phases in their lives –experiencing the joys of bringing a baby into the world and heartaches of diagnosing a cancer. I have seen the changes women undergo postpartum and I specialize in helping women regain the confidence and good health they need during and after the postpartum period. Whether it is addressing your gynecologic health, improving your s*x life, or working to restore your natural beauty to regain your confidence, I can help you in your journey. Our goal here at the Center for Gynecology and Cosmetics (CGC) is to provide individualized healthcare and aesthetic services to our patients regardless of their phase in life, to not only live their life in the healthiest way possible but also to embrace it with full confidence. As we focus here only on gynecologic and aesthetic services, we will customize your care to achieve your best health and well being—no matter how you define it.

03/16/2026

Shieva and I discuss the peri-postpartum-pause—the ultimate cruel joke for women having babies in their 40s.

Postpartum is naturally hypoestrogenic. You’re dealing with sleepless nights from the baby plus hot flashes, painful s*x, and low libido all while taking care of a new baby.

Your libido is not the same, and many women don’t understand this is completely normal.

There is nothing wrong with you. The expectations are too high, and women need to understand that they are not broken.

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03/13/2026

I had an 8-foot v***a made for my 10-year practice anniversary and I thought it would be fun to have conversations with my friends and colleagues when they come to Chicago.

This segment is within the podcast titled Between Two L***a.

Dr. Shieva Ghofrany is my first guest for the series and we had such a fun time talking about the period of postpartum to perimenopause (what she calls the peri-postpartum-pause), bounce-back bodies, and as you see in this clip, talking about the fact that there is no normal size v***a.

Shieva has great wisdom about it—men truly don’t care.

Men, comment and tell us if Shieva’s right.

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03/12/2026

Responding back to to some of the people who have said that’s it’s not that deep or to chill when women are told their conditions are in their head .This isn’t about being ‘too sensitive.’ It’s about evidence. And standing up for woman who are being dismissed and preventing a harmful stereotype to continue to be passed along . As an example, A recent study in JAMA Network Open found that nearly 40% of women with vulvova**nal pain were made to feel ‘crazy’ by clinicians, and over half considered abandoning care because their symptoms were dismissed. These conditions often have vascular, neuropathic, hormonal, or musculoskeletal causes. Yes, chronic pain can lead to anxiety or depression—but that doesn’t mean the pain is psychological. When we default to ‘it’s in your head,’ we delay diagnosis and treatment for conditions that are often very treatable.

03/11/2026

Women apologize constantly during medical exams. For not shaving. For p***c hair. For body odor.

Even women dying of breast cancer apologize for not wearing deodorant.

We use euphemisms like “down there” instead of saying v***a or va**na.

We teach our daughters shame around their own anatomy.

Meghan and I discuss why we need to drop the shame. These are body parts. You don’t apologize for having a nose. Your doctor has seen everything. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

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03/09/2026

Autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women. Endometriosis and fibroids affect millions.

But the research doesn’t exist to fully explain why or how to treat them effectively.

Even medical devices designed to screen us aren’t made with our bodies in mind.

Breast MRI machines are uncomfortable because they weren’t designed for women’s anatomy.

We need more women in research. We need better device design. And we need to keep talking about it because that’s how change happens.

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03/07/2026

A medical student at joking about handing a woman a book written for her —the DSM—is ugly given medicine’s long history of labeling women ‘hysterical’ instead of investigating their symptoms. In fact wrote a book about women’s health ,centering this theme ITS NOT HYSTERIA.
2.8 million likes demonstrates the systemic issues in our society with women’s health
From endometriosis to vulvodynia to autoimmune disease to heart attacks, women’s symptoms have repeatedly been dismissed as psychological. This bias delays diagnosis and harms patients.

If you pledge , first do no harm, understand that means for all your patients —not just your white heteros*xual ones . The future of medicine should be better than this.

03/06/2026

In this episode, Meghan Rabbitt and I discuss women’s health research gaps, systemic bias in medicine, becoming the CEO of your healthcare, and navigating online health information.

In this clip, Meghan shares the most important new rules women should embrace.

First, become the CEO of your own healthcare by educating yourself about what’s happening in your body. Second, understand that women aren’t small men and we need different care across every specialty.

Meghan also shares advice about ditching alcohol and being proactive about hormone therapy conversations even before symptoms start.

03/06/2026

So inspired today for the next generation of OBGYNs . .obgyn . They REQUESTED more information and knowledge around seggs medicine and I was happy to deliver! I loved to watch their eyes light up learning how to diagnose and learning about the cl****is and cl****al phimosis. We are just starting to scratch the surface. And they are all super psyched about

03/06/2026

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03/05/2026

Testosterone therapy is complicated because there’s no FDA approved product for women.

People often ask if they “should” be on it based on what they’ve heard online.

But Dr. Rowen doesn’t work in shoulds.

She treats individuals based on their specific symptoms and goals, not because of social media hype or hormone levels. Treatment should be personalized, not prescribed.

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