Dr. Alizadeh is a board certified OBGYN who is passionate about providing holistic and individualized care. Using her osteopathic principles, she believes in treating the whole women and incorporating multiple approaches to treat the body and mind. Outside of Gennev, she travels across the country providing obstetrics and gynecologic care to rural communities. When not working, you can find her exploring the outdoors with her family, gardening, cooking, and getting lost in a good book.
Yashika Dooley is a board certified OBGYN, and a Regional Medical Director for Gennev. She is fellowship trained in female pelvic medicine and Urogynecology. She has focused on perimenopausal and postmenopausal health and whole-body wellness for over 22 years. Her goal is to educate and empower her patients to advocate for their best health right now. In her free time, you can find her hanging out in a yoga studio or doing hot pilates.
Jessica brings with her years of experience building health with clients through a holistic and integrative approaches that includes food, movement, stress, and sleep. She roots her practice in self-compassion and starts with what is realistic for her clients to build long-term, sustainable habits. She is passionate about providing high quality education and tools and giving space to her clients to express all the frustrating, funny, positive, challenging experiences that come with menopause. Jessica has been a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist since 2015 and received a B.S from Cornell University in Natural Resources and a MS in Nutrition from Bastyr University.
Melissa Burton, RDN, RYT-200 is a second career Registered Dietitian Nutritionist that is passionate about empowering people to break free from diet culture and finally feel positive about their relationship with food and their bodies. Melissa has over 15 years of nutrition experience in various areas including clinical inpatient and outpatient, corporate wellness and substance use and eating disorders recovery.
Melissa’s first career was in Marketing and Communications, and she leverages her expertise in psychology and targeted messaging to educate individuals and groups regarding food, nutrition, body image and overall health. In her spare time, Melissa likes to travel, engage in fitness activities and go to concerts.
Dr. Noah is a board-certified OB/GYN and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in private practice. As her patients’ needs evolved over time, she focused her practice on providing evidence-based, holistic menopause care for more than a decade. Understanding that weight gain is a common problem at this time, she completed additional education and certification in Obesity Medicine. Recognizing the limited access to personalized care that exists for so many women, she began providing care in telemedicine. She is excited to be working as a Gennev physician and increase the availability of individualized midlife support for women. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with family, cooking, yoga, and traveling.
Dr. Anthony is a board certified OBGYN with 20 years of experience. Dr. Anthony has a passion for providing healthcare and education to women who are experiencing the midlife transition into perimenopause and menopause. Additionally, Dr. Anthony works as an OB Hospitalist. In that role, she serves as adjunct faculty for third-year medical students at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences who are rotating in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Anthony serves on the board of advisors for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. In her spare time, Dr. Anthony enjoys reading, playing tennis and traveling with her family.
Dr. Kimberly Turner is an OB/GYN with over 30 years of clinical experience. She recently retired from Johns Hopkins Community Physicians and enjoys working as a physician consultant for Gennev providing menopausal health services. She is also providing research consulting for Morgan State University in Maternal Heath Disparities. In her free time, her hobbies include reading and playing piano.
Dr. Debra Acerenza, DO FACOG is a board certified OBGYN. She works at a private practice in Maryland, as well as serving as a consultant on the Gennev team helping women navigate the menopause process. In her spare time, you can find her working out, spending time outdoors and keeping an eye on her 2 teenage boys!
Dr. Kumar is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in perimenopause and menopausal management. She earned her medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine, and finished her residency at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
Dr. Kumar believes in a holistic approach to menopause management. She emphasizes the importance of understanding each patient’s unique experience and offers a range of treatment options, including hormone therapy, lifestyle modifications, and alternative therapies. Her goal is to help women transition through menopause with confidence and comfort.
In her spare time, she loves spending time with her kids, traveling, and cooking.
Dr. Swenson is a board certified OBGYN at Gennev who has been providing care to women for more than 20 years. She has learned that women are genuinely interested in their own health and want to understand the science behind their medical conditions. Originally from Iowa, she completed her medical training in Northern California where she still lives with her husband and two daughters. She has been with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for her entire career and has taught OBGYN residents as an Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member of Stanford University. Now with a practice focused on both telehealth and outpatient gynecology, she is excited to use her clinical experience to help patients during their mid-life transition, finding solutions that work for each woman individually.
Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi is an OB/GYN, educator, writer, and community activist who works at the intersections of reproductive health, rights, and justice. Dr. Moayedi is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology, board certified in Complex Family Planning, and she is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. Dr. Moayedi has been providing menopause care with Gennev since 2019 and she loves caring for people from all over the country through their unique menopause journeys. In addition to providing menopause care, Dr. Moayedi is the president & founder of Pegasus Health Justice Center, a community health resource that creates holistic wellness through justice-centered, patient-oriented healthcare, education, and advocacy. She is also a founding member of CERCL-FP, Centering Equity, Race, and Cultural Literacy in Family Planning, a collective that works to name, disrupt, and dismantle structures of oppression in family planning healthcare. A fierce healthcare & community advocate, Dr. Moayedi has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, PBS, MSNBC, and NPR.