Webby Award–Winning Podcast

disruptHER
the system

A sharp, empowering show for women rewriting the rules in healthcare, hormones, and business. Hosted by Dr. Somi Javaid, MD.

“Empowering women to become CEOs of their own healthcare.”

Dr. Somi Javaid
disruptHER
Webby Award Winner · Yr One
300–400K
Annual Listens
34K+
Social Followers
15K+
Top Episode
45–50
Keynotes / Year
Webby Winner
Dr. Somi Javaid hosting the disruptHER podcast
The Podcast

Conversations that
move the needle from
awareness to action.

Webby Award–Winning · Launched March 2025

Each episode pairs Dr. Javaid with the founders, clinicians, and cultural voices reshaping women's health — honest conversations, practical insight, and real transformation. In year one, disruptHER earned a Webby and grew to a 300K–400K annualized run rate.

Menopause & hormonesSexual wellnessWomen in medicine Founders & VCFemTechAdvocacy & equity
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The Host

About Dr. Javaid

Dr. Somi Javaid, board-certified OB/GYN

Dr. Somi Javaid has spent two decades closing the gender gap in women's health — building the care she couldn't find, for her patients and for herself. A board-certified OB/GYN and surgeon specializing in sexual health, menopause, and hormone care.

She founded and scaled HerMD, raising $40M+ in capital — a milestone reached by fewer than 0.4% of women of color who secure venture investment in the U.S. — before a double exit. Her TEDx talk reframed how audiences understand equitable care, and she lent her clinical eye to landmark menopause storytelling, including the PBS documentary The M Factor and two New York Times bestsellers.

The mission is simple and stubborn: close the credibility gap for women in healthcare — in a field where 93% of OB/GYN residents still graduate without any menopause training.

Board-Certified OB/GYN & Surgeon Menopause & Sexual Health Expert 2× Exited Founder TEDx Mainstage Speaker Global Keynote Speaker
The Webby Acceptance Speech

“May I Borrow
Your Penis?”

Five words. One award. A growing movement.

It names the credibility tax women pay in medicine and business. Women aren't borrowing confidence —

they're forced to borrow legitimacy.

This ends now.

Dr. Somi Javaid with her Webby Award
On The Stage

The conversations
medicine keeps skipping.

01

Gender bias in medicine & the female health revolution

02

Menopause, hormones & the future of women's healthcare

03

Sexual wellness: breaking the silence in midlife

04

Women founders, venture capital & building in healthcare

05

FemTech innovation & closing the gender health gap

Press, Publishing & Screen

Bringing women's health
to the main stage.

Contributing Expert

Dare I Say It

Naomi Watts · NYT Bestseller
Consulting Expert

How To Menopause

Tamsen Fadal · NYT Bestseller
Medical Expert

The M Factor

PBS Documentary · Award-Winning
Recognition & Roles

Honored for the work — and the noise.

2026

Webby Award Winner

disruptHER Podcast — Year One

2025

Worth Groundbreaking Women

Leadership & innovation honoree

2025

Fortune MPW International

Featured speaker

2024

Inc. Female Founders 250

Transforming women's healthcare

2025

Cincinnati Fire — Finalist

Startup of the Year

2020

TEDx Mainstage Speaker

The Female Health Revolution

Board & Medical Expert
Bea FertilityThe Body Agency
Advisory
Canyon RanchThe Testosterone ProjectStripesBayer Global HealthThe FemHealth ProjectLusome
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