Plant-based Prevention Of Disease

Sharan Abdul-Rahman, MD MBA NCMP has long been a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist and a Certified North American Menopause Practitioner serving women of all ages holistically with compassionate care, but specializing in all aspects of midlife female health promotion.  She received her Doctorate in Medicine from Yale University School of Medicine School and her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.  For years she was an Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Medical College of Wisconsin and later at Thomas Jefferson Medical College, and she has served as a Clinical Preceptor for Nurse Practitioners at Drexel, Lasalle and Temple Universities.  She has provided care to women in various locations both within and outside of the United States including time spent at the University of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia and the Edna Adan Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Dr. Abdul-Rahman is the Proprietor of Today's Woman Global Health in Philadelphia, serving her patients' pelvic, vaginal and sexual health, and operating the Black Women's Health Podcast.  Over the course of her career she has learned that irrespective of where they may live, their education or their socio-economic status, women globally share similar concerns, and she has always espoused and celebrated the “wonder of being a woman”.  She is a strong and articulate voice for empowerment and consciousness-raising among her patients and in her community, and actively works works to help eliminate racial health care disparities.  She also believes strongly that food has the potential to be medicine.