Author Talk: ‘Grown Woman Talk’
Referencing her New York Times bestseller, Grown Women Talk, DR. SHARON MALONE shares her advice for every woman marginalized or overwhelmed by a healthcare system that has become more impersonal, complex, and difficult to navigate than ever. Dr. Malone’s conversations are for any woman who is simply standing at the intersection of aging and health, anxious and wanting solutions.
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Women’s Health Issues
A leading OB/GYN and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health, DR. SHARON MALONE seeks to eradicate the silence surrounding women’s health by facilitating discussion between women of all ages and encouraging more accurate and productive medical insights, both in her New York Times bestseller, Grown Women Talk, and as the Chief Medical Advisor of Alloy Women’s Health. Centered on giving women agency in their health decisions, Dr. Malone highlights the current data around women’s health issues and places that data in a digestible context.
Health Equity & Disparities: The Intersection of Health & Justice
A leading OB/GYN and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health, DR. SHARON MALONE shares her perspective on health equity and disparities in health outcomes. With appearances on The Michelle Obama Podcast, Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want, The Today Show, and more, Dr. Malone is a publically recognized advocate for reproductive rights, reducing teen pregnancy, and eliminating health care disparities.
Dr. Sharon Malone's life story inspires public and women's health reform
SHARON MALONE has seen health care from both sides– as a physician and a child of parents who negotiated health care for themselves and their families in the Jim Crow South. living next door to two hospitals, preventative health care was never a part of her family’s life. As a result, Dr. Malone’s mother would lose her life to colon cancer, diagnosed too late for treatment. This searing life experience has informed how Dr. Malone has chosen to practice medicine and brought focus to the healthcare issues she has chosen to pursue. By speaking to her personal experiences, Dr Malone provides a crucial, informed perspective on healthcare.
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Dr. Sharon Malone’s NYT bestseller, ‘Grown Women Talk,” receives critical acclaim
A leading OB/GYN and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health, DR. SHARON MALONE’s New York Times bestseller, Grown Women Talk, is lauded by major national outlets: CBS News, The Washington Informer, WBUR, the Grio, SHE Media + SXSW, and more. Dr. Malone’s book talks are sell-out events, from her participation in the Loopwell Library Author Series to a conversation with CNN anchor ABBY PHILLIP at the iconic Strand Bookstore in NYC.
Watch Dr. Sharon Malone speak at the New Orleans Book Festival >>
Dr. Sharon Malone is a nationally known expert in women’s health and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Grown Woman Talk. She is the Chief Medical Advisor at Alloy Women’s Health, a telehealth company that focuses on women over 40. Before joining Alloy, Dr. Malone was a partner at one of the oldest and most successful OB/GYN medical practices in Washington, D.C. She is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and certified by the North American Menopause Society as a Certified National Menopause Practitioner. Throughout her professional career, she has been active in advocating for reproductive rights, reducing teen pregnancy, and eliminating health care disparities.
Dr. Malone is the youngest of eight children. During World War II, her parents, both of whom were raised in the rural south, moved to Mobile, Alabama, during the migration from farms to cities. She has seen health care from both sides– as a physician and a child of parents who negotiated health care for themselves and their families in the Jim Crow South. Despite living next door to two hospitals, preventative health care was never a part of her family’s life. As a result, Dr. Malone’s mother would lose her life to colon cancer, diagnosed too late for treatment. This searing life experience has informed how Dr. Malone has chosen to practice medicine and brought focus to the healthcare issues she has chosen to pursue.
In addition to her interest in women’s health, Dr. Malone is an avid reader, an amateur genealogist, and a lover of music. She is married to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and lives in Washington, D.C. They are the parents of Maya, Brooke, and Eric III.
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