Aviva Romm

Aviva Romm, MD is a Board Certified Family Physician, midwife, herbalist, and the creator of Herbal Medicine for Women, a distance course with over 800 students around the world. An internationally respected authority on botanical and functional medicine for women and children, with 30 years of clinical experience, she is the author of 7 books on natural medicine, including Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health, winner of the American Botanical Council’s James Duke Award.

A graduate of Yale School of Medicine where she received the Internal Medicine Award for “outstanding academic achievement and community service,” Aviva completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Yale where she was instrumental in creating the school’s first integrative medicine curriculum. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Romm is an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Yale Integrative Medicine Program, is Medical Director of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium, and sits on the expert panel of the American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook. She also serves on the Advisory Committee of the American Botanical Council and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Restorative Medicine.

Dr, Romm is a leader in the revolution to transform the current medical system into one that respects the intrinsic healing capacities of the body and nature - while helping women take their health into their own hands. Her goal is to foster greater access to a health-based, trans-disciplinary health care model. Her primary commitment is to practicing and teaching clinical medicine, promoting an ecological basis for health, and continuing to care for mothers, children, and families. Her areas of research include botanical medicine with a focus on the needs of women and children, improving maternity care models, mind-body medicine, and the impact of environment on health.