Optimal healthcare for women at every stage of life

By Sue Baldani

In 1996, Somi Javaid and Komel Caruso’s mother’s medical complaints were repeatedly dismissed as stress and anxiety. One day, she was rushed into emergency surgery and was extremely fortunate to have survived.

It was then that Somi, who was already in medical school, was inspired to empower other women and make sure they were heard. But, after completing an OBGYN residency, the realities of the healthcare system prevented her from doing so.

“She was seeing 40 to 50 patients a day with eight to 10 minute appointment slots,” says Komel.

After 15 years plus of practicing, Dr. Javaid realized that in order to give women the time, education and compassionate care they deserved, she needed to open her own practice. In 2015, she and Komel founded HerMD. Today, there are five physical locations in five different states, include one in Millburn, NJ.

With appointments ranging from 20 to 60 minutes, and medical care provided by experienced board-certified doctors and nurse practitioners specially trained in sexual health care and menopause, women are finally receiving the proper care.

“There’s still a stigma around talking about sexual health and menopause, so women are suffering in silence without any treatment options because only 20% of OBGYNs are trained in menopause care,” says Komel.

There are a broad range of services offered at HerMD, including general gynecology. There’s a laboratory and ultrasound on site. “We also have the ability to perform minimally-invasive surgical procedures on site,” she says. “We’re fixing that broken healthcare system with our outcomes and also having truly comprehensive healthcare under one roof.”

When it comes to finding optimal healthcare for women, it can be difficult no matter who you are. She says actress Melissa Gilbert, who lives in upstate New York, recently drove over two hours to HerMD in Millburn. Today, she says the practice is changing her life. Another patient commented, “I have found the heart of my health in the hands of these providers.”

241 Millburn Ave
Millburn, NJ

862-289-6590

HerMD.com/Locations/Millburn-NJ/

Written for Inside Livingston/ Vicinity Media Group in New Jersey.