Mary Jane Minkin, MD is clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine, and has been in private practice in New Haven for 47 years. Dr. Minkin Is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and practices at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Yale Medical School and her undergraduate degree from Brown University. He did both her internship in internal medicine and her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner since 2002, the first-year certification was offered. Dr. Minkin helped establish and has been Director of the Sexuality, Intimacy and Menopause clinic for cancer survivors at the Smilow Cancer Center since 2008. Dr. Minkin serves as the faculty representative of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on multiple Yale New Haven committees including the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.
Dr. Minkin has won numerous teaching awards, including the Francis Gilman Blake award, awarded by the Yale Medical School graduating class to the clinical attending who taught them best. She has been awarded the obgyn residents’ teaching award three times. She was also named Menopause Educator of the year by the North American Menopause Society in 2018. She has been named a “Top Doc” by Connecticut Magazine numerous times, and in 2009 she was honored by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame for her significant contributions to the care and well-being of Connecticut citizens. Her website, MadameOvary.org, has considerable information on menopause and other women’s health issues, and also many podcasts on these topics.
She is a leader in women’s health education both inside and outside the medical community. She is lead or co-author of articles in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals, and serves on the editorial boards of the journals Menopause and Maturitas. She has written 7 books. She is regularly interviewed and quoted in print and broadcast media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and People’s Magazine. She did a cross country lecture series with Dr. Ruth Westheimer on menopausal sex. She has also served for many years as the faculty adviser to the New Haven and Yale Rape Crisis team.
Dr. Minkin is married to mathematician Steve Pincus, and has two children in their 30’s, Allegra and Max. She enjoys opera, historical fiction, and through peril and pain, the New York Mets.