Her Story
About Monica
Monica Relvas is a physician practicing in Virginia. She serves as an ICU doctor while also providing comprehensive menopausal care for women in her private practice. Relvas is board certified in obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine, and holds certification as a menopause specialist from the Menopause Society. Her approach integrates cardiometabolic care, weight management, and full menopausal support beyond hormones alone. She is the author of the upcoming book Protect Your Trajectory, which addresses myths and provides education on health and aging well during menopause. Relvas attributes her drive to a lifelong goal of helping people, stemming from her own experiences and a desire to address gaps in women's health care. She plans to focus on educating women directly through speaking engagements and her writing.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Monica
01What do you attribute your success to?
My goal in life is to help people. I always wanted to be a doctor, and if I get to save one person throughout my entire life, my life will have been worth it. Serving is a privilege, and using our knowledge and energy and time to help people is important. It's my mission in life. There's a major gap in women's health that I suffered through myself, and it's not right. What keeps me going is there's a lot of work to be done, and menopausal women do not have the luxury of time to wait for current doctors to become aware of new information. I need to go out and speak and make them aware so they can protect their trajectory and have a better quality of life.
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