This chapter profiles Dr. Jennifer Gunter, an OB-GYN who became medicine’s leading voice against health misinformation targeting women (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.). After graduating from University of Manitoba College of Medicine at age 23 and completing OB-GYN training at University of Western Ontario (1990–1995), Dr. Gunter specialized in chronic pelvic pain and vulvodynia following her 2001 premature delivery of triplets, which unfortunately ended in one son dying (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Halushak, Meet Goop’s number-one enemy. Chatelaine. https://chatelaine.com/health/jen-gunter-profile/ , 2019, July 16). Dr. Gunter transitioned from obstetrics to gynecology, becoming board-certified in pain medicine while practicing at Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Kaiser Permanente. My doctor online: Jennifer Gunter, MD. n.d. https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/doctor/jennifergunter/about ). Her 2017 blog post debunking Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop jade egg claims led to a $145,000 settlement and catapulted her to prominence as “Twitter’s Resident Gynecologist (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Goop to pay $145,000 in civil penalties. 2018, September 4. https://da.sonomacounty.ca.gov/jill-ravitch-announces-consumer-protection-settlement ; CBC Media Centre. New CBC original docseries, “Jensplaining,” hosted by “Twitter’s resident gynecologist” Dr. Jen Gunter launches August 23 on CBC Gem. 2019, June 12. https://mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcement/4163/new-cbc-original-docseries-jensplaining-hosted-by-twitter-s-resident-gynecologist-dr-jen-gunter-launches-august-23-on-cbc-gem/ ).” She has published three New York Times bestsellers: “The Vagina Bible” (2019), “The Menopause Manifesto” (2021), and “Blood” (2024) (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.). Currently writing for The New York Times and hosting multiple platforms including the TED podcast “Body Stuff,” Dr. Gunter continues to advocate for evidence-based women’s health education (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.).

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Jennifer Gunter, an OB-GYN who became medicine’s leading voice against health misinformation targeting women (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.). After graduating from University of Manitoba College of Medicine at age 23 and completing OB-GYN training at University of Western Ontario (1990–1995), Dr. Gunter specialized in chronic pelvic pain and vulvodynia following her 2001 premature delivery of triplets, which unfortunately ended in one son dying (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Halushak, Meet Goop’s number-one enemy. Chatelaine. https://chatelaine.com/health/jen-gunter-profile/ , 2019, July 16). Dr. Gunter transitioned from obstetrics to gynecology, becoming board-certified in pain medicine while practicing at Kaiser Permanente Northern California (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Kaiser Permanente. My doctor online: Jennifer Gunter, MD. n.d. https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/doctor/jennifergunter/about ). Her 2017 blog post debunking Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop jade egg claims led to a $145,000 settlement and catapulted her to prominence as “Twitter’s Resident Gynecologist (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.; Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Goop to pay $145,000 in civil penalties. 2018, September 4. https://da.sonomacounty.ca.gov/jill-ravitch-announces-consumer-protection-settlement ; CBC Media Centre. New CBC original docseries, “Jensplaining,” hosted by “Twitter’s resident gynecologist” Dr. Jen Gunter launches August 23 on CBC Gem. 2019, June 12. https://mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcement/4163/new-cbc-original-docseries-jensplaining-hosted-by-twitter-s-resident-gynecologist-dr-jen-gunter-launches-august-23-on-cbc-gem/ ).” She has published three New York Times bestsellers: “The Vagina Bible” (2019), “The Menopause Manifesto” (2021), and “Blood” (2024) (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.). Currently writing for The New York Times and hosting multiple platforms including the TED podcast “Body Stuff,” Dr. Gunter continues to advocate for evidence-based women’s health education (Gunter, About me. Dr. Jen Gunter. https://drjengunter.com/about-me/ , n.d.).