Dr. Monique Rainford, MD, MBA

Dr. Monique Rainford, MD, MBA is the CEO and Co-founder of Enrich Health, LLC. She is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, author, public speaker, entrepreneur, and expert in health disparities affecting Black women in America. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School, where she received the John Russwarm Award for Academic Excellence and the Robert H. Ebert Award in Primary Care Medicine, respectively. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Dr. Rainford is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She operated a private practice for ten years and has served as the Center Medical Director for the Baltimore Medical System locations on the campus of St. Agnes Hospital. She was also the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale Health and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to her academic role, she consults on women’s health through her company, WWELL INC. In May 2024, she was awarded her MBA from Yale University.

Dr. Rainford has been a columnist for the Daily Gleaner, Jamaica’s largest daily newspaper, and the South Florida Times. Her work has appeared in prominent medical journals, including the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Menopause, and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. She is a frequent public speaker, addressing health disparities faced by African American and other Black women in America, as well as general women’s health and wellness topics. Her writing has been featured in numerous publications such as the Hartford Courant, the Baltimore Sun, Afro, Elephant Journal, Medscape, and KevinMD. She has made multiple media appearances both nationally and internationally, including on Meet the Press Reports with Chuck Todd, NBC News Now, CBS Baltimore, ABC 2 Baltimore, Fox 5 DC, and WTNH News 8. Additionally, she has delivered a TEDx talk at TEDxWilmington. Dr. Rainford is a published author, and her third book, “Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America,” was published in April 2023. She is happily married, and she and her husband are the proud parents of two children.

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