Dr. Rachel Rubin

But before I ever knew the full depth of her credentials, I knew her fire.

I knew her honesty.

I knew her relentlessness.

Rachel and I have shared stages, compared notes from clinic, and cheered each other on through the exhausting work of changing healthcare for women.

I trust her not just as a clinician, but as an ally and truth teller.

Advocacy has been amplified through her deeply personal experiences.

During the July FDA panel on women's health and hormone therapy, Rachel spoke openly about her mother's challenging prolonged ICU stay and her difficulty accessing local vaginal estrogen to prevent urinary tract infections and sepsis.

She used this story to show the deep harm the outdated and incorrect FDA warning labels placed on patient care and physician knowledge.

That experience lit a fire in Rachel that has fueled her entire career.

It is the reason she fights outdated regulations.

It is the reason she pushes for better training.

It is the reason she is tireless in making sure no woman is ever left in the dark about her own anatomy, her hormones, or her sexual health.

Rachel is one of the rare physicians who combines rigorous scientific expertise with compassion, clarity, and courage.

She works, teaches, researches, publishes, advocates, and educates with a singular mission to bring women the evidence-based care they have deserved for generations.

I love her fire.

I love her honesty.

I love her commitment to doing the hard, necessary work of rewriting women's healthcare.

I'm Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and certified menopause practitioner.

I'm also an adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Welcome to Unpaused, the podcast where we cut through the silence and talk about what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life.