Dr. Rachel Pope, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder of MiM

DR. RACHEL POPE, MD, MPH, OBGYN, Division Chief of Female Sexual Health, NIH-Funded Researcher, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder of MiM Menopause, Global Women’s Health Fellowship Director, Author of Love, Sex and Menopause

Dr. Rachel Pope is a fellowship-trained and board-certified obstetrician and reconstructive gynecologist specializing in female sexual health and menopause. She is currently Chief of the Female Sexual Health Division in the Urology Institute at one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers in Cleveland. 

She is a Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner and has a Fellow designation from the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH). Dr. Pope also leads the Global Health Program in Urology, guiding international collaboration between Urologists and Gynecologists in the US and three centers in West and East Africa.

She is an NIH-funded researcher, author of over 60 peer reviewed scientific publications and books, including Sex, Love & Menopause. Her clinical practice surrounds female sexual health, vaginal reconstruction and her research interests are in health disparities and social determinants of health. Dr. Pope's training in global women’s health informs her work not only as a physician but as a social justice activist.

Why MiM? 

I co-founded MiM Menopause because I believe that every person should feel seen and heard and have a say in their care.

Dr. Pope watched far too many perimenopausal and menopausal patients leave her office empty-handed. No matter how uncomfortable their symptoms, the stigma and fear around HRT (hormone therapy) was greater, and many opted to “tough it out”.† 

Unable to help her patients with even a supplement recommendation ("there just wasn't enough scientific evidence"), she knew she had to do more than the status quo. 

As a supplement and CPG business veteran, Ashley Montgomery had a front-row seat to what Rachel had observed. It was clear that women’s needs were not being met and that this could be a true white space business opportunity. She decided to leave her day job, partner with Rachel, and create products that worked to make women’s lives better.

They assembled an expert team of women’s healthcare providers, scientists, and formulators. After rigorous scientific research and testing, created a powerful line of hormone-free, non-prescription proven to be safe and effective at supporting women in midlife. MiM's formulas were designed for versatility and can be taken alone, together, or even alongside menopause hormone therapy.