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About Dr. Maria Sophocles

Advancing Care For Women

Maria Sophocles, MD, FACOG, MSCP, IF

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Maria Sophocles has been advancing women’s healthcare through clinical practice, education, innovation, and advocacy. A nationally recognized expert in menopause and female sexual health, she brings a candid, evidence-based perspective to conversations that have too often been overlooked.

As a physician, speaker, author, and educator, Maria is committed to helping women better understand their bodies, their options, and their health.

 

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Women's Health Matters

Maria’s work extends far beyond the exam room. As the founder and former owner of Women’s Healthcare of Princeton, she brings decades of clinical experience and healthcare leadership to her work as a speaker, author, advisor, and advocate.

From menopause and sexual health to healthcare innovation and policy, she combines medical expertise with a broader mission to improve access to women’s healthcare and education.

Women's Health

Clinical

  • Menopause
  • Sexual Health
  • MonaLisa Touch® CO2 Laser
  • Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis, Fibroids
  • Vulvodynia and Lichen Sclerosus
  • Cancer Survivorship
  • Optimizing Healthspan

Non-clinical

  • Advising & Consulting for VC Funds, Healthtech
  • Chief Medical Officer Roles
  • Independent Board of Director Positions
  • Executive Leadership Coaching & Advising
  • Scientific & Medical Advisory Board Roles
  • Public Speaker, Subject Matter Expert
  • Media Personality
  • Menopause Thought Leader
  • Women's Health Expert

From 2001 to 2007, Dr. Maria Sophocles was a visiting professor and member of an NIH research team at the Frauenspital in Basel, Switzerland. Upon returning to the United States in 2007, she founded Women’s Healthcare of Princeton, a progressive, patient-centered gynecology practice that grew to serve thousands of women. As its founder and former owner, she helped establish an approach to care centered on listening to women and addressing their evolving healthcare needs.

A board-certified OB/GYN, Dr. Sophocles is also a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. She has been recognized for her contributions to gynecology and named a fellow of both the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) and the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases (ISSVD).

In 2015, she was among the first U.S. clinicians to recognize the need for non-estrogen treatment options for vaginal atrophy in breast cancer survivors and pioneered the use of CO2 laser technology both intravaginally and on the vulva. She has trained clinicians in this technology across five continents and continues to advocate for women’s health, reproductive rights, and sexual health in the United States and abroad.

Working alongside New Jersey Senator Shirley Turner, Dr. Sophocles played an important role in the passage of legislation in 2023 expanding access to hormonal contraception without requiring repeated visits to a clinician.

She is a member of SHE Media’s Flow Advisory Council and the author of The Bedroom Gap, a book exploring sex, intimacy, and the changing realities of midlife. Her 2023 TED Talk, What Happens to Sex in Midlife, has reached more than one million viewers. Through her writing, speaking, and educational work, she advocates for more candid conversations, better sexual health education, and greater gender equity.

Dr. Sophocles holds a magna cum laude BA in English from Duke University, attended Jefferson Medical College, and completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

She is married with four grown children and resides in Princeton, New Jersey.