Erin Kunkel

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Erin Kunkel, MD grew up in the Washington, DC metro area in Maryland. She received a BA in Theater from Middlebury College. After a year-long stint on a national theater tour, she moved to
New York City where she promptly identified a love of health and medicine that dwarfed her love of the stage. She completed her premedical postbaccalaureate training at Columbia University,
received her medical degree from Brown University, and completed a residency in OBGYN at Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to RI after residency and spent 7.5 years practicing as a board-certified general OBGYN. Throughout her time in that practice, she fell in love with working with women in midlife, supporting them through the unique challenges posed by the late reproductive years, perimenopause, and through to postmenopause. It became abundantly clear that women needed a more comprehensive and holistic approach to their health during these years, as not only do our bodies change, but our minds and our emotional landscapes shift in response to the unique demands of midlife. To better support these women, she completed a professional training certification in Womens Integrative and Functional Medicine, became a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner MSCP, and attained board certification in Obesity Medicine DABOM. Her areas of expertise include general gynecology, PCOS, abnormal uterine bleeding, perimenopause and
menopause, and weight management. When not working, she can be found exploring new parks and hikes with her husband and daughter, browsing plant nurseries with aspirational garden visions in mind, cooking, or just drinking coffee with a good book or a good friend.