MEET OUR MENTOR: Sophia Yen, CEO & Co-Founder @ Pandia Health
About:
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pandia Health, birth control delivery. She has a passion for making women’s lives easier, preventing unplanned pregnancies, and educating women about #PeriodsOptional.
With more than 20 years of experience in medicine, she is board-certified in Adolescent Medicine. She graduated with a B.S. from MIT, M.D. from UCSF Medical School, and M.P.H. from UC Berkeley in Maternal Child Health. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford Medical School. She is a Reproductive Health Specialist and co-founded 3 non-profit organizations/projects in her endeavors to improve the lives of women: The Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women, SheHeroes.org, the “full” campaign = fffl.co = Female Founded, Female Led, a B2C campaign to get consumers to choose Female Founded, and Female Led, all things being equal.
She co-founded Pandia Health because she believes no one should suffer from “pill anxiety” – the fear of running out of birth control and the stress of having to obtain birth control each month.
Her latest health campaign is to educate the public about #periodsOptional. See her TEDx talk at the bottom of this page http://pandiahealth.com/periodsoptional. Anyone with a uterus does not have to bleed each month. This will decrease cancer, decrease landfill, and increase women’s participation in school and work.
Dr. Yen enjoys educating the public and other physicians about birth control, menstrual regulation/elimination, sexually-transmitted infections, acne, obesity, and other adolescent health issues.
She has spoken at SXSW, TEDxBerkeley, Facebook, TEDx Silicon Valley Women, UC Merced, UC Davis, UC Riverside, Stanford University, local high schools, Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, and given grand rounds and noon lectures at various academic institutions from Stanford Pediatrics and Internal Medicine to UCLA Internal Medicine.
Pandia Health as the ONLY #DoctorLed, #WomenFounded and Led birth control delivery company, is building the Online Health Brand Women Trust, starting with birth control, moving onto to Acne, Menopause and more. We chose Pandia: the greek goddess of healing, light, full moon because we are about women’s empowerment. We also came up with Pan = every, Día = day. We got you every day. Set it and forget it, let Pandia Health worry about your birth control, other medications. We’re expert care by expert doctors, resulting in fewer, if any, side effects.
What does impact entrepreneurship mean to you? Is it different from being a “regular” entrepreneur? How so?
Doing good by creating a business. Most entrepreneurs are about making money but as the only Doctor-Led birth control delivery company, we will always tell you what’s best for your health, even if it does NOT benefit our bottom line. We WILL make a profit for our investors but we don’t have to do that pushing something that’s not good for your health. We’re about expert, evidence-based, cutting edge care.
Do you have any resources for young entrepreneurs?
SheEO is a great group for those that are woman-founded, woman-led. They provide ~$100k loan, interest free, to be paid back over 5 years. Stanford StartX is also a great support and help. Consider Roll Up Vehicle on Angel List.
Where can we find you? How can we support you?
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@pandiahealth
IG: https://www.instagram.com/pandiahealth/ & https://www.instagram.com/drsophiayen
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pandiahealth/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pandiahealth & https://twitter.com/teenmd
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ_dgWnuAPvQZo-PSwsk4IA