Dr. Shieva Ghofrany

Shieva Ghofrany, MD FACOG has been in private practice since 2003 at Coastal Obstetrics & Gynecology in Stamford.  After completing a liberal arts bachelor’s degree at Georgetown University she then completed a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at Columbia University. She attended medical school at Tel Aviv University/Sackler School of Medicine after which she completed her residency at Stamford Hospital/Columbia University.  She then pursued coursework in “Integrative Health and Healing” through The Graduate Institute in Connecticut which she completed in summer of 2016.

Her coursework helped immensely when she was diagnosed in June 2016 with ovarian cancer and her newfound complementary knowledge improved her mechanisms of coping with her extensive surgical complications and 18 weeks of chemotherapy. Her cancer had arisen in the setting of her long history of endometriosis and her early detection at stage 2 helped solidify her belief that if women and doctors work together, we can STOP erroneously labelling ovarian cancer “the silent killer”. 

Dr Ghofrany also enjoys media work and has been quoted in many online and print publications including articles in The Huffington Post, Parents Magazine, and Mind Body Green. As well, she continues to be listed in Castles-Connolly Top Docs each year, has taped videos for “the Bump”, “Web MD” and “Verywell.com” and most notably was featured in two  episodes of PBS HUMAN airing May 2021 which will then show on Netflix.

As a mother of three, she has personal as well as professional knowledge of pregnancy, miscarriages and childbirth (having had six miscarriages, one vaginal delivery and two cesarean sections herself). Then in December 2009 she underwent weight loss surgery and continues to understand the CONSTANT struggle between food, weight and emotion--particularly for women.  Given her multitude of “health” and particularly obstetric/gynecological experiences—she often quips that she is “not only the ‘hair club’ president, but also a client!”.

Since February 2019, she has grown her social media presence (largely on Instagram) so that she can chat openly about “all things female”, focusing mostly on “increasing women’s knowledge to help decrease their anxiety” from 200 followers to over 30K followers as of May 2021.

The Pandemic in 2020 presented a unique reminder that women need and want QUALIFIED information as well as community and to that end in November 2020 she and partner Jenny Hayes Edwards launched their company called “Tribe Called V”, an online platform that aims to “increase women’s knowledge about their health in order to decrease their anxiety”.  Their initial offering is their “my OB&ME” pregnancy program (including an eBOOK as well as monthly virtual meetings).  They are currently working on their gynecology portal which will house videos delivered in Shieva’s candid, easily digestible vernacular.

In addition to her private practice, Coastal OBGYN, where she has been with her partners since residency finished in 2003, she is also consulting for various womens’ health/wellness companies. Thus far she has joined Bodily, By Heart and most notably Aspira Women’s Health where she is the Head of Global Clinical Implementation and to that end is working toward the companies goal of improving ovarian cancer detection at earlier stages. Each company has a synergistic goal aligned with Shieva’s to provide women with a more robust ability to improve their knowledge and, in turn, their health.