About Dr Brooke Vandermolen

I’m a senior obstetrics and gynaecology resident doctor working in London NHS teaching hospitals. For over a decade I’ve looked after women at every stage of life, from first periods to menopause, on labour wards, in clinics and in theatre.

Clinical training and surgical practice

I’m a senior registrar completing advanced specialist training in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology and in benign gynaecological surgery. I completed a specialist fellowship in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology at University College London Hospitals, caring for children and young people with complex and congenital gynaecological conditions, and I have now been appointed to a competitive fellowship in robotic gynaecological surgery. I have won awards for my research from the BSGE.

Research and writing

My research spans high-risk obstetrics and minimally invasive gynaecology, including work on preterm birth prediction and pre-eclampsia, published in journals including The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

I’ve written a textbook chapter on hypertension in pregnancy, contributed to national guideline development and presented at the RCOG World Congress and national specialty meetings, and I work as a medical writer for clinical and public audiences.

Education, leadership and digital health

I’m the current trainee representative for the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (BritSPAG) and for the UCLH obstetrics and gynaecology department, and I’ve founded and delivered surgical teaching programmes for junior doctors.

I completed a foundation programme in Digital Health Leadership at Imperial College London, and much of my work sits where medicine meets health technology and communication: I create digital content for the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and NHS England, I’ve sat on clinician advisory panels guiding health content and policy at YouTube, TikTok and Meta and I’ve been Medical Advisor to Ovarian Cancer Action since 2018.

The OBGYN Mum

The OBGYN Mum began during my own pregnancies, when I realised that even as a doctor I found it hard to separate reliable pregnancy information from opinion online, and that for people without medical training it was harder still. What started as a few pictures on Instagram answering the questions I was asked most has grown into a platform reaching more than 150,000 people across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, where everything I publish is grounded in evidence and in the medicine I practise daily.

My book, Bloody Powerful: The Taboo-Busting Guide to Women’s Health, illustrated by Hazel Mead, is published by Cambridge University Press: the questions I’m asked most in clinic, answered clearly, with empathy and a bit of humour. Get the book

Beyond the clinic

As a women’s health educator, speaker and brand advisor, I deliver keynote talks, workshops and webinars for organisations including EY, Santander, MindGym, Soho House, John Lewis and Sky, and I’ve spoken at the Everywoman Festival and The Baby Show. I advise companies building products and services in women’s health and the Femtech industry, from reviewing claims against the evidence to shaping medical content people can rely on.

I’m also a mum of three, so a good deal of what I write about, I’ve also lived.

Working on something in women’s health? Whether you’re booking a speaker, building a product, or looking for a clinical voice you can trust, I’d like to hear from you. Get in touch