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Chicago native DR. SOGOL JAHEDI founded Advanced Gynecology in 2011, based on a vision that in an industry headed toward Big Medicine, a solo doctor can provide exceptional, personalized care. A strong advocate for patient education, Dr. Jahedi gives her patients the personal care possible only in a small practice. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, she is board certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and works on staff at Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Jahedi and her husband, Dr. Jimenez, moved into their Barrington Village home right after they got married almost 20 years ago. They love their neighborhood community, as do their children, who attend Station and Barrington High School.
What’s a trend you’re embracing—or challenging? Medicine has a long and storied history of an almost sacrosanct relationship between physician and patient. In the modern medical system, this important relationship has been disregarded in the race for corporate profit. Unfortunately for doctors and patients both, the corporate takeover of medicine has led to physician burnout and patient dissatisfaction with care. To buck this trend in our current time has been an uphill battle. I carry no clout with insurance companies as a small practice solo doc. I do not have the leverage of a large corporation or the deep pockets of private equity in negotiations. I am, however, able to maintain the independence to take care of my patients in a way that honors the physician-patient relationship. This sustains both of us, as it has for millennia, and it is enough.
What’s one piece of advice you wish you’d received earlier in your career? I had grown up internalizing the message that I could have it all. I wish that someone had told me that while that may be true, you cannot have it all at the same time. Every woman finds her own balance in this realm. There are no wrong answers. But having it all—at once—is not likely realistic.
What conversations are you passionate about bringing to the table? I have spent the better part of the past few years immersed in menopause medicine. I am proud to keep my patients informed as an active member of the Menopause Society, with attendance at their lecture series and annual conferences. Menopause is having a moment, and I am passionate about teaching my patients what I learn.
For more information, visit advancedgyne.com.
