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OB-GYN, Women's Health Lead
Dr. Priya Rao, MD
MD, FACOG
Board-certified OB-GYN focused on menopause, perimenopause, and cycle-aware hormone care for ALUKARD's women's pathways.
Background
Clinical perspective
Dr. Priya Rao is ALUKARD's clinical lead for women's health. A board-certified OB-GYN with a decade of menopause and perimenopause experience, she oversees the platform's HRT protocols, PCOS intake, and cycle-aware labs. Her perspective is straightforward: route to the lowest effective intervention, document informed consent rigorously, and keep the GP in the loop when systemic risks shift.
Specialties
- Menopause and perimenopause
- PCOS and cycle disorders
- Hormone therapy (HRT)
- Cycle-aware labs
- Preconception care
Verification
Independently verifiable identifiers
Every reviewer on ALUKARD is traceable to public provider databases and academic profiles. Nothing on this page is a marketing stock photo.
- NPI registry1417396044
- ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0004-9122-7711
- PubMed bibliographyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/priya.rao.1/bibliography/public/
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-rao-md
- doximity.comhttps://www.doximity.com/pub/priya-rao-md
- acog.orghttps://www.acog.org/profiles/priya-rao-md
Publications
Pages Dr. Priya Rao, MD has authored or medically reviewed
Every item below links to the live page showing the last-reviewed date. Review scope covers clinical accuracy, source selection, and disclosure of evidence level.
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- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Low Energy / BurnoutFerritin, thyroid, sleep, cycle. The four things most commonly missed when a woman is told her labs are 'normal' but she still feels wrecked.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Hormone ImbalanceCycle-timed labs read across estradiol, progesterone, thyroid, and ferritin. Treated as an overlap problem, not a single-label one.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Weight StrugglesInsulin, thyroid, PCOS screens, ferritin. The real drivers behind weight plateaus that diet alone won't move.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Hair ThinningFerritin and thyroid show up in most women's hair stories. We check them first, then layer in hormones, stress, and nutrition.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Mood / Sleep IssuesMood and sleep shift with cycle, thyroid, iron, and cortisol. We read those before layering in supplements or making a clinical referral.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Provider-Reviewed Hormone CareHRT requires breast, clot, and cardiovascular history on the table. Labs and provider review before any pathway moves forward.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25GLP-1 / Weight SupportGLP-1 conversations start with HbA1c, insulin, thyroid, and coaching on protein and fiber. Licensed provider review before any script.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25PeptidesPeptides are provider-reviewed, not direct-to-cart. Fertility and pregnancy are actively screened out of these pathways.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Hair + Skin ProtocolsNutrient correction first. Ferritin, D, omega-3, protein. Then we layer in targeted support, not before.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25SupplementsMultivitamin, iron-aware support, fiber, creatine. The short list that actually matches what women's labs most often flag.
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- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Estradiol-sensitive vs estradiol-resistant patterns: why dose response differsHow clinicians distinguish estradiol-sensitive from resistant response patterns, choose route kinetics, and adjust dosing without destabilizing symptoms.
- Author - Reviewed 2026-04-25Understanding your thyroid panel: TSH, free T3, free T4, and antibodiesA practical guide to TSH, free T3, free T4, and thyroid antibodies so you can understand when symptoms and labs point to real thyroid follow-up.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25DHEA supplementation: who benefits, who should skip itWhen DHEA supplementation can help, who should avoid it, and how baseline DHEA-S plus follow-up testing prevent common hormone-related side effects.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Creatine for women: what the evidence supportsWhat the data says about creatine in women for strength, recovery, and healthy aging - including dosing, myths, and practical implementation.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Bone density and DEXA: who should test and whenWho should get DEXA testing, how to interpret bone-density results, and what practical interventions follow from early fracture-risk detection.
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- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Bioidentical vs synthetic HRT: what actually changes clinical riskA practical comparison of bioidentical and synthetic HRT: what truly changes risk, what is marketing language, and how to choose by route and monitoring quality.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-25Topical vs oral minoxidil: efficacy and side-effect trade-offsTopical and oral minoxidil compared on efficacy, adherence, side effects, and escalation logic for practical hair-regrowth treatment planning.
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- Author - Reviewed 2026-04-29PCOS metabolic and hormonal stackHow ALUKARD structures PCOS care: confirmed phenotype, insulin-first metabolic base with inositol and lifestyle, then a re-measure-and-decide cycle and androgen recheck.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-29Subclinical thyroid optimization stackHow ALUKARD structures subclinical thyroid workup: full panel including reverse T3 and TPO, upstream confounder correction, and ATA-criteria-aligned decision to treat.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-27Perimenopause hormone-stability stackA perimenopause pathway that starts with ferritin and thyroid context, then route-aware hormone decisions, symptom tracking, and safety-focused follow-up.
- Reviewer - Reviewed 2026-04-27Hair-regrowth and hormonal root-cause stackA provider-reviewed hair protocol that combines DHT strategy, ferritin and thyroid workup, adherence tracking, and objective monthly response checks.