Dr. Jennifer Gunter, MD
Not yet claimedOB-GYN, Menopause specialist · Physician (MD)
San Francisco, CA
Board-certified OB/GYN and pain medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, author of The Menopause Manifesto and The Vagina Bible, known for evidence-based menopause and gynecologic care and for debunking wellness misinformation.
About Dr. Jennifer Gunter, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Jennifer (Jen) Gunter is an obstetrician-gynecologist and pain medicine physician who practices with The Permanente Medical Group in San Francisco, California. Her listed practice address is 2200 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, and she is also listed with the Interventional Pain Clinic at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, with a hospital affiliation at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center as well.
She earned her medical degree at the University of Manitoba in 1990, completed her OB/GYN residency at the University of Western Ontario in 1995, and then did an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Kansas, followed by further study in pain medicine.
Outside the clinic, she writes widely about women's health. She is the author of The Vagina Bible, The Menopause Manifesto, and Blood, and has been described as a New York Times columnist covering women's health. Her clinical approach has been described as evidence-based medicine combined with a focus on empathy and patient experience.
In CMS Open Payments data for 2021 through 2025, she has $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records. Payments from drug and device companies are common and legal; this record shows none.
- Medical degree
- She received her MD from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine in 1990. healthgrades.com
- Residency and fellowship
- She completed OB/GYN residency at the University of Western Ontario in 1995, then an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Kansas, followed by study in pain medicine. drjengunter.com
- Practice and affiliations
- She works as an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician with The Permanente Medical Group, with hospital affiliations at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Centers. healthgrades.com
- Books on women's health
- She wrote The Vagina Bible, The Menopause Manifesto, and Blood. The Menopause Manifesto was published in 2021 by Kensington Publishing. kensingtonbooks.com
- Newspaper columnist
- She has been described as a New York Times columnist writing about women's health. en.wikipedia.org
- Approach to care
- Her clinical approach is described as evidence-based medicine combined with a focus on empathy and patient experience. en.wikipedia.org
- License and NPI
- Her NPI 1649358227 was assigned in November 2006, with an OB/GYN taxonomy (207V00000X) and California license C52149. npiprofile.com
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- Her statement that she is board certified in OB/GYN in both Canada and the United States comes from her own published bio and has not been confirmed against certification registries in this research. Her pain medicine credential status was also not independently verified. bigthink.com
- Checks for license discipline, lawsuits, criminal matters, recent news coverage, and peer-reviewed publications were not completed in this research. Nothing was found, but these categories should be treated as unverified rather than clear. npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov
- Her WebMD profile contains generic, apparently auto-generated text (for example, '36 years of experience' with no named training) and is not a reliable source for her credentials. doctor.webmd.com
- A patient review on Healthgrades states that her recommendations align with the Endocrine Society and The Menopause Society. That is one patient's characterization, not a statement from Dr. Gunter. healthgrades.com
- The 'MD, MD' credential string in some records appears to be a data-entry duplication rather than two separate degrees. npiprofile.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
2200 O'Farrell St
San Francisco, CA 94115
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