Dr. Mary Minkin, MD
Not yet claimedOB-GYN, Menopause specialist · Physician (MD)
New Haven, CT
Dr. Mary Jane Minkin is a gynecologist and longtime Yale clinical professor in New Haven who focuses on menopause care. She co-directs a Yale program that helps cancer survivors with menopause, sexuality, and intimacy concerns.
About Dr. Mary Minkin, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Mary Jane Minkin is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Connecticut who focuses on menopause care. She is a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine and sees patients in the New Haven and Guilford area (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/maryjane-minkin/). She is also listed as a clinician with Yale New Haven Hospital (https://www.ynhh.org/physicians/mary-jane-minkin.aspx).
She trained close to home: a biology degree from Brown University (https://yaledailynews.com/articles/profile-dr-mary-jane-minkin-madame-ovary), a medical degree from Yale School of Medicine in 1975 (https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/no-pausing-for-menopause-expert-mary-jane-minkin-md-75/), and an internal medicine internship plus OB-GYN residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital (https://swhr.org/team/mary-jane-minkin-md/). She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and has been a Menopause Society (formerly NAMS) Certified Practitioner since 2002 (https://swhr.org/team/mary-jane-minkin-md/).
Much of her public work is patient education about menopause. She writes and speaks under the name "Madame Ovary" and points patients to her own education site with videos, podcasts and articles from her Yale bio (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/maryjane-minkin/; https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/206924). She also writes as a regular contributor for health publications including Healio (https://www.healio.com/authors/mminkin), HealthyWomen (https://www.healthywomen.org/u/mary-jane-minkin-md) and Contemporary OB/GYN (https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/authors/mary-jane-minkin).
Federal Open Payments records show she received $201,392.64 from drug and device companies across 144 records between 2021 and 2025, with the largest amounts from Pfizer, Astellas Pharma, Bayer, Mayne Pharma and TherapeuticsMD (https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/). Payments from industry to doctors are common and legal, and are reported publicly by Medicare.
- Yale faculty and hospital role
- She is a clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine and is listed as a Yale New Haven Hospital physician. medicine.yale.edu
- Board certification
- She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG). swhr.org
- Certified menopause practitioner
- She has been a Menopause Society (formerly NAMS) Certified Practitioner since 2002. swhr.org
- Medical school and residency
- She earned her MD at Yale School of Medicine in 1975 and completed an internal medicine internship and OB-GYN residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. medicine.yale.edu
- Patient education as 'Madame Ovary'
- She runs a personal menopause education site with videos, podcasts and articles, which she links from her Yale faculty page. edgemedianetwork.com
- Regular health writer
- She has author or contributor pages at Healio, HealthyWomen, Contemporary OB/GYN and WebMD. healio.com
- Public speaking on menopause
- She appears as a guest expert in menopause video interviews and a monthly Instagram Live series hosted by another organization. hyldalife.com
Worth knowing
- Open Payments data for 2021-2025 lists $201,392.64 in industry payments to her across 144 records, including from Pfizer ($67,517.19), Astellas Pharma ($57,928.28) and Bayer ($35,931.92) — companies that sell menopause-related products. Such payments are legal and publicly reported, and patients may wish to ask how they relate to treatment recommendations. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- She is listed as a named expert on Versalie, a commercial menopause platform. versalie.com
- Her personal education site appears with two different web addresses in different sources (a .com version in her Yale bio and a .org version in a third-party bio); the current address was not confirmed. swhr.org
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$201,393
144 payments
| 2021 | $22,341 |
| 2022 | $9,211 |
| 2023 | $49,625 |
| 2024 | $42,678 |
| 2025 | $77,537 |
Top payers
- PFIZER INC.$67,517
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$57,928
- Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.$35,932
- MAYNE PHARMA COMMERCIAL LLC$20,976
- TherapeuticsMD, Inc.$15,701
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$102,335
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$72,013
- Honoraria$13,140
- Travel and Lodging$9,445
- Food and Beverage$4,258
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
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Practice location
Sexuality, Intimacy and Menopause program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
40 Temple St
New Haven, CT 06510
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