Dr. Julie Catherine-Elise Hakim, BSc, MSc. MD FRCS(C), FACOG
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, FemTech Focus Dr. Julie Hakim is the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of FemTech Focus, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing Technology, services, and products that improve women’s health and wellness.
About this speaker
Dr. Hakim is a Canadian and U.S. board-certified OBGYN and Assistant Professor in OBGYN at Baylor College of Medicine and Pediatric Gynecology at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hakim is also the co-inventor on a patent for a vaginal stent designed to help the vagina heal following surgery and radiation treatments. This invention has been achieved by Dr. Hakim and her all-women research Lab based in the largest medical center in the world - Texas Medical Center. Dr. Julie Hakim is also the first Pediatric GYN in North America to also run an all women science lab. Her mission is to treat the patients, start the conversations, and create the products that improve the reproductive health and well-being of girls and women across the planet. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook at @DrJulieGYN