In this episode, Dr. Milan Chavarkar shares her 25+ year leadership journey in women’s health — from serving as a nurse midwife and family nurse practitioner to founding Lotus Integrative Health and Nursing. She reflects on how deep listening, longer patient visits, and root-cause care inspired her move into functional and integrative medicine, and how the pandemic accelerated her leap into entrepreneurship.

Dr. Chavarkar also explores her expansion into venture investing, health AI, and her fertility-focused startup PriMi Health, highlighting the leadership challenges and opportunities in improving diagnosis, prevention, and clinician-centered innovation. Throughout the conversation, she reveals how mentorship, purpose, and human connection have shaped her leadership philosophy and continue to drive her vision for women’s health.

Connect with Dr. Milan Chavarkar at https://www.linkedin.com/in/milanchavarkar/

Learn more about Lotus Integrative Health and Nursing:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lotusihn/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lotusintegrativehealth

Website: https://www.lotusintegrativehealth.com/

Discover PriMi Health at https://www.primihealth.ai/

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