HILDA HUTCHERSON, MD

Dr Hilda Hutcherson grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, and graduated with honors in Human Biology. She graduated from Harvard Medical School. She completed a medicine internship at the University of California in San Francisco, and her residency in obstetrics and gynecology from Columbia University Medical Center.

Since completing her residency, she has held numerous positions and served on countless committees and boards. She is presently an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean for Diversity and Minority Affairs at Columbia University Medical Center. As co-director of the New York Center for Women’s Sexual Health, she educates women about their bodies and sexuality. Her devotion to women’s empowerment and education is further supported by her monthly sexual health columns in Essence Magazine and Glamour Magazine. She is frequently quoted in Heart and Soul, Cosmopolitan, Upscale, Allure and Marie Clair magazines, among others. She has appeared on Oprah, Montel, 20/20, Today, Good Morning America, the Early Show, ABC Nightly News, and numerous others.

Dr Hutcherson is the author of 3 books: Having Your Baby: A guide for African American Women, What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex and Pleasure: A Woman’s Guide to Getting the Sex You Want Need and Deserve.

She was recently named by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of America’s Leading Physicians, one of the Top Doctors in New York in the Castle Connoly Guide, and is included in the Best Doctors in America 2005-2006 database.

She is married and has 4 children.