Before becoming a physician, Aviva Romm, a recognized expert in midwifery, women’s health, and women’s and pediatric botanical medicine, practiced as a homebirth midwife and herbalist for 20 years, becoming one of the first CPMs in the US and writing her now classic books The Natural Pregnancy Book and Naturally Healthy Babies and Children. Her other books include Natural Health After Birth, Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent’s Guide, ADHD Alternatives (with her husband Tracy Romm, EdD), A Pocket Guide to Midwifery, and Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health.

Her numerous books are now regarded as standards for mothers, midwives, herbalists, and other health professionals using herbs for women’s and children’s health. Additionally, she has written numerous articles, has been published in medical journals, and has contributed to several major integrative medicine textbooks. 

A graduate of Yale School of Medicine, Aviva is completing a residency in internal medicine, creating the first Women’s Health Internal Medicine Residency program at Yale where she has also been instrumental in creating Yale’s first integrative medicine curriculum. She is the long-time president of the American Herbalists Guild, the premiere organization for herbal practitioners in the United States with membership worldwide and is the founder and director of Herbal Medicine for Women, a distance learning program. She has been active in establishing standards for botanical medicine practice and education in the United States, and has taught at national herbal, midwifery, and medical conferences and in private seminars, as well as being a guest on nationally syndicated radio programs. She serves on a number of scientific review boards including the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the Botanical Safety Handbook review committee for the American Herbal Products Association.

Aviva combines her skills as a physician, midwife, and herbalist to offer comprehensive clinical care, education, writing, and consulting on pregnancy and birth, women’s health, women’s and pediatric botanical medicine, health and ecology, and natural living. Aviva is also the mother of four spectacular, mostly grown-up children.  

Aviva's goal is to continue to serve as a bridge between the alternative and conventional medical communities, fostering the growth of a truly integrative, trans-disciplinary health care model, and promoting greater access to health care. Her primary commitment is to practicing and teaching clinical medicine, promoting an environmental basis for health, and continuing to care for mothers, children, and families. Her areas of research include botanical medicine for women and children, and evidence based maternity care.

In addition to her work in health care, she is a gardener, hiker, and artist, working in numerous mediums, and she has a deep love of music and dance.