Dr. Lena Edwards

Dr. Lena D. Edwards is a physician, author, and nationally recognized expert in women's health, hormones, metabolism, and functional medicine. A graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, she completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and has completed advanced fellowships in Endocrinology, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Integrative Cancer Therapy.

For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Edwards has combined conventional and functional medicine to help women uncover the hidden physiologic imbalances that contribute to stubborn weight gain, fatigue, hormonal changes, and other metabolic concerns.

She is the founder of The Edwards Edge and Adrenalogix and the creator of the Weight Loss After 40 series, a science-based collection of books that helps women understand the real physiologic drivers of weight gain and make informed, evidence-based decisions about their health.

A former Clinical Instructor for George Washington University and community faculty member for the University of Kentucky, Dr. Edwards has presented internationally on women's hormonal health and integrative endocrinology and is the author of Adrenalogic: Outsmarting Stress and numerous scientific and professional publications.