Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND, is the founder of Toby Amidor Nutrition, PC, where she provides nutrition and food safety consulting services to restaurants and food brands. She is a Wall Street Journal bestselling cookbook author with 12 published titles and a 13th book titled, “Empowered Menopause Diet & Action Plan: Recipes and Meal Plans to Thrive Through Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond,” which is set for release in February 2027.

For nearly 20 years, Toby has served as the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com and is a founding contributor to its Healthy Eats blog. She is a regular contributor to national media outlets and has written the long running “Ask the Expert” column for Today's Dietitian Magazine for over a decade. She also serves on the medical board for Forbes.com and on the editorial board of Today's Dietitian Magazine. As a sought-after media expert, Toby has been quoted in hundreds of national publications and frequently appears on local and national television. She is currently an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University and previously taught at Teachers College, Columbia University, CUNY Hunter College School of Public Health, and Lehman College.

Toby completed her clinical dietetics training at New York University and has built a distinguished career at the intersection of culinary nutrition, food safety, and media communications. In 2018, she received the prestigious Media Excellence Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and in 2026 received the Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations and Communications Award from the New York State Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Association.

Dr. Sadaf Lodhi, DO, FACOOG, FACOG, MSCP, IF, is a board-certified OB-GYN with over 20 years of experience dedicated to empowering women through education, advocacy, and personalized care. She is the founder and CEO of Femme Vie Health, a concierge gynecology practice in New York, and also provides telehealth services for patients in Michigan. Her clinical focus spans the full spectrum of women’s health, with a specialization in menopause, sexual health, and intimacy coaching.

Dr. Lodhi is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, a Fellow of The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and a sexual counselor and educator through the University of Michigan. She holds a B.S. in Biochemistry with honors from the University of Michigan–Dearborn and earned her Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. Her impact extends beyond the clinic: in 2023, she delivered a TEDx talk, “Sexual Education for Physicians: Lessons from a Muslim Gynecologist,” and in 2024, she was honored as Alumni of the Year by the University of Michigan–Dearborn for her pioneering advocacy through the globally recognized Muslim Sex Podcast. Most recently in December 2025, Dr. Lodhi gave the Commencement address at her Alma Mater, the University of Michigan Dearborn. She is also a contributing author in “Thriving After Burnout” and “Made for More 2,” further amplifying her mission to help women embrace midlife as a season of vitality and possibility.

Disclosures: 

Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND, faculty for this event, has the following relevant disclosures to report: she is a nutrition partner for Niagen Bioscience. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Sadaf Lodhi, DO, faculty, and the planners of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.