Melody T. McCloud. M.D., is an obstetrician-gynecologist and the author of Living Well, Despite Catching Hell: The Black Woman's Guide to Health, Sex, and Happiness. She is the founder/medical director of Atlanta Women's Health Care and founder of The McCloud Renaissance, LLC. She lectures nationwide on women’s health, the benefits of sex, Black women’s imagery and social issues.
McCloud is a member of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; serves on the Advisory Council to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; is a member of Leadership Atlanta, the Atlanta Regional Commission, The YWCA Academy of Women Achievers; and a recipient of numerous community awards. She is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and Emory University Hospitals. Called a trailblazing Renaissance woman since the 1970's, McCloud is a media consultant, with interviews on CNN, ABC, NBC and FOX affiliates and her articles have been printed in USA Today, Parade, Essence, Family Circle, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and more. She is also an award-winning poet and occasional voice-over talent.
Dr. McCloud is also the author of Blessed Health: The African-American Woman's Guide to Physical & Spiritual Well-being and the e-book, Melodies of the Heart: Poems of Life & Love.