Susan Bane, MD, PhD
Dr. Susan Bane (aka DrPinkGlasses) is a 1987 graduate of Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. She has practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 27 years, including in private practice at Greenville Obstetrics and Gynecology and serving as a clinical professor at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She is the founder and CEO of PinkGlasses Consulting, providing health care consulting with a life-affirming vision. She is currently the Medical Director for four pregnancy centers in North Carolina, where she has pioneered a shared medical director model overseeing the medical aspects of the Centers and sees patients with unintended pregnancies.
Dr. Bane completed a PhD in Kinesiology and her medical degree from the University of Illinois. She holds coaching certifications for health and wellness and emotional intelligence coaching. She completed the year-long certificate program in Theology and Health Care at Duke Divinity School in 2022.
Dr. Bane serves on the Medical Board for Care Net and Board of Directors for The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, AAPLOG, serving as the vice-chair and advocacy team leader, as well as the chair of Board of Directors for AAPLOG Action. She is a highly sought after speaker and has spoken about women’s health and life issues in many settings. Her writing has been published in national press, including Politico, The Daily Signal, the Federalist, RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Newsweek. She serves as a co-host of AAPLOG’s podcast Caring for Both: A Curbside Consult.
Dr. Bane is involved in a variety of community activities, including St. Therese Catholic Church, and participates in autism advocacy work, as her youngest son, Maxwell, has autism. She has been married for 37 years to her husband, Art, and has three children: Archer, married to Virginia, and they have two daughters, Townshend and Berrigan, Riley, married to Titus, and they have one child (Huff) and Maxwell, who won’t be getting married, but will be keeping Dr. Bane and her husband company for years to come. She considers her family her greatest accomplishment.
Author and Speaker
Dr. Bane loves to educate in a variety of settings, including academic, clinical, and for the public. She is gifted at taking medical information that can be difficult to understand and adapting it for the layperson. She did this for several years when she wrote for a local women’s magazine, HER, and continues to do so on social media and in a variety of venues in which she is sought after to speak (schools, women’s groups, conferences, pregnancy centers, etc). Check out the resources page to follow her blog.
Mission and Vision
Health care consulting with a vision of providing life-affirming health care to patients in this current and future generations.
