Overview
The Center for Specialized Women’s Health specializes in interdisciplinary mid-life women’s health.
Women can access specialized health care at the Center for Specialized Women’s Health as well as referral to other areas of the Clinic if needed. In addition to routine wellness exams and health care screenings by our nurse practitioner, we offer CustomFit Physicals for women, menopause consults and evaluation and treatment of numerous medical problems of special concern to women including osteoporosis, hormone disorders, urinary leakage, sexual dysfunction, menstrual disorders, vulvar problems and weight concerns.
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Center professionals are happy to accommodate patients who are seeking second opinions, as well as patients who prefer female providers.
The Center for Specialized Women’s Health is adjacent to the Clinic’s Breast Center.
A Special Blend of Care for Women
“While studying heart disease, I observed how women and men displayed different symptoms and responded differently to medications. Gender, life-cycle stage, and risk factor assessment are at the core of disease prevention,” says Dr. Thacker, Professor and Director of the Center for Specialized Women’s Health at the Clinic. “I found that heart disease in women was not well studied from a hormonal perspective, and that’s when I realized the value of interdisciplinary medicine, particularly for women.”
That interest, coupled with her respect for Joseph P. Crowe, MD, who founded the Clinic’s multidisciplinary Breast Center, is what sparked Dr. Thacker’s vision for the Center for Specialized Women’s Health, designed to provide comprehensive specialty care for women at one location. The center is located at the Flo and Stanley Gault Women’s Health and Breast Pavilion in the Crile building on the Clinic’s main campus, and last year alone served more than 20,000 women.
The center has drawn international attention, too, with physicians from Israel, Canada and Saudi Arabia visiting to find out how they could set up similar women’s health facilities in their countries.
An Interdisciplinary Approach
What sets the Center for Specialized Women’s Health apart from many women’s clinics is its interdisciplinary approach, in which physicians with different medical specialties, nurses and other allied health professionals collaborate on patient care. Women can come to the center for menstrual, breast and hormonal concerns, and other conditions specific to women and receive a complete menu of services, from consultation to imaging, to outpatient surgical procedures – all custom-designed for the individual.
Physicians from the Clinic’s Breast Center, Gynecology, Medicine, Endocrinology and Psychiatry converge at the Center for Specialized Women’s Health, some working only at the center, while others rotate in from other offices one to two days a week.
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In addition to standard health screenings and consultations, the center handles cross-disciplinary issues and special concerns. Often these physical concerns can lead to psychological issues and the center is there to help with that, too.
The center handles cross-disciplinary issues and special concerns such as:
- Breast Cancer risk assessment
- Hormonal and menstrual disorders
- Use of bioidentical hormone therapy
- Medical treatment urinary incontinence including pelvic stimulating devices
- Sexual dysfunction
- Vulvar and vaginal disorders
- Osteoporosis prevention and treatment
- CustomFit Physicals for women
Shared Medical Appointments
In addition to interdisciplinary treatment, the Center for Specialized Women’s Health offers shared medical appointments for 10 to 15 women with their physician and a women’s health nurse. Rather than the standard 10- to 15-minute one-on-one appointment scheduled weeks to months in advance, women can spend up to 90 minutes with their physician for follow-up care along with other women who have similar health issues.
Center for Specialized Women’s Health physicians host their shared medical appointments at set times weekly. Analysis of patient satisfaction scores shows that many prefer shared medical appointments to individual appointments; in fact, women who shared appointments showed an 85 percent reschedule rate. “We are the premier interdisciplinary women’s health center in the region, state and country,” says Dr. Holly L. Thacker.
Questions?
Confused about hormone replacement therapy? Wondering if you really need a yearly mammogram? Need help with urinary incontinence? Want a CustomFit Physical designed for you?
Many women have questions about their health care. Please call 216.444.4437 for more information or to make an appointment.
The Flo & Stanley Gault Women’s Health & Breast Pavilion is made possible through the generous support of an Avon Foundation grant.
Be Strong…Be Healthy…Be In Charge with Speaking of Women’s Health!
Speaking of Women’s Health (SWH) is a national health education program from Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Specialized Women’s Health. The programs mission is “to educate women to make informed decisions about health, well-being and personal safety for themselves and their families”. Under the leadership of Holly L. Thacker, MD, SWH consists of a rich digital platform and exciting women’s conferences with social media and an interactive website, www.speakingofwomenshealth.com, and a free e-Newsletter.
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Certified Menopause Practitioner Program
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Several Cleveland Clinic staff members have participated in the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Certified Menopause Practitioner Program (NCMP), a competency examination program to set the standards for menopause practices, and to assist women in locating clinicians who could provide optimal menopause-related health care.
Additional Information
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Holly L. Thacker, MD, Executive Director of Speaking of Women’s Health, Awarded Research Grant
Holly L. Thacker, MD, was awarded a $10,000 research grant as one of 10 winners of the Healthnetwork Foundation Service Excellence Awards. The Service Excellence Awards are given annually to 10 top physicians who have consistently gone above and beyond for members. Dr. Thacker also is being recognized for demonstrating a long-term commitment to premium-level patient care and medical research.
Healthnetwork Foundation is a Cleveland-based non-profit that networks presidents and CEOs into the top hospitals in the U.S. when their members have medical needs. Its mission is to improve medicine for all society through philanthropy.
Dr. Thacker is the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Specialized Women’s Health and the Executive Director of Speaking of Women’s Health. She is a professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Thacker published her second women’s health book “Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause.”
Dr. Thacker was honored by the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and the Journal of Women’s Health with the “Lila Wallis Women’s Health Award” in recognition of her lifetime achievements, accomplishments, motivation, mentorship, energy and enthusiasm for women’s health.
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