Whether starting menstruation, conceiving a child, giving birth, experiencing menopause or simply maintaining a healthy reproductive system, you want a skilled health care partner who is sensitive to your medical needs. At Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates, we provide a broad range of obstetric, gynecologic and women’s health services designed to enhance your overall quality of life and well being. From routine wellness exams and pregnancy care, to helping women with infertility, high–risk pregnancies and menopause, we’re here for you during every stage of your life. Our services include:
- Adolescent gynecologic care
- Preventive women’s health care
- Fertility Services
- Obstetric Services
- Care for gynecologic issues
- Menopause management
Adolescent Gynecologic Care
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that adolescents have their first gynecologic exam when they reach 12 years of age. At Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates, our services for adolescent gynecologic care include:
- First gynecological visit
- Annual wellness exams
- Pap smears (if needed)
- Dysmenorrhea (painful periods)
- Management of irregular cycles
Preventive Women’s Health Care
Preventive health care and routine wellness checkups are essential for promoting good reproductive health. At Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates, our preventive services include:
- Well–woman examinations — including physical exams, Pap smears, pelvic exams and breast exams
- Gynecologic/cervical cancer prevention and screening
- Bone density evaluation
- Preconception counseling, contraception/birth control and family planning
- Sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening
Fertility Services
An estimated 6.7 million women in the United States struggle with infertility. But when it’s your body and your family, numbers don’t matter. You want answers and solutions that fit your individual needs. At Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates, providers evaluate and treat women with fertility issues with genuine care and respect. The fertility specialists on staff use a variety of diagnostic tools and therapies with the goal of helping women achieve pregnancy and carry a baby to term. Fertility services in Mesa and Tempe may include:
- Infertility work-up and management
- Fertility evaluation and treatment, including intrauterine insemination and hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
- PCOS management
- Sonohystogram
For more information, view our Fertility Care page. Are you frustrated by not becoming pregnant?
Obstetric Services
At Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates, we provide high quality obstetric services, delivering the special attention that all mothers–to–be and new mothers deserve. With your health, comfort and safety as our top priorities, our services include:
- Gynecologic and first trimester ultrasound
- Contraception counseling and management
- Prenatal counseling and management
- Pregnancy management
- Lactation consulting
- Conventional, high–risk and multiple pregnancy care
- Fetal growth and maternal health monitoring
- Fertility Care
- Genetic counseling
- Health screening tests
- Labor and delivery services (vaginal and cesarean)
- Ultrasound and specific genetic testing
- Buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction in pregnancy
- Preconception care
Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates is affiliated with Mountain Vista Medical Center, which provides private, spacious, comfortably furnished labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum suites with innovative technology to deliver safe and secure environments for you and your baby. Should you require a Caesarean section, our hospital features advanced surgical units. And whether your baby resides in your room or in one of the hospitals’ nurseries, you’ll have peace of mind knowing that your newest family member is receiving the best care possible. Mountain Vista Medical Center also offer prenatal classes and lactation assistance for mothers who choose to breastfeed.
Care for Gynecologic Issues
When you need to seek medical attention for your gynecologic problems, you can count on the entire staff at Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates. Our health care professionals have a keen sense of urgency and will do everything they can to help you. Our experienced physicians diagnose and treat a wide variety of gynecological issues, including:
- Abnormal Pap smears/cervical dysplasia
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- Dysmenorrhea (painful periods)
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Gynecologic cancer
- Heavy/irregular menstruation
- Interstitial cystitis
- Ovarian cysts
- Pelvic pain or complications, including pelvic organ prolapse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
- Urinary incontinence
- Vaginal infections or vaginitis
In addition, we provide the following medical and minimally invasive surgical treatments:
- Bladder instillation/surgery
- Colposcopy and biopsies for the evaluation of abnormal Pap smears
- Dilation and curettage (D&C)
- Dual energy X–ray absorptiometry (DeXA) or bone densitometry
- Endometrial biopsy
- Endometrial ablations
- Birth control, including permanent birth control, contraceptive implants and intrauterine devices (IUD)
- Minimally invasive robotic surgery for hysterectomies/gynecological conditions
- Hysteroscopies
- Pessary insertion
- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)
- Novasure endometrial ablation
- Essure for Tubal ligations
Menopause Management
Menopause can be a challenging transition. Count on the compassionate staff at Steward Medical Group Women’s Health Associates to help treat such menopausal symptoms as:
- Changes in skin, hair, nails, breast, vagina, or bladder
- Difficulty concentrating or memory lapses
- Discomfort with intimacy or decreased libido
- Fatigue or sleep disorders
- Headaches
- Hormone deficiencies
- Hot flashes
- Irregular periods
- Irritable moods or mood swings
- Night sweats
- Osteoporosis
- Vaginal dryness
