Menopause Society Certified Practitioners in California
519 practitioners have an office in California, and 126 more can see patients here by telehealth. 386 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in San Francisco, Newport Beach and San Diego.
This is a small concierge practice built around long, unhurried visits and a low number of patients. Dr. Greenwald focuses on perimenopause and menopause, hormone therapy and sexual health. She trained at UCSF, built her practice with Stanford Health Care, still teaches there and works on the obstetrics side at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center several days a month. Care runs through a membership, and visits can be in person or by video. She is not taking new patients right now. Two colleagues in the same practice, Dr. Nazaneen Homaifar and Dr. Sarah Isquick, are certified menopause providers and are taking new members.
Dana is a nurse midwife and a Santa Cruz native. After about a decade in corporate medicine she started Nurture to offer a more personal kind of women's care, with fertility, perimenopause and menopause as a focus. Menopause visits start with a symptom assessment and hormone lab testing. Treatment can include bioidentical hormone therapy, along with diet, activity and breathwork suggestions. She has extra training in female sexual medicine and hereditary cancer genetics, and libido is a named part of her menopause care. Most contact between visits runs through the practice's messaging portal, and visits can be in person or by video.
Dr. Queen trained in emergency medicine and spent about twenty years in Bay Area hospitals before opening her own concierge practice. Menopause care runs as a six or twelve month membership with an evaluation, follow-up visits, secure messaging and an in-office bone density ultrasound scan. She prescribes hormone therapy when it fits and pairs it with functional medicine and nutrition, and two nutritionists work with the practice. GLP-1 weight medication can be part of the plan for women whose metabolism shifted in midlife. The practice does not bill insurance but gives free superbills for out-of-network claims. Visits can be in person in Mill Valley or by video.
Dr. Hannon is an OB-GYN who runs this Inner Richmond practice with her father, Dr. Ziyad Hannon, and a nurse practitioner who is also a Menopause Society certified practitioner. The practice describes its care as trauma-informed, and Dr. Hannon is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ patients, including gender-affirming surgery. For menopause they prescribe patches, gels, pills and vaginal estrogen, with micronized progesterone, and they also offer nonhormonal options such as Veozah. Testosterone and other libido medications are available when low desire is the main concern. Labs are used only when they are clinically needed. Visits are in person, and new patients can request an appointment online or by phone.
Mary Newberry Davis is a certified nurse midwife at MarinHealth OB/GYN in Greenbrae, a MarinHealth Medical Network clinic. She has done midwifery and women's health work in the Bay Area for over twenty years and has been at MarinHealth since 2011. Most of her practice is birth care and gynecological care across the lifespan, and her bio says she also helps midlife patients work through the menopause transition with evidence-based information. She trained at UCSF and is a NARM Informed Professional, so she pays attention to how hard life experiences affect health, and she looks for the cause of a problem rather than treating symptoms alone. Visits happen in person at the Greenbrae office or by video, and the clinic publishes a new-patient registration form and an online appointment request. MarinHealth also runs a separate menopause clinic under another physician, and she is not on that team, so menopause care with her happens inside the regular OB/GYN practice.
West Coast OB/GYN is a group practice with offices in San Diego, Carlsbad and La Mesa, and Dr. French is one of the providers who work only out of the La Mesa office. The group does full obstetric and gynecologic care, and its gynecology list includes menopause and hormone replacement therapy. Her own bio says she follows women from adolescence through childbirth to menopause and beyond, and that she is drawn to minimally invasive surgery. She came to women's health first as a counselor for rape and domestic violence survivors and for women with eating disorders, then decided to go to medical school. New patients download registration and history forms from the site and send them in ahead of the visit. The practice keeps some evening hours and draws blood in the office.
Dr. Howe is a board certified OB/GYN at a small Newport Beach practice she runs with a second OB/GYN and several physician assistants. The practice covers the full span of gynecology, and perimenopause and menopause care sit alongside hormone testing, osteoporosis and bladder problems. Her particular interest is chronic pelvic pain, which she researched at UCLA and treats both medically and surgically. Before moving to Orange County she chaired an OB/GYN department in Ventura County and built a clinic there that included menopause management. She speaks Spanish. Visits are in the office and billed through insurance, and patients without insurance pay at the time of service.
Brooke Anderson is a family nurse practitioner at a Temecula clinic that is mostly chiropractic, spinal decompression and regenerative medicine. Her own page says she manages perimenopause and menopause, and that treatment can include bioidentical hormone therapy, hormone testing and non-hormonal options. She became a nurse practitioner in 2024 after more than 20 years in healthcare. A first visit is a consultation of 60 to 90 minutes with a full history and exams or lab work. The clinic takes a functional medicine approach and says it aims to help people without surgery or prescription drugs. The site describes office visits only.
Chun co-founded this two-doctor gynecology practice in Laurel Village and still sees patients there. She says what drew her to the field is following one woman through her whole life, from childhood through the reproductive years and into postmenopause, and her practice runs that broad. Care is in person at the California Street office, and new patients start by phone and by filling in the registration and gynecology intake forms the site posts. The practice takes a firm line on compounded bioidentical hormones, saying the doses are not regulated so a woman may not get a consistent amount, and it prefers the few bioidentical hormones made by regulated manufacturers. For dryness and painful sex the office prescribes topical estrogen as a ring, a tablet or a cream. Both doctors speak Mandarin and Cantonese, and the second office at Daniel Burnham Court has closed so everything now runs out of Laurel Village.
Bove is a UCSF neurologist who sees patients at the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammation Center at Mission Bay. The conditions her clinic profile lists are multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and optic neuritis, and she offers video visits alongside the clinic. She founded UCSF's Sex And Gender-Enriched Neurology program, which tries to make neurological care account for pregnancy, menopause and other hormonal transitions. Most of her menopause work is research. She led the first randomized trial in menopausal women with MS and has written more than 25 papers on how estrogens and testosterone affect the course of MS. Before medicine she studied anthropology and spent several years travelling on a Fulbright grant doing ethnographic film work, and she speaks French and Spanish.
Dafna Trites is an ob-gyn at Facey Medical Group's Tarzana ob-gyn office, part of the Providence system. Her own profile lists a full ob-gyn scope, from pregnancy and delivery through menopause, urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse surgery, so this is a general ob-gyn practice rather than a menopause clinic. She sees adults and older adults and speaks Spanish as well as English. New patients can book either an office visit or a video visit with her. Ongoing care runs through the Providence MyChart portal, where you message your care team, book visits and request refills. Reviews on her own profile mention long waits for a routine appointment.
This is a solo OB-GYN office in Beverly Hills where menopause care sits alongside general gynecology and obstetrics. He sees women from young adulthood through later life, so a patient can stay with one doctor as her needs change. The first visit covers history, symptoms, weight, blood pressure, a physical exam and lab work. Hormone therapy is designed for each patient and can be a pill, patch, lotion, spray, injection, vaginal tablet or ring, or a pellet placed under the skin. He pairs it with diet and exercise counseling and refers out when needed. He sits on the Medical Executive Committee at Cedars-Sinai, where he trained.
Bloom Wellness MD is Dr. Griffin's own integrative practice in Roseville, built around perimenopause and menopause care. She spent 10 years in family medicine and 11 years in integrative and functional medicine at Sutter Health before opening it, and she is fellowship trained at the University of Arizona's Andrew Weil Center. Her first choice for hormone therapy is FDA-approved bioidentical products such as estradiol patches, gels, sprays and rings, and she turns to compounded hormones only when a commercial product cannot meet a patient's dosing or ingredient needs. The practice does not provide primary care or urgent care, so you need to keep your own primary care physician. New patients can book a free 15-minute call first, and the initial visit runs a full hour. A certified health coach is available for optional one-on-one sessions on nutrition and elimination diets.
Barbara Dougherty is a nurse practitioner at YoungerMeMD, a hormone and longevity practice in Conshohocken. The monthly membership is charged on top of the cost of treatment and does not include medication. The intake fee covers baseline lab work, which is drawn at Quest only and needs 8 to 12 hours of fasting. Beyond hormone care the practice also offers peptides, low dose naltrexone and rapamycin.
Dr. Kim is a board certified obstetrician gynecologist who now runs a consultation practice at the Joy Collective in Boulder and also sees patients by video. She has given up performing surgery and attending deliveries so that visits can be longer, and a first appointment runs 60 to 90 minutes. Her menopause and perimenopause work covers hot flashes, mood, genital and urinary symptoms, brain fog, sleep, and hormone and weight concerns, though the site does not name the treatments she uses. She also sees teenagers, pregnant and postpartum patients and people going through fertility treatment, and she manages depression, anxiety, trauma and addiction with mindfulness practices alongside prescribing. Her approach comes from training as a Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting instructor, and she teaches small mindfulness groups as well as seeing patients. Anyone new can start with a free fifteen minute meet and greet by phone or video.
Michelle Barhaghi is the only doctor listed at The Group for Women, a small obstetrics and gynecology office in Aurora. The practice lists its services under headings that include yearly exams, family planning, pregnancy care, mid-life woman changes and gynecologic surgery, and the mid-life heading covers bladder control problems and management of perimenopausal and menopausal concerns. She is a certified Biote provider, and the hormone care is described as the Biote Method of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She is double board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in integrative medicine, and she says she weighs lifestyle, environment and relationships when considering treatment options. Much of her surgical work is minimally invasive treatment of fibroids, ovarian cysts and other pelvic disorders, and she names endometriosis as a special interest. She grew up in Aurora and went to school here before training in New York and New Orleans, and she also displays a certification in treating urinary incontinence with the InTone device.
Dr. Baron runs her own integrative and functional medicine practice on the Upper East Side, and she sees adult women, men and older adolescents for primary care alongside menopause care. New patients are invited into a secure email portal and fill out an initial health history before the first visit, which is a long history review followed by a physical exam. A gynecological exam, if the patient wants one, usually waits for the second visit. She relies heavily on diagnostic testing and often orders functional medicine panels on top of standard fasting labs, and she sells supplements through her own dispensary. Stress is her other focus, and she thinks it drives much of what she sees, so she teaches patients breathing techniques, meditation and basic yoga and has written a book about it. She is also trained in the Bredesen Protocol and runs memory programs for people with cognitive decline and for prevention.
The Marigold Survivorship Medical Clinic is a telemedicine practice for women affected by breast cancer, and Caroline Cook founded it and runs it on her own. She was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer at 37, went through chemotherapy and abrupt premature menopause, and says she built the clinic because she could not find the care she wanted anywhere else. Care covers menopause management including hormone therapy, sexual health, recurrence risk reduction and the long term health effects of breast cancer treatment. She still works as a board certified emergency physician, holds board certification in lifestyle medicine, and tells patients that medication is not a failure alongside lifestyle change. Everyone starts with a free fifteen minute call to see whether the fit is right, and the intake visit that follows runs up to ninety minutes after she has spent about a week reviewing oncology records. She cannot prescribe testosterone to patients in California or Washington because of DEA rules, and she will see women without breast cancer on a case by case basis.
Dr. Cantor is a family physician in the primary care division at the OHSU Center for Women's Health in Portland. She sees women and girls from age 12 onward and provides general primary care alongside menopause care. Her OHSU profile lists women's health and menopause as her clinical focus, and she became a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner in 2024. The clinic treats menopause symptoms as part of primary care and can refer patients to a separate menopause specialty clinic at the same center. OHSU describes hormone therapy given as pills, patches, gels, sprays or vaginal forms, and non-hormonal options such as SERMs and low dose antidepressants. She is also a senior investigator at the OHSU evidence based practice center, where her reviews have informed national women's health guidelines.
Rachel Frankenthal is a physician assistant in UCLA Health's gynecologic oncology practice in Westwood, and she also sees patients at the Westlake Village OBGYN office. Most of her work is with women who have gynecologic cancers or a high inherited risk of them. She started UCLA's menopause clinic for gynecologic cancer survivors and is the cancer survivorship provider for the health system's menopause program. For survivors pushed into early menopause by treatment, the program says it goes through both hormonal and non-hormonal options alongside lifestyle changes. She is also a certified yoga and pilates instructor, and she teaches the free weekly online yoga and meditation class for gynecologic cancer survivors. New patients start with a request-an-appointment form on her UCLA profile.
Dr. Cohen is an OB-GYN with Sutter East Bay Medical Group, seeing patients at the Adeline Care Center in Berkeley and at a second office in Richmond. Her own philosophy of care names symptoms of menopause along with abnormal bleeding, fibroids, endometriosis and pregnancy care, so menopause sits inside a full obstetrics and gynecology practice rather than a dedicated menopause clinic. She directs the OB-GYN residency program at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and is board certified in obesity medicine as well as obstetrics and gynecology, which is worth knowing if weight is part of what you want help with. Unusually for this health system, her own page publishes the list of plans she takes. Video visits are offered to existing patients only, so a first appointment has to be in person.
Dr. Sanserino is a Stanford gynecologist who directs its gynecology survivorship and high-risk program. Much of her work is with women who have had cancer or carry a BRCA gene, including menopause brought on early by chemotherapy or surgery. She is used to managing menopause symptoms in women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer, where estrogen may not be safe, and to treating vaginal and bladder symptoms caused by tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors. She also sees women for ordinary perimenopause and menopause through Stanford's Menopause and Healthy Aging Program, along with sexual health concerns. She speaks fluent Spanish. Visits are at the Stanford gynecology clinic in Palo Alto and are booked through Stanford Health Care.
Dr. Meserve is an internist who started Framework Health and has practiced in Newport Beach since 2004. It is a small concierge practice, and menopause care is part of the general membership rather than a separate program. She treats the effects of estrogen loss in women and low testosterone in men, and she frames her work around healthy aging, with sleep, heart risk and memory alongside hormones. Hormone therapy is used where it fits and alternatives where it does not. New patients start with a free 15 minute phone call. She sees patients in the Fashion Island office or by video, and her longtime office manager has worked with her since 2008.
Dr. Hillman is an integrative and functional medicine physician at Sutter's Pacific Heights Care Center in San Francisco. She sees adults and works on hormone imbalances along with thyroid and adrenal problems, perimenopause and menopause, food sensitivities, digestive issues and cardiometabolic health. Her own page says she has special interest or training in bio-identical hormone balancing and in specialty laboratory testing meant to reveal problems that standard testing misses. She looks for the underlying cause of symptoms rather than treating them one at a time. She has practiced meditation for 30 years in a tradition that combines mindfulness and compassion, and she offers it to patients who want it. Her panel is closed right now, and the video visits she offers are for existing patients only.
