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.
A psychiatry practice built around reproductive and women's mental health across the lifespan, from puberty through menopause, alongside general adult psychiatric care for anxiety, depression, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and trauma. Care is given in person in Austin or by video in Texas and California, on an insurance-based model with a small team of a psychiatrist, a physician assistant and two psychiatric nurse practitioners. Menopause work is framed psychiatrically. She judges where a patient is in her hormonal transition and weighing menopausal hormone therapy, antidepressants or both, with nutrition, supplement and sleep guidance alongside. The founder holds a perinatal mental health certification and further training in perimenopausal mental health.
A solo direct-pay practice in Lone Tree whose stated scope is dermatology, cosmetic procedures and medically supervised weight management. The physician is board certified in dermatology and obesity medicine. Every initial visit is by video, with in-person follow-ups by appointment, and the practice does not bill insurance. Hormone replacement therapy is named only as one reason for a new-patient visit on the fee schedule, and no hormone or menopause care is described anywhere else on the site.
Laura Abrignani runs a small cash-pay women's health practice in Santa Barbara focused on perimenopause and menopause. She went through early menopause herself at 43, with symptoms that went undiagnosed for a while before she started hormone therapy, and she says that shapes how she listens to patients. New patients start with a long first visit that goes over health history, symptoms and any recent labs. She prescribes FDA-approved bioidentical and synthetic hormones, and compounded bioidentical hormones when they suit the patient. The practice also treats sexual health concerns such as low libido and painful sex, and offers medical weight management including GLP-1 medications. Every service is offered in person at her office or by telehealth.
Tanya Marcus is the hormone specialist at the Med Lounge, and her listed office is the Encinitas and Rancho Santa Fe location. The Med Lounge is mainly a medical spa, so hormone care sits alongside Botox, skin and body treatments. Her own bio describes a functional and integrative approach that also takes in peptide therapies and metabolic health. Female hormone care starts with a consult and lab work, and the plan may include progesterone and testosterone. New hormone patients fill out an intake form and book online, and the monthly hormone membership covers telemedicine visits as needed. Telehealth for hormone care is described as available where permitted, while the practice's nationwide telehealth is for weight loss only.
Dr. Kemnec is a naturopathic doctor at a group integrative practice in Palo Alto, and she splits her week between in person visits on Mondays and video visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. She took a science degree at the US Naval Academy before her naturopathic doctorate at Bastyr, and she now works across integrative pediatrics and women's health, so some families see her for the children and the mother both. For midlife women she covers perimenopause, menopause, menstrual changes and bioidentical hormone therapy when it fits, usually alongside nutrition, botanical medicine and targeted supplements. A new patient visit runs 60 minutes, and she spends a further hour beforehand reading records, questionnaires and recent labs that the patient uploads in advance. Intake forms must be finished four business days ahead or the appointment is rescheduled. The practice publishes a page matching hormone patients to one of six providers, and she is named on it for perimenopause and menopause.
Dr. Sungurlu is a gynecologist who serves as a woman's main doctor, covering primary care and gynecology in one office in San Luis Obispo. The practice runs as an MDVIP concierge membership with a small patient panel, same or next-day appointments, and phone access to her after hours and on weekends. Membership includes a yearly women's health workup with heart risk testing, bone health and hormone testing, and screening for depression and anxiety. She puts a lot of weight on prevention and talks with patients about sleep, exercise, hormonal health and cutting back medications where it is safe. You see her at every visit rather than a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. She has practiced in San Luis Obispo for over a decade and offers telehealth visits when you can't come in.
Jennifer Rissman is a naturopathic doctor at Marin Natural Medicine Clinic, a clinic that pairs naturopathic doctors with Chinese medicine. She worked as a corporate attorney before changing careers into medicine. Hormone therapy for perimenopause and menopause is one of her main areas, along with sexual function concerns, painful or irregular periods, metabolic health and digestive problems. The first visit runs 60 to 90 minutes and includes a full history, a physical exam and functional lab testing. Return visits start every one to three months and space out as things settle. The clinic is out of network with every insurer, so you pay at the visit and can send the invoice to your own plan.
Dr. Long runs a newly opened direct primary care practice in Laguna Niguel. He is a board-certified family doctor with a fellowship in integrative medicine, so menopause care is one part of what he does for adults rather than the whole practice. Hormone therapy evaluation and ongoing dose changes come with the monthly membership, with no separate charge for those visits. He keeps his patient list small and says visits run 45 to 60 minutes, and members call or text him directly instead of going through a front desk. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has training in addiction medicine.
The GYN Lounge is a small gynecology practice in Fresno that Dr. Ikedilo built around perimenopause and menopause care. Most visits happen by video anywhere in California, though the office also does in-person procedures like endometrial ablation, vaginal laser and PRP injections. New patients book a perimenopause or menopause consultation online, fill out history and consent forms beforehand, and get a written cost estimate before the visit. On hormones she lays out both compounded bioidentical options and FDA-approved ones and explains the trade-offs of each, after bloodwork that checks sex hormones, thyroid and metabolic markers. She trained in OB/GYN in Baltimore, spent a year practicing alongside her father in rural Jamaica, and her first four years in California were at a federally qualified health center. A physician assistant who focuses on menopause and hormone therapy sees patients too, so some appointments are with her rather than with Dr. Ikedilo.
Dr. Taylor runs A Woman's Wellspring on her own in Carmel and has worked in the area for more than three decades. She works as both a gynecologist and a primary care doctor, so menopause care, the annual exam and general health all happen in the same visit. Every appointment is booked for a full hour, which she writes about as slow medicine and treats as the whole point of the practice. Patients join what she calls a medical cooperative by paying an annual fee, and then pay for each visit at the time of service. The fee also covers her Mini-Medical School, six Zoom seminars a year on topics members choose in a survey. New patients start with a personal practice orientation, while established patients can book online.
Dr. Cernaianu is a board-certified OB/GYN who also holds board certification in anti-aging and integrative medicine, and she runs a concierge practice alongside a separate med spa. Hormone care is a core service, and she prescribes FDA-approved estrogen, progesterone and testosterone products as well as compounded creams and pellets. She is upfront about which routes insurance covers and which are paid out of pocket. Her site says hormone follow-ups run about three times a year, and she avoids writing a year of refills at once. She also evaluates thyroid and adrenal concerns and treats urinary incontinence. Her training began in Bucharest, and she was the first foreign medical graduate admitted to the LSU residency program.
Female Focused is a telehealth-only practice started by four friends, and Dr. Bernstein-Lawler is one of the founders. New patients begin with a long video visit and then follow up every four weeks to three months, depending on what is being treated. There is a separate visit for cancer survivors who want to explore hormone or non-hormonal options based on their cancer history. The founders say they share a commitment to breast cancer survivorship. The practice does not offer hormone pellets because it says the FDA has not approved them. Everything is virtual with no physical exams, so you are expected to keep your own primary care doctor and gynecologist.
Dr. Davis trained in pediatric emergency medicine and child abuse pediatrics, and her own perimenopause led her to open this menopause practice. She prescribes FDA-approved hormone therapy and doesn't stop it by default at 60 or 65. The first visit runs 50 minutes. After you start hormones there's a required check-in about two months later, then one visit a year once your dose is settled. Most care happens by video for women who are in California at the time of the visit, and the San Diego office also sees patients in person. The practice doesn't act as your primary care office, so you need your own doctor for routine care.
Signe Darpinian offers talk therapy and does not prescribe. Her listed specialties include the mental health side of midlife and menopause, along with body image, binge eating and chronic dieting, and she works through a weight-inclusive, non-diet lens. Sessions draw on DBT and ACT with homework between visits. She says she connects clients with psychiatrists, primary care physicians or dietitians when treatment calls for it, and keeps in contact with them. She has written a book on menopause, body image and emotional well-being at midlife, and she has presented on weight-inclusive menopause care alongside a physician. Care is by video for people in California, and she offers a short consultation call when she has room in her caseload.
Dr. Banks is a board-certified psychiatrist who treats hormone-related mood and sleep problems alongside her regular psychiatry work. Many of her patients are midlife women who come in for something like ADHD or insomnia, and she looks at what hormones may be adding to it. She orders labs when they are indicated and in many cases prescribes estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. She also uses non-drug approaches such as supplements and lifestyle changes, and offers ketamine for some mental health care. Visits run longer than the usual 15 minutes, she keeps her panel small so appointments are not months away, and a new patient evaluation is spread over two to three sessions. Care is in person in Oakland or by video for patients anywhere in California.
Dr. Oberg is a naturopathic doctor who runs a concierge practice from an ocean-view office in La Jolla. She has practiced since 2003 and was the founding medical director of Bastyr University's California campus. Hormone care starts with a symptom and history review and a hormone test, then moves to bioidentical hormones when they fit. She says hormones are not required and may begin with botanical or non-hormone support first. Care runs through fixed-length programs or a year-long membership, with a health coach on the team and a covering doctor when she is away. She also sees patients by video and keeps small offices in Arizona and Washington.
Synchronicity Health is a small Sacramento practice built around Somer Schreiber-Small, a family nurse practitioner with more than 20 years in healthcare. Menopause care here means bioidentical hormones given as injections, pellets or creams, and she is a certified pellet provider. Hormone care runs as a monthly membership with follow-up visits about every six weeks, and the first hormone consult is billed on its own. The same practice also does GLP-1 weight loss and a direct primary care option, so a patient can have her hormones and her general health looked after in one place. New patients can book online or start with a free wellness call, and some visits can be done by telehealth. Her bio says her recent work includes seeing patients in post-acute care facilities.
Lynn Coates-Leisen is the nurse practitioner who sees patients at this small Thousand Oaks office, where a physician is the medical director. She came into nurse practitioner work after decades in healthcare, and she was the first menopause practitioner certified in Ventura County. Alongside perimenopause and menopause she handles thyroid disease, weight and proactive cardiovascular screening, and she offers hormonal and non-hormonal options. The practice promises it will never up-sell costly procedures or pellets. She writes the clinic blog herself, including a post warning readers off grey market peptides. New patients usually start with a free ten minute phone call to see whether the practice is a fit, and visits happen in the office or by video within California.
Alex Suarez runs Care By Alex as a solo practice out of Sugar Land, with virtual visits and in person visits both by appointment. New patients choose one of two starting points, a single wellness consultation or a longer deep dive that bundles an intake, a foundational lab panel and a separate visit to go through the results. She prescribes hormone replacement therapy, testosterone and GLP-1 weight medication when she judges them appropriate, alongside supplement and lifestyle guidance. Thyroid care is a real part of the practice, and she looks past a single TSH value at free T3, free T4, reverse T3 and antibodies. Ongoing hormone treatment is currently delivered through Juvan MD, a Houston wellness practice where she also sees patients, so the independent Care By Alex route is mainly consultations. She says she started the practice after struggling with her own hormones and weight and being told her labs looked normal.
FemGevity is a virtual women's health service that works alongside a patient's own doctor, and Dr. Abrahams is its menopause medical advisor. He sees patients himself by video, starting with a 45 minute consult about symptoms and hormone levels. Care starts with testing, usually a hormone panel of more than 100 biomarkers, with gut, micronutrient or genomic panels added when they are useful. Treatment can run from standard prescriptions to custom bioidentical compounds, and he describes his approach as conventional medicine combined with complementary care. He is a Harvard-trained gynecologist who also treats endometriosis, PMS and fibroids, and he still works part time for the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York and at Hackensack University Hospital in New Jersey. FemGevity's main menopause program runs through partner doctors' offices, where the blood draw is done, so it helps to have a doctor of your own.
A physician-led longevity and performance practice based in Seattle, where the practitioner is medical director. Care begins with an in-person day in the Seattle area for baseline diagnostics, covering over a hundred biomarkers, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, continuous glucose monitoring, genomics and multi-cancer screening. It then moves to quarterly labs and structured medical reviews, with follow-ups virtual or in person. A women's track is described for perimenopause, menopause and after, with hormone and metabolic diagnostics and ongoing telehealth support, and physicians provide prescriptions and referrals as clinically appropriate.
Dr. Anyaoku founded Hibiscus Aesthetics and Wellness in Katy and is the only clinician there. Hormone care starts with a wide lab panel rather than a symptom questionnaire, and she orders markers like free T3, DHEA-S and fasting insulin that a standard physical skips. She prescribes bioidentical hormones as patches, creams, injections or pills, and no page on the site mentions pellets. She is also a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, so weight and hormone questions get handled in the same visit. Aesthetic treatments happen in person at the Katy clinic, while hormone, weight and longevity care can be done by video in 23 states. You pay per visit and there is no membership or package.
Evermore Women's Health is Kristen Wolfe's own clinic and she is the only clinician named on the site. Care runs as a membership with a capped panel of about 200 patients, and most members are seen every four to eight weeks. Before founding Evermore she was clinical director for a national women's health telehealth company, and she says she is most useful to women who have been told elsewhere that their case is too complicated for hormone therapy. She prescribes systemic and vaginal estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, and uses non-hormonal drugs such as Addyi and Vyleesi for low desire. Nothing is sold in the office, so there is no supplement line and no proprietary lab panel. She does not do surgery or pregnancy care and refers those out, and she does not manage hormone therapy for gender transition.
Dr. Saadatmand is a reproductive psychiatrist at a women's mental health group practice in Walnut Creek. She treats the mood, anxiety, sleep and sexual health side of perimenopause, and her care may include medication, supplements, lab testing and therapy. Hormone therapy is not among the tools her own bio names, so this is a place for perimenopausal mood and sleep rather than hot flush treatment. Care starts with a long intake visit and continues with follow-ups with the same psychiatrist, mostly by video. The free first phone call is with the founder, who then matches you with one of the psychiatrists. New patients currently join a waitlist.
