30 practitioners have an office in District of Columbia, and 81 more can see patients here by telehealth. 71 of them are certified by the Menopause Society.
Jennifer Lanoff is the only clinician at washGYN, a small Washington practice she runs for menopause, perimenopause and complex gynecology. She prescribes estrogen, progesterone and testosterone using FDA approved products, and offers non-hormonal options such as fezolinetant, SSRIs, gabapentin and oxybutynin for hot flashes. Visits run long on purpose, and every new patient fills in a medical history questionnaire first so the office can pick the right length of visit. She spent more than two decades as a lawyer, including a stretch as a Deputy Trial Chief at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, before training in nursing at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown. Many of her patients arrive with overlapping conditions such as endometriosis, POTS, MCAS and Ehlers-Danlos, and the partner surgical practice sends its non-surgical cases to her. She is the only clinician here who can be booked online, and she also sees established patients by video in six states.
Jo'Ann Jackson is an obstetrician gynecologist at Reiter, Hill & Johnson of Advantia, a women's health group with offices in Washington and Northern Virginia. She joined the practice in 2006 and is now one of its physician managers, and she sees patients at the Washington and Falls Church offices. Her own provider page names menopause care and hormone replacement therapy, which most of her colleagues' pages do not. Along with her Menopause Society certification she holds the Heather Hirsch Academy hormone therapy certification that Advantia put several of its clinicians through, and she is a practising physician member of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. The practice menopause page covers hormone therapy, vaginal hormonal medication and non hormonal options such as low dose antidepressants. New patients self schedule online and fill in a health history in the portal before the first visit, and the Washington office runs Saturday morning clinics twice a month.
Foxhall Women's Health is a small northwest Washington practice with three gynecologists and two nurse practitioners, and Shannon Green has been there since 2011. She stopped obstetrics and her practice is now entirely gynecologic, with menopause management, abnormal bleeding, contraception and minimally invasive procedures named as her areas of expertise. The practice's menopause care covers hormone replacement therapy including bioidentical hormone therapy, osteoporosis screening and treatment, post menopausal bleeding and sexual health. One of her two physician partners is also a Menopause Society certified provider, so this is the practice's work and not one clinician's side interest. There is an onsite lab and gynecologic ultrasound, minor procedures happen in the practice's own procedure room, and surgery goes to Johns Hopkins Medicine Sibley Memorial Hospital. The practice has added a family nurse practitioner so patients can get primary care in the same office, and video visits are offered for reasons that include hormone replacement therapy and osteoporosis.
Mercedes Deal founded Rêver Wellness, a private-pay clinic in Coral Gables that blends hormone care with skin treatments and weight care. Hormone therapy there is only available through a paid membership, and the tiers that include it also cover follow-up visits and lab work. Care starts with baseline labs and a first visit of about two hours, then labs are repeated every three months while the plan is adjusted. She prescribes bioidentical estradiol, progesterone and testosterone for women in perimenopause and menopause. She is a family nurse practitioner with extra training in functional medicine and peptide therapy, and the clinic also runs a thyroid and adrenal workup. New patients start with an intake questionnaire and a member of the team replies within a day or two.
Online Benign Gyne is Dr. Todd's own telehealth practice, and every visit happens by video. She sees women for contraception, breast concerns, vaginal and vulva problems, menopause and facial skin care, and consultations and referrals are part of what she offers. Her site carries long plain-language explainers on hormone therapy, PCOS, urinary infections and breast exams. She is a New Orleans native and a military veteran who served during Operation Desert Storm and later at Walter Reed Medical Center. She says she especially enjoys caring for older women because she has faced the same changes herself. New patients can pick a video slot through the practice's own online scheduler.
Carrie Pagliano is a pelvic floor physical therapist, so this is hands-on and movement-based care and she does not prescribe. Her site lists the pelvic floor and bladder changes of perimenopause and menopause, including painful sex, among the things she treats. Visits are in person in Arlington or by video, and she says most plans of care run four to six visits. She uses external ultrasound imaging, fits pessaries, and says an internal exam is never required. Anything outside her scope she refers on to a network of medical providers she has built over 25 years in the DC area. She also teaches clinicians and runs courses and a podcast, but patients can book her directly.
Clare Heintzelman is a nurse practitioner at Bloom OB/GYN, a busy gynecology and obstetrics group in upper Northwest DC, and she handles menopause and midlife care there. Before becoming an NP she spent about six years as a labor and delivery nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital. The practice treats menopause symptoms with hormone therapy or with non-hormonal medicines for women who can't or would rather not take hormones, and it also watches bone density. Visits are billed to insurance. New patients start with an office visit, and after that routine follow-ups, lab reviews and prescription changes can happen by video. Patient reviews single her out for being patient and unhurried with questions.
