Menopause Society Certified Practitioners in Illinois
232 practitioners have an office in Illinois, and 89 more can see patients here by telehealth. 211 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Chicago, Lake Forest and Elmhurst.
Kristen Loose is the menopause specialist at Dr. Gina Mantor's medical spa and weight clinic in Westerville, where the rest of the practice focuses on aesthetics and weight loss. She treats perimenopause and menopause with standard hormone therapy, and offers non-hormonal prescriptions and lifestyle advice to women who can't or would rather not take hormones. The first consultation is free and happens by video. After that she sees patients in the office on Wednesdays and Saturdays or by appointment. She follows Menopause Society guidance closely and writes on the clinic's site that soy and black cohosh don't hold up for hot flashes.
Dr. Barthel practices at Midwest Center for Women's HealthCare, a large Illinois OB/GYN group with offices across the Chicago suburbs. She still does full obstetric care and robotic gynecologic surgery, with hundreds of robotic cases since 2007 and a focus on minimally invasive hysterectomy. Menopause is a newer part of her work, and she became a Menopause Society certified practitioner in 2026. The practice treats perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms and offers hormone replacement therapy, and menopause visits can be done by video as well as in the office. She sees patients at the Elgin and South Elgin offices and delivers at a hospital in Elgin. She speaks openly about having both of her daughters through IVF, which shapes how she cares for patients dealing with infertility.
A women's health nurse practitioner in a seven-provider OB-GYN group that has served southern Illinois since 1983, with offices in Herrin and Carbondale. Her listed clinical interests include menopause and menstrual and hormonal disorders alongside obstetrics, contraception and preventive care, so menopause is one part of a full-scope practice rather than its focus. The group describes menopause care as hormone replacement therapy, lifestyle counselling and non-hormonal treatment, and offers video and phone visits, with menopause counselling among the visits it considers suitable for telemedicine.
Dr. Solotke is a general OB-GYN in a six-doctor private group at Northwestern in downtown Chicago, and menopause is one part of a broad practice that also includes pregnancy, contraception and surgery. Visits are in person near Northwestern Memorial, and video visits are offered when the doctor thinks one is appropriate. He describes his approach as shared decision making built on education and honest conversation. He has worked in LGBTQ+ health since 2016 and provides gender-affirming hormone therapy. He also does minimally invasive and robotic surgery, which helps if bleeding or fibroids come up alongside menopause.
Katy Wehrmann is a certified nurse midwife with Endeavor Health Medical Group, seeing patients at offices in Oak Park and Elmhurst. She has worked in women's health since 2005 and as a midwife since 2013, covering pregnancy and birth, postpartum care, family planning, annual exams and midlife care. Her midlife visits are for women whose perimenopause or menopause changes have become disruptive, and she works through the options with each patient rather than handing down a plan. She trained in FDA-approved hormone therapy for perimenopause and menopause through the Heather Hirsch Academy, and compares hormone therapy with non-hormonal choices when she counsels. New patients can book a visit online through her provider page at the health system or through the patient portal. She describes her care as a partnership and says her aim is for patients to feel seen and heard.
Therapy for Midlife is Dr. Rashkis's solo virtual practice, and every session runs over video. She works with women moving through perimenopause and menopause, and she also sees men in midlife and couples. Care is talk therapy only, and the FAQ says the practice does not prescribe medication, though she will discuss a referral to a prescribing physician and can speak with your own doctor if you give written permission. For menopause she uses cognitive behavioral therapy for the distress that comes with hot flashes and CBT for insomnia for sleep trouble, alongside acceptance and commitment therapy and emotionally focused therapy. Sessions are 50 minutes, usually weekly at first and then spaced further apart, and she says most clients need five to fifteen of them. She is a lifelong competitive athlete who says she went through her own midlife upheaval, which is what led her to start the practice.
She founded this functional medicine clinic in Largo and is also an emergency medicine physician with more than 18 years in clinical practice. Menopause and perimenopause care sits alongside men's hormone care, weight management and longevity services. New patients start with a short discovery call, then a full lab panel before the first visit with a provider. Women who still have periods are asked to time the blood draw to days 19 to 21 of their cycle. Hormone therapy here uses bioidentical hormones guided by lab work and genomic testing. The practice does not bill insurance, and visits happen in the office or by video.
Dr. Hertel runs a virtual-only practice focused on perimenopause, menopause and midlife care, with every visit held inside a secure patient portal. She is a family physician going through the menopause transition herself, and says that experience is what drew her to this work. She prescribes FDA-approved hormone therapy sent to your local pharmacy and does not use estrogen or testosterone pellets. The practice also offers medication-supported weight care and help with low libido and painful sex. It does not do Pap smears, pelvic exams or primary care, so you keep your own doctor and gynecologist for screenings. New patients start with a free 15-minute discovery call, and people outside her licensed states can book an educational visit that ends with a written plan but no prescriptions.
Optiml is a new practice in Winter Park run by Amber Braithwaite, a nurse practitioner, and it opens in December 2026. It will offer hormone therapy, metabolic care and what it calls healthspan medicine, aimed at people who were told their labs were normal but still don't feel right. Until it opens, the only way in is a waitlist form on its website, and the practice says it will contact people as places open up. Its full website, including prices and details of how care works, is not live yet.
Annie August runs a small cash-pay practice in St. Charles focused on perimenopause, menopause, thyroid and weight for midlife women, with video visits for women anywhere in Illinois. Care starts with a short paid Clarity Visit, then a two-part Foundations consultation with a broad lab panel included and a written six-month plan. Women who go ahead join a six-month program for hormone therapy, prescription oversight and portal messaging, then a lower-cost maintenance plan with visits every three months. She prescribes bioidentical hormones and offers compounded options, and GLP-1 medication is available in the weight program. She writes openly about her own early-40s crash, a Hashimoto's diagnosis and losing 50 pounds on hormone therapy. She cannot see anyone on Medicare, even as a paying patient.
Duet Family Health is Dr. Schroeder's solo direct primary care practice in Chicago, which she opened in 2024 after Village Medical closed its Illinois offices. Women can come for menopause care on its own and pay per visit, or join the membership and get menopause care along with the rest of their primary care. The first visit has to be in person, and after that much of the care runs by video, phone and portal message, with menopause follow-ups every three to six months. She prescribes hormonal and non-hormonal treatment but will not prescribe compounded hormones, and she says checking hormone levels is usually not useful in perimenopause. Her first fifteen years were at a community health center, where she delivered babies and trained family medicine residents. New patients start with a free video meet and greet, and people 65 and over join a waitlist.
Zelos is a small direct primary care practice that Dr. Oni started after years of fee-for-service family medicine in Illinois. The care is openly faith-based, and the site says Dr. Oni will pray with patients who want that. Menopause support is listed under women's health next to annual exams and family planning, but the site does not name any hormone treatments. Members get unlimited office visits and can reach Dr. Oni by phone, text, email or video between them. The office is open Monday to Wednesday. Dr. Oni is also board certified in obesity medicine and runs a separate virtual weight program for patients in Texas and Illinois.
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.
Heat Wave Health is a one clinician telehealth practice for perimenopause, menopause and midlife health, seeing patients in Washington, Illinois and Oregon. Desirae Bloomquist founded it and is the only clinician, so she runs the appointments, reads the labs and answers the secure messages herself. Care runs on a monthly membership with a six month commitment at the start, and there is a lower cost membership later on once treatment has settled. Alongside symptom relief the practice works on bone, heart, cognitive, metabolic and sexual health, and it treats thyroid problems and midlife weight gain, including GLP-1 medication when it fits. There is a separate strand of survivorship care for women after cancer, with hormone decisions made alongside their oncology team. The site is direct about hormone therapy being optional, and says plainly that a woman can get care here without committing to it.
Dr. Lynn founded Evora Women's Health and runs the gynecology side of a small concierge office in Creve Coeur. She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in obesity medicine, and she trained as a sexual counselor at Sexual Medicine Associates in Florida. Menopause and sexual health are what she is known for, and her own pages name hormone therapy, chronic pelvic pain and urinary incontinence among the things she manages. First visits last a full hour, and anyone can book a free fifteen minute meeting with her in the office or by video before committing to anything. She shares the office with an internist, an endocrinologist, a psychiatrist, dietitians, trainers and a physical therapist, so a weight loss or pelvic floor plan gets built in one place. She also mentors physicians in other states who want to open concierge practices of their own, and she keeps a small shop of the products she recommends for vaginal dryness.
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Kelly Perisin is a nurse practitioner at MyMenopauseRx, a video-only practice that treats nothing but perimenopause and menopause. It was started by a Chicago-area gynecologist and bills insurance like a regular office. Visits take about 30 minutes on Zoom, and you can book the same clinician every time and message the care team between visits. Kelly came to menopause care from weight management and urgent care, and she draws on that when helping women with midlife weight gain. The practice prescribes FDA-approved estradiol and progesterone sent to your own pharmacy, and it prescribes testosterone directly only for patients in Illinois. It is meant to work alongside your own primary care doctor, who still handles anything that needs a physical exam.
Gliss Wellness is a virtual-only OB/GYN practice Dr. Walsh co-founded with a second board-certified OB/GYN, and menopause care is its main focus. Care starts with a 30-minute video consultation about your symptoms, and if hormone therapy suits you, you leave with prescriptions for the first three months. A follow-up at three months keeps refills going for the rest of the year, and refills in between happen by message through the patient portal. There is no membership, and you fill prescriptions at your own pharmacy. The doctors can't examine you in person but can order labs and other tests. Dr. Walsh's own interests include pelvic pain, endometriosis, fibroids and weight loss, and a free 15-minute call lets you meet the team before booking.
Dr. High is an OB-GYN who spent many years in private practice before moving to virtual care at Gennev. Her page lists perimenopause, menopause, weight management and premature ovarian insufficiency as her areas of focus. She has also completed obesity medicine coursework, which fits the weight management listing. Her stated goal is for patients to understand how the safe use of medication can improve their quality of life. Her page lists a medical licence in Illinois only, so she sees patients who live there.
Beyer is a Midi clinical leader and sits on the company advisory board, and she still sees patients by video. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology, then dropped obstetrics to work on gynaecology and hormonal health only. Weight is her second focus and she holds a diplomate from the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She talks openly about gaining weight before her 50th birthday and losing 35 pounds over five months, and she uses that with patients who are struggling. Care runs through Midi only, so visits are by video and anything needing an exam or imaging goes to an outside clinician. Her page has no booking link of her own, so the Midi sign-up does not let a new patient choose her by name.
Dr. Schultz co-founded this small concierge internal medicine practice in Westmont with Dr. Cindy Lagone. It is a primary care practice for adults, and menopause care sits within her general internal medicine work. Her main clinical interests are cholesterol, blood pressure and heart disease risk, and she also works in obesity medicine. An annual membership covers visits, virtual care and messaging with your doctor. Panels are kept small, so new patients start with a meet and greet and may join a waitlist when her panel is full. The practice says plainly that it is not integrative or functional medicine, and it keeps close ties to Northwestern Medicine for specialist referrals and hospital care.
Attune is a small practice run by two nurse-midwives who treat perimenopause and menopause, plus routine gynecology. Kiyomi moved from full-scope midwifery into menopause care and also sees women for pelvic and sexual health concerns. New patients get a one-hour first visit, with a follow-up about six to eight weeks after starting treatment and then check-ins every few months to once a year. They prescribe FDA-approved bioidentical estradiol and progesterone, low-dose testosterone for low libido, and non-hormonal options, and will use a compounding pharmacy if you prefer. They don't test hormone levels to adjust estrogen, and testosterone needs an in-person start with baseline labs. The Wicker Park office is inside a massage therapy suite up a flight of stairs with no elevator, and video visits are open to anyone in Illinois.
Dr. Murauski directs the hormone and longevity programs at Case Integrative Health, a multi-provider integrative practice with offices in Chicago's West Loop and Hinsdale. He trained in biomedical engineering before medicine and describes his approach as looking at how the body's systems work together. Care starts with a discovery call with a patient coordinator, then an hour-long first consult and a follow-up four to six weeks later to go over labs and set the full plan. Seeing him directly means joining his Engineering Wellness membership, which has limited spots and a waitlist. Patients who don't join are seen by the program's physician assistants, who work under his oversight. Follow-up visits can be in person or remote.
Suzanne Trupin is the only physician at Women's Health Practice in Champaign, where she is the medical director and owner and works alongside one nurse practitioner plus a team of aesthetic and administrative staff. The practice homepage bills her as an OB/GYN specializing in gynecology, hormone balance and medical weight loss, and the practice says it has taken part in more than 100 clinical trials over 30 years. Hormone care runs mainly through BioTe compounded pellet therapy, offered alongside creams, patches and pills, and for vaginal dryness and painful sex the practice also prescribes topical vaginal estrogen, DHEA cream or testosterone. She offers two in-office energy treatments of the vagina, the MonaLisa Touch carbon dioxide laser and ThermiVa radiofrequency, and the practice says it was the first in Central Illinois to bring the laser to the area. The practice is unusually direct about its limits, telling readers plainly that it does not offer gynecologic surgery and will refer out, and that labiaplasty is a consultation ending in a referral to a plastic surgeon. Weight and bladder care are run as their own service lines, with prescription weight loss medication on one side and the Emsella chair and bladder medication on the other.
Women for Women is a small obstetrics and gynecology practice in Normal, in a medical office building on the Carle BroMenn hospital campus, and Dr. Haas is one of the two physicians the practice is named for. She sees women across the whole span of gynecologic care, from a first exam and contraception through pregnancy and into menopause and the years after. What sets her apart inside the practice is surgery, since she holds a 2022 certification in minimally invasive gynecological surgery that the practice says marks clinicians who devote a significant share of their work to operating through small incisions. The gynecology list runs from hysterectomy, myomectomy and endometrial ablation through to robotic procedures, and menopause management sits among those services. She earned her menopause certification in 2025, the same year her partner at the practice did. She grew up in Bloomington and trained in Peoria, and the practice says she was glad to come back to her home community to practice.
