Kerry Folkman runs a small practice focused only on perimenopause and menopause. Most visits are by video, and she sees patients in person in Brookline about one day a month. The first visit is a full hour and ends with a written treatment plan, and she sends detailed summaries after visits so you don't have to remember everything. She prescribes FDA-approved estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, though testosterone is only available to patients in Massachusetts. She also has a particular interest in how midlife hormone changes affect ADHD, anxiety and depression, and she prescribes GLP-1 medications for weight and metabolic health. Follow-up visits can be paid one at a time or through a package or subscription.
Boston Obstetrics and Gynecology is a seven physician group in Brookline that handles both obstetrics and general gynecology. Dr. Lafornara is listed among the practice doctors and is the only member of the group whose page states the Menopause Society certification. The professional interests on that page are pregnancy and childbirth, abnormal pap smears and colposcopy, general gynecology and minimally invasive surgery for benign gynecologic conditions, plus menopause and perimenopause. The gynecology page says that both hormonal and non-hormonal treatments are available for perimenopausal symptoms, and it asks patients to raise symptoms at a routine visit or call for an appointment. Menopause is one of the reasons a patient can pick on the practice appointment request form. The doctors share a 24 hour coverage arrangement with ten named physicians and hold hospital staff appointments in Boston.
Dr. Matta runs a small office based gynecology practice on Beacon Street in Brookline, and her site says she partners with Dr. Nicole Boudreau. Her own description of her work is brief and promises compassionate and comprehensive office based gynecological care, with time taken to understand what each patient needs. The booking profile her site links is the only place that names services, and it lists birth control, consultations for menopause, evaluations for osteoporosis, and annual gynecologic examinations, along with care for urinary tract infection and sexual dysfunction. She does not publish what she prescribes for menopause. She is a board certified obstetrician gynecologist who trained at Loyola, completed a fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and teaches physician assistants as an instructor at Boston University. The office keeps short hours, afternoons on Mondays and Tuesdays and mornings on Thursdays and Fridays, with metered street parking around the building, and she speaks Spanish and Cantonese as well as English.
