Menopause Society Certified Practitioners in Montana
35 practitioners have an office in Montana, and 58 more can see patients here by telehealth. 65 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Bozeman, Missoula and Billings.
Melissa Lopez runs Montana Hormone Clinic in Billings on her own, treating women in perimenopause and menopause along with some men. Care starts with a short visit for fasting labs and a body composition scan, followed a week later by a 90-minute visit to build the plan. Most patients then follow a six-month program with check-ins about every six weeks before moving to a maintenance membership. She uses adjustable bioidentical estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, sometimes adds thyroid support, and does not use pellets. She also treats surgical menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency and women with a history of breast cancer. She has been through menopause herself and worked in labor and delivery before focusing on midlife hormones.
Ovella Health is a virtual practice Dr. Baxter co-founded with another family medicine physician after years in traditional primary care and urgent care. Every visit and every message is with the same doctor, first visits run a full hour, and follow-ups are usually half that. The practice sticks to FDA-approved bioidentical hormones and says plainly that it does not routinely prescribe pellets or compounded combinations. Care reaches past symptom relief into bone, heart and brain prevention, and the doctors order things like DEXA scans and coronary calcium scores for patients who want to go deeper. Dr. Baxter has a particular interest in caring for cancer survivors, and in women who cannot or would rather not use hormones. She grew up in Wyoming and moved to Bozeman in 2025.
Elizabeth Buisker is a family medicine physician in Bozeman who has also worked as a health system executive. She built this practice after her own perimenopause took her nearly two years to work out, despite being a physician herself. The first visit is a long history review with no prescribing attached, and from there patients can move into a six month program that covers lab review, prescriptions and messaging between visits. After that people come back annually or as needed to adjust the plan and refill medication. She prescribes hormone therapy but writes that it works best alongside strength training, sleep and nutrition, calling hormones the floor and lifestyle the ceiling. She is blunt about the wellness industry and says it filled the gap with endless supplements and specialty labs that feel real but often lack the science.
Terra Share runs a solo practice out of Denver that is entirely virtual, and she sees patients for perimenopause, menopause and gender-affirming hormone care anywhere in Colorado. First visits run 60 minutes and follow-ups 45, with secure messaging in between. She orders and interprets labs herself and manages prescriptions for up to a year when that is appropriate. She does not bill insurance, and she says that is exactly what buys the longer visit. She also does short gyn urgent care visits in nine other states, but hormone care stays inside Colorado. She has written clinical protocols for larger healthcare organizations, and after living in Steamboat Springs and Missoula she cares most about reaching women who are nowhere near a city.
Kristine Groemping is a family nurse practitioner and former Navy officer who started out in labor and delivery nursing and later worked as a menopause specialist at Evernow. She founded this small cash-pay practice, which treats perimenopause and menopause along with weight management, thyroid conditions and low libido in women. She is openly against pellets, pricey supplements and frequent hormone lab testing, and follows Menopause Society guidelines for estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. Most care happens by video, with refills handled by video or secure message, and she also sees patients at an office in southwest Austin. New patients can request a first hormone, testosterone or weight consultation online, and the booking page also offers a free introductory call.
Bold Wellness is Torrie Clontz's own virtual practice for women in midlife, run from Las Vegas and open to patients in about fifteen states. Care starts with a two visit intake that includes a wide blood panel drawn at a lab near you and a follow up to go through the results and set a plan. After that most patients stay on a monthly membership that covers prescription changes and messaging with her through the patient portal. Alongside hormone therapy she runs a weight and metabolic program using GLP-1 medication, and she adds functional tests such as gut, cortisol and vaginal microbiome panels when they fit. She is clear that she is not a primary care provider or an OB-GYN, so patients need to keep their own and see her for the hormone and midlife side. Her own hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis, which came after a circus career ended in injury, is why she started the practice and she treats that alongside hormones.
Gisele Thissen runs WISH on her own as a fully virtual practice, so every visit happens by video and there is no office to walk into. Every new patient starts with the same long one-on-one assessment, which runs about an hour and covers symptoms, history, medications and previous treatment before anything is decided. She prescribes hormone therapy and women's testosterone where it fits the history, and she treats thyroid problems, metabolic and weight concerns, and sexual health complaints alongside the menopause transition. After the assessment she recommends either a six month course of care called Reclaim or a twelve month concierge year, and neither is required. She spent over a decade as a bedside nurse in obstetrics before moving into private practice, and she sees patients in Spanish as well as English. When an exam, imaging or a specialist is needed she helps arrange it locally and brings the findings back into the plan.
Dr. Allison runs a small telemedicine practice for women in perimenopause and menopause. She spent 14 years as an emergency physician before moving into midlife women's care. She prescribes FDA approved hormone therapy and testosterone, and offers non-hormonal medicines for women who can't or won't take hormones. New patients fill out long history forms first, then have a 75 minute first visit and a short check-in two weeks later. She also covers bone health, breast cancer risk and prevention planning. She does not replace your primary care doctor or gynecologist, and she expects you to keep them.
Stephanie Martinez runs Prime Optimal Health, a small practice in the Belton and Temple area of Central Texas. She sees women by telehealth in Texas, Colorado, Montana and New Mexico, and offers some in-person care locally. New patients can start with a free discovery call, then a 45 to 60 minute midlife consultation. You can stop at an assessment and plan, or choose a short program or a 90-day program that starts hormone therapy and follows up as you adjust, and established patients can move to a monthly membership. She came to menopause care from urgent care, where she kept meeting tired, struggling patients who had been told their labs looked normal.
Diana Kumar is a board certified OB-GYN who co-founded Gliss Wellness, a virtual practice built around perimenopause and menopause. All care happens by video and secure messaging, so there is no office to visit. A menopause visit runs about 30 minutes and ends with a plan and prescriptions for an initial three month period, followed by a check-in visit before refills continue for the rest of the year. She prescribes hormone therapy when it fits, can order labs and scans, and sends prescriptions to the patient's own pharmacy. She also sees women for weight counseling and for urgent gynecology problems handled through a short written form. Her stated areas of interest are PCOS, sexual dysfunction, bone health and longevity medicine.
Dr. Connor is a gynecologic oncologist at the Intermountain Health West End Clinic in Billings, and most of her clinical work is preventing, diagnosing and treating ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers. Her Intermountain profile is the only one in her department that mentions menopause, and it says her Menopause Society certification recognises her knowledge of managing menopausal health with hormonal and non-hormonal options. She moved to Montana so women in the region would not have to leave the state for gynecologic oncology care. She travels to outreach clinics in Missoula, Butte, Helena, Sidney and Bozeman, and to Cody in Wyoming, so patients in small towns do not have to drive to Billings. New patients start by calling the clinic, because her profile offers no online booking and no video visit.
Diana Liedtka-Holmquist built her own menopause practice under the name Tamarack Wellness Clinic and now sees patients at Missoula Women's Healthcare on Fort Missoula Road. She moved there from her old Dixon Avenue office and switched from a cash practice to billing insurance. New patient visits run about 60 minutes. She sends an intake form after registration and reads it before the visit, then works out the diagnosis and any testing together with the patient. She prescribes FDA-approved hormone therapy, bioidentical and compounded hormones and testosterone, in transdermal, oral, vaginal and topical forms, and she excludes pellets. Appointments are booked through the office rather than online, and callers are asked to say they want a perimenopause or menopause consultation with Diana.
Hyman is a gynecologist who sees patients at Billings Clinic in Billings and at Barrett Hospital in Dillon. Her stated focus is chronic pelvic pain, painful periods and pain with intercourse, and she lists menopause and perimenopause care with hormone replacement therapy among the gynecologic services she provides. For pain she uses trigger point injections of the abdominal wall and pelvic floor, nerve blocks and medication, and she refers to pelvic floor physical therapy and pain clinics when that helps. She tells patients an exam can be useful but that how much of one happens is in their control. Before Montana she taught laparoscopic surgery to physicians in Guyana and then worked as a locums doctor in small towns, which is what turned her toward rural care. Her own website is still mostly a newsletter signup while she builds an independent practice.
Ingrid Hazlett co-owns Rise Women's Health Collaborative in downtown Missoula with a physician associate, and the clinic sees women only for perimenopause and menopause care. She has spent more than a decade working with hormonal and metabolic conditions and is board certified in diabetes management, so weight and insulin resistance get real attention alongside hormones. Care starts with an hour-long first visit, then shorter follow-ups and portal messaging, in person or by telehealth for patients located in Montana. The clinic prefers FDA-approved treatments, uses compounded medications only when indicated, and will not prescribe pellets. It does not provide gynecology or primary care, so patients keep their own doctor for annual visits. Women who want to understand their options first can book an education-only visit with no prescribing.
Dr. Carol runs a small concierge practice for women in perimenopause and menopause, and she is going through midlife herself. She spent about 20 years as an emergency physician before turning to menopause care. Care starts with a free 30-minute video call, then a package of two long visits, each 60 to 90 minutes, with messaging between and after them. Visits can be at her Manhattan office, by video, or at your home or workplace. The visits look at symptom treatment along with bone, heart and breast cancer risk. She does not replace your own doctors, so you still need a primary care doctor and a gynecologist for exams and mammograms.
Kandiss Inman leads menopause care at Illumination Women's Health, a small nurse practitioner owned clinic in Boise. She sees women in the Boise office or by video anywhere in Idaho or Montana. Her approach is evidence based hormone therapy, and she uses testosterone only in select cases backed by research. Women who can't or would rather not take hormones can get non-hormonal treatment instead. She also runs a medical weight program for midlife women, and a psychiatric nurse practitioner on the team handles mood concerns like anxiety and PMDD. She spent over two decades as a registered nurse before becoming a nurse practitioner.
A solo telehealth practice run by a Menopause Society Certified women's health nurse practitioner, seeing women aged 18 and over in three states with no physical office. Midlife hormone care runs through a monthly subscription bundling the prescription, a monthly reassessment by video, lab review, lifestyle and supplement guidance and portal messaging, with labs billed separately. Hormones are prescribed as FDA-approved products where possible and compounded bioidenticals when symptoms are not controlled, by patch, cream, gel, oral capsule or vaginal cream. Pellets are not offered because the practice is entirely virtual. The same practice runs a weight program and pay-per-visit gynecology consultations for vaginal infections, sexually transmitted infection testing and contraception.
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.
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Kristen Santana is the women's health nurse practitioner at Functional Medicine of Idaho, a clinic with locations in Boise, Meridian and Eagle. She works out of the Boise clinic and lists menopause care as a main focus. The clinic combines functional medicine with conventional care. Patients can book women's health visits themselves online, and virtual visits are open to new patients in several western states.
Dr. Lemley is a naturopathic physician who has practiced in Bozeman since 1999 and says about three quarters of his patients are women seeking hormone care. He has held the Menopause Society's certification since the mid 2000s. New patients get a first visit of 1.5 to 2 hours covering full history, lab orders and questions. He prescribes only bioidentical hormones, including estradiol, estriol, progesterone, DHEA and testosterone, and often starts with diet, herbs and supplements when symptoms are milder. He also manages premature and early menopause and treats men for andropause at the same clinic.
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.
Dana Johnson is a registered nurse who spent about 20 years in the ICU before founding Qavah Functional Wellness, a telehealth-only practice. She started it after her own Long COVID turned into autoimmune and gut problems and then a hard menopause transition. Hormone therapy is offered to Alabama residents only, while the lab and gut health services also reach a few other southern states. Each hormone plan starts with lab work and a consultation, and bioidentical hormones come as creams, gels, pills, troches or injections. Prescriptions are written by the practice's licensed providers rather than by Dana, who is a nurse. New patients start with an online consultation request, and the team calls back within one business day.
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.
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.
