Menopause Specialists Who Accept Insurance 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
The Matriarch Clinic is a virtual practice that Dr. Consson founded to reach women across Montana and Wyoming, after years as a primary care internist in Billings, Bozeman and Big Timber. Care runs entirely by video. A new patient starts with a one hour initial consultation booked through the clinic portal, then moves to shorter follow ups. She sticks to FDA approved menopausal hormone therapy and FDA approved non-hormonal medication, and she has written publicly that hormone pellets are unproven and not approved for menopause. The clinic also brings in a registered dietitian and a licensed therapist for nutrition, body composition and mental health work. Patients sent over by another doctor are asked to keep their own primary care provider so routine care continues there.
Kalispell OB/GYN is the longest running private OB/GYN practice in the Flathead Valley and moved to a new office at The Falls in 2022. The team is one physician and three mid level providers, and Shanahan is the only one of the four with a menopause certification. The practice says it provides menopause care including individualized hormone therapy when appropriate, and it also does early obstetrics up to twelve weeks and the full range of gynecology. Shanahan came to women's health through a county family planning department and has worked as a nurse practitioner since 1987. She is also a registered sonographer, and she wrote the practice's magazine column on bladder leakage, which describes vaginal estrogen and pessary fitting as options women come in for. The practice tells readers it does not use hormone blood tests to decide treatment and goes by symptoms instead.
Anita Bekker is one of three providers in the OB/GYN department at Northern Montana Health Care, a not-for-profit critical access hospital system in Havre. She sees patients at the Family Medical Center alongside two board certified obstetrician gynecologists. The department covers the whole range of women's health, from pregnancy and delivery through menopause, and it names menopause and hormone management among its gynecologic services. She is a family nurse practitioner who also holds a doctorate in nursing practice, with more than sixteen years of professional experience. Her profile says she looks past the current illness to treat the whole patient, and she puts weight on prevention and health education. The department also treats bladder problems and publishes a bladder symptom questionnaire patients can download before they come in.
