Jamie Gustafson is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and Menopause Society certified practitioner who works on her own. Most of her patients are adults in midlife dealing with anxiety, depression, insomnia or mood changes around perimenopause. Care starts with a free phone call and then a long first evaluation, in person in Scottsdale or by video. Hormone treatment and lab work are part of her psychiatric care rather than a stand-alone menopause service.
John Robinson is a naturopathic doctor who co-founded The Hormone Zone in Scottsdale, and the practice treats women through perimenopause and menopause alongside men's hormone care. Hormones are given as pellets, creams, patches, pills or injections, and the pellets are compounded so the dose and mix can be set for each patient. Getting started means a short phone call with a member of the medical team first, who answers questions and books the office visit. The first visit adds in house testing such as body composition, resting metabolic rate, a thyroid reflex reading and an EKG, and you leave with a written plan that gets revised at follow ups. Robinson came into medicine through massage therapy and Chinese medicine, co-founded a herbal medicine and acupuncture school in Phoenix, and wrote a book about thyroid care. For bone loss after menopause the practice uses a radiation free ultrasound bone scan through a partner rather than a standard DEXA, along with blood markers of bone turnover.
