Peninsula Doctor is a small concierge family medicine practice in Menlo Park, and each physician there keeps a panel of about 100 patients. Dr. Kim is the clinician the practice names for perimenopause and menopause, and she works through hormone therapy options with women and handles the monitoring that follows. Her menopause care sits inside regular primary care, so one visit can cover bone density, heart risk and the weight and metabolism changes of midlife. Membership runs for a year and covers visits, in-office blood draws and most in-office lab work, plus twelve visits with the practice nutritionist. Members can reach their physician by phone, text or video, and the practice recommends coming into the office when an exam or testing would help. Two things to know before joining are that the practice does not prescribe ongoing controlled substances, and that anyone who is Medicare eligible signs a private Medicare contract to become a member.
Radiant Women's Health is a small concierge practice in Menlo Park where Dr. Kassis is the gynecologist. Care runs on a membership, so the fee covers her visits and members can call, text or email her directly. New members start with a free consultation, then a long intake visit with lab work, then ongoing appointments in the office or by video. She trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford and later spent eight years at a county hospital doing high volume surgery and obstetrics. When she joined Palo Alto Medical Foundation in 2019 she trained under a longtime menopause specialist who handed over her practice on retiring, and she began having perimenopause symptoms herself around the same time. She has taken extra coursework on hormone therapy for breast cancer survivors, and the practice keeps a dietitian and a pelvic floor physical therapist in house.
