53 practitioners have an office in Iowa, and 56 more can see patients here by telehealth. 79 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Iowa City, Des Moines and West Des Moines.
Dr. Bartlett Hackenmiller is a gynecologist who trained in integrative medicine under Andrew Weil and now sees menopause, menstrual, fertility and pelvic floor concerns. She works through MercyOne OB-Gyn in Waterloo and HonorHealth Integrative Medicine in Scottsdale, and she sees many patients by video. She prescribes bioidentical hormones and uses transdermal estrogen rather than pills. She also leans on herbs, diet and mind-body work, and she has written about helping women who can't take hormones. She is a clinical herbalist and a certified forest therapy guide, and her own life, including raising a son with autism and losing her first husband to cancer, shapes how she practices.
The Group has been practicing in the Quad Cities since 1978 and is an obstetrics and gynecology practice, with its main office in Davenport and a second in Clinton open on Wednesdays. Eight physicians work alongside midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and Barclay joined in 2006. On the gynecology side the practice handles perimenopause and menopausal symptoms, and also bleeding after menopause and urinary incontinence. Bone density screening and pelvic floor therapy are done in the office, so a woman worried about her bones or her bladder can be seen in one place. Care is in person only, and a new patient either calls or sends the appointment request form, after which the office rings back to confirm details before anything is booked. The site never names a hormone treatment, so what she prescribes for menopause is not published.
Amy Bingaman is a gynecologist who sees patients at a clinic in West Des Moines and at women's health clinics inside five small Iowa hospitals. She provides full spectrum gynecologic care and lists perimenopause and menopausal care among her main professional interests, along with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She spent 8.5 years in the Navy, where she did her OB/GYN internship and residency, then returned to Iowa about 15 years ago. A large part of her public profile is speaking work, including a menopause talk called Hot Flashes and Hot Takes. New patients can book an OB/GYN visit online for the West Des Moines clinic, and the hospital clinics take appointments by phone, with one stating that no referral is needed. Her own website is built around the speaking side of her work, so it says nothing about what a visit costs or how care is run.
