Laura Valle runs a small direct-care women's health practice in Westerville and sees Ohio patients in person or by video. The first visit runs 60 to 90 minutes, and ongoing menopause and hormone care happens through a membership rather than one-off visits. New patients start on the higher-touch plan with unlimited visits and direct messaging, and patients who have been stable on hormones for a year can move to a lighter one. She prescribes FDA-approved hormone therapy and also manages testosterone, bone health, thyroid and weight. Conversations happen fully clothed in a consultation room, and exams use small, quiet speculums in a separate room. She worked as a nurse and midwife in several European countries and still delivers babies in Amish country a few weekends a month.
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.
