Dr. Wood Thum is a urologist who also trained in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She sees women in Sioux Falls for prolapse, urinary incontinence and fistulas. Her own page says she also does hormone therapy evaluation and management, which is unusual for a urologist. That makes her a good fit if menopause shows up as bladder or pelvic floor trouble. She works in a large urology group with offices across South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, and she teaches at the Sanford USD medical school.
Amber Saloum is an OB/GYN at an Avera Medical Group clinic on the east side of Sioux Falls, where she works alongside four other providers. She practices full-spectrum obstetrics and gynecology, so menopause care sits next to pregnancy care, deliveries and gynecologic surgery. Her Avera profile names menopause as one of her two focus areas, and she also sees women for menstrual problems and pelvic pain. Hormone therapy is part of what Avera offers for menopause, and the system hands related problems like bone loss or sleep trouble to its own specialists. Surgery is a real part of her week, and she does ablation, laparoscopy and hysterectomy by the least invasive route she can, including robotic-assisted. She says she chose medicine because it joins two things she likes, science and serving people.
