Women's Health
Women's Health refers to comprehensive women’s health care, as well as health issues that are unique to women, including:
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Conditions of the female organs
Be sure to get early and regular prenatal care to ensure you have a healthy pregnancy. You should also get recommended breast cancer, cervical cancer, and bone density screenings.
Our goal is to ensure the health and readiness of all women at every stage of life.
Women’s Health Services
Women’s Health gynecologic services are available on a referral-only basis for female patients aged 13 or older. For gynecologic care, you must be referred by your primary care manager. We provide the following Women’s Health services at the 633rd Medical Group:
- Annual women's health exams
- Management of:
- Amenorrhea, or lack of menses
- Abnormal uterine bleeding, including menorrhagia and metrorrhagia
- Uterine fibroids
- Cervical polyps
- Treatment of menopause
- Post-menopausal bleeding
- Infertility evaluation
- Urinary incontinence
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Pelvic pain
- Endometriosis
- Ovarian cysts
- Bartholin's abscess
- Cervical dysplasia
- Abortion counseling
- Sexual dysfunction
- Gynecological procedures:
- Hysterectomy (abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic)
- Hysteroscopy with myomectomy or polypectomy
- Endometrial ablation
- Laparoscopic tubal surgery for sterilization
- Ovarian surgery including oophorectomy, cystectomy
- Bilateral tubal re-anastomosis in select candidates
- Laparoscopic procedures as indicated
- Loop electrosurgical, or LEEP, cone biopsy of cervix
- Various surgical approaches for vaginal prolapse and incontinence
- Labiaplasty, in certain circumstances
We can refer patients to reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists, and to urogynecology as well as gynecologic oncology. Referrals must be obtained through a women's health provider after completing initial work up.
Special Instructions and Information
- If you are pre-menopausal and have been scheduled for a procedure, please make sure you have submitted a urine sample to the lab one hour prior to your appointment. If you have questions about this, please call and ask.
- For gynecologic care, our women’s health nurse practitioners see most annual exams and perform in-office procedures. Our physicians see potential surgical candidates and complicated gynecologic cases.
- We do not provide prenatal and pregnancy care at the 633rd Medical Group.
- If you have questions about a service, please contact our Women’s Health clinic at 757-764-7630, Option 1, 2.
How to Make an Appointment
Call 757-764-7630, Option 1, 2, to make an appointment for Women's Health services.
TRICARE Covered Services
TRICARE covers well-woman exams annually for women under age 65 with no cost-share or copayment. TRICARE offers coverage for many women’s health services, including: