Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S3 Ep158: How to Find a Clinician Who is Not Clueless


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An “MD” after the name is no assurance that the person to whom you are about to bare your soul—and your vagina—is an expert when it comes to menopause. 
In this episode, I am going to walk you through the steps to find someone you can trust to fix your flashes, foggy brain, and failing sex life.

Head over to Substack.com/@DrStreicher for a transcript of the episode, and bonus!  I posted an article with specific questions to ask during a menopause consultation (and answers you might get) that will let you know if you can trust this person to help you manage your menopause. 


  • If Your Doctor Doesn’t Have a Vagina
  • Specialists that may be menopause expertise
  • Advanced practice nurses and physician assistants
  • Why most doctors know very little about menopause
  • What letters mean after a doctor’s name
  • The difference between a license and board certification
  • What it takes to maintain board certification
  • What it means to be “double boarded” 
  • Why Anti-Aging is not a recognized board certification
  • What academic titles such as “Professor” indicate
  • How I became a menopause expert
  • What it means to be a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner
  • Checking out publications
  • Physician Referral services
  • The problem with consumer referral sites
  • Red flags to look for on doctor websites
  • If you should educate your own doctor
  • If concierge doctors are worth it
  • Telehealth- and what to look for

  • Go to substack.com/@drstreicher  for my list of specific questions to ask   (and potential answers you might get ) that are pretty good indications that the person you are seeing is an actual expert. 


    Links

    • To verify that a physician is licensed
    Federation of State Medical Boards website 

    fsmb.org

    • To verify that a physician is board certified
    ABMS.org is the site where you can check out whether a physician is board-certified and find out what he or she is certified in. 

    • To find a certified menopause practitioner
    www.menopause.org.

    • To see if your physician has published any scientific articles
    NIH National Library of Science- Pubmed

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/


    Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
    Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 


    • Major Medical Centers
    It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 


    The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
     

    Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

    Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 

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      Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

      •  Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
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      • Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

      • Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

      • The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

         Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal healthcare clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.


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