Services & Procedures
Services
The care providers at Anchorage Women’s Clinic offer comprehensive services for complete women’s health, from well women’s health to specialized care. If your condition requires advanced specialized attention, we maintain collaborative relationships with other sub-specialists in town and can refer you with confidence to get you the help you need.
Abortion
Anchorage Women’s Clinic does not offer this service.
Adolescent Gynecology
Adolescence marks a time of transition from childhood to adulthood and encompasses many psychological and physical milestones. A gynecologist can serve as a trusted guide to lead a teenager from adolescence through adulthood. Many young women have special needs and concerns about changes in their bodies. Anchorage Women’s Clinic welcomes your adolescent daughters to our practice so we can provide the kind of one-on-one care young women want in an atmosphere that allows them to feel comfortable talking about their health and lifestyles.
AWC offers a unique service for girls entering adolescence–the time of transition from childhood to adulthood. We have put together a special visit known as “My first GYN visit” for girls age 12 and older. She will meet with a nurse practitioner, counselor and has the option of receiving her first of three Gardasil vaccinations.
The nurse practitioner will provide a physical exam (an internal exam will only be given if the girl is sexually active) and talk with her about her health and lifestyle choices. Next she will meet with our on-site counselor to talk about issues she may be facing or could face in the future such as healthy body image, healthy eating, friendships, communication and self esteem.
Counseling
AWC’s on-site counselors offer support and help for those suffering from general mental health issues, anxiety and depression. We specialize in the areas of Post-Partum Depression, stress, sexual dysfunction, gender identity, sexual trauma, as well as relationship and intimacy concerns.
Endometrial Ablation
Offered by our physicians on an outpatient basis, at any of our local hospital settings.
Family Planning and Contraception
AWC offers education and information relating to family planning. We offer everything from preconception consultations to the most current and safe methods of birth control methods available. You and your provider will decide what is right for you.
Fetal Monitoring
For those expectant moms who cannot feel their baby move, or for other reasons that require a non-stress test, we provide this service here in our comfortable facility. We offer a cozy room that has plenty of space for a visitor to sit with you while this test is being performed.
Gynecologic Care
Our program focuses on routine preventative care, including but not limited to pap smears, breast exams, HPV immunizations, menopause education, contraceptive counseling and other gynecologic screenings. We also provide on-site specialized services such as Adolescent Gynecology, Colposcopy, Loop Electrosurgical and Excision Procedure (LEEP).
Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing empowers parents with techniques to achieve a gentle, calm birth for themselves and their baby. It teaches deep levels of relaxation to eliminate fear which can cause tension, and thus, pain. Hypnobirthing greatly reduces and often eliminates fatigue during labor and the need for medications. We offer a four week course to teach this technique to our patients.
Immunization Shots
AWC offers several immunization shots including the flu shot, T-Dap, MMR, Hepatitis A and B as well as Gardasil.
Infertility
Anchorage Women’s Clinic offers up to date education and assistance to those couples having difficulty conceiving.
In-House Lab
To make things more convenient for our patients, AWC offers an in-house lab where most tests can be performed on site.
Midwifery
Traditionally, midwives and physicians have worked independently of one another. However, at AWC, the two work collaboratively in the rare event that there is a question of complication or an actual emergency.
Mother Daughter Connections
The Mother-Daughter Connections Group is a five week educational seminar offered for mothers and their daughters, age 9-12. Five mother/daughter pairs are given tools to help them connect and prepare for adolescence.
Obstetric Care
Complete prenatal care is provided for the needs of the normal to the complex pregnancies. Patients may choose to see a physician or a certified nurse midwife.
Prenatal Massage
Our Obstetrical packages include one therapeutic massage per trimester! The most recent research indicates that reducing stress levels may be the most important thing you do for you and your baby.
Ultrasound and Technology
AWC providers have access to the most up-to-date, in-house 3D ultrasound equipment in each room, depending on the procedure. AWC also employs an on-site ultrasonographer who is specially trained on our in-house, state of the art 4D ultrasound.
Therapeutic Massage Therapy
Our massage therapist helps bring relief to patients through the use of massage based on that individual’s specific needs.
Urodynamics/Urogynecology
A highly successful, outpatient procedure used to help those suffering from urinary incontinence.
Procedures
AWC’s providers are leaders in their field. We have the ability to do many procedures on-site in our recently expanded facility and have several physicians who are robotic surgery specialists. If the procedure cannot be done in our office, most of our providers have privileges at Providence Hospital, Alaska Regional Hospital and the Alaska Surgery Center.
Biopsy
Biopsy is the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body for diagnostic evaluation. Several types include the Vulvar and Endometrial.
Colposcopy
This procedure allows your provider to see a magnified view of your cervix using a lighted microscope and is performed to determine the cause of an abnormal pap smear. Often at this appointment, a biopsy is taken of the tissue in question.
Cryotherapy
This procedure freezes abnormal tissue and in most instances, normal tissue grows back in its place. It is used to treat problems in the cervix when a pap smear or a colposcopy procedure comes back abnormal.
Fetal Monitoring
If an expectant mother has not felt her baby move for a while, or for other specified reasons, it may be recommended to place a monitor around her belly. This monitor measures her contractions to the baby’s heart rate and beats per minute. It usually takes between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on baby’s activity.
Genital Wart Removal
Genital warts can be removed by excision, cryotherapy or by topical wart treatment.
Infertility Treatment
Anchorage Women’s Clinic offers initial testing and medical treatment with some fertility medications. Currently, IVF is not available in Alaska, however we are able to coordinate and assist in your care with the IVF clinic of your choice.
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
Your provider uses an electrified loop of wire to remove abnormal tissue from the cervix. This procedure may be recommended following an abnormal pap test.
Nuchal Translucency
This elective test is done in the first trimester of pregnancy. It combines a maternal blood test with an ultrasound measurement and identifies fetuses at increased risk of Down Syndrome, Trisomy –18 or –13.
Urodynamics
Dr. Kim specializes in Urodynamics at AWC. He offers an outpatient procedure called the mid-urethral sling. Dr. Kim positions a narrow strip of material, or sling, around the urethra to support its natural tissues. The implanted sling acts like a hammock providing extra support to the urethra to prevent accidental urine leakage. Results may be noticed immediately.