Obstetrics and Gynecology Services

Ob/Gyn Services that we provide

  • Abnormal Pap Smear: Evaluation and Treatment
  • Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding: Evaluation and Management
  • Adolescent Gynecology - Your teen's first pap smear, STD testing and counselling, painful periods (pelvic exam can be skipped if patient is under 18)
  • Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Gynecologic Surgery – including LAVH (laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy) and LSH (laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy)
  • Cancer Screening: including cervical, ovarian, uterine and breast
  • Contraception: including birth control pills, diaphragms, IUD's (Mirena and Paragard), Nuva-Ring, Depo-Provera and natural family planning
  • Disorders of Libido: decreased interest in or desire for sexual activity
  • Excessive Hair Growth: Evaluation and Treatment
  • Fertility Evaluation and Treatment: including Intrauterine Inseminations (not including IVF)
  • Fertility Timing:  what is your “fertile window”?
  • Hormona Evaluation including PMS and PMDD evaluation and management
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy: “natural” (sometimes called ‘bio-identical’) or medical
  • HPV Testing and HPV Vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer
  • In-Office Gynecologic Ultrasound – including saline hysterogram (SIS procedure), and 3D ultrasound
  • Marina's Oasis - Professional Medical Skin care and aesthetic enhancements
  • Management of Uterine Fibroids - medical or surgical, myomectomies - abdominal or vaginal
  • Menopause and Pre-Menopause Evaluation and Treatment
  • Pelvic Pain or Pain with Intercourse
  • Pregnancy and Delivery: High Risk Pregnancy, Multiple Gestation and 3-D and 4-D Obstetrical Ultrasound
  • Pre-pregnancy counseling: before attempting pregnancy, see us!
  • Sterilization: including laparoscopic (band-aid) sterilization and post-partum sterilization
  • Urinary Incontinence: Evaluation and Treatment
  • Urinary Tract Infection, including frequent and/or recurrent UTI
  • Vaginal Infection or STD evaluation
  • Vaginal Surgery: vaginal hysterectomy, repair of uterine or bladder prolapse
  • Vaginal Tightening Surgery, to enhance sensation during intercourse
  • Well-Woman care (annual Gyn exam), Preventive Medicine

Special Ob/Gyn services unique to Huntington Hospital

  • 24 hour a day in-house Obstetric Anesthesia services - epidurals around-the-clock!
  • One of the largest (and best!) Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in the region - availability of Pediatric subspecialists such as Pediatric Cardiologists, Pediatric Surgeons and more
  • On-Staff Perinatologist for high-risk pregnancy, ultrasound and amniocentesis
  • 24 hour a day emergency Ob/Gyn physician immediately available
  • 12-bed Perinatal High-Risk Unit (PHRU)
  • Presence of HRC Fertility (formerly Huntington Reproductive Center), one of the largest and most successful IVF programs in the U.S.
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Huntington Hospital where our gynecologists perform advanced digital
    video laparoscopic and hysteroscopic procedures
  • Close working relationship with Children's Hospital, Los Angeles for the occasional emergency transport of babies with rare or serious conditions requiring highly specialized management
  • Local presence of USC Perinatologists for consultation as needed