PROVIDENCE OFFERS SERVICES
ARRAY OF WOMEN'S SERVICES

Feb. 29, 2008

HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Women in Hood River and surrounding communities have access to some of the most cutting edge services available. "Our goal is to provide services that people in our community want, so their care is local and excellent," said Ty Erickson, chief executive of the Gorge Service Area. The following services are currently available at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.

Skin Care
Keeping your skin looking and feeling its best is what Providence Hood River's Mendy Maccabee, M.D., certified otolaryngologist/facial cosmetic surgeon and Mary Lively, licensed esthetician and skin care specialist, specialize in. They offer a line of professional skin care services that include light and medium depth facial peels, micro and medium depth dermabrasion, injections such as botox, restylane and radiance, and cosmetic surgery evaluation and treatment. Dr. Maccabee is an ear, nose and throat specialist whose clinic also offers a variety of other services. Call for a free consultation, (541) 387-6125.

Varicose Veins
If you're embarrassed by varicose veins, or suffer from the resultant leg pain, swelling or heaviness and fatigue, Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital general surgeon Dr. David Maccabee now offers Closure®, a minimally invasive procedure that can alleviate these common problems. It takes less than a day and patients often can return to normal activities the next day. This procedure may be covered by insurance for a variety of patients. More information is available by calling (541) 387-6125.

Providence Women's Clinic
Providence Hood River provides a full range of services for pregnant women, infants, mothers and families. The hospital's new women's clinic offers normal and high-risk obstetrics, and also well women care such as gynecology, ultrasound, major and endoscopic surgery, basic infertility, urinary incontinence treatment, cesarean section birthing, and surgery. Clinic providers include Michell Bouche, certified nurse midwife, and Drs. Robin Henson, Elaine Adsit and Rose Blackwell, obstetrics and gynecology physicians.

The clinic supports each woman's personal preference in the delivery of her child and works closely with Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital's Family Birth Center to ensure each patient's individual needs are met.

Family Birth Center
More mothers give birth at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital family birth center each year than any other hospital in the Gorge. To meet the need, Providence Hood River is expanding its prenatal and birthing services. Providence Hood River also offers birthing and infant care through its network of local family practitioners and is committed to supporting variety of birthing options preferred by patients.

Comprehensive Gorge Health Care
Providence Hood River provides both primary care physicians and specialists in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, urology, ear nose and throat, audiology and surgery. A network of local family practitioners affiliated with Providence Hood River ensures that a wide range of health care services for women, children and families, is available in the Gorge. In addition, Providence Hood River offers emergency services, an occupational health clinic, travel health clinic, sleep lab and counseling services.

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Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital is part of Providence Health & Services, the state's largest health system and second-largest private employer. Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital is a full-service, critical-access hospital with a 24-hour Emergency Department. Providence offers a wide range of health care services in the communities of the Columbia River Gorge through its clinics, care centers and senior living facilities.