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We are proud to offer a unique blend of expertise and patient-centered care for women in all stages of life and health. 

Welcome to

Women's Care Associates

Easton Court

280 East 90 Drive

Merrillville, Indiana

219-769-7650

OUR SERVICES 
Obstetrics

 

 We want to make your pregnancy a healthy and rewarding  experience. We offer state-of-the-art care for high risk as well as low risk pregnancies.

 

With special expertise in high risk moms with history of preterm labor, diabetes,preeclampsia, hypertension or multiple pregnancies as twins and triplets, we do in office antenatal testing, NST and biophysical profiles. We offer non invasive prenatal genetics screening.

 

We encourage prenatal education classes, breastfeeding and offer lactation support.

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We want to make sure your baby is healthy and  delivers full term.  OB patients have doctor's pager number to reach her in an emergency.

 

OB patients are encouraged to go to the hospital immediately with significannt bleeding, ruptured bag of water, contractions that are regular and if the baby is not active and does not respond to juice or fluids .

Gynecology

 

We offer services for females of all ages. Most women see us annually and we serve as the primary care physican for our patients. Depending on your stage of life, you may see us for preconception services, annual exams and wellness services, vaccines, contraception, family planning, or infertility services. We offer primary care services  and fit you in emergently when you are ill.

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We want you to be healthy prior to pregnancy and will change medications and control medical problems preconceptionlly.  We also offer medically supervised weight loss.

 

We are experts in the management of abnormal Pap smears, abnormal bleeding, fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, chronic pelvic pain.  We have a special interest and training in minimally invasive surgery, pelvic floor prolapse, incontinence and vaginal surgery.

 

.Genital plastic surgery is offered including labioplasty and vaginoplasty.

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State of the Art

Care

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Evidenced Based care from a female American trained

 Board Certified Physician

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Post-Menopause

 

One third of your life is spent in the menopause. We offer evidence based hormonal replacement,  We manage pelvic floor relaxation with surgery as well as with pessaries and pelvic floor biofeedback. We diagose and treat incontinence, offering both medical treatment as well as slings and other continence services. We do cystometograms in the office.

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Your  breast and bone health is just as important as your gynecologic health.
We give appropriate referrals and diagnose/manage breast disease as well as oseteoporosis.  

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In Office Services :
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 Infertility
Ultrasound
Medically Supervised Weight Loss using phentermine, Contrave, Belviq, Qsymnia, 
Saxenda 
Primary Care: treatment  of
common medical problems as
high cholesterol, thyroid disease, hypertension, diabetes
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In Office Surgery:  
Uterine Ablation
Hysteroscopy
LETZ  Biopies
Essure Contraceptive Implant
Drainage of Abscess
Excision of skin lesions 
Labioplasty
Vaginoplasty
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Antenatal testing:
NST
Biophysical profiles
 
Incontinence:
CMG
Pessaries
 
Contraceptive Implants:
Nextplanon
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IUD Services:
Mirena
Skyla
Kyleena
Lilletta

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OUR PHYSICIAN 
Board certified OB GYN, Dr Mary  Vanko, trained at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Vanko's extensive training in high risk pregnancy helps ensure healthy outcomes for both mother and baby.
Her training allows her to deliver twins vaginally and limit unneccessary Cesarean sections by vaginal breach extraction of a second twin.
Her special expertise in vaginal surgery allows for vaginal hysterectomy, pelvic floor prolapse repair, placement of transvaginal urinary slings, and minimally invasive hysteroscopic and laproscopic gynecologic surgery.  

Easton Court
Professional Building

280 East 90th Drive

Second floor, West side

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Merrillville,In

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219-769-7650

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