Menopause Specialists Who Accept Insurance in Alaska
13 practitioners have an office in Alaska, and 21 more can see patients here by telehealth. 23 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Anchorage, Juneau and Soldotna.
Gennev is a virtual menopause clinic and Brekke is one of the doctors on its prescriber roster. She is a board certified OB-GYN with more than 25 years in practice, and her own page names perimenopause, menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency and weight management medication. Her stated approach is for women who are good at supporting everyone around them and who struggle to put themselves first. She says she does not do meal plans or macros, and works instead through small habits that build on what a patient already does well. Visits are by video and run 30 minutes, and a referral to one of the clinic's dietitians can be made at the first appointment. The clinic prescribes GLP-1 medication on its weight track and says plainly that it will not use compounded versions.
Pacific Menopause is a virtual clinic Dr. Ammerman built to do one thing, which is midlife and menopause care by video. New patient visits run a full 60 minutes, and follow ups are usually booked two to three months later and then spaced out to once a year once symptoms settle. She prescribes FDA approved hormone therapy and testosterone, and she spells out that this means bioidentical hormones such as estradiol and progesterone, which have the same molecular structure as the hormones the body makes. Non hormonal prescriptions are there for women who cannot take hormones or would rather avoid them. Weight is her second focus, and she prescribes both oral and injectable weight loss medication alongside work on nutrition, activity and behaviour. She also owns a gynecology clinic in Kahului, so patients on Maui can choose to see her there in person instead.
Khaki Hazzlerigg is a family nurse practitioner at a primary care clinic in Soldotna that sees patients of all ages. Her own focus is women's health, from the teen years through perimenopause and menopause. Along with hormone and menopause care she does well-woman exams, IUD and implant placement, colposcopies and early pregnancy care. That means a woman can have her menopause care and routine gynecology handled in the same office. She grew up in South Louisiana and has recently started seeing patients in Alaska. New patients start with a visit of about an hour that goes through their full medical history.
Beyer is a Midi clinical leader and sits on the company advisory board, and she still sees patients by video. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology, then dropped obstetrics to work on gynaecology and hormonal health only. Weight is her second focus and she holds a diplomate from the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She talks openly about gaining weight before her 50th birthday and losing 35 pounds over five months, and she uses that with patients who are struggling. Care runs through Midi only, so visits are by video and anything needing an exam or imaging goes to an outside clinician. Her page has no booking link of her own, so the Midi sign-up does not let a new patient choose her by name.
Dr. Jill is a board certified gynecologist and surgeon who runs Modern Gynecology and Skin in Anchorage alongside a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant. Hormone care starts with a symptom questionnaire and blood work covering hormone levels, a full thyroid panel and vitamin D3 and B12, because she does not treat normal or average lab values as the goal. She prescribes bioidentical hormone therapy as creams or gels, a patch, pills or pellets, picks the method after going through a patient's history, lab values and goals, and will prescribe testosterone off label for women. Alongside hormones she keeps a full general gynecology practice including colposcopy, LEEP, fibroid and heavy bleeding treatment, incontinence and prolapse care and minimally invasive surgery, plus a cosmetic side with labiaplasty, ThermiVa and platelet rich plasma injections. She sees patients by video anywhere in Alaska and she co-hosts a live call-in health show on Alaska Public Media. The office is deliberately set up to feel like a spa rather than a clinic.
