Integrative Medical Group of Irvine provide a wide range of services, including physical exams and annual women’s visits, acute and chronic care, and a full spectrum of preventive and wellness care.
Because coordinated care at one site provides the best opportunity for achieving optimal health, IMGI provides:
Additional services include naturopathy, acupuncture, massage, and IV therapy.
Why do women live longer than men? Does the ability to bear children play a role and to what extent do evolutionary forces discriminate between men and women?
In this in-depth interview Dr. Gersh explains why she “had to unlearn” about half of everything she learned at medical school calls for a fundamental “shake-up” in the delivery of health care.
Dr Gersh is an AMAZING Doctor. She has extensive knowledge in many fields and is STILL always learning. I don’t know how she does it! I have been working as an independent contractor of Medical Massage in her office for over a decade.
Dr. Gersh is an absolutely extraordinary doctor and human. Even though all my visits to her haven’t been for happy reasons, she absolutely has put all my worries at ease. She is extremely knowledgeable and is ready and willing to run the tests necessary to find out the root cause of any issue.
Dr. Gersh has been my primary care doctor for over twenty years. I have always found her to be interested, caring, and concerned about my health. She takes the extra time to spend with you, to find out how your life is in relation to how your health is.
I trust Dr. Gersh to give me a complete holistic exam and consultation. Dr. Gersh interprets the data from all the blood testing and makes adjustments to my diet and prescriptions. I am involved in two clinical trials of the Women’s Health Initiative and take my Healthy Aging seriously.
Felice L. Gersh, M.D. is that rare combination of a physician who is Board-Certified in both OB/GYN and Integrative Medicine who is able to utilize the most cutting-edge and high-tech…
Bob received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California, and continues to pursue his life-long love of physical fitness, exercise, and…
Mina Tohid is a highly skilled ultrasound technologist with over 30 years of medical experience. She has specialized training in performing ultrasound studies of the carotid artery to screen for…
Karli Koval, PA-C, is a board-certified physician assistant who has been passionate about integrative medicine since she stumbled upon it as a patient dealing with hormonal dysfunction in her teen…
Cherie specializes in relieving pain caused by migraine headaches, arthritis, fibromyalgia, pre- and post-surgical procedures, automobile and sports injuries. She is highly adept at releasing impinged nerves and bound-up muscle…
Dr Gersh discusses hormone therapy during the perimenopause and menopause for the vagina
Join me tonight for a discussion on how hormones are key to maintaining vaginal health, starting in the perimenopause and continuing throughout the menopausal years.
Thursday, Sept 5
7:30 PM Pacific time
Here on Instagram
Maintaining vaginal health is an essential part of female health and is something every person with a vagina needs to pay attention to, whether you are sexually active or not. The vagina is a key part of pelvic health that also supports the bladder and other pelvic organs and muscles. Without adequate hormones, the vagina can become dry, the walls can thin, muscles weaken, and its protective microbiome can become dysbiotic.
In this talk, I plan to cover:
* Why the vagina is critical to genitourinary health
* How the vagina changes in menopause
* Hormonal approaches to vaginal health, including estradiol, estriol, and DHEA, and my preferred products
* The difference between topical vaginal hormones and systemic hormone therapy
* The role for lubricants
* Current recommendations and why every woman should be able to get a prescription for topical vaginal hormones.
If you have additional questions about menopause and vaginal hormones, post them in the comments, and I`ll address as many as I can.
#menopause #perimenopause #HRT #bHRT #womenshealth #vaginalhealth #reproductivehealth #genitourinarysyndromeofthemenopause
Dr Gersh discusses the role of estrogen and skin health
This weekend!
Sept 1-2
Don`t miss my talk where I discuss the unique symptoms of a heart attack in women. This is information that could save your life!
Sign up for this free conference:
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Hosted by @GiftofHealth_org
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#womenshearthealth #menopause #GoRed #womensheartattack #womenarenotlittlemen
Join me while I share this age old trick for getting the most benefit from your Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Thursday, Aug 29
7:30 PM Pacific time
Here on Instagram
I`m a little embarrassed and maybe also a little flattered by how many people tell me that I have great skin. I have never had a face lift and I counsel patients to really weigh the potential benefits against the very real risks of going under anesthesia and having surgery. For me, my number one beauty technique that has really protected my skin has been estrogen.
In this talk, I plan to cover:
* Wrinkles -- what they are and what causes them
* Why healthy skin is good for your health, not just your appearance
* Why the skin loves estrogen
* Supplements that support skin health
* Other safe skin treatments to also consider
If you have additional questions about menopause, HRT, and skin health, post them in the comments, and I`ll address as many as I can.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauseskincare #healthyskin #HRT #bHRT #womenshealth #longevity #beautifulskin
There is nothing natural about low dose static hormones and there is no biological reason to expect that the female body will do best on the approach. In fact, all of the early approaches to hormone therapy were rhythmic and low dose static is a response to the Women`s Health Initiative and the mentality of "lowest dose for the shortest time."
If you think hormones are dangerous, then of course you`ll want to use the lowest dose. And if you think that estradiol causes breast cancer, then of course you want constant progesterone to downregulate it`s activity in the body.
But if you understand that women evolved to thrive with a menstrual cycle and that hormones interact with each other and their behaviors vary as levels rise and fall, then of course you want to mimic as best we can the hormonal profile of women at their healthiest.
To learn more, please check out my talk,
Progesterone & HRT: What it does, benefits in HRT, & dosing tips
https://youtu.be/GaXe7fMvHIw
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#progesterone #mentalhealth #brainfog #estradiol #estrogen #HormoneHealth #HRT #EstrogenTherapy #WomensHealth #BioidenticalHormones #MenopauseSupport #hormones #perimenopause #menopause
