Comprehensive Women's Health Services at UCLA Health Santa Monica

UCLA Health offers a comprehensive range of women’s health services, delivered by a multidisciplinary team of experts. From routine gynecological care to specialized obstetric services, mental health programs, and research-driven treatments, UCLA Health provides complete support for women at every stage of life. Convenient locations throughout the greater Los Angeles region ensure access to world-class care close to home.

Why Choose UCLA Health for Women’s Health?

When women choose UCLA Health for their OB/GYN services and care, they can expect:

Full range of women’s health services: From routine gynecological care and family planning to obstetrics, reproductive genetics, and maternal-fetal medicine, UCLA Health provides complete support for women. A multidisciplinary team offers prenatal and postpartum care for pregnant women, along with a unique program focused on urogynecology and pelvic floor health.
High-quality childbirth centers: Through the BirthPlace locations in Westwood and Santa Monica, women have access to specialized services including certified nurse midwives and maternal-fetal medicine. These birthing centers are among the most comprehensive maternity centers in Southern California.
Gynecological surgery: UCLA Health provides expert gynecological surgery for women who need it, with surgeons specializing in minimally invasive and robotic techniques that offer quicker recovery times and less pain.
Specialized mental health programs: Recognizing the importance of mental health, UCLA Health runs a Maternal Outpatient Mental Health Services (MOMS) Clinic to address the mental health needs of new mothers. Mental health assessments are also provided in the OB/GYN setting, connecting women with appropriate resources and specialists as needed.
Emphasis on women’s heart health: The specialists in the Women’s Cardiovascular Center treat all types of heart disease, while also educating, researching, and raising awareness about women’s heart health.
Research-driven experts: UCLA Health's women’s health specialists are leaders in both education and clinical research, continuously studying conditions and treatments in women’s reproductive health to offer the most advanced care.
Convenient locations: Expert physicians provide care at multiple locations in the greater Los Angeles region, making it easy to receive world-class obstetrics and gynecological care close to home.

Areas of Care

UCLA Health offers a wide range of OB/GYN services, including:

Gynecological Services

UCLA Health gynecologists provide specialized treatments to increase women’s wellness, with areas of care including:

Center for Women’s Pelvic Health: Physicians specializing in pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery offer comprehensive treatment in a caring environment. This multidisciplinary team includes urologists and urogynecologists.
Chronic Pelvic Pain Program: Specialists have been researching and treating chronic pelvic pain for more than 20 years, providing treatment options such as medications, acupuncture, and surgery.
Fertility and Reproductive Health Center: All physicians in fertility and reproductive health are reproductive endocrinologists, diagnosing and managing fertility conditions and offering infertility treatments.
Fibroid Treatment Program: Understanding that no single fibroid treatment works for everyone, UCLA Health comprehensively evaluates each patient and creates individualized treatment plans that may include watchful waiting, medication, or procedures to help avoid surgery.
Gynecologic oncology: Specialists provide the latest gynecologic oncology treatments and cancer risk assessments to help patients understand their risk factors based on genetics and family history.
Minimally invasive and robotic surgery: Robotic and minimally invasive techniques offer women less pain, lower risk of complications, and faster recovery. Gynecological surgeons use minimally invasive techniques for hysterectomy, pelvic floor prolapse, ovarian cyst removal, and more.

Obstetric Services

UCLA Health provides a range of prenatal and postpartum care options, including:

Family planning: A patient-centered approach offers family planning services for all patients, including contraception counseling, abortion care, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, as well as other services.
Prenatal care: Specialists provide routine prenatal care, as well as specialized care for high-risk pregnancies, offering comprehensive education on diet, exercise, prenatal tests, and more to help families prepare for the arrival of their baby.
Labor and delivery: Birth and maternity care centers offer a wide range of services in Southern California, with the training, skills, and access to technology to manage both routine and high-risk deliveries. Compassionate labor and delivery care is provided, along with advanced, state-of-the-art technology in a setting that feels like home. The BirthPlace Westwood and the BirthPlace Santa Monica are comprehensive maternity centers that provide private rooms, family-centered care, and offer a wide range of services to make your birthing experience an event to cherish.
Maternal-fetal medicine: A team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists cares for women and their babies during high-risk pregnancies, aiming to make the situation as stress-free as possible while helping them understand all treatment options.
Nurse midwives: Nurse midwives provide well-woman care, as well as prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum services.

Spotlight on Specific Programs

UCLA Health BirthPlace

UCLA Health is committed to providing the best possible birth experience, offering maternity care through a fully integrated BirthPlace program with locations at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood.

At UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, an integrated model of care includes attending physicians, resident physicians, and certified nurse-midwives. Should you choose to deliver at the UCLA BirthPlace Santa Monica, it is highly recommended to choose a doctor from the Santa Monica OB/GYN clinic.

At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, a team of care partners includes nurses, resident physicians, attending physicians, and specialty providers working together to care for you and support you during your pregnancy through labor and delivery. Should you choose to deliver at the UCLA BirthPlace Westwood, it is highly recommended to choose a doctor from the Westwood OB/GYN clinic.

UCLA Health CenteringPregnancy

UCLA Health Obstetrics and Gynecology offers group prenatal care where you are joined by other expectant parents who are at the same stage of the pregnancy journey. Appointments and information are designed to best meet your needs, allowing time to learn about what matters most during your pregnancy.

UCLA Health Maternal Fetal Medicine Program

UCLA’s Maternal and Fetal Medicine Program has obstetricians specializing in caring for people with high-risk pregnancies, understanding that certain conditions during pregnancy, labor, and delivery can cause unwanted stress. Specialists care for your unique needs so there is less stress for you, your baby, and your family. Pregnancy Conditions Treated, include: Diabetes, Heart disease, Infectious disease, Cancer in pregnancy, Endocrine disorders

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UCLA Health Postpartum Pelvic Floor Health Program

UCLA Obstetrics also provides patients access to the UCLA Postpartum Pelvic Floor Health Program, led by a multidisciplinary team of urogynecologists, pelvic floor physical therapists, and pelvic floor radiologists working together to provide individualized care of laboring parents after delivery. This includes not only the short-term effects of pregnancy, labor, and birth on the pelvic floor, but can also help evaluate and manage any potential long-lasting effects from childbirth.

UCLA Health Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic

With a whole-person approach to care, the Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic was created to serve the mental health needs of patients during the perinatal period. Based on a collaborative care model, the MOMS Clinic provides full psychiatric assessments to patients in the OB-GYN setting as a way to minimize access to care issues during this vulnerable time. Patients will benefit from initiation of psychiatric care and provided with tailored resources from our interdisciplinary team.

Conditions Treated

UCLA Health's OB/GYN experts have experience with common and complex pregnancy conditions, including:

Advanced maternal age
Anemia (low red blood cell count)
Cancer in pregnancy
High-risk pregnancies due to gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, pregnancies of multiples and more
Hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness)
Infectious disease during pregnancy, including sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
Infertility, miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss
Problems with the placenta or cervix, including placenta previa (the placenta partially or fully covers the cervix), placental abruption (the placenta pulls away from the uterine wall) and cervical insufficiency (the cervix opens too early during pregnancy, leading to preterm birth)
Preeclampsia and preterm labor

For gynecological conditions, UCLA Health treats:

Cancer, including cervical cancer, ovarian and tubal cancer, uterine and endometrial cancer, vulvar and vaginal cancer and cancer syndromes
Conditions affecting the uterus, such as fibroids (uterine growths) and endometriosis (abnormal tissue growth outside the uterus)
Endocrine disorders such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and premature ovarian insufficiency
Inflammation, such as pelvic inflammatory disease and vaginitis
Infections such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and yeast infections
Pelvic floor disorders, incontinence and urinary problems
Pelvic pain including adenomyosis, dyspareunia, endometriosis, painful sex, vaginismus, vulvodynia
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), early menopause and menopause
Structural abnormalities, such as fibroids, ovarian cysts and congenital uterine anomalies
Vulvar conditions, such as Bartholin's cyst, lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, vaginal atrophy and warts

Treatments Offered

UCLA Health offers a wide range of treatments for obstetric and gynecological conditions, including:

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Annual pelvic exams, Pap smears and breast cancer screenings
Birth control and family planning
Nonsurgical and less-invasive treatments for conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), irregular bleeding and endometriosis
Minimally invasive robotic surgery for gynecological cancers, fibroids and cervical conditions
Testing and treatment for STIs
Treatments for urinary tract infections, yeast infections and other vaginal infections
Fertility and reproductive health treatments, including preconception care, assisted reproductive technology, prenatal care, miscarriage, endometriosis and menstruation abnormalities.
Prenatal care, labor and delivery services for routine and high-risk pregnancies and deliveries.
Perinatal mental health care through the Maternal Outpatient Mental Health Services (MOMS) clinic.

Meet the Team

The UCLA Health team includes OB/GYNs, surgeons, gynecologic oncologists, urogynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, and more.

Plaza Towers Obstetrics & Gynecology

Plaza Towers Obstetrics & Gynecology serves the Greater Los Angeles area providing the highest quality of medical care. Here you will find caring doctors, nurses, and a physician assistant who strives to give you the best possible health care, in a friendly, inviting atmosphere. They take the time to get to know you and truly listen.

Plaza Towers OB/GYN is dedicated to providing the highest quality of medical care. This entails providing patient education, promoting medical research, integrating the most current medical developments into patient care, practicing cost-effective medicine in cooperation with our managed care partners and maintaining the value of compassion in women's health care.

Many patients have been with the practice since they were young. They pride themselves in offering the best possible health care in a friendly and open environment.

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