Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Program for Vulvar and vaginal health
Vulvar and vaginal disorders causing pain, dryness, itching, discharge, burning, or discomfort are among the most distressing yet under-diagnosed and under-treated conditions. These conditions may be a result of menopause, hormonal contraception, cancer, infections, pelvic radiation, and chemotherapy or in some cases, are unexplained. Women of all ages often become frustrated, feel hopeless, and continue to suffer in silence, fearing that these symptoms (and the conditions that they represent) have no remedy.
The Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Program for Vulvar and Vaginal Health, in collaboration with the Department of Dermatology and the Programs for Menopause and Sexual Medicine, offers a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan that brings together the expertise of gynecologists, dermatologists, and pelvic floor physical therapists to treat sexual pain disorders, vulvodynia, infections, and dermatologic conditions that affect the vulva (external genitalia) and the vagina.
The Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Program for Vulvar and Vaginal Health, in collaboration with the Department of Dermatology and the Programs for Menopause and Sexual Medicine, offers a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan that brings together the expertise of gynecologists, dermatologists, and pelvic floor physical therapists to treat sexual pain disorders, vulvodynia, infections, and dermatologic conditions that affect the vulva (external genitalia) and the vagina.
Conditions and Symptoms We TreaT
If your condition or symptoms are not listed, please contact us and we will let you know if an appointment or referral is appropriate.
- Aphthous ulcers (canker sores)
- Bartholin's cysts or abscess
- Chronic candidiasis (chronic yeast infections)
- Clitorodynia (clitoral pain syndrome)
- Crohn's Disease
- Desquammative inflammatory vaginitis
- Genital warts (condylomata)
- Lichen planus
- Lichen simplex chronicus
- Lichen Sclerosis
- Mucous membrane pemphigoid
- Persistent genital arousal syndrome
- Plasma cell vulvitis
- Pemphigus
- Pruritis vulvae (Persistent vulvar itching)
- Vaginismus
- Vaginal atrophy (genitourinary syndrome of menopause)
- Vestibulodynia (vulvar vestibulitis)
- Vulvodynia
- Vulvar Graft vs Host Disease
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Once we have received your request for an appointment a coordinator will contact you to schedule an appointment and send you a questionnaire. This questionnaire must be filled out and returned prior to your first visit so that it may be reviewed by our clinical staff. If you are arriving from out of town, our coordinator can also connect you to the hospital concierge for hotel accommodations.
For more information, please call 312.694.9676.
For more information, please call 312.694.9676.
Lauren Streicher, MD, is the medical director of the Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and oversees all center clinical, research and educational activities. She is an associate clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; a Diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and a member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, Inc., The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and The Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer. She is also a Certified Menopause Practitioner of The North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the author of a comprehensive sexual and hormone health book: Sex Rx: Hormones, Health and Your Best Sex Ever. Dr. Streicher has also published, The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy, (2004 and 2013).
In addition to her role as medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, Dr. Streicher sees patients as part of her Extended Care Program.
Dr. Streicher is the author of a comprehensive sexual and hormone health book: Sex Rx: Hormones, Health and Your Best Sex Ever. Dr. Streicher has also published, The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy, (2004 and 2013).
In addition to her role as medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, Dr. Streicher sees patients as part of her Extended Care Program.