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Shady Grove Fertility - Lancaster
Melanie Ochalski, M.D. is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist. She earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Magee-Womens Hospital.Dr. Ochalski has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and review articles in many leading scientific journals, and has been invited to present at national meetings. She is the recipient of multiple scientific and teaching awards.Dr. Ochalski is currently a clinical assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Penn State College of Medicine and an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University College of Medicine.Dr. Ochalski is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the North American Menopause Society. Her interests include assisted reproductive technologies, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), ovulatory disorders and recurrent pregnancy loss.Dr. Ochalski joined Shady Grove Fertility in 2018 and sees patients at SGF’s Lancaster and York, PA offices. Dr. Ochalski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Menopause. Her top areas of expertise are Menopause and Hirsutism in Women.
Wellspan Medical Group
Kristine Leaman is an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Leaman and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Menopause. Her top areas of expertise are Menopause, Female Genital Sores, Vitiligo, and Hydrocele.
Luis Toro is a Rheumatologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Toro and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Menopause. His top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, and Melorheostosis.
Summary: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, currently affecting approximately 1-in-4 people globally. The prevalence is expected to rise further, driven at least partly by the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. MASLD is a condition of fat build-up in the liver that can progress to liver scarring which is associated wi...
Summary: This is an observational study in which data from women with sleep disturbances and vasomotor symptoms, also known as hot flashes, associated with menopause (SDM) are collected and studied. Menopause is part of a natural aging process and happens when women's menstrual cycles, also called periods, stop. Sleep disturbances, such as frequent waking up at night, are a common symptom (clinical sign) a...