Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology provides comprehensive patient care focused on the diagnosis, medical and surgical management of female reproductive health. Our team is trained in the special needs of growing girls and young women, both medical and emotional. We pride ourselves in providing honest, confidential and nurturing care for every patient.
We work with patients with varying needs, including special needs and developmental delays. We will care for patients from newborn to 27 years of age.
Services We Offer
Our team provides:
- Comprehensive well-women care
- Consultation and administration of reproductive health care for special needs population
- Initial reproductive health visit (recommended between the ages of 13-15)
- Provision of contraceptive services (birth control)
- Evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pelvic pain
- Management of menstrual abnormalities
- Surgical management of adnexal, uterine, vaginal and perineal abnormalities
Meet Our Team
Meet our Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology team.
Geri D. Hewitt
Geri D. Hewitt, MD, is the Chief of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Director of Gynecologic Surgery for the Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Locations
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology maintains locations on the main campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, as well as at other areas in central Ohio. Please note the locations below and follow the links for maps and directions. For questions, call the main Gynecology number at (614) 722-2250.
Research and Quality Improvement
Inside Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Conditions We Treat
- Adnexal Cysts
- Adnexal Torsion
- Amenorrhea
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Bartholin’s Cyst
- Cloacal Malformations
- Dysmenorrhea (Painful Menstruation)
- Endometriosis
- Genital Warts (HPV Infection)
- Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- Hymenal Abnormalities
- Irregular Menses
- Labial Adhesions
- Labial Hypertrophy
- Lichen Sclerosis
- Menorrhagia
- Menstrual Abnormalities
- Menstrual Disorders
- Menstruation
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Mullerian Anomalies
- Ovarian Cyst and Torsion
- Ovarian Failure
- Ovarian Masses and Tumors
- Painful Menstruation
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pelvic Masses
- Pelvic Pain (Acute or Chronic)
- Perinatal Asphyxia
- Perineal Abnormalities
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Pregnancy
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Prepubertal Vaginal Bleeding
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Straddle Injury (Trauma to the Genitalia)
- Trauma to the Genitalia
- Uterine Didelphys
- Vaginal Anomalies
- Vaginal Atresia
- Vaginal Discharge
- Vaginal Pain
- Vaginal Septums
- Vaginal Stenosis
- Vulvar and Hymenal Abnormalities
- Vulvovaginitis
- Yeast Infections
