Dr. Karen A. Starkey M.D. Gynecologist in Ahwatukee, Arizona will hold a series of Women's Expos for local employers, beginning with the Gila River Casino and their employees.
During the four days Dr. Starkey spent at the Gila River Casinos, a "number" of women attended the event and gained knowledge and empowerment about how to take control of healthcare issues unique to women's health.


AHWATUKEE, AZ, August 28, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Karen Starkey, a board certified gynecologist who has practiced in the Phoenix area for 13 years, is holding a series of women's seminars for local businesses. She has become a leading women's healthcare advocate. She began her series at the Gila River Casinos for their employees on July 31, 2009. During the four days spent at the Gila River Casinos, a "number" of women attended the event and gained knowledge and empowerment about how to take control of healthcare issues unique to women's health.

Her practice is women's care with the emphasis on women's surgical needs. She feels that, although differences in women and men's health care has finally been recognized in the last several years, women still are unaware of their individual needs for testing and preventative care. Dr. Starkey has concerns that, "often women put themselves last when it comes to their health". With a majority of women working and caring for families, there is little time left for themselves. She also would like to dispel the myth that many problems inherent to women such as urinary incontinence, must be "lived with". Dr. Starkey emphasizes, "Women need not live with many of the maladies that used to require major surgery", and this is due to the many new procedures in recent years.

Dr. Starkey wants "women to have choices in their care". Many new procedures and therapies have been developed in recent years and she has received extensive, specialized training to be able to offer them to her patients. She offers "in office" procedures such as Thermachoice ablation and Essure sterilization. The recovery for these procedures is 24hrs. They are minimally invasive and present little discomfort for the patient. She offers the TVT Secure, which relieves women of urinary incontinence and is an outpatient procedure. The recovery period has been shortened from 6 weeks to 1 week.

Dr. Starkey offers other procedures, inclusive of the traditional gynecological surgeries. These procedures are advanced laser procedures that are minimally invasive; Laser
Vaginoplasty and Labioplasty correct problems that interfere with the daily lives of many women. Dr Starkey's goal is to offer women the latest and best treatments to improve their lives and offer them "choices".
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Dr. Karen Starkey is a board certified gynecologist who has practiced in the Phoenix area for 13 years and currently practices in Ahwatukee, Arizona. She can be found at the Foothills Health Center, 4530 East Ray Road, Phoenix, AZ. For further information, please contact us at 480-857-7100.

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