Overview

Northwestern Medicine Family Planning Services

Northwestern Medicine obstetric-gynecology (OB-GYN) specialists provide family planning services, contraception care and resources. We deliver leading-edge medical expertise with compassion.


Family Planning and Contraception Care

The Northwestern Medicine Center for Complex Family Planning and Contraception is a subspecialty program in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

The physicians at the center are OB-GYN specialists* with expertise and training in family planning and contraceptive care. Our clinicians perform clinical and basic science research projects. This helps ensure we offer you the best-possible care.

We offer services including:

  • Complex contraception: We offer consultations for patients who have challenges with contraception because of medical issues or because they cannot use birth control.
  • Primary contraception services: We provide all modern methods of contraception, including:
    • Oral contraceptive pills, contraceptive rings and contraceptive patches
    • Depo-Provera injections
    • Nexplanon™ contraceptive implants
    • Intrauterine devices (IUDs)
    • Sterilization procedures
  • Pregnancy counseling: If you have an abnormal, complex or unexpected pregnancy, we can provide counseling to give you more information on available options.
  • Pregnancy termination: We offer procedural and medication abortion care, including:
    • First trimester pregnancy termination using mifepristone and misoprostol
    • First trimester surgical abortion
    • Second trimester dilation and evacuation
    • Second trimester induction of labor
  • Miscarriage management: We treat first and second trimester miscarriages by surgery or medication.

Educating the Next Generation of Family Planning Experts

We host two academic programs through Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Ryan Program in Family Planning and Contraception

The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program teaches resident physicians the latest evidence-based practices in family planning and contraception. Residents get experience in:

  • Managing complex contraception
  • Surgical sterilization procedures
  • Genetic counseling
  • Abortion care, including managing abortion complications
Fellowship in Complex Family Planning

During this two-year program, fellows get extensive training in contraception and abortion care. Fellows are also mentored in clinical and epidemiologic research.

Meet the Teams

Our multidisciplinary teams provide compassionate, comprehensive services to patients of all ages. We’re dedicated to listening and responding to your unique needs.
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    In the spirit of keeping you well-informed, some of the physician(s) and/or individual(s) identified are neither agents nor employees of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare or any of its affiliate organizations. They have selected our facilities as places where they want to treat and care for their private patients.