WomenFirst Mammography

10/01/2024

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a time devoted to education, empowerment, and the life-saving importance of early detection. The good news: Advancements in early detection methods and support continue to increase the chances of survival. When caught in its earliest, localized stages, the 5-year relative survival rate of breast cancer is 99%.

At Stillwater Medical, we're making it even easier to get in for your annual mammogram by opening up Saturday Screening appointments all month long at our Women First and Stillwater Medical Physician's Clinic locations.

Saturday Screenings are booked on a first-come, first-serve basis. To self-schedule your mammogram, call us at the location of your choice today.

10/12/2023

Call today to schedule your Saturday appointment!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we are committed to making a difference. Throughout this month, our Women First clinic is offering Saturday Mammogram appointments to promote early detection. Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and early detection saves lives. Call today to schedule your Saturday Mammogram and take a proactive step toward better health. 💕

09/01/2023

During the month of October, our team has opened up some Saturdays so that we can fit more life-saving screenings into our schedule! Call today to schedule a Mammogram.

10/21/2022

This year National Mammography Day lands on October 21. Occurring every third Friday of October, National Mammography Day is a cousin to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They’re both committed to women’s self-care but this day is set aside expressly to encourage women to take the time to make an appointment. Early detection means early treatment and the difference between life and death.

09/13/2022

During the month of October, our team has opened up some Saturdays so that we can fit more life-saving screenings into our schedule. Call today to schedule a Mammogram!

09/05/2022

Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸

07/04/2022

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

03/30/2022

Hats off to our amazing doctors for their hard work. Thank you for everything you do!
Your dedication and compassion for curing and saving lives is what makes the world (and especially our community) a better place. ❤️

03/28/2022

March is Endometriosis Month.
About 10% of women have this disorder, which causes tissue that normally lines the uterus to grow outside of it and possibly spread to areas such as the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and pelvis.

It takes an average of seven to ten years for a woman to get a confirmed diagnosis, mainly because there is no noninvasive test for endometriosis.
Research is underway to develop diagnostic blood tests, but for now, a definitive diagnosis can only come from laparoscopy. That's a minimally invasive surgery in which doctors use a long, skinny camera to examine the pelvis.

To learn more about this disorder and the treatments used, visit our Health Library at tinyurl.com/EndoMonthSMC.
To make an appointment to talk with a provider, call our Women's Clinic at (405) 624-8222.

03/11/2022

The first African American woman in the United States to earn an MD degree, Rebecca Lee Crumpler was inspired by an aunt who took care of many ill neighbors.
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others,” wrote Crumpler in her groundbreaking 1883 publication, A Book of Medical Discourses: In Two Parts.
Crumpler gained entrance to the New England Female Medical College in Boston, Massachusetts, after working for eight years as a nurse in nearby Charlestown and receiving letters from doctors commending her. When she completed her education in 1864, she became the only black graduate in the school’s history.
Following the Civil War, Crumpler moved to Richmond, Virginia, to care for formerly enslaved people, where she suffered rampant racism and sexism. Still, the experience taught her a great deal about providing care, Crumpler said, and when she returned home to Boston, she served her patients with “renewed vigor.”

03/03/2022

March is Women's History Month, and to celebrate we'll be sharing some history about women in medicine over the years.
Our first historical spotlight is dedicated to Ann Preston, MD.

As the first woman dean of a U.S. medical school, Ann Preston fought intense hostility to win opportunities for her female students.
Preston first became interested in medicine and physiology while working as a temperance activist in Pennsylvania. After apprenticing with a local doctor in 1847, she applied to all four medical schools in Philadelphia — and was accepted by none.
In 1850, Preston entered the first class of the Female (later Woman’s) Medical College of Pennsylvania, and she went on to become a professor there. When the Philadelphia Medical Society barred female physicians from training in clinics, Preston recruited an all-women board to establish a hospital where women could train. In 1866, she was appointed dean of the medical college.
Eventually, Preston won the right for her students to train at the well-established Pennsylvania Hospital. When the group entered the surgical theater, male students hissed and spat at them — but Preston remained undeterred. In 1869, in response to a campaign to prevent women from studying alongside men, she wrote, “Wherever it is proper to introduce women as patients, there also is it but just … for women to appear as physicians and students.”

02/16/2022

To learn more about how Heart Disease affects women differently than men, visit our health library at https://tinyurl.com/HeartDiseaseInWomenSMC.