Suzanne Trupin, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Dr. Trupin is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Women's Health Practice and Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She served as Director then Department Head at UICOM-UC from 1981-1999. Dr. Trupin is also Clinical Associate Professor in both the Department of Community Health and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her special interests include contraception, menopause, osteoporosis, sexuality, premenstrual syndrome, gynecologic urology, abnormal Pap smears, and abortion medicine.
She graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University in 1974, completed medical school at New York Medical College in 1977, and did her residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at L.A. County Hospital, University of Southern California Medical Center from 1977-1981, when she joined the medical partnership of Women's Health Practice, which was established in 1945. Dr. Trupin is an honorary member of the North Dakota Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Suzanne Trupin served as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1992-1997, and is a journal reviewer for Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medicine, Journal of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Carle Selected Papers, and Contraception. She is a guest speaker for Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, CIBA-Geigy Laboratories, Council on Hormone Education, Eli Lilly, Foundation for Better Healthcare, Health Learning Systems, Merck & Company, Organon, Parke Davis, Smith/Kline Beecham, Solvay, TAP Pharmaceuticals, University of Illinois News Bureau, Warner Chilcott, and Wyeth-Ayerst, and is on the speaker's bureau of the Illinois State Medical Society. Dr. Trupin also is an advisor/consultant for Edelman Medical Communications, Central Illinois Medical Review Organization, Illinois News Radio Network (University of Illinois News Bureau), and efit.com.
Dr. Trupin has been awarded grants for Women's Health Practice research in estrogen replacement therapy, uterine fibroids, sexually transmitted diseases, pelvic inflammatory disease, vaginal infections including yeast, contraception (both oral contraceptives and injectable contraceptives), stress management, fibrocystic breast condition, estrogen replacement therapy, hot flashes, bone density studies, endometriosis, urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, human papilloma virus, cervical dysplasia, vaccination therapy against cervical cancer, low libido (sexual desire), overactive bladder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and other obstetrical and gynecological states. In collaboration with the Physiology, Biophysics, Nutrition, Community Health, and Animal Sciences Departments at the University of Illinois, research projects include magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of gynecologic tissues, maternal exercise and nutrition, bone densitometry, pelvic ultrasonography, relaxin, and analysis of women's neoplasms and endometrium.
Dr. Trupin's papers have been presented at national and international conferences, including the prestigious Society of Gynecology Investigation and the Federation of International Obstetricians and Gynecologists Meeting. She has been featured in national publications of The New York Times, Working Women, Parents' Magazine, Picture Week Magazine, Brides, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and the Chicago Tribune, and was a contributing editor of Beauty Digest Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, More Magazine, Self, emedicine.com, Cosmo OnLine, eFit.com. and WebMD.com. Her monthly appearance on the WILL radio show "Focus 580" on the fourth Monday of each month from 10:05-10:55 Central Standard Time (one hour public radio show addressing women's health issues) has been a featured for over a decade and a half. Dr. Trupin has recently co-authored books entitled Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Menopause: A Working Doctor's Perspective (4th edition), Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Problems in Primary Care, and The Premenstrual Syndrome Workbook, and authored "Induced Abortion-Chapter 36" in Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 8th edition published, by Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
She is also an Administrative Referee and nationally certified at the Stroke and Turn Level for USS Swimming.
Our new women's health center is a mix of warm, secure comfort and leading health care innovation. We have an on-site accredited outpatient surgical suite, 6 private consulting suites, with state of the art technology, in an environment of calm, welcoming art, textiles from women artisans around the world, and sculptures by artists of the prairie.
Free parking is available on the south and west sides fo the building. The main entrance is on the north side of the building and has a patient drop-off area at the front door.
2125 South Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 356-3736
INSURANCE
Women's Health Practice is currently a contracted provider for the following plans:
• BCE Emergis
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• ChoiceCare Network/Humana
• Cigna
• Community Partners Health Plan
• Consociate
• Destiny Health
• Guardian
• Healthlink
• Healthnet
• HFN
• Humana
• Integrated Health Plan, Inc.
• MCS
• Medicare
• Multiplan (Aetna)
• PersonalCare POS/PPO/HMO
• Preferred Plan
• Principal Life
• Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
• Sagamore Health Network, Inc.
• Service Employees International Union Local #4
• SISCO BCE Emergis
• Superien Healthnetwork
• Tricare/Champus
• TRPN
• Unicare
• United Healthcare
• University of Illinois
Women's Health Practice is always adding new insurance plans. Please call us if your plan is not listed above. Some plans actually have other plans administrating them so you may be covered.
We work very hard to make sure your insurance is handled properly and promptly with as much feedback as possible. Before costly tests, procedures, surgeries and deliveries we utilize all resources (such as immediate online access) to make sure that you get appropriate coverage and know what costs may be incurred. We will make every attempt to keep abreast of co-pays so that these are handled in accordance to your current plan guidelines.
NOTE: Most other plans that are not strictly HMO based will cover services here.
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Nurse Midwifery Service is to provide alternative, full-range gynecology and obstetrical services. In accordance with the values of Women’s Health Practice, this care will be humanistic, family-focused and individualized, preventative, satisfying and safe. We will strive to be a leader in the community and the profession.
Philosophy
We believe that a woman and her family should be involved in decisions regarding their health and well-being. We believe, also, that pregnancy and childbirth are healthy, normal life events, and that the care and education of women and their families should continue in a life-long process. We believe that the role of the nurse midwife includes educating, listening to, advising and supporting women and their families. It is our philosophy that medical interventions should be used only when necessary, not routinely. It is our goal to provide care that is personalized and dignified.
The Certified Nurse Midwife currently has privileges at Provena-Covenant Medical Center and pending privileges at Carle Foundation Hospital.
~ Beauty of a Woman ~
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes
she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs
her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman
is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman with
passing years – only grows.
~ Author unknown ~
The Women’s Health Practice believe that preventative visits are key to a woman’s overall health.
See WHP website for more detailed information on the gynecological services we provide.
Water has its own unique way of helping labor. Just think of how relaxing the sounds of a babbling brook, waves washing ashore, or even a small indoor fountain can be. Soaking in a warm bath or shower during active labor (6cm or more) tends to help ease the pain of contractions, decreases adrenalin, and it is not unusual for a woman to dilate more quickly.
Provena Covenant Medical Center and Carle Foundation Hospital have waterbirthing facilites and we encourage you to consider this option when planning your birth.
Doula (pronounced doo la) is a Greek word meaning “woman who serves”. Doulas are trained labor assistants who nurture and assist the laboring woman and her family.
The WHP providers are supportive of the Champaign-Urbana area doulas and welcome working with them.
To find out more information on doulas call Doulas of North America (DONA) 1-500-448-DONA or visit
Every aspect of your health is interrelated. Our sensitivity to your overall needs has led us to provide innovative and comprehensive obstetrical services. In order to serve our clients to the best of our ability, new obstetrics patients are only seen on a limited basis. Second opinion consultation visits are generally available.
Breastfeeding, Lacation, and its Suppression
Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring (FHM)
Preterm Birth Prevention and Monitoring
Julie Stembridge, C.N.M.
Certified Nurse Midwife
Info to come.
Patricia Ristic, M.D.
Dr. Ristic joined Women’s Health Practice in February 2008. Dr. Ristic comes to us from McKinley Health Center. She has been practicing in Obstetrics and Gynecology for 18 years.
Dr. Ristic received her medical degree from Rush Medical School in 1985 and completed her residency at Columbus Medical Center affiliated with Northwestern Medical Center in 1989.
She specializes in gynecologic care from infertility to contraception counseling. Dr. Ristic is also involved in a variety of clinical trials in the area of women’s health. Women’s Health Practice offers an on-site laboratory, ultrasounds and an outpatient surgery center.
"Put a Face" on the problem of medical libability reform. And by that, the faces of the 4 million babies who are born in this country each year. New mothers throughout the country are asked to mail a photo of their baby to their U.S. Senators with the message: Pass medical liability reform NOW, so that my OB/GYN can keep delivering beautiful babies just like mine!
Carol Thomas, C.N.M.
Certified Nurse Midwife
Info to come.
eNATAL is an Internet-based prenatal care system that enables obstetrical patients and providers to securely access prenatal records. If you are a pregnant patient currently being seen at Women's Health Practice for obstetrical care, you will be given a user ID and password to access your prenatal record. You cannot alter these records, but if you feel any information needs to be updated, let us know. We do post your laboratory reports to this site and during pregnancy may not get all messages transferred to Televox. If you are a provider seeing one of our patients in consult, please contact Women's Health Practice for additional information on accessing eNATAL.
To access eNATAL.net please click the following link.
Click here to view your laboratory results using Televox.
TELEVOX
Women's Health Practice has implemented Televox, a personalized laboratory-test-result system. This system allows you to retrieve your laboratory results 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at a time most convenient for you. We understand that your time is valuable and believe it is the most accurate and effective way for you to retrieve confidential information. We will update test results and leave personal messages for you with Televox.
HOW DOES TELEVOX WORK?
After their scheduled appointment all patients will receive a card with their own Personal Identification Number (PIN) and a designated Televox phone number (866-662-3045) and web address mytestresults.com. The lab result information is the same via phone or website, so you can choose the option most convenient for you. This card will have a date and time when you can retrieve your lab results. This system will document and confirm to us at Women's Health Practice that you have received your test results. After receiving your test results, if you have additional questions or need more information, please contact a Women's Health Practice staff member.
Physician Assistant
Meghan has a Bachelor’s in Science Degree in Biology and Psychology. She attended Midwestern University in Downers Grove and received a Master’s in Medical Science. Meghan passed her National Certification for Physician Assistants in 2003. She has been practicing at WHP since 2003 as a physician assistant and participates as a sub-medical research investigator in the research department.
Judy Gallivan, R.D.M.S.
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Judy has many years of ultrasonography experience including a special interest in 3-D sonography, the use of the Doppler ultrasound, and the detection of birth defects and pelvic anatomic abnormalities.
Peggy Carlson, B.G.</