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etween patients that day and smiled
when my patients tried to diagnose me!
Solving the puzzle was a real ‘a-ha’
decisions based solely on the patient VJM: Honestly, it’s when I get moment; it helped me decide on my
and what I believe is best for them. thanks and positive feedback from
In my own private practice, I can do my patients. Knowing I have future course-- supporting women
with a scientific approach to their
that; I set the timeframe to see and helped them keeps me going, perimenopausal and menopausal
counsel my patients so that the because I too am one of those issues. I began to intently research
focus is on hearing each patient’s women who looked for the same
issues to then develop an answers that they are looking for- hormones, and what happens when
they are out of balance. And along the
individualized and personalized - and I didn’t know how to help way, I discovered that our hormones
treatment plan designed for them, me! One woman called recently. impact every organ system in our body
addressing their needs.
She had moved out of state and and what every organ system can do or
say in response to no longer seeing that
EP Mag: What do you view as your her daughter was having level of hormone that they are used to
greatest achievement? menstrual problems. “There just seeing!
aren’t any doctors like you that I
VJM: I have achieved much in my can take her to here,” the mother EP Mag: Were you ever influenced by
life, starting with going to and said. She agreed that if I would be another doctor or a certain medical
finishing medical school at a time able to look at her daughter’s test research study?
when few women were encouraged results and advise and treat her
to follow that pathway. I then daughter, then the parents would I didn’t do the traditional route of
became a busy and successful OB- fly her back to Wisconsin 3 or 4 college straight into medical school.
GYN at a busy and growing practice times a year. You can’t imagine Instead, I didn’t know how the politics
that grew from 4 to 8 physicians. I what that feels like, when someone of getting into medical school worked,
pioneered patient centric care into shows that kind of confidence in so I did medical research for 2-3years.
my approach to patients such as your work. It was the MD who ran the research lab
perineal massage as a standard that I was working in who took an
delivery room practice to avoid the EP Mag: The book Full Bloom interest in what I wanted to do with my
need for a surgical cut. I raised three opens with your personal life and helped me navigate my way
wonderful and highly successful hormone drama. Tell be about into medical school. And that early
daughters while working full-time what happened to you in your exposure to research and the scientific
with the support of my loving 40’s. method of approach to every single
husband of over 40years. I’ve patient that has helped me do the work
helped patients both avoid the that I now do.
pitfalls of swinging hormones and VJM: I woke up one morning and
Contact Info:
to emerge as stronger and more my face was on fire. My eyes were EP Mag: I’m sure you work long, hard
confident women so that they can swollen too, just little slits. I days in the clinic, but what do you like
continue to function at a high level wondered how I could handle to do with your free time?
The Alchemist Professors
of mother, caregiver and career doing surgery and my full office Vancouver BC V7R2P6
woman—women who wear many load of patients like this. I had I work in 2 clinics: my own
Contact: Dr. Sydney Scott medical
hats in their day and are the nerve rampant skin inflammation, more clinic 4 days a week, and then I am the
Phone: (604) 916-8623
center of the family. So, it’s hard for than just my rosacea. It made me medical injector for an aesthetic skin
Email:
me to pin down just one thing. I will think back to my teenage years, clinic. Many patients ask me how I can
sydney@thealchemistprofessors.com
say I am thrilled to be part of your and skin problems that had been justify that? Easily; hormone-
Website:
Women Making a Difference series. misdiagnosed as just acne. balancing and wellness helps us feel our
www.thealchemistprofessors.com
I am also quite proud to have best on the inside and the best
become an author, with my books I realized this was my skin reacting aesthetics can help us look our best on
so well received. My patients all to my own hormonal swings of the outside. And why can’t we present
want copies and they are thrilled to my early 40’s even though I ourselves at our best?
be able to have their own showed no other perimenopausal
autographed copy. symptoms yet; THIS was my first My free time is spent as much as
possible with my family. We still try to
EP Mag: What inspires you? symptom. I had to use ice packs in
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