You go to the gyno, cover your bare self with a two-piece paper gown, put your feet in the stirrups and stare up at the fluorescent lighting overhead, waiting uncomfortably for Dr. Man and his cold hands to finish collecting samples from between your legs. That’s a routine experience for women who’ve grown so accustomed to such unpleasantness that they aren’t aware of stress-free options like Contemporary Women’s Care, a Pinellas-based all-women practice of board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. Among these local pinnacles of women’s healthcare specialists is Dr. Katherine Dadisman, who practices medicine with such laid-back ease and graciousness that she makes it easy to relax. Plus, she’ll chat you up through the entire examination to take your mind off what she’s doing. 7601 Seminole Blvd., Seminole, 727-399-9922, and 401 Corbett St., Suite. 400, Clearwater, 727-462-BABY(2229), contemporarywomenscare.com
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2008.
