General Practitioners

• Nutritional Counseling
  For gynecological services, patients come to see Dr. Sivkin from all across Connecticut. Services include incontinence evaluation, nutritional counseling, evaluation for fertility and fertility issue screenings, menopause, perimenopause, and hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Sivkin also offers education and care for young women and adolescents. For all women, she provides contraceptive counseling and management of birth control.
• Family Practice
  Dr. Murray earned her undergraduate degree from Mercer University and her M.D. from the Georgia Health Sciences University. She continued her education at the Medical College of Georgia with an internship in Family Medicine and then a residency as an OB/GYN at Albert Einstein Hospital in New York.
• Male Infertility
  Infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant after 12 months of unprotected sex. Male infertility is usually the result of a low sperm count or low-quality sperm. The most prominent causes of female infertility include...

Gynecologists

• Gynecology
  Dr. Mary Murray and Dr. Erika Schaeffer are OB-GYN’s that offer women advanced technology in the form of robotic-assisted hysterectomies at Southern Connecticut Women's Health Care Associates with locations in Milford, CT, and Westport, CT. This and other laparoscopic options for hysterectomies allow women to experience faster recovery and improved quality of life.
• Female Infertility
  If you’re experiencing female infertility, or have had recurrent pregnancy loss, there are various tests available to help determine why you’re unable to conceive. Your doctor may perform...
• Menopause
• Obstetrics
  Southern Connecticut Women's Health Care Associates is two practices located in Milford and Westport Connecticut, that offers women a place where they can receive complete service for all female related health issues. The practices are owned by two female OB/GYN doctors who offer complete obstetrics and gynecology services.
• Endometriosis
• Pregnancy
  This process is an opportunity for women to discuss any questions or concerns they may have so that they feel at ease. Additionally, this process provides women with an action plan to prepare their bodies for a healthy and enjoyable pregnancy. For some, this may mean quitting cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs, and adopting a healthier diet, or losing/gaining weight to decrease the chances of having a high risk pregnancy. It can also mean changing birth control so that your body is primed to become pregnant. Some forms of birth control, like a hormonal IUD may require upwards of a year's time before it is safe for you to become pregnant.
• Labor and Delivery
  Absolutely. In fact, Southern Connecticut Women's Health Care Associates offers pre-conceptual counseling and affordable genetics testing that helps women determine if they are ready to have a baby, and what realistic expectations of pregnancy are. Our goal is to help women know what to expect during pregnancy, childbirth, and when becoming a parent.

Internists

• Ovarian Cancer
  Heavy periods can also be a sign or symptom of another condition, like hormonal imbalance or ovarian cancer. It is important for you to talk to your doctor about your menstruation concerns. That conversation is one of the advantages that Southern Connecticut Women's Health Care Associates offers, as the health practitioners here are women that care about your health. In fact, women helping women is their focus, and women understand that having a conversation is the very first step in diagnosing and treating illness and disease.

Neurologists

• Multiple Sclerosis
  Dr. Sivkin offers over 31 years of experience as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. In addition to caring for her patients, Dr. Sivkin helps train medical students, residents, fellows and nurse midwives in the field of sexual health. She has also presented at the national conference of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In addition, she works with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Connecticut providing couples seminars in intimacy and sexual health.

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care
• Thyroid

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  There is a lot that happens at the first prenatal visit. First, the doctor will try to determine the due date based on the date of your last period and through an obstetrical ultrasound. Obstetric ultrasounds use sound waves to produce pictures of a baby (embryo or fetus) within a pregnant woman, as well as the mother's uterus and ovaries. It does not use ionizing radiation, has no known harmful effects, and is the preferred method for monitoring pregnant women and their unborn babies.
• X-Rays
• Chemotherapy
  A woman is born with a finite number of eggs, which are stored in the ovaries. The ovaries also make the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which control menstruation and ovulation. Menopause happens when the ovaries no longer release an egg every month and menstruation stops. Menopause is considered a normal part of aging when it happens after the age of 40. But some women can go through menopause early, either as a result of surgery, such as hysterectomy, or damage to the ovaries, such as from chemotherapy. Menopause that happens before 40, regardless of the cause, is called premature menopause.

Surgeons

• Orthopedics
  She then went on to earn her medical doctorate from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was immediately drawn to orthopedics, but after her rotation in obstetrics, she was moved by the experience and the opportunity to support women and their families during their most vulnerable moments. This close relationship between patient and doctor has become integral to her philosophy of practicing medicine.
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
  Laparoscopic myomectomy, which is the surgery used to remove fibroid tumors, is also a minimally invasive surgery. Please consult with Dr. Murray to find out if you qualify for this effective procedure.
• Robotic Surgery
  Minimally invasive Robotic Surgery does not require that the body be opened like normal surgery. Access to the surgical site is gained through small keyhole incisions made by the surgeon. DaVinci surgery utilizes a robotic arm that is controlled by the surgeon via a computer. The advantage of the robotic arm is that it can move in ways that the human hand cannot and it also does not tire, making every move precise and safer. The operation portion is often clean and more exact with a robotic arm than with the human hand, especially for long surgeries. Additionally, there is less blood loss and faster post-operative recovery.
• Hysterectomy
  Partial and total hysterectomies are performed with minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery. Laparoscopic surgeries, such as laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy or laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, help decrease scarring, decrease recovery time, and even help to decrease the pain following surgery.
• Knee Replacement
  Dr. Schaeffer received her undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from Syracuse University in New York and has worked on several projects dedicated to the restoration of degenerative joint function with hip and knee replacement implants. It was during this time that she developed her passion for the medical field.

Plastic Surgeons

• Laparoscopic Surgery
  Dr. Schaeffer completed her residency and served as a chief resident at Bridgeport Hospital, a part of the Yale New Haven Health System. She is FLS certified in laparoscopic surgery and is proficient at robotic surgery utilizing the da Vinci® Surgical System.

Dermatologists

• Cyst