CHWC Women’s Health Clinic

At Bryan Hospital

Phone: 419-633-0755

Fax: 419-633-0758

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

At the CHWC Women’s Health Clinic, our team is proud to offer comprehensive care to women of all ages—from adolescence to post-menopause and everything in between. Dr. Hanan Bazzi and Nicole Pothast, Certified Nurse Midwife, are dedicated to ensuring a calm, comfortable and safe environment to every woman who enters our clinic. Services offered at the CHWC Women’s Health Clinic include:

• Annual gynecologic exams
• Well-woman care including breast exam and Pap test
• Management of symptoms of menopause
• Gynecologic cancer screening
• Adolescent gynecology
• Preconception counseling
• Family planning and contraception
• STD screening and treatment
• Evaluation and management of menstrual irregularities
• Care for pelvic and vaginal infections, endometriosis, uterine fibroids and polyps, ovarian cysts, vulvar diseases, abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain
• Pelvic organ prolapse evaluation and pessary fitting
• Gynecology clinic procedures include Mirena® IUD (intrauterine device), ParaGard® IUDs and Nexplanon® placement and removal, colposcopy, cervical, vulvar and endometrial biopsies
• Initial infertility testing and treatment
• Prenatal care
• Childbirth education
• Ultrasound
• High blood pressure in pregnancy
• Nutrition and managing weight during pregnancy
• Labor and delivery
• Postpartum care

Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical Degree: University of Michigan Medical School

Residency: OB/GYN at University of Michigan Health System

Interests & specialties: 

• Chronic pelvic pain
• Improving postpartum quality of care
• Weight gain during pregnancy
• Vulvar diseases
• Long acting reversible contraception
• Initial infertility testing and treatment

Doctor of Nursing Practice: Frontier Nursing University

Masters of Science in Nursing: Certified Nurse Midwife, Frontier Nursing University

About Midwifery: Midwife means “with woman.” Midwifery encompasses a full range of primary healthcare services for women from adolescence to beyond menopause. Midwifery care includes but is not limited to: gynecologic exams, family planning, preconception care, care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Certified nurse midwives (CNMs) are registered nurses that have graduated from an accredited nurse-midwifery education program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN) and have passed a national board certification. CNMs in Ohio are also advanced practice registered nurses (APRN).