The Circle of Care

At PT Center for Women, we empower women by involving them in all of their health care decisions. We strive to know our patients well, helping them achieve their personal goals and live their best lives. The care provided by our physical therapists is as unique as every woman, a personalized approach that helps improve function and lessen pain. These treatments can be life-changing. Recently we provided the opportunity for the OB/GYN providers at Women's Care of Wisconsin to discuss their views of patient care and how they relate to the organization's "Circle of Care" philosophy, one that meets both the physical and emotional needs of patients throughout every phase of life. As an integral part of the Women's Care of Wisconsin team, our four amazing therapists weigh in with their thoughts. 

We add their voices to the conversation; their words are both powerful and empowering.

Connie Strey PT
“It’s all about empowerment. Women need to know they shouldn’t suffer in silence, that there is someone in their corner.”

Michelle Landsverk PT
“It begins with listening, really hearing what a person has to say. When you know someone’s hopes and where they’re stuck, you can help get them to where they want to be.”

Tori Popp PT
“There’s a give and take in the provider-patient relationship. I’m educating and empowering my patients, but I am learning so much from them as well.”

Katie Van Scyoc PT
“It's important that every one of my patients feels heard, feels validated, and understands that they are doing the right thing by coming in and getting treated. Sometimes we are dealing with very personal issues, and people can feel shame or embarrassment with these struggles. That's a burden I want to lift from them.”

Caroline Abel APNP
“Empowerment is at the heart of our Circle of Care. I work in partnership with my patients to create individualized plans of care that help them to be successful in their healthcare journey. I learn from you and you learn from me. Together we can get you where you need to be.”

Gretchen Augustine DO, OB/GYN
“The Circle of Care is our vision to take care of the whole patient on the whole journey, instead of just a piece of it.”

Allison Brubaker MD, OB/GYN
“The Circle of Care means developing a rapport with patients. They keep coming back to you—for their pregnancy, afterwards for postpartum, later on for their GYN care, you see them when they’re going through menopause, and then you start seeing their daughters and their granddaughters.”

Eric Eberts MD, OB/GYN & Practice Founder
“I care about how the teamwork happens. We’re all partners here; we support one another. We have strengths, specialties, and the trust in each other to do the best for every patient that walks through our door, no matter the issue. Your patient, my patient. That’s completing the Circle.”

Valary Gass MD, OB/GYN
“I want my patients to feel that they were heard. There’s no one single fit for everyone, so I educate them on treatment options so they can choose what’s going to meet their goals and fit their lifestyles.”

Elise Gessler CNM
“I want to learn more about my patients and spend more time with them, and being a midwife I can really get to know them and care for them through all aspects of their life. To me, that represents what the Circle of Care is all about.”

Amanda Reed MD, OB/GYN
“At Women’s Care of Wisconsin, I have support all around me, and that also supports our patients, who are taken care of every step of the way. We really have it together here, and I hear that from patients all the time.”

Adriana Schaufelberger MD, OB/GYN
“I love being there for the patient. I get to see them through their life span, so many important moments. It’s critical to have that connection.”

Marissa Schloesser MD, OB/GYN
“We’re following women through their life, through various journeys, from teenage years to reproductive years through menopause. There’s so much joy in each of those journeys, but the transitions can be difficult or stressful for patients, who look to us to help guide them through these challenging moments. We may not always have the answer for them, but we can always help them through it and help them get to a place that they need to be.”

Effie Siomos MD, OB/GYN
“Something that doesn’t get emphasized enough in health care is teamwork. All of us at Women’s Care understand the importance of each moment in the patient journey and use those as opportunities to elevate the experience.”

Sara Swift MD, OB/GYN
“It’s not just caring for women from their teenage years to their menopausal years, but it’s also caring for a woman as a whole, not just physically but mentally and emotionally as well.”

Jenny Taubel CNM
“The Circle of Care is about developing long-lasting relationships with patients. That begins by listening.”

Pa Kou Thao APNP
“Everybody who walks through the door to see me is like a family member, right? I'm going to treat you like you are my family, because that's how I would want somebody to treat any family member of mine if the roles were reversed.”

Maria Vandenberg MD, OB/GYN
“Building life-long relationships with my patients is an important part of my practice. There is no greater privilege than standing next to a woman as she transitions to adulthood, becomes a mom, and lives a healthy life.”

Kay Weina CNM
“It's your body and it's your baby, and it's your choice. These decisions are up to you. I'm just there to help you figure that out and to answer the questions that you might have.”

Therese Yarroch MD, OB/GYN
“We go through some critical times with our patients, and we are there to make a difference.”