From concerns about a first period to helping cope with menopause, OB-GYNs deal with a wide variety of issues.
Laura Parsons, MD, has worked for UVA Health since 2020.
Gynecological Care in Charlottesville, Virginia
We asked Parsons our 7 quick questions.
1. What has most inspired and shaped your approach to patient care?
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Taking care of women over their lifespan, getting to know my patients through the years. That’s been the most inspiring thing to me, having that long-term relationship.
2. What’s your favorite part of your job?
Training new doctors. I educate and work closely with residents.
3. What’s your biggest fear when you’re a patient?
It would be that a doctor wouldn’t hear me, wouldn’t listen to me, or wouldn’t understand what I had to say or where I was coming from.
4. What do you do for stress relief?
Spend time with my family. I love to take my child and dog outside and explore Charlottesville.
5. Dogs or cats?
Dogs. 100%.
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6. What’s the last movie you saw? Thumbs up or down?
I just saw Puss-in-Boots with my 8-year old. It was funny.
7. What’s the best advice that you’ve ever heard?
There’s a Nora Ephron quote that’s, “Be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”