Dr. Birkholz is a board-certified family medicine physician and fellowship trained women’s health expert. She completed her medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin followed by residency and fellowship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee and the Aurora Women’s Pavilion in West Allis, WI. She has been in practice since 2006 and in July of 2020 founded Laurie Birkholz, MD & Associates, a Ms.Medicine concierge primary care practice providing comprehensive, gender specific primary care and office gynecology. Dr. Birkholz lectures extensively on several women’s health topics including menopausal medicine, sexual medicine, and cancer survivorship. Her audiences include both consumers and physician peers. In addition to her direct clinical role, Dr. Birkholz serves as the Associate Medical Director for Ms.Medicine, a national health care organization dedicated to advancing women’s health on a broader scale through innovation in care delivery models and consumer and clinician education. Prior to opening Laurie Birkholz, MD & Associates Dr. Birkholz served as the Medical Director of Women’s Health for both the Aurora Women’s Pavilion in West Allis, WI and Holland Hospital in Holland, MI.