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Extended Services
To better meet your individual healthcare needs, Ashley Women's Center provides an array of extended healthcare services. Just click on one of the buttons above to find out more about our extended services.
General Services
Adult and Adolescent Gynecology • Routine and High Risk Obstetrics • Tubal Reversal • Infertility • Micro, Laser, Laparoscopic Surgery • Mammography • OB and GYN Ultrasound • Bone Density Testing for Osteoporosis • Midwifery Services • Menopause
Getting Test Results
If your provider has ordered routine lab tests, x-rays, or procedures, please give our office staff seven days to call you with the results before calling the office. This is the minimum time required to get the results back and to allow the providers time to review the results and document a treatment plan. If you have not heard from us in seven days, then you can call the triage department and leave a message inquiring about the status of your tests. If you had cultures or other special tests and procedures performed, it may take up to 10 working days before we have the results. If we are unable to reach you by telephone after three attempts, we will mail you a letter that indicates the status of your tests.
Contact Us
For more information on any of services, please call us at 704-865-7416 or e-mail awc@carolina.rr.com. Ashley Women's Center does not handle medical issues by e-mail. Our professional liability insurance carrier prohibits us from answering questions about medical care and treatment by e-mail.
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Services
Full-Service Laboratory
Mammography
Infertility Services
Bone Density Testing
Ultrasound
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Full-Service Laboratory
A full service on-site laboratory allows us to provide you with quick and convenient service. We offer a wide spectrum of lab testing including cholesterol profiles, blood sugar monitoring and hormone level assays. Tests not available on-site are sent to a larger reference lab. In certain circumstances, some managed care plans require that all lab testing be performed at a reference lab.
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Mammography
For your convenience, we provide both screening and diagnostic mammography services. Our facility is certified by the FDA in accordance with the Mammography Quality Services Act. The National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the American College of Radiology recommend that women have regular mammograms every year after age 40.
Healthcare Profile:
Barbara B. Ussery, B.S. R.T. (R) (M), a native of Shelby, North Carolina, received her Associate Degree in Radiologic Technology from Cleveland Community College. She became a Registered Technologist by The Registry of Radiologic Technologists. In 1989, she received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Gardner-Webb University.
In 1993, she received special training in mammography by The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, a representative of The American College of Radiology and The American Society of Radiology Technologists. Ussery joined Ashley Women's Center in 1997.
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Infertility Services
Ashley Women’s Center offers infertility counseling, fertility drug treatments, and intrauterine insemination procedures to assist couples who desire to have children. If these options are unsuccessful or in-vitro fertilization is required, then we can refer the couple to reproductive endocrinology specialists in the area. Ashley Women's Center is pleased to be in partnership with the REACH center (Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte) as a satellite office for lab testing and ultrasounds for patients involved in the IVF process. This partnership provides a convenient location for patients living in Gaston County and the surrounding areas who may have difficulty traveling to Charlotte on a daily basis.
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Bone Density Testing
Twenty-five million Americans—mostly women—are affected by osteoporosis. Half of women over the age of 50 have an osteoporosis-related fracture. At Ashley Women’s Center we have the technology to detect osteoporosis and vertebral fractures with the use of our DEXA instrument and the Intervertebral Assessment (IVA) scan. A woman’s risk of a hip fracture is equal to her combined risk of developing breast, uterine, or ovarian cancer. If you are over the age of 65 you should have a bone density scan every two years.
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Ultrasound
Ashley Women’s Center maintains a staff of registered ultrasound technologists who assist the healthcare providers in the diagnosis and treatment of various obstetrical and gynecological problems. Our office is accredited by the American Institute for Ultrasound Medicine (AIUM) which requires quality standards and ongoing education in the area of ultrasound medicine. Ultrasound technology is useful not only for monitoring the status and progress of fetal development, but also in identifying cysts, masses, or other abnormalities. We also have 3D and 4D image capability with our instrument.
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