Offering a comprehensive women’s health program close to home, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital is proud to be the top choice of women in our region. For new moms, The Birthplace offers comprehensive care from prenatal ultrasound to postpartum recovery in comfortable Labor-Delivery-Recovery-Postpartum rooms. The 98% high rating for HCMH OB services is among the highest in the nation. Following a birth, the physicians who look after the babies represent centuries of experience in newborn care.


Our GYN specialists, their clinical staffs, and their office staffs are committed to excellence in gynecologic care—from breakthrough methods to creating a caring relationship of trust.

With your comfort and convenience as starting points, HCMH OB/GYN specialists explain your gynecology options. Then, they provide information to help you and your doctor choose what is best for your care, and to meet your preferences – at every stage of your life.

GYN tests performed include:

  • Biopsy
  • Bone density test
  • Breast biopsy
  • Cervical biopsy
  • Cervical conization
  • Cone biopsy
  • Endocervical curettage (ECC)
  • Endometrial or uterine biopsy
  • Hysterosalpingography
  • Mammogram
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • PAP tests
  • Pelvic examinations
  • Pelvic ultrasound
  • Toluidine blue dye test
  • Sonohysteroscopy
  • Fluid-contrast ultrasound (FCUS)
  • Vaginal culture

In addition to other services, HCMH OB/GYN specialists provide these
GYN procedures:

1. Colposcopy - Colposcopy is a diagnostic tool used for further evaluation of abnormal Pap smears. This procedure provides a non-surgical way for your physician to visualize your cervix.

2. Cryosurgery - Cervical cryosurgery or cryotherapy is a gynecological treatment that freezes a section of the cervix. Cryosurgery destroys abnormal cervical cells that show changes that may lead to cancer. These changes are called precancerous cells. Your gynecologist may use the term cervical dysplasia to describe your condition

3. ESSURE - Recent advances now enable women to avoid the surgery involved with tubal ligation (“tying the tubes”). The new choice, called Essure™, is done in a simple and effective outpatient procedure. It does not involve cutting, and provides permanent female birth control.

4. LEEP Procedure - The loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is used when there is an indication of abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix.

  1. Hysteroscopy - Hysteroscopy provides a way for your physician to look inside your uterus. A hysteroscope is a thin, telescope-like instrument that is inserted into the uterus through the vagina and cervix. This tool often helps a physician diagnose or treat a uterine problem.
  2. Pelvic laparoscopy - Laparoscopy is usually performed under general anesthesia; however, it can be performed with other types of anesthesia that permit the patient to remain awake. The typical pelvic laparoscopy involves a small (1/2" to 3/4") incision in the belly button or lower abdomen.
  3. D&C- (or Dilation and Curettage) This procedure is often used to diagnose or treat abnormal uterine bleeding, the D&C is one of the most common GYN operative procedures. Dilation and Curettage also provides important information about whether uterine cancer is present.

Count on HCMH OB/GYN specialists for their knowledge, communication and trust.
For an appointment, contact the OB/GYN physician practices serving Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital:

Blue Ridge Women’s Center
150 Parkwood Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
336-835-5945
John Venus, M.D.
   Certified, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Elkin Obstetrics and Gynecology
201-A Eldon Parks Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
336-835-2283
Mark Heiner, M.D.
   Certified, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Total Woman Care, LLC
690 Parkwood Medical Park
Elkin, NC 28621
(336) 526-3500
Peter Mcllveen, M.D.
   Certified, Obstetrics and Gynecology