The Columbus Center for Women's Health Research is an independent research center associated with Portman Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates, Inc. We are dedicated to bringing the latest opportunities in medical advances to women of central Ohio. Our experienced site integrates an established, well-respected private practice with a state of the art research center, focused on the diagnosis and treatment of health issues unique and common to women.

We are located on the east side of Columbus, Ohio one mile east of the campus of Mount Carmel East Hospital. Our research center is a private freestanding institution, but we have access to all of the hospital facilities including: mammography and bone densitometry.

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Our areas of research have included the following:

  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Obesity
  • Menopausal treatment alternatives to HRT
  • Perimenopause
  • Osteoporosis Prevention
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Contraception
  • Overactive Bladder
  • Fibroids
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Endometriosis
  • Vaginitis
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
  • Sexual Dysfunction

Clinical Research Experience

Our research center has been conducting phase II-IV trials since 1997. We have worked on nearly 100 clinical trials with many different pharmaceutical companies including:

  • Pfizer
  • Teva
  • Merck
  • Organon
  • Boehringer-Ingelheim
  • Bayer
  • Noven
  • Depomed
  • Meditrina
  • Endoceutics
  • Roche
  • Warner-Chilcott