Physician-Owned Almara Women's Health Launches Redefining Whole Woman's Care

Uniting Seven Twin Cities Practices Under One Vision

MINNEAPOLIS, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Almara Women's Health, a newly unified physician-led collaboration of clinics, is launching across the Twin Cities with a bold mission to transform care for women at all stages of life. Almara will unite 7 practices with 10 locations and 65+ experienced women's health specialists, offering a whole-self model of care that reflects the complexity and individuality of women's health needs. The centerpiece of Almara is to deliver the health information, dialogue, and services needed for women to make informed healthcare choices.

"We created Almara because the healthcare system too often flattens what it means to be a woman," said Dr. Suzin Cho, OBGYN and President of Almara. "Whether you're navigating pregnancy, menopause, mental health, or intimacy challenges, our mission is to build meaningful relationships and whole-woman care that match the complexity of women's lives."

Healthcare Built by Women, for Women

With ten brick-and-mortar locations in Edina, Burnsville, Maple Grove, Plymouth, and Woodbury, Almara offers personalized services across a full continuum of care including:

• Primary care, mental health and social supports
• Reproductive health and family planning
• Infertility and genetic counseling
• OB, high-risk pregnancy, and maternal-fetal medicine
• Pelvic health, urology and surgery
• Metabolic health and body composition
• Bone, heart, sleep, nutrition, sexual health
• Menopause and hormonal care
• High-risk breast cancer programs
• Gender affirmation referrals
• In-office procedures, ultrasounds, labs, and laser treatments

The ten clinics joining Almara Women's Health are:

• Burnsville – OBGYN Specialists
• Burnsville Urogynecology – Gerten Urogynecology
• Edina 66th Street – Haugen OB/GYN
• Edina France Ave – Associates in Women's Health & OBGYN Specialists
• Edina Maternal Fetal – Maternal Fetal Consultants
• Edina OGI – Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (OGI)
• Edina Urogynecology – Gerten Urogynecology
• Maple Grove OGI – Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (OGI)
• Plymouth – Haugen OB/GYN
• Woodbury – Adefris & Toppin Women's Specialists

Unlike other vertically integrated or private-equity health models, Almara is wholly physician-owned and operated, ensuring that every care decision is made with the patient's best interest at heart.

"We have the freedom to integrate more services and programs, spend more time with patients, avoid unnecessary tests, and refer out to the best experts because we have full control over the way we approach medicine and deliver care," Dr. Cho said.

 Relationship-Based Care for a Lifetime

Almara is committed to building lifelong relationships, from adolescent wellness visits to fertility support, birth, and beyond.

"We see patients through every stage—from their first birth control consult to the birth of babies to midlife hormone changes. That continuity is rare and powerful," Dr. Cho said.

The model also benefits clinicians. By creating a forum to collaboratively stay up-to-date with new information and current standards of care, and by providing a support network, Almara reduces burnout and empowers providers to practice with purpose.

"We're not just pushing the same rock alone—we're pushing together to collaborate on new ways to deliver the health care that women need," Dr. Cho said.

A Trusted Voice in a Noisy Marketplace

Almara positions itself as a trusted, evidence-based sounding board that provides health information and access to services in a landscape where women are inundated with fragmented, one-off solutions.

"We're not here to sell you something," Dr. Cho said. "We're here to be your personal guide that supports you through every decade of your life with knowledge, compassion, and clinical excellence."

Almara Women's Health is now accepting patients across all ten locations. More clinics and services are planned as part of its growth strategy, including the development and publication of a public-access, online Women's Health Library to provide basic and practical information on topics ranging from sleep and intimacy to self-care and aging.

About Almara Women's Health
Launched in June 2025, Almara is a physician-led women's health collaboration built to support whole-woman health through every stage of life. From the first clinic opening in the 1950s, Almara has been providing whole care services to three generations of women and counting.

Today, Almara's 65+ physicians and advanced practitioners across ten clinics in the Twin Cities serve 45,000+ women and deliver 3,000+ babies annually. With expansive views of womanhood and OBGYN services, Almara welcomes women of all ages and experiences to connect with the information, experts, and services needed for life.

SOURCE Almara Women's Health