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AFTER 15 YEARS OF RUNNING his OBGYN practice, Dr. Kevin Plaisance is pleased to welcome Dr. Jessica Rinaldo to his team, adding another dimension to his warm, professional staff. Dr. Rinaldo’s area of expertise is female sexual dysfunction. Her caring demeanor complements Dr. Plaisance’s patient-centered approach, his professional attitude and his willingness to go the extra mile for his patients. Dr. Rinaldo is a graduate of the LSU Medical School. She was awarded the Society of Laparoscopic Surgery award for being the top laparoscopic surgeon in her class. She brings
Dr. Kevin Plaisance Dr. Jessica Rinaldo Experience a Different Kind of Women’s Healthcare. and family deserves.
the most up-to-date techniques to her practice,
Doctors Plaisance
along with her own commitment to personalized
and Rinaldo offer personal
patient care. While Dr. Rinaldo practices in all
healthcare for women in
areas of gynecology and obstetrics, her special
every stage of life. Trust,
focus, female sexual dysfunction and decreased
good communication and
sexual desire in women, is a sensitive subject for
respect for the patient are
many women, and Dr. Rinaldo seeks to make
the cornerstones of their
patients comfortable enough to open up to her
practice. From a woman’s
about their problems. “I want patients to know that
first gynecological exam,
it’s important to talk to their doctor about these
through her childbearing years
issues. Women don’t just have to live with a less-
and the transition through
than-satisfactory sex life. There are many treatment
menopause, their combination
options available to them,” says Dr. Rinaldo.
of experience and compassion
Both Dr. Plaisance and Dr. Rinaldo accept
make them excellent care providers throughout
pregnant patients and are thrilled to share each
a woman’s life. In addition to OBGYN services,
new pregnancy milestone with them. The doctors
the practice offers family-oriented wellness care,
handle pregnancy and birth with the desire to
help with menopause and hormonal imbalances,
support the mother’s choices while ensuring a safe
laparoscopic and laser surgery, infertility work-
and healthy birth for mother and baby. Even after
ups and treatment, and 4-D ultrasounds.
so many deliveries, helping to bring new babies into the world is never routine. Each birth is approached with the reverence that the beginning of a new life
Doctors Plaisance and Rinaldo are located at 200 Greenbriar Blvd. in Covington, (985) 893-3777. January-February 2013 111