Dr. Alexandra Kidd, MD, MPH
Gynecologist, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon
da Vinci Robotic Surgeon
As a board certified gynecologist, Dr. Alexandra Kidd is well known for her empathetic care and laparoscopic surgery.
In the office, Dr. Alexandra Kidd specializes in sexual health and menopause management. She offers bioidentical hormone therapies including creams, patches and hormone pellet therapy. She evaluates and manages pelvic pain and endometriosis. Dr. Kidd provides all contraceptive choices including the pill, IUDs (Mirena, Skyla and Paragard), Nuvaring, Implenon and Essure. Dr. Kidd provides well woman care, annual exams, breast exams, infection checks, and same day appointments.
In the operating room, Dr. Kidd performs minimally invasive laparoscopy and da Vinci Robotic surgery. She specializes in laparoscopic hysterectomy, laparoscopic myomectomy (fibroid removal), ovarian cyst removal, and diagnostic laparoscopy for pelvic pain including endometriosis. Dr. Kidd offers endometrial ablations to stop heavy or painful periods. Dr. Alexandra Kidd also performs vaginal rejeuvination including labiaplasty.
Practitioner, Dawn Copeland, joined our practice in June 2021. While in nursing school, after witnessing a birth for the first time, Dawn was inspired and knew women's health was her calling. She is passionate about providing women with individualized, compassionate care, focusing on the whole woman and all her needs. With over 20 years specializing in women's health, Dawn has extensive experience with bioidentical hormone therapy, menopause management, Well Woman Care, contraception management, high risk obstetrics, and PCOS to name a few. Dawn is a board-certified Woman's Health Nurse Practitioner.
She attained her Master's of Science in Nursing at the University of Cincinnati in 2012, earning an induction into Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing for her academic excellence. She earned her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing at East Carolina University in 1999. She is a current member of Nurse Practitioner's in Women's Health (NPWH) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). In her spare time, Dawn enjoys spending time with her loved ones, riding her Drum horse Einar, or exploring the remote areas of the southwest in her Jeep.
McKenzie received a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2017 and spent three years working as a registered nurse on a high-risk obstetrics unit at one of the largest all women’s’ hospitals in Florida. It was there that her passion for women’s health was ignited. She went on to receive a master’s degree in 2020 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and became a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner shortly thereafter.
McKenzie moved to Phoenix in 2020 to begin her WHNP career. She has professional experience providing continuous quality care to women of all ages and for all gynecologic needs. She is passionate about enriching women’s lives by enhancing their sexual and reproductive health. McKenzie prides herself on always listening to her patient’s concerns and loves developing trusting, long-lasting relationships with them. Furthermore, McKenzie can provide care to the Spanish speaking community as she’s lived and studied medical Spanish in Seville, Spain!
She is a current member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) and specializes in the treatment and management of an array of sexual disorders. She wants all patients to feel comfortable expressing their sexual concerns and/or questions. We are happy to have our own personal “sexpert” here at Gynecology Today!
Dr. Alexandra Kidd performs minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery and da Vinci assisted robotic surgery. She provides surgery for women who suffer from heavy or painful menstrual periods, chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts and more. Dr. Kidd specializes in laparoscopic hysterectomy. She also performs Novasure endometrial ablations to stop heavy or painful periods. She provides Essure tubal occlusion for women who wish for permanent birth control. Dr. Alexandra Kidd also performs vaginal rejeuvination for women who have undergone childbirth. Dr. Kidd also performs labiaplasty for symptomatic long labia.
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the uterus. A “total hysterectomy” means that the entire uterus including the cervix is removed. A “subtotal” hysterectomy, also known as a “partial hysterectomy” means that the uterus is removed but the cervix is not removed. In medical terms this is called a “supracervical hysterectomy.” A “supracervical hysterectomy” means that the uterus is removed “above the cervix.”
A hysterectomy does not remove the ovaries or fallopian tubes. To remove an ovary is called “oophorectomy.” To remove a fallopian tube is called “salpingectomy.” To remove both tubes and both ovaries is called “bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.”
A hysterectomy does NOT place a woman in menopause. Removing the ovaries does place a woman in menopause if she is not already in natural menopause.
There are several ways to perform a hysterectomy. Dr. Kidd performs minimally invasive laparoscopic hysterectomy. She places a scope through the belly button to visualize, then places 2 or 3 other ports to place long thin instruments. The incisions are tiny, less than one inch. Laparoscopic hysterectomies are far less painful than traditional abdominal hysterectomies. Women recover much faster.
Dr. Alexandra Kidd performs both traditional laparoscopic surgery as well as da Vinci assisted robotic surgery. Dr. Kidd is 100% in control of the da Vinci assist. The da Vinci surgical system provides a magnified 3D high definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist. The da Vinci enables the surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, dexterity and control.
Dr. Alexandra Kidd graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 2000. She completed her residency in Ob-Gyn at the University of California at San Diego where she specialized in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Kidd earned her Master’s Degree in Public Health at U.C. Berkeley where she focused on Health Policy and Administration. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree at the U.C. Santa Cruz.
In 2004 Dr. Alexandra Kidd moved to Phoenix Arizona to provide Ob-Gyn care to Native American women with the Indian Health Service. Dr. Kidd served at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center and traveled to reservations all over the state of Arizona for over 7 years. In 2011, Dr. Kidd joined Dr. Deborah Wilson in private practice as a gynecologist and minimally invasive surgeon.
Dr. Kidd has now opened her own independent practice called "Gynecology Today™." At Gynecology Today™, Dr. Kidd continues to provide her patients with the State of the Art in gynecologic care, including hormone therapy and minimally invasive advanced laparoscopic surgery.