Kimberly A.
Washkowiak, MD
Board-Certified Obstetrician
& Gynecologist
Unhurried, evidence-based care for menopause, hormonal health, and intimate health, at every stage of a woman’s life.
Areas of Focus- Gynecology comprehensive care across every life stage
- Menopause Health perimenopause through post-menopause
- Hormone Replacement & Optimization individualized, never one size fits all
- Intimate Health painful intimacy, dryness & libido, treated seriously
- Sexual Dysfunction evaluated and treated, not dismissed
- Preventive Women’s Health screening & long-term cardiovascular and bone health
Twenty-five years of caring for women, through every stage of life.
Dr. Kimberly Washkowiak is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with 25 years of experience. At Essenza in La Jolla, her practice focuses on gynecology, menopause health, hormone replacement and optimization, and intimate health, the areas of a woman’s wellbeing that too often go unasked about and untreated.
She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed her residency at UC San Diego Medical Center. Her hospital career at Scripps includes years of high-acuity care for hospitalized patients, including emergency gynecologic surgery. That experience shapes the calm, thorough judgment she brings to every office visit.
Dr. Washkowiak believes hormonal health and sexual health deserve the same rigor, time, and respect as any other part of medicine. Her visits are unhurried and direct, built around listening first. Whether the concern is perimenopause, menopause, hormone optimization, painful intimacy, or a question a patient has never felt comfortable raising, her answer starts with taking it seriously.
She is fluent in Spanish and Korean, and welcomes patients from across San Diego County in the language they are most comfortable in.
A quarter century of training and practice in the health of women.
Medical training in Southern California, board certification in obstetrics and gynecology, and decades of hospital and office practice across San Diego.
- Doctor of Medicine Loma Linda University School of Medicine Loma Linda, California, 2001
- Residency, Obstetrics & Gynecology UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, California
- Board Certified Obstetrics & Gynecology American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Licensed Physician State of California License A81183
- 25 Years in Practice Women’s Health, San Diego County Gynecology, menopause health, hormone optimization, and intimate health
- Hospital Medicine Scripps Health, La Jolla & Encinitas High-acuity care including emergency gynecologic surgery
- Languages English, Spanish, Korean Care in the language patients are most comfortable in