By Vanessa Orr

MOMZ, the obstetrical/gynecological division of KIDZ Medical Services — a private, physician-owned multispecialty healthcare organization dedicated to neonatal, pediatric, and women’s healthcare — recently opened a new, expanded Homestead, FL office that will allow the practice to see more patients. This is especially important, as some OB-GYN practitioners have retired or left the area, leaving a dearth in women’s care.

“Women in Homestead have had to travel outside to see physicians in Kendall or Palmetto Bay, spending two hours driving in traffic,” said Dr. Jamell Walker, who joined the practice in 2023. “Now they can see physicians right here.”

The new practice space includes four office rooms and one procedure room that enables the doctors to treat more OB/GYN patients and perform low-risk minor procedures.

“Dr. Walker and I can now see patients concurrently because we have more exam rooms,” added Dr. Dawn George, who also joined MOMZ in 2023. “Now we have the opportunity to counsel and care for even more women.”

Dr. Walker adds that the Homestead office also has staff fluent in Spanish to help make communication between doctors and patients easier.

Both doctors provide a full range of outpatient OB-GYN services including prenatal and postnatal care and general gynecological care for women in the community. In addition to providing diagnoses and treatment for a wide variety of common health conditions including fibroids, polyps, vaginal infections, STIs, ectopic pregnancy, endometrial biopsy, pregnancy-related emergencies, fetal heart rate and miscarriage, MOMZ physicians deliver babies and perform both open and robotic surgery. They work closely with their laborist physician colleagues at Homestead Hospital to ensure that women can have seamless care when it comes time to deliver their baby.

The doctors are also able to offer some primary care services and make referrals for non-gynecological issues to ensure that they are taking care of a patient’s entire health.

In addition to appreciating the new space, Dr. George and Dr. Walker say that they enjoy working for KIDZ Medical at MOMZ because the company echoes their values.

“They make sure that we have what we need. They always ask how to make things better so that our patients get the best care they can possibly get,” said Dr. Walker. “I love that they trust us to do that.”

Even as children, Dr. George and Dr. Walker knew that they wanted to be doctors, but it wasn’t until their rotation in obstetrics and gynecology that they realized their true calling.

Dr. Walker first had plans to go into orthopedics. “I went through my ortho rotation and hated it,” she laughed, as she recalled her change in medical direction. “But in the first 10 minutes of my OB-GYN rotation, I delivered a baby and that was it. I was smitten. I was done.”

Dr. George explained why she decided to pivot to OB-GYN care from neurosurgery. “It wasn’t until I did my rotations in medical school that I realized that I wanted to take care of women; that neurosurgery wasn’t the career for me,” she said. “Who better to understand and treat women than a woman?”

“We are able to do what we were meant to do, which is listen to our patients and provide them with the care they need,” added Dr. George. “No matter why they come to us, or what issues we need to deal with, it feels good providing a service to women who need good, competent care.”

The Homestead MOMZ office is located at 925 NE 30th Terrace, Suite 102 in Homestead, FL. For more information, call (786) 404-6612.