Know Your Providers
When it comes to a woman’s general health, gynecological wellness, or sharing the special journey of pregnancy, many women feel more comfortable talking with another woman who has personal and professional experience.
Our providers are not only physicians, but also mothers that are dedicated to women’s health. As OB/GYN professionals, our providers are board-certified physicians with a passion for overall women’s health. Click here to download our brochure.
Joy Draper, M.D., FACOG
Undergraduate: University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA.
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, VA.
Women’s Advanced Care Greenwood
Women’s Advanced Care Greenwood, a physician practice of Self Regional Healthcare (SRH), provides a team of board-certified OB/GYN specialists, nurses and specially trained staff, all working together to create the best experience for women and their healthcare needs.
Located within the Montgomery Center for Family Medicine on the campus of SRH, the staff and providers are dedicated to providing quality care in a friendly and professional environment while considering the patient’s individual needs.
Women’s Advanced Care Greenwood offers a comforting woman-to-woman healthcare experience that also provides access to advanced diagnostics and specialty services – a complete network of care for your health. We provide comprehensive gynecological services and minimally invasive gynecological surgery, including laparoscopic surgery.
Our providers allow more time for one-on-one conversation and engagement between our patients and their doctor.
Gynecological Services
Gynecology is a specialty of medicine involving diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the female reproductive system.
From adolescence to menopause, or somewhere in between, our providers are the experts when it comes to gynecologic care of women. We understand the importance of patience, gentleness and counseling in caring for adolescents that are just beginning gynecological care. In addition, we place special focus on the concerns of mature women, such as hormone replacement therapy, sexual dysfunction and urinary problems.
Some of our services include:
- Annual gynecological exams
- Treatment of abnormal bleeding
- Contraceptive services
- Treatment of pelvic pain
- Endometrial Ablation
- Hysterectomy (including Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy)
- Tubal ligation
- Treatment of cervical dysplasia
- Laparoscopy
- Hysteroscopy
Obstetrical Services
Obstetrics is the field of healthcare concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
Whether you are already expecting a baby or hoping to become pregnant, the providers at Women’s Advanced Care Greenwood are here to help meet all of your healthcare needs.
Our practice offers a range of prenatal services designed to ensure the health and wellbeing of mother and her baby. We are proud to be the only facility in our region to offer CenteringPregnancy®, an approach to prenatal care that brings women out of the exam room and into a comfortable group setting, allowing more time with your provider and additional time with your peers going through pregnancy together.
Our board-certified OB/GYNs deliver babies at Self Regional Medical Center, which follows a family-focused approach to obstetrical services. Families will enjoy our newly renovated, state-of-the-art birthing suites where labor, delivery and recovery time is spent in one comfortable space. Anesthesia care for epidurals is available to the patient twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Our providers are experienced in treatments and technologies for managing high-risk pregnancies. Should your baby need it, Self Regional has the area’s only Level III neonatal intensive care unit and two full-time neonatologists.
Important Links:
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
HysterSisters: Women-to-Women Hysterectomy Support
The North American Menopause Society
Office Hours
Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. –12 p.m.
Phone hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
(864) 725-5100
Location
Women’s Advanced Care Greenwood is conveniently located at the Montgomery Center for Family Medicine Residency Program at 155 Academy Avenue, Greenwood, S.C.