Episode
Ep. 115 Women’s Health Care Access, Childcare Challenges, & Advances in Adenomyosis with Dr. Kimberly Kho
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- BackTable Women's Health
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- May 5, 2026
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- 2908
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Summary
From surgery to systems to access, medicine is shaped as much by barriers to care as it is by innovation and the latest techniques. In this episode of BackTable OBGYN, Dr. Kimberly Kho, a complex benign gynecologic surgeon, joins host Dr. Amy Park to discuss her work expanding access to women’s healthcare, including building a surgical program in Hawaii, studying childcare as a barrier to care, and exploring the diagnosis and management of adenomyosis. --- Get the BackTable apphttps://www.backtable.com/app --- Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction08:35 - Faculty Development in Hawaii12:26 - Childcare as Access Barrier16:20 - Survey and Trial Findings18:10 - Annie's Place Childcare Center24:23 - Childcare Barrier Example25:43 - Applying Community Solutions 27:04 - What Is Adenomyosis30:22 - Diagnosis Strategies Beyond Hysterectomy34:07 - Risk Factors and Age Myths36:03 - Fertility and Pregnancy Risks38:02 - Medical and Surgical Treatments41:20 - Uterine Sparing Procedures45:59 - Closing Thoughts --- More about this episode Dr. Kho discusses her recent transition to the University of Hawaii, where she is building a complex benign gynecology program to serve patients across the state and broader Pacific region. Her work emphasizes faculty development through mentorship, strengthening research infrastructure for generalists, fostering inter-island collaboration, and implementing surgical coaching. She then reflects on her time at Parkland, where she expanded access to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, demonstrated by a significant reduction in open hysterectomy rates. She also shares how her team identified unmet childcare needs as a major barrier to care, leading to multiple research initiatives, a clinical trial, and ultimately the creation of a five-year, no-cost, onsit…