SSM Health Certified Nurse Midwives

SLUCare obstetricians and gynecologists are board-certified specialists, prepared to handle the most complex conditions of the female reproductive system throughout each stage of life.

Founded in 1996, Esse Health is an independent group of more than 75 physicians who practice in over 25 locations throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. The group offers Essence, which is a Medicare Advantage health insurance plan that includes nearly 25 hospitals, clinics and approximately 120 primary care physicians in its network. In addition to existing agreements with insurance companies, Essence contracts directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. In addition, it operates a center, Excel Imaging, which offers CT scans, biopsies, pain management procedures, and routine radiology and ultrasound services.

Kate Appleton, MD, is a fellowship-trained breast radiologist. She completed a seven-year combined BS/MD program at the University of Florida where she earned her medical degree with research honors. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency and breast imaging fellowship at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Practicing since 2006 as a board-certified radiologist, Dr. Appleton has special interests in breast cancer screening/diagnosis and image-guided interventional breast procedures/biopsies. She has published more than 25 peer-reviewed articles, a breast imaging book, and is a contributing author in "A Women's Decision," a guidebook for patients facing breast cancer.