Provider Education & Referral Network
For many people with endometriosis, seeing a new provider can be filled with dread. Years of dismissal, minimization, and medical gaslighting can leave patients bracing to not be believed. When a provider simply listens and believes them, it can feel like they finally have the care they have been searching for.
But being believed should be the beginning of good care. People with endometriosis deserve providers who understand the complexity of the disease, recognize co-occurring conditions, know the limits of their own scope, and understand when additional or specialized care may be needed.
Ayla Rising provides education for healthcare providers and is building a connected referral network designed to help patients find more informed, compassionate, and coordinated care.
Who Our Network May Include
Our growing Portland-area network brings together providers and practitioners across disciplines, including:
Primary care providers & OB-GYNs
Endometriosis excision specialists
Pelvic floor PT & rehabilitation providers
Naturopathic & functional medicine doctors
Acupuncturists & Chinese medicine practitioners
Gastroenterology & urology specialists
Rheumatology & immunology specialists
POTS/dysautonomia, hEDS & MCAS-informed providers
Vascular & pain specialists
Mental health & trauma-informed providers
ADHD, autism & neurodivergence-informed providers
Dietitians & nutrition professionals
Provider Education
Endometriosis & the Patient Experience
We educate providers on what we currently know about endometriosis alongside what patients are actually experiencing—physically, emotionally, and while navigating the medical system.
What We Wish Every Provider Knew
Practical guidance for endometriosis-informed care, including communication, informed consent, medical trauma, patient autonomy, examinations, procedures, and treatment conversations.
Listening and believing patients matters. Knowing how to care for them matters, too.
Co-Occurring Conditions
Endometriosis rarely exists in isolation.
We educate providers on commonly co-occurring conditions, symptoms that may warrant further evaluation, and how a patient’s broader health picture may affect medications, hormonal and birth-control options, procedures, and treatment decisions.
Providers don’t need to specialize in every condition. They do need to recognize when something falls outside their scope, and know where to refer their patient.
Surgery, Preparation & Recovery
Our education includes excision vs. ablation, identifying and referring to experienced endometriosis excision specialists, preparing patients for surgery, supporting recovery, and recognizing when additional care may be beneficial.
Ayla Rising does not refer patients to providers who recommend, refer patients for, or perform endometriosis ablation surgery.
Providers within our referral network are expected to understand the limitations of ablation and refer patients seeking surgical treatment to appropriately trained endometriosis excision specialists.
Pre- & Post-Surgical Support
Surgery is only one part of endometriosis care.
We help providers understand additional support that may be beneficial before and after surgery, including pelvic floor physical therapy, rehabilitation, scar and adhesion-focused manual therapy, mental health and nervous system support, and other individualized care.
The goal is not for one provider to do everything. It is for providers to understand what resources exist, when a referral may be appropriate, and who may be best equipped to help.
A Connected Referral Network
Too often, people with endometriosis are left to piece their care together themselves, searching for specialists, repeatedly explaining their history, and trying to determine what kind of provider they need next. We want to change that.
The relationship goes both ways: providers gain trusted resources for referring patients beyond their own scope, while patients gain access to providers who have taken the time to deepen their understanding of endometriosis.
The goal is continuity of care, not leaving patients to navigate a complex disease alone.
For Providers
Being part of an endometriosis-informed network doesn’t mean you need to specialize in every aspect of the disease.
It means continuing to learn, understanding the patient experience, recognizing the limits of your expertise, and knowing when and where to refer someone for additional care.
If you’re a healthcare provider interested in Ayla Rising’s provider education or becoming part of our referral network, please reach out through our contact form or contact us directly by email.
Looking for a Provider?
If you’re looking for an endometriosis-informed provider, you’re welcome to reach out.
As our network grows, we’ll do our best to help connect patients with providers who have taken the time to deepen their understanding of endometriosis and are committed to informed, compassionate, and connected care.