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Stacy Arens brings extensive and global medical expertise to the team at Northwestern Specialists for Women. Before joining NSW, her professional achievements included six years as the Physician assistant and OBGYN Clinical Coordinator at The Core Center, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County. In this comprehensive role, she was responsible for the management of patients experiencing complicated obstetrical and gynecological infectious disease and primary care problems.
 
Driven by her commitment to provide unparalleled patient care and to educate all women about health care needs, Stacy traveled to Rwanda, Africa where she provided widespread medical care and services to help underserved patients gain access to HIV medications and treatment.  She also aided in establishing gynecological care for HIV positive women and performed the first pap smears on HIV positive women in Rwanda.
 
Stacy earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and received her Physician Assistant graduate degree from the Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois. She is a Board Certified Physician Assistant, enabling her to practice medicine with physician supervision and to provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients.

Offering a wealth of medical expertise, Ashley Alloway has worked with the founding doctors of the Northwestern Specialists for Women since May of 2007. Before joining NSW, she worked at the Obstetric and Gynecologic Specialists of Northwestern, where she provided both routine obstetrical and gynecological care to women of all ages and regularly participated in rounds at the hospital. Ashley was the first Physician Assistant to be hired by both practices and since then - recognizing the integral role of the PA in providing comprehensive patient care - both physician groups have expanded their medical teams to include another Physician Assistant.
Prior to this, Ashley served as a Physician Assistant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Women’s Center at the University of Chicago, a resident run outpatient clinic. Here, teaching was a top priority and she gained invaluable experience dealing with both routine and more complex ob and gyne cases, in addition to providing comprehensive treatment to undeserved patients.
Ashley received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences from the University of Kansas and completed her Physician Assistant graduate degree from Midwestern University in 2004.  She is a Board Certified Physician Assistant, enabling her to practice medicine with physician supervision and to provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients.

Physician Assistants (PA’s) are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. Sharing in the responsibility of patient care, their comprehensive role includes conducting physical exams, diagnosing and treating illnesses, ordering and interpreting tests, counseling patients on preventative health care, assisting with surgeries, performing select procedures and writing prescriptions. While PA’s work in collaboration and direct partnership with physicians, they exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients.

Physician Assistants are educated in the medical model designed to complement physician training. They undergo intensive educational programs accredited by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and upon graduation, take a national certifying exam developed by the NCCPA, in conjunction with the National Board of Medical examiners. In order to maintain national certification, PA’s must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and sit for recertification exams every six years.

Our highly qualified Physician Assistants at The Northwestern Specialists for Women  in Chicago have over 10 years of experience in all aspects of obstetrics and gynecological, obgyn, and ob gyn care.