Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
Andrea Westby, MD
(she/her, they/them)
family physician
Sanford Health - Moorhead Clinic
Moorhead,
Minnesota,
United States
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Modalities & Theoretical Lenses:
- Obstetric, prenatal, pregnancy and birthing care
- Trauma-informed Care
- Liberatory Harm Reduction
- Addiction medicine, substance use disorders,Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT)
- Cultural and Structural Humility
- Body Trust Certification in progress (April 2023)
- Reproductive Justice/Reproductive Autonomy/Freedom
- Fat Liberation
- Body Sovereignty/Body Autonomy
- Pediatric and adolescent care, sports physicals, well child checks
- Health justice
- Contraceptive Care IUD intrauterine device Nexplanon
- Eating disorders
- Diabetes
- Preventative/Preventive Care
- Vaccinations/Immunizations
Age Groups Served:
- Children (birth through 12 years)
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
- Children (birth through 12 years)
- Teens (13-18 years old)
- Adults (18 years old and up)
- Older Adults (65+ years old)
Additional Populations Served & Allied Groups:
- BIPOC
- LGBTQIA+
- People with eating disorders
- People with reproductive capacity
Languages Services Offered In:
- American Sign Language
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Chinese - Cantonese
- Chinese - Hokkien
- Chinese - Mandarin
- English
- Farsi
- French
- German
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Yiddish
- American Sign Language
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Chinese - Cantonese
- Chinese - Hokkien
- Chinese - Mandarin
- English
- Farsi
- French
- German
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Yiddish
My Philosophy of Care
I approach my patients with the mindset that they deserve respect, dignity, bodily autonomy and sovereignty, consent, and permission. I believe that patients are experts on their own lived experiences, their bodies, and they have a right to define what 'health" or living well in their body looks like for themselves. I view my role as utilizing my medical knowledge and skills to align with patients to help them achieve their desired level of health. I practice with a patient-, family-, and community-centered, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, queer-affirming, anti-racist, equity-minded approach, and I am deeply committed to learning, growth, accountability, justice, and liberation.
About Me & My Practice
I have been practicing family medicine with obstetrics since 2012, and explicitly with an Health at Every Size® lens since 2017. I care for patients in all sizes, including some superfat folks. I do not currently attend births but provide perinatal and prenatal care. I have experience with outpatient management of eating disorders from a weight inclusive lens.
My husband and I are childfree, and we have two amazing dogs. I LOVE coffee (sometimes I go to bed early just because I know when I wake up, I can drink coffee in the morning). I love to cycle/bike, read, watch sports, and spend time with my niblings.
Accessibility Considerations
I currently provide services only in English but have access to interpreter services for other languages.
Our clinic is a single level and wheelchair accessible.
Our staff has been informed about a weight inclusive approach, and the rooming staff who works with me does not require a weight for my patients unless requested by the patient. The standard rooming process uses the language, "It is part of our clinic's process to weigh patients as part of their rooming but it is not a requirement for you to receive care. Would you like to be weighed today?"
If patients do have a weight measured and entered into the medical record, the electronic medical record does automatically calculate the BMI. This cannot be hidden in the patient portal. However, if staff is informed, they are aware of a way to document weight for providers without sharing it with patients if this is triggering for folks.
Our clinic staff varies in their skill around gender-affirming practices. The staff I work with most frequently are trained to ask about pronouns and names, but this part of our practice is a work in progress.