Dr. Housholder is the world’s leading physician focusing on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy or Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG).
Dr. Andrew Housholder and Kelly Housholder opened the first clinic dedicated to treating HG in the US, in 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Housholder collaborates with Dr. Fejzo, TIME’s Woman of the Year to further studies on HG.
Dr. Housholder follows the most up-to-date research on HG treatments using ACOG and HER Foundation treatment protocols and presented his clinical findings at the International Colloquium on Hyperemesis Gravidarum, in Ventura California.
Dr. Housholder opened the HG clinic in 2022 and within it’s first year, the clinic outgrew it’s initial space and moved into a newly renovated clinic with 2500 sq feet of treatment space. Our nurse practitioner, Grayson Glidewell joined the team in 2023 so that we could see even more patients. Now in year 3, the clinic has seen over 1300 HG patients.
(Left) Founders: Dr. Andrew Housholder and Kelly Housholder
(top right) Dr. Housholder speaking at ICHG
(bottom right) Kelly Housholder and Grayson Glidewell, nurse pracitioner
How the HG & Morning Sickness started:
While working as an ER Physician, Dr. Housholder saw a problem with the availability of treatment options for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Those suffering could make an expensive trip to the ER, experience repeat hospitalizations, attempt home health or continue to be miserable at home.
During a sabbatical from the ER, Dr Housholder couldn’t stop thinking about his idea to create a clinic to support HG patients with an out-patient model. He believed he could create a model for care that surpassed the current standard of care and was accessible financially. As his ideas (and his spreadsheets!) grew, he and Kelly knew he was onto something groundbreaking.
In the summer of 2022, Dr. Housholder and Kelly founded The HG & Morning Sickness Clinic on the idea that pregnant patients should have access to safe, physician-guided treatment with intravenous fluids for moderate to severe morning sickness. Area OBGYNs and midwives enthusiastically support the clinic, referring patients daily.
Research shows that the longer you wait to treat morning sickness and HG, the worse the symptoms may become and the harder to control. Patients with HG feel socially isolated, miss work, and have a higher incidence of anxiety and depression, all in addition to just feeling so miserable.
“Pregnant patients with hyperemesis gravidarum, which many incorrectly call ‘morning sickness,’ are some of the most distraught patients in the emergency room,” states Dr. Housholder. “They do everything they can to avoid needing an emergency room visit, and still they are vomiting and can’t hold anything down. They carry this worry for their baby as well as extreme exhaustion!”
Dr. Andrew Housholder, MD, an emergency physician and fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and his partner and Co-Founder, Kelly Housholder founded and run The HG and Morning Sickness Clinic, along with their nurse practitioner, Grayson Glidewell and incredible team of registered nurses.