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 DELBERT ALAN JOHNS, M.D.

  Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Current Status

Private Practice Physician:  Licensed to practice since 1974;

Private Practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1978. 

Office Addresses:  3700 Rufe Snow Dr., Fort Worth, Texas  76180

                             817-284-1152 

                            1325 Pennsylvania, Suite 350, Fort Worth, Texas  76104

                              817-810-9224 

Education and Certification 

Place of Birth and early education:  Graham, Texas

College:  University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas 1970, B.A. 

Medical School:  University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; 1974, M.D.

Internship:  Rotating; John Peter Smith Hospital; Fort Worth, Texas; 1974-75. 

Residency:  Obstetrics and Gynecology; John Peter Smith Hospital; Fort Worth, Texas; 1975-78. 

Certification:  Certified by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Feb. 5, 1981. 

Certified in Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy by Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy 1996. 

Academic Appointments 

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. 

Senior Attending, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Peter Smith Hospital; Fort Worth, Texas. 

Other Appointments 

Vice Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; 1984-88. 

Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; Feb., 1988-January, 1990. 

Director, In Vitro Fertilization Center, Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; 1985-88. 

President, Dallas/Fort Worth OB/GYN Society; 1/88-1/89 

Director, Gynecologic Laparoscopy Center, Harris Hospital - Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; June 1990 - present. 

Scientific Society Memberships and Associations 

Fellow - American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Fellow - American College of Surgeons 

Society of Reproductive Surgeons, Vice-President 1998-1999; Current President. 

American Fertility Society 

Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Southern Gynecological and Obstetrical Society 

Gynecologic Laser Society (Executive Committee Member-at-Large), 1988-1990;  Treasurer, 1990 - 1992; Vice President, 1992 - 1993.

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (Member -Editorial Publication, Education Committee); Trustee, 1992 - 1994.  

Editorial Board - Journal of Gynecologic Surgery; Michael S. Baggish, M.D., Editor-in-Chief. 

Adhoc Reviewer - Fertility and Sterility, 1992 to present. 

Editorial Board - Journal of American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, 1994 - present. 

Adhoc Reviewer - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1993 to present. 

Presentations

"Treatment of 105 Consecutive Ectopic Pregnancies by Laparoscopy"; presented at American Fertility Society Meeting; Reno, Nevada; November, 1987.

"Irrivac - A New Instrument for Operative Laparoscopy"; presented at Gynecologic Laser Society; Boston, Mass.; Feb. 1987.

 

"CO2 Laser Laparoscopy for Treatment of Endometriosis"; presented at the AAGL Meeting; November 9, 1984.

 

"Tubal Pregnancy-Current Diagnostic Trends and Surgical Alternatives"; presented at Southern Gynecological and Obstetrical Society; November 9, 1986; New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

"Laparoscopic Oophorectomy and Salpingo-oophorectomy"; 200 Cases; presented at AAGL Annual Meeting; Dallas, Texas; Nov. 1988.

 

"Update on Laparoscopic Surgery"; presented to the Southern Gynecological and Obstetrical Society and the Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana; November, 1988.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy-Ectopics and Adnexa"; presented at the Annual Meeting; Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; March 3, 1989; Austin, Texas.

 

"Adhesion Formation and Reformation After Operative Laparoscopy:  Assessment at Early Second-Look Procedures"; presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of The American Fertility Society; October 15-18, 1990; Washington, D.C. (Society of Reproductive Surgeons Prize Paper)

 

"Advances in Gynecologic Surgery" - Don G. Harrell Lectureship, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; October 26, 1991.

 

"Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Have We Gone Too Far?" - Dallas/Fort Worth OB/GYN Society; D/FW Marriott, Dallas, Texas; April l4, l992. 

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy - Fact or Fiction?"; Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, October 21, l992.

 

"Cost Effective Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy"; 1993 Annual Meeting of the Florida Section and the Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society, Sponsored by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Mariott's Casa Marina Resort, Key West, Florida, Dec. 3-5, 1993.

 

"The Technology Horizon - Disposables vs. Non-Disposables - What is the Way For the Future?", Annual Endoscopic Exposition, Endo Expo '93, Sponsored by The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida, December 9-11, 1993.

 

"Disposable vs. Reusable Instruments in the Operating Room"; Video Segment II, MVP Video Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume VII, No. 2, March 1994, pp. 6-7.

 

"Laparoscopic Treatment of Adnexal Mass"; Audiovisual Program, Postgraduate and Clinical Programs, 42nd Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 7-12, 1994, Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

 

"The Medical and Economic Impact of Laparoscopically-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH) in a Large Metropolitan Not-For-Profit Hospital";  presented at The Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 62nd Annual Meeting, October 13, 14, 15, 1994, The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee.

 

"Cost-Effectiveness of Endoscopic Surgery"; 29th Southwestern Gynecologic Assembly Meeting; December 1-3, 1994, The Westin Hotel, Galleria Dallas, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Update on Laparoscopic Surgery in the New Health Care System" and "Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery"; Presented at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of ACOG Texas Section and the Texas Association of OB/GYN, April 5-7, 1995, Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas.

 

"Management of Adnexal Mass, Laparoscopy vs Laparotomy"; Presented at the Contemporary Issues and Practice in OB/GYN meeting, September 26-30, 1995;  UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Laparoscopic Vascular Injuries"; American Society for Reproductive Medicine Society of Reproductive Surgeons, October 7-8, 1995; Seattle, Washington. 

 

"Debate:  Management of Adnexal Mass, Laparoscopy vs. Laparotomy"; Sponsored by The Department of OB/GYN, Southwestern Medical School and Parkland Memorial Hospital and The Office of Continuing Education: Contemporary Issues and Practices in OB-GYN, September 26-30, 1995, The Westin Galleria Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Aromatase Expression in Endometriosis", Luis S. Noble, Evan R. Simpson, Alan Johns, and Serdar E. Bulun;  This work was presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Chicago, Illinois; March 13-18, 1995.

 

"Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery", D. Alan Johns; Presented at the Hampton Road Fertility Society, James M. Shwayder, M.D., President; Norfolk, Virginia, December 12, 1995. 

 

“Laparoscopy & The Adnexal Mass”, D. Alan Johns; Grand Rounds Presentation, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.  February 2, 1996.

 

“Complications of Endoscopy”, D. Alan Johns;  Presented at the Contemporary Issues and Practices In OB/GYN; sponsored by The Department of OB/GYN, Southwestern Medical School, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Continuing Education; The West Galleria Hotel, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 11-14, 1996.

 

“Office Laparoscopy - Pros and Cons”, D. Alan Johns, ASRM 52nd Annual Meeting, 29th Postgraduate Program, Boston Massachusetts, November 2-6, 1996. 

 

“Molecular Basis for Prostaglandin E2 Induction of Local Estrogen Biosynthesis in Endometriosis”, Noble L, Johns DA, et al; Prize Paper presented at the ASRM 52nd Annual Meeting, 29th Postgraduate Program, Boston Massachusetts, November 2-6, 1996.

 

“LAVH:  Long and Very Hard or Just The Right Thing To Do?”, D. Alan Johns, 9th Annual Pelham P. Staples, Jr., M.D., Educational Symposium, Controversies in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Arlington, Texas, September 11-13, 1997.

 

“Complications of Endoscopy”, D. Alan Johns, M.D. presented at the Contemporary Issues and Practices in OB/GYN at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, October 8-11, 1997. 

 

“Hysterectomy, Managed Care and the Laparoscope”, D. Alan Johns, M.D., presented at the Southern Medical Associations’s 91st Annual Scientific Assembly at Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 6-9, 1997. 

 

“Management of Ectopic Pregnancy, Medical vs. Surgical” and “ Trocars and Their Problems”, D. Alan Johns, M.D., presented at the 10th Annual Pelham P. Staples, Jr., M.D. Education Sympsoium at the Arlington Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Texas, October 8-10, 1998. 

 

“New Energy Sources in Surgical Practice” and “GYN Perspectives, Emphasis on Bipolar Electrosurgery”, presented at the 84th Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, October 25-30, 1998.  

 

“Operative Laparoscopy”, D. Alan Johns, M.D. presented at Contemporary Issues and Practices in OB/GYN at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas, October 29, 1998. 

 

“Use of Crinone* for Luteal Support in In Vitro Fertilization Cycles.”  S. J. Chantilis, K.M. Zeitoun, S.I. Patel, D. A. Johns, V. A. Madziar, D. D. McIntire.  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, presented at the ASRM Annual Meeting,  Toronto, Canada, September 1999.

 

“Clinical Evaluation of INTERGEL Adhesion Prevention Solution For the Reduction of Adhesions Following Peritoneal Cavity Surgery.  D. Alan Johns.  Texas Healthcare, Fort Worth, Texas and the INTERGEL International Adhesion Study Group., presented at the ASRM Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 28, 1999.

 

Books

 

New Concepts in the Management of Tubal Pregnancy; Christian Egater (Editor); Austria; Vol. 5; pp 21-26.

 

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology; "Laparoscopic Oophorectomy/Oophorocystectomy";  Vol. 34, No. 2; June, 1991; pp. 460-467.

 

Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, "Perforation of the inferior epigastric vessels"; Randle S. Corfman, Ph.D., M.D., Michael P. Diamond, M.D., Alan H. DeCherney, M.D., Editors, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993; pp 38-41.

 

Inside Gynecologic Surgery: An Illustrated Guide, Susan Garnett-Nell, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.O.R. and D. Alan Johns, M. D., F.A.C.O.G., Distributed by Ad/Com Inc. Publishing, 1993.

 

Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, “Controversies in Endoscopy",  D. Alan Johns, M. D., Guest Editor, Vol. 4, No. 2, April, 1993.

 

Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, “Controversies in Endoscopy",  D. Alan Johns, M. D., Guest Editor, Vol. 4, No. 2, April, 1993; Reusable Instruments for Operative Laparoscopy; pp. 233-238.

 

Endoscopic Surgery for Gynaecologists, Edited by Chris Sutton and Michael Diamond; Laparoscopic Treatment of Tubo-ovarian Abscess, pp. 154-158; W. B. Saunders Company Ltd, 1993.

 

Endoscopic Surgery for Gynaecologists, Edited by Chris Sutton and Michael Diamond; Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH), pp. 179-186; W. B. Saunders Company Ltd, 1993.

 

Laparoscopic Surgery, Edited by Garth H. Ballantyne, M.D., Patrick F. Leahy, M.B., Irvin M. Modlin, M.D., Ph.D., "Endometriosis," Michael P. Diamond, M.D. and D. Alan Johns, M.D., pp. 379-393, W. B. Saunders Company, 1994.

 

Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction, Edited by C.Y. Liu; "Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy", D. Alan Johns, pp 149-167, Blackwell Science, 1996.

 

Hysterectomy, Edited by Michael P. Diamond, James F. Daniell, Howard W. Jones, III; "Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy: Electrosurgical Techniques", D. Alan Johns, pp. 45-58, Blackwell Science, 1996.

 

Gynecologic Endoscopy:  Principles in Practice, Edited by Michael J. Sammarco, Thomas G. Stovall, John F. Steege; "Laparoscopic Treatment of the Adnexal Mass", D. Alan Johns, pp 37-49, Williams & Wilkins, 1996.

 

Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy, Edited by Joseph S. Sanfilippo, Ronald L. Levine; "Laparoscopic-Assisted Hysterectomy: American Perspective", C.Y. LIU and D. Alan Johns, pp 116-127 & "Laparoscopic Tubal Reanastomosis", D. Alan Johns, pp 192-198, Springer, 1996.

 

Endoscopic Management of Gynecologic Disease, Edited by G. D. Adamson and D. C. Martin; “Cost Effectiveness and Laparoscopic Surgery”, D. Alan Johns, pp 415-419, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, 1996.

 

Diagnostic Imaging and Endoscopy in Gynecology, A Practical Guide, Edited by Ivo Brosens and Kees Wamsteker, “Diagnosis of Adhesive Disease”, CL Kowalczyk, DA Johns, MP Diamond, pp270-277,  and “Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy”, MA Allon, MC Treadwell, DA Johns, and MP Diamond, pp 313-323.

 

Endometrium and Endometriosis, Edited by Michael Diamond and Kevin Osteen, “Techniques of Treatment of Peritoneal Endometriosis - Electrosurgery”, D. Alan Johns, Blackwell Science, November 1997.

 

Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Second Edition, Edited by Randle S. Corfman, Ph.D., M.D., Michael P. Diamond, M.D., Alan H. DeCherney, M.D.,  “Perforation of the Inferior Epigastric Vessels, D. Alan Johns, Blackwell Science  1997, chapter 6.

 

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology; Edited by Roy M. Pitikin, M.D. and James R. Scott, M.D., "Supracervical Versus Total Hysterectomy";  D. Alan Johns, M.D., Vol. 40, No. 4; December 1997; pp. 903-913.

 

The Masters’ Techniques In Gynecologic Surgery, Operative Laparoscopy, Second Edition, Edited by Richard M. Soderstrom, M.D., “Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH)”,  D. Alan Johns, M.D., Lippincott-Raven,  1998, Chapter 16-2, pp 221-227.

 

Endometrium and Endometriosis, Edited by Michael Diamond, M.D. and Kevin Osteen, M.D., “Techniques of Treatment of Peritoneal Endometriosis - Electrosurgery”, D. Alan Johns, M.D., Blackwell Science, November 1997,  Chapter 26,  pp208-212.

 

Endoscopic Surgery for Gynecologists, Second Edition, “ Laparoscopic Treatment of Tubo-Ovarian Abscess” pp. 241-248 and “Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH)” pp. 300-307; W. B. Saunders Company Ltd, 1998.

 

 

Publications - Peer Reviewed

 

Management of Unruptured Ectopic Pregnancy with Laparoscopic Carbon Dioxide Laser; Fertility and Sterility; Vol. 46; No. 4;  October, 1986; pp 703-705.

 

Laparoscopic Treatment of 109 Consecutive Ectopic Pregnancies; Journal of Reproductive Medicine; Vol. 33; No. 11; pp 885-890; Nov. 1988.

 

"Clomiphene citrate-induced gamete intrafallopian transfer with diagnostic and operative laparoscopy"; Fertility and Sterility; Vol. 56, No. 2; August, 1991; pp. 311-313.

 

“Operative Laparoscopy Study Group.  Postoperative adhesion development after operative laparoscopy:  Evaluation at early second-look laparoscopy.  Fertility Sterility 1991; 55:700-704.

 

"Laparoscopic Oophorectomy", The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 497-501, July, 1993.

 

"Laparoscopic Removal of Gonads in Women with Abnormal Karyotypes", A. Arici, W. H. Kutteh, S. J. Chantilis, D. A. Johns and B. R. Carr, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 521-525, July, 1993.

 

"Adequacy of Laparoscopic Oophorectomy", D. Alan Johns, M.D. and Michael P. Diamond, M.D., The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 20-23, November, 1993.

 

"Hysterectomy”, L. A. Demco, M.D., D. A. Johns, M.D.,  S. R. Kovac, M.D., T. L. Lyons, M.D., H.  Reich, M.D.,  The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Vol. 1, No.3, pp. 287-295, 1994.      

 

"Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH)", D. A. Johns and M. Diamond, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 39 (6): 424-428, June 1994.

 

"Laparoscopic Neosalpingostomy in a Patient with Bilateral Congenital Distal Fallopian Tube Absence: Case Report and Review",  Benito Carrera-Leal, M.D., D. Alan Johns, M.D. and Frank D. DeLeon, M.D.; Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 193-196, Fall 1994.

 

"The Medical and Economic Impact of Laparoscopically-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy in a Large Metropolitan Not-For-Profit Hospital";  The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 172, No. 6, pp 1709-1715, June 1995.

 

“The Comparative Effect on Bone Density, Endometrium, and Lipids of Continuous Hormones as Replacement Therapy (CHART Study), a Randomized Controlled Trial”, Speroff L, Rowan J, Symons J, Genant H, Wilborn W.  The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 276, No. 17, p1397-1403,  November 1996.  (Clinical Investigator).

 

“Reduction of Adhesions after Uterine Myomectomy by Seprafilm* Membrane (HAL-F):  A Blinded, Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Clinical Study”, (*The Seprafilm Adhesion Study Group):  Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp904-910, December 1996.  (Clinical Investigator)

 

“Aromatase Expression in Endometriosis and its Inhibition in Endometrium are Regulated by Competitive Action of Two Transcription Factors:  Steroidogenic Factor-1 (SFI) and Chicken Ovalbumin Upstream Promoter-Transcription Factor (COUP-TF), The Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Prize Paper, International Federation of Fertility Societies and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 16th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, California, October 3-9, 1998. 

 

“Use of Crinone* vaginal progesterone gel for luteal support in in vitro fertilization cycles”:  Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp823-829, November 1999.  (Clinical Investigator)

 

“Progesterone Receptor Isoform A But Not B is Expressed in Endometriosis*”: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 85, No. 8., pp:2897-2902, August 2000. 

 

Publications - Non-Peer Reviewed

 

Laser Technique Successfully Treats Ectopic Pregnancy; Clinical Laser Monthly; Vol. 6; No. 6; June, 1988.

 

"Consider the Laparoscope for an Ectopic Gestation"; Contemporary OB/GYN; Vol. 34; June 1989; pp. 67-69.

 

"Ancillary Instruments for Laser Laparoscopy";  Clinical Practice of Gynecology;  Vol. 2, No. l; 1990.

 

"Laparoscopic Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy";  AAGL Manual of Endoscopy;  Chapter 20, pp. 125-131.

"Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Cost-Effective Approach"; The Female Patient, Vol. 19, No. 2; February, 1994; pp. 46-58.

 

Symposium, "Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy", Contemporary OB/Gyn; Vol. 38; April 15, 1993; pp. 71-100

 

“Should we use laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy?  Yes.  LAVH is safe and cost-effective.  No.  LAVH is expensive and difficult.,  Contemporary OB/GYN, Vol 45, April 15, 2000; pp. 11-20.

 

 

Teaching Experiences (Faculty Member)

 

"Basic and Advanced Laser Surgery in Gynecology"; Harris  Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; Feb. 22-23, 1985. (Program Chairman)

 

"Basic and Advanced Laser Surgery in Gynecology"; Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; October 4-5, 1985. (Program Chairman)

 

"Basic and Advanced Laser Surgery in Gynecology"; Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; Feb. 7-8, 1986. (Program Chairman)

 

"Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery"; Washington, D.C." October 22-24, 1987.

 

"Advanced Laser and Operative Laparoscopy"; Orlando, Florida; November 22-25, 1987.

 

"Hysteroscopy and Operative Laparoscopy"; Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; February 6-7, 1987. (Program Chairman)

 

"Operative Laparoscopy for Gynecologists"; Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; July 17-18, 1987. (Program Chairman)

 

"Lasers in Gynecology"; AAGL post-graduate course; October 11-14, 1987; San Francisco, California.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy"; Grand Rounds; University of California School of Medicine; Irvine, California; March 4, 1988.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy"; Grand Rounds; Long Beach Memorial Hospital; Long Beach, California; March 7, 1988.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy"; Grand Rounds; Department of OB/GYN; University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Hartford, Connecticut; January 14-15, 1988.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy for Gynecologists"; Harris Hospital-Methodist; Fort Worth, Texas; February 19-20, 1988. (Program Chairman)

 

Formal Discussant - "Laparoscopic Treatment of Endometriosis by the Use of the Nd:Yag Laser Sapphire Contact Tips"; Central Association of Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Salt Lake City, Utah; Sept. 22, 1988.

 

"Laparoscopic Surgery: The American Experience"; August 11-13, 1988; Baltimore, Maryland.

 

"Advanced Laser Laparoscopy and Operative Laparoscopy"; October 20-22, 1988; Orlando, Florida.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy, The American Experience"; November 10, 1988; American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists post-graduate course; Dallas, Texas.

"Advanced Lasers in Gynecology" - GLS Post Graduate Course; Annual Meeting - Gynecologic Laser Society; Orlando, Florida; March 29-30, 1989.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy", April 27-29, 1989; Registry Resort; Scottsdale, Arizona (Program Chairman).

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy", July 28-29, 1989; Worthington Hotel; Fort Worth, Texas (Program Chairman).

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy", September 21, 1989; J.W. Marriott Hotel; Washington, D.C.

 

"Endoscopic Laser Surgery", October 16-18, 1989; Buena Vista Palace, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

 

"5th Annual Laser Symposium for Gynecology", November 9-11, 1989; Tucson Hilton East; Tucson, Arizona.

 

"New Horizons in Operative Laparoscopy" - Southern Medical Association - 83rd Annual Scientific Assembly; November 5-8, 1989; Washington, D.C.  (Program Chairman)

 

"Update on Gynecologic Surgery" - Southwestern Gynecologic Assembly - 24th Annual Meeting; November 30-December 2, 1989; Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - February 8-10, 1990; Registry Resort; Phoenix, Arizona; (Program Chairman).

 

"Gynecologic Endoscopy and Laser Surgery" - March 2-4, 1990; University Park Hotel; Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - May 17-19, 1990; Worthington Hotel; Fort Worth, Texas; (Program Chairman).

 

"Argon Laser - Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop" June 28, 1990; Physicians Day Surgery Center, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - September 13-15, 1990; The Sheraton Stamford Hotel & Towers, Stamford, Connecticut.   (Program Chairman)

 

"Endoscopic Laser Surgery" - October 18-20, 1990; Buena Vista Palace Hotel, Walt Disney World Village, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

"Advanced Operative Endoscopy" - October 31 - November 3, 1990; Four Seasons Resort & Club, Irving, Texas.  (Program Chairman)

 

"Contemporary Issues & Practices in OB-GYN" - November 6-10, 1990;  The Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - February 7-9, 1991; Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas (Program Chairman).

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - April 6-7, 1991; St. Mary of the Plains Hospital, Lubbock, Texas (Program Chairman).

 

"Advanced Endoscopic Surgery" - April 25-27, 1991; Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, California.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - May 2-4, 1991; Harris Hospital-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas.

(Program Chairman)

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy" - June 6-7, 1991; Harris Hospital-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas.

(Program Chairman)

 

"Contemporary Endoscopy," American Fertility Society Postgraduate Course; American Fertility Society 47th Annual Meeting; October 19-20, 1991.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy Symposium - Do You Have To Use a Laser?" -American Fertility Society 47th Annual Meeting; October 23, 1991 -Presenter.

 

"Advanced Gynecologic Surgery" - The Park Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D. C.;  January 22-25, 1992.

 

"Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology" - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Maricopa Medical Center and the Phoenix OB/GYN Society, Fifteenth Annual Postgraduate Course, Scottsdale Hilton Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona;  February 26-28, 1992.

 

"Current Concepts in the Management of Ovarian Masses and Cancer of the Ovary" - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas and Division of Continuing Education, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, The Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas; February 29, 1992.

 

"Advanced Operative Laparoscopy and Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy" - The Good Samaritan Hospital Laser Center, San Jose, California;  March 7 & 8, l992.

 

"The First Comprehensive Workshop on Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy for Residents and Fellows" - The Doubletree Hotel, Dallas, Texas; March 14-15, 1992. 

 

"Technologies In Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Approaches to Old Problems" - Albuquerque Hilton Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 10-11, 1992. 

 

"Endometrial Ablation Seminar"; Fort Worth Surgery Center, Fort Worth, Texas, September 11-12, 1992. 

 

"Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Including Laser Endoscopy", International Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy - AAGL 21st Annual Meeting, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago, Illinois; September 23-27, l992.  (Co-Chairperson)

 

"District VII - Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy", The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, St. Louis, Missouri;  September 30 and October l, l992.

 

"Practical Updates In Gynecology"; St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Women's Care Center, The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Arizona, November 5-7, l992.

 

"Contemporary Issues and Practices in OB-GYN"; Sponsored by The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School; The Westin Hotel, Dallas, TX, November 3-7, 1992.

 

"Operative Hysteroscopy" and "Operative Laparoscopy"; Southern Medical Association's 86th Annual Scientific Assembly; San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, November 13-14, 1992.

 

"The Advanced Gynecologic Surgery Seminar"; The Park Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D. C., January 27-30, 1993.

 

"Controversies in Laparoscopy"; Post-Graduate Course, Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, Sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and John Peter Smith Hospital, February 12-13, 1993.  (Program Chairman)

 

"Advanced Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy"; Post-Graduate Course, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, March 4-6, 1993.

 

"A Comprehensive Workshop on Operative Gynecologic Endoscopy for Residents & Fellows"; The Doubletree at Lincoln Center, Sponsored by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, March 27-28, 1993.

 

"Contemporary Issues and Practices in OB-Gyn"; Post-Graduate Symposium, Sponsored by The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, The Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas, October 19-23, 1993.

 

"Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Including Hysterectomy: Cost Effective Techniques for the 90's"; Post-Graduate Symposium, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 11, 1993.

 

"Laparoscopic Approach to the Adnexal Mass"; 1993 Annual Meeting of the Florida Section and the Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society, Sponsored by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Mariott's Casa Marina Resort, Key West, Florida, December 3-5, 1993.

 

"Controversies in Endoscopy," Sponsored by Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Peter Smith Hospital, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, The Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, January 27-29, 1994.  (Program Chairman)

 

"Basic and Advanced Operative Endoscopy for the Gynecologic Surgeon;" The Gynecologic Laser and Advanced Technology Society; Sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine: Office of Continuing Education and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Marriott's Marco Island Resort and Golf Club, Marco Island, Florida, February 4-6, 1994.

 

"Cost Effectiveness, Complications and Safety in Gynecologic Endoscopy;" Sponsored by The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists; The Pointe Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 25-26, 1994. (Program Chairman).

 

Annual Meeting of the Asociacion Mexicana De Endoscopia Ginecologica Y Microcirugia, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, July 13-16, 1994. 

 

"Endoscopic Surgery, Falloposcopy, and Advances in Ultrasonography"; Post-Graduate Course sponsored by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; November 10-13, 1994, at the Ritz-Carlton Naples, Naples, Florida.

 

"Operative Laparoscopy"; Post-Graduate course sponsored by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; January 26-28, 1995, Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage, Rancho Mirage, California.

 

"Jornadas De Laparoscopia Em Ginecologia"; Integradas nas comemoracoes do 25th Aniversario do H.D. Beja, Dias 16, 17, 18, de Fevereiro de 1995, Beja, Portugal.  (Program Director)

 

"Practility Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology"; Sponsored by The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southwestern Medical School and The office of Continuing Education, April 21-23, 1995, The Loews Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas.  (Faculty member)

 

"Laparotomy versus Laparoscopy"; Postgraduate Course, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Society of Reproductive Surgeons; October 7-8, 1995, Seattle, Washington.  (Faculty member)

 

"Management of Endoscopic Complications and Medical Legal Implications"; Presented at the World Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, AAGL 24th Annual Meeting, November 8-12, 1995, Marriott's Orlando World Center, Orlando, Florida.

 

"Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery and the Infertile Patient"; Post Graduate Course III, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, 44th Annual Meeting, April 17-21, 1996, Stouffer Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, Indian Wells, California.

"Advanced Endoscopic Surgery"; ACOG 120 Course, 44th Annual Meeting, April 27th-28th, 1996, Denver, Colorado.

 

"Critical Review of Endoscopic Surgical Techniques, Surgical Indications, and Complications"; Sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, July 31 - August 3, 1996; Four Seasons Resort Nevis, Nevis, West Indies.

 

"Operative Hysteroscopy and Resectoscopy"; Education Center Harris Methodist Fort Worth, September 6 & 7, 1996, Fort Worth, Texas.  (Program Director).

 

“Endoscopic Complications & Legal Implications”, Post-Graduate Course, 25th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, September 25, 1996, Chicago Hilton & Towers, Chicago, Illinois.  (Program Chairman)

 

“Cost Effective Laparoscopy?” and “Managed Care and Laparoscopy”, The 15th Annual Gynecological Surgery Seminar, November 1-2, 1996, Baptist Memorial Hospital and The University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine, Dept. OB/GYN, Memphis, Tennessee.

 

“Endoscopy and Managed Care”,  ACOG District VII Annual District Meeting, November 16-20, 1996, New Orleans Hilton Riverside & Towers, New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Program Chairman)

 

“Complications in Operative Laparoscopy” and “Tissue Removal in Laparoscopy”, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, January 15, 1997.

 

“Office Laparoscopy - Debate (con)” and “Avoiding Complications in Laparoscopy”, 1997 Progress in OB/GYN, University of Alabama - Birmingham, February 7, 1997.

 

“Advanced Endoscopic Surgery”, Post-Graduate Course presented at the ACOG 45th Annual Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 26-30, 1997. 

 

“Operative Laparoscopy:  By and For Experts”, 53rd Annual Meeting and 30th Postgraduate Program, American Society For Reproductive Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18-22, 1997.  (Program Chairman)

 

“Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Reproductive Surgeon”, Post Graduate Course presented at the46th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, Indian Wells, California, April 22-26, 1998. 

 

“Advances and Treatment of Benign Gynecological Conditions”, Post Graduate Course presented at the 47th Annual Clinical Meeting of ACOG, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15-19, 1999.

 

“Update on Endometriosis”, 11th Annual Pelham P. Staples, Jr., M.D. Education Symposium, Practical Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas, September 23-25, 1999.

 

“SRS Debate”, ASRM/CFAS Annual Meeting, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 25-30, 1999. 

 

“Endometriosis Y2K”, ASRM/CFAS Annual Meeting, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 25-26, 1999.  (Program Chairman)

 

“Operative Laparoscopy”, 1999 Current Issues and Practices in OB/GYN and Ultrasonography Course, Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, October 20, 1999.

 

“Pearls and Pitfalls of Laparoscopic Technique:  Optimizing Efficiency and Safety”, Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy,  Bally’s Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 8-11, 1999. 

 

(Revised  09-07-00)


 

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