George Wendel, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Norman F. Gant Jr., M.D., Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-3639

george.wendel@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Obstetrics & Gynecology (1984)
Internship/ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Obstetrics & Gynecology (1982)
Medical SchoolSt. Louis University School of Medicine (1978)

Research Interests

Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Publications

Featured
Prevention of neonatal Group B Streptococcal disease: a combined intrapartum and neonatal protocol.

Wendel GD Jr, Leveno KJ, Sanchez PJ, Jackson GL, McIntire DD, Siegel JD. , Am J Obstet Gynecol , 2002; (186):618-26

Featured
Fetal syphilis: clinical and laboratory characteristics.

Hollier LM, Harstad TW, Sanchez PJ, Twickler DM, Wendel GD, Jr , Obstet Gynecol , 2001; (97):947-53

Featured
Efficacy of treatment for syphilis in pregnancy.

Alexander JM, Sanchez PJ, Mayfield J, Wendel GD, Jr , Obstet Gynecol , 1999; (93):5-8

Featured
Obstetric clavicular fracture: the enigma of normal birth.

Roberts SW, Hernandez C. Maberry MC, Adams MD, Leveno KJ, Wendel GD Jr , Obstet Gynecol , 1995; (86):978-91

Featured
Penicillin allergy and desensitization in serious maternal/fetal infections.

Wendel GD Jr, Stark BJ, Jamison RB, Molina RD, Sullivan TJ , N Engl J Med , 1985; (312):1229-32

Treatment of syphilis in pregnancy and prevention of congenital syphilis.

Wendel GD Jr, Sheffield JS, Hollier LM, Hill JB, Ramsey PS, Sanchez PJ , Clin Infect Dis , 2002; (35):S200-9

Central nervous system invasion by Treponema pallidum in congenital syphilis.

Michelow IC, Wendel GD Jr, Norgard MV, Zeray F, Leos K, Alsaadi R, Sanchez P. , N Engl J Med , 2002; (346):1792-8

Acute renal failure in association with severe hyperemesis gravidarum.

Hill JB, Yost NP, Wendel GD Jr , Obstet Gynecol , 2002; (100):1119-21

Placental histopathology of congenital syphilis.

Sheffield JS, Sanchez PJ, Wendel GD Jr, Fong DWI, Zeray F, Margraf LR, McIntire DD, Rogers BB , Obstet Gynecol , 2002; (100):126-33

Acyclovir suppression to prevent recurrent genital herpes at delivery.

Scott LL, Hollier LM, McIntire DD, Sanchez PJ, Jackson G, Wendel GD, Jr , Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol , 2002; (10):71-8

Honors/Awards

ACOG Distirct VII Outstanding Program Director

Outstanding Residency Program Director from ACOG Junior Fellows (2004)

ACOG Purdue Frederick Award

Excellence in Medical Research (1985)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society

Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Fellow-American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

Fellow-Infectious Disease Society of America

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine