Welcome to the website of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. It is with great pride that we introduce you to our department which has a long and rich history of devotion to patient care, teaching and research.
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* The Department is one of the largest in the United States with approximately 75 faculty members and 160 staff.
* The Department is responsible for one of the busiest comprehensive maternity programs in the United States as well as remarkably large gynecology and ambulatory women's health-care programs.
* Our Clinical programs, both at the UT Southwestern Health System and the Parkland Health and Hospital System, are consistently ranked among the best in the United States and underscore our fundamental belief that both private and public clinical services can and must be done well.
* The Department maintains a robust research program. Many of our faculty serve as members of key NIH-sponsored clinical research networks and consistently contribute to the generation of new knowledge and also author peer-review scientific publications in the most prestigious journals.
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Steven L. Boom, M.D.
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Our mission has remained unchanged since the department's founding in 1943. Daily we strive for excellence in patient care, teaching and research.
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Patient Care for Women of all Ages
Our faculty and staff are committed to the compassionate delivery of quality health care to all patients. From private patients, to patients referred by local physicians, to the medically-indigent women of Dallas County, patient access to quality health care continues to be a primary focus of the Department.
Our practices are based at the UT Southwestern Health System and the Parkland Health and Hospital System. The Department practices at sites across the Southwestern Medical District as well as throughout the Dallas community and staffs a pediatric/adolescent gynecology clinic at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
In the Parkland Health and Hospital System, we provide gynecological and obstetrical care to women in areas traditionally under served.
| Within the UT Southwestern Health System Practice, we offer the full spectrum of women's health-care services in a private-practice setting. In addition, we offer consultative and referral services to community physicians dealing with complex obstetrical and gynecological problems. Please visit our patient-care Web site at www.utsouthwestern.org/obgyn. |
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Training Tomorrow's Physicians
As committed as we are to patient care, we are equally committed to training tomorrow's obstetricians and gynecologists.
Resident, fellow, and medical student training is a major focus of the Department. The OB/Gyn Residency Program - the largest in the nation - is approved for a total of 80 positions and attracts applicants from among the top medical school graduates in the United States.
Annually, more than 200 medical students from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School receive their introduction to women's health care on our gynecological and obstetrical services. Later in their education, the Department offers elective rotations that cover the gamut of obstetrical and gynecological subspecialties. Through our Extern Program, these clinical rotations are also open to residents from other medical schools.
Through continuing medical education courses and community lectures, we offer advanced training to physicians in practice throughout the region. A department-sponsored Reproductive Biology Seminar Series is open to UT Southwestern employees as well as the community. In addition, once a month UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center jointly sponsor a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Journal Club/Lecture Series at Children's Medical Center at Legacy in Plano. This series is open to all obstetrician gynecologists.
Research - Can it be Measured?
Our physicians are dedicated to measuring health-care outcomes to determine the most effective treatment protocols for our patients. Through private, government, and department sponsorship, we continually review the effect of treatment options on the health and well-being of the women under our care.
| The Department is active in several National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical networks that are developing protocols for all aspects of women's health care. NIH-sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to find new and better contraceptive methods, to help women who suffer from pelvic floor disorders, to identify new cancer-fighting drugs and treatments, and to find better ways to ensure the health and well being of pregnant women and their babies. |
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Under sponsorship of the NIH and other organizations, our faculty are also doing basic laboratory research. Topics range from the initiation of human labor, to pelvic floor physiology, to the molecular and genetic factors associated with gynecologic malignancies. |
We are pleased to announce the upcoming return of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Work is underway to renovate 10,000 square feet into state-of-the-art laboratories for the Center and its new director, W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Endowed by Cecil and Ida Green in 1974, the Center was led by Paul C. MacDonald, M.D. until his death in 1997. Under Dr. MacDonald's leadership, the Green Center enjoyed a national reputation for conducting basic research into problems affecting women's reproductive health. That reputation was expanded to include research into male reproductive physiology under the leadership of David L. Garbers, Ph.D., who was director from 1999-2006. We look forward to writing a new chapter in Green Center research history when Dr. Kraus assumes the directorship in mid July 2010.
Mission
To reiterate, it is the mission of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to:
* Train medical students to provide primary care for women in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Train residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology to meet the health-care needs of the citizens of the State of Texas with a level of knowledge, skill, and caring such that they are recognized by patients and colleagues as primary-care providers for women and consultants in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Train postdoctoral fellows for lifetime academic careers in their subspecialty so that they may serve the needs of the citizens of the State of Texas and the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Provide outstanding patient care that will result in the recognition of the Department by patients and physicians as a community resource and regional referral center for Obstetrics and Gynecology and its subspecialties.
* Conduct research that makes significant and unique contributions to the body of knowledge of Obstetrics and Gynecology by clinical trials and laboratory investigation.
