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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Medical Center North B1100, Nashville, TN (USA) 37232-2519 Office telephone: (615) 343-5227 Fax: (615) 343-8881 e-mail: frank.boehm@vanderbilt.edu Dr. Frank H. Boehm is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He is the former Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center as well as the former Chair of the Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Ethics Committee. Dr. Boehm is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School and the Yale Internship and Residency Program. He is Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine and has authored over 200 scientific publications as well as co-editing a major medical textbook. Dr. Boehm has also authored Doctor’s Cry, Too: Essays from the Heart of a Physician and Building Patient Doctor Trust which addresses the issue of physician-patient communication and the need for doctors to build trusting relationships with their patients. Dr. Boehm has served on national committees and is a reviewer of major scientific publications in his field. In addition, he has spoken throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Middle East. He currently authors an op-ed column in the Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper, on medical issues. He has received numerous honors, including, Vanderbilt Medical Center Faculty Award for teaching medical students, residents, and/or fellows in the clinical setting and was the first recipient of the Frank H. Boehm Award for contributions to continuing medical education. Dr. Boehm has three children and five grandchildren. He and his wife, Julie, reside in Nashville and Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Boehm can be reached at his email, frank.boehm@vanderbilt.edu, office telephone, (615) 343-5227, fax, (615) 343-8881.Read More

THE WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, INC. [Read the WHEO, Inc. Mission Statement] AND WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTER (WHEC) NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the United Nations AND WomensHealthSection.Com BY-LAWS Article I Name and Location 1.1 Name: The name of this non-profit organization is, THE WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, INC. Its acronym is: WHEO, Inc. It is at WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTER (WHEC), NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations. Their web-site domain name is: WomensHealthSection.Com. 1.2 Location: The principal office is in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (USA). The Board of Directors may change the location of the principal office, upon filing a certificate with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (USA). Article II Purpose 2.1 Purpose: The Corporation is operating as a non- profit organization for the purpose of supporting and improving the educational opportunities and general health of women and particularly women of the developing countries. Article III Membership 3.1 Members: Any persons or institutions interested in the purpose of the corporation shall be eligible for membership. The Board of Directors may from time to time establish such classes of membership as may be appropriate. In any event, all members, regardless of classification, shall have equal voting rights. 3.2 Membership Contributions: The Directors may from time to time establish membership contributions for the various classes of membership. Notices of annual membership contributions shall be sent, to all members. Any member who fails to pay the applicable membership contribution, within three months, following the sending of notice shall be dropped from membership, and shall lose all privileges of a member of the corporation. Article IV Meetings 4.1 Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held on the third Thursday on September of each year or at such other time in the month of September as the Directors shall determine. The annual meeting may be held at the principal office of the corporation, or at such other place as the Directors may determine. 4.2 Special Meetings: Special meetings of the corporation may be called by the President, a majority of the Directors, or upon written request of the majority of the members of the corporation delivered to the President. 4.3 Notice: All meetings of the corporation shall be called by giving not less than one week’s notice to each member of the corporation by mail so far as their addressed may be known or by publication of a notice in a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts. 4.4 Quorum: A simple majority of members eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. Article V Board of Directors 5.1 Number and Election: The Board of Directors shall consist of the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and not less than three and not more than ten other members of the corporation elected annually by the members at the annual meeting. 5.2 Tenure: The Directors elected at any annual meeting shall be elected for three years or such shorter length of term as will cause the term of office of approximately one third of the elected members of the Board to expire each year. No Director shall serve for more than six consecutive years, except that an officer may, if re-elected, continue to serve in that office for not more than three additional consecutive years. Directors who have served the maximum term may be re-elected to the Board after an interval of not less than one year. 5.3 Meetings: Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called by the President, or upon the written request of three Directors. 5.4 Notice: Notice of all meetings of the Board of Directors shall be mailed to each Director at least seven days prior to the date of any meeting. 5.5 Quorum: A simple majority, or, if there are more than ten Directors, one-third of the then in office, shall constitute a quorum. 5.6 Powers: The Board of Directors shall have the general direction, control and management of the property and the affairs of the Society except such as are to be exercised exclusively by the members of the corporation by law or by these By-Laws. 5.7 Audit: The Board of Directors shall arrange for an annual audit of the accounts of the Treasurer and the financial affairs of the corporation. 5.8 Honorary Directors: Any Director who has served as a Director for not less three years may be elected an Honorary Director at an annual meeting. An Honorary Director shall hold office for the remainder of his or her life, unless re-elected an active Director or removed for good and sufficient cause by vote of the members of the corporation. Honorary Directors shall not be voting members of the Board of Directors. (The Honorary Chairperson shall not be considered an Honorary Director). Article VI Officers 6.1 Number and Election: The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The officers shall be elected annually by the members at the annual meeting and shall hold office for two years, and until their successors are elected. Officers may be re-elected. The Directors may fill vacancies in any office until the next annual meeting. 6.2 Honorary Chairperson and Chairperson: The Honorary Chairperson and the Chairperson shall have the usual duties of their respective offices and such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Directors. There is no limit other than the limit placed on the term of any other Directors to their term. 6.3 President: The President shall have the usual duties of such office and such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Directors. The President shall be a member of all Committees ex officio. No President shall be elected by the members to the same office for more than six consecutive terms. The President shall be executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the instructions of the Board of Directors, shall be responsible for the general operation of the corporation. So far as possible, the President shall attend all regular meetings of the corporation, the Board of Directors, and Standing Committees. The President shall prepare agendas for the annual meeting and special meetings of the corporation and for meetings of the Board of Directors. The President shall supervise the services of any employees. 6.4 Secretary: The Secretary shall record and maintain records of all proceedings of the corporation and of the Directors. These records shall be kept at the principal office of the corporation, and shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any member. The Secretary shall be responsible for notices of annual meetings and special meetings of the corporation and meetings of the Board of Directors. 6.5 Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer and the chief accounting officer of the corporation. The Treasurer shall be in charge of the corporation’s financial affairs, accounts, funds, securities and valuable papers, and shall keep full and accurate records thereof. The Treasurer shall supervise the keeping of correct records of receipts and expenditures in books maintained by the corporation. The treasurer shall present a report of the financial activities of the Society at each annual meeting. If required by the Directors, the Treasurer shall give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office in such sums and with such surety of sureties as the Directors may direct. 6.6 Vacancy: In the event of a vacancy in any office, the Directors elect one of their numbers to fill that office until the next annual meeting. Article VII Committees 7.1 Standing Committees: The Standing Committees of the corporation shall be Executive Committee, Nominating Committee, Finance Committee, Medical Advisory Committee and Educational Advisory Committee. 7.2 Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairman, the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and such other Directors as the President, with consent of the other Directors, may appoint for a term of one year. Directors may be reappointed. Two thirds of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided by law or by these By-Laws, the Executive Committee shall have and exercise all the powers of the Board of Directors during the intervals between meetings of the Directors. All actions of the Executive Committee shall be considered for ratification or confirmation at the next successive meeting of the Board of Directors. 7.3 Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee shall consist of three members of the corporation, who need not be Directors. One member shall be elected each year at the annual meeting of the corporation for a term of three years. Any vacancy before the end of a term shall be filled by appointment by the President until the next annual meeting, at which time a member shall be elected to fill the balance of that term. No member of the Nominating Committee shall serve for more than six consecutive years. The Nomination Committee shall nominate one of more candidates for each office to be filled at the annual meeting of the corporation, including the Nominating Committee. At least one month before the Annual Meeting, the Nominating Committee shall file all nominations with the President, who shall immediately communicate those names to the Board of Directors. Nominations for any office to be filled at the Annual Meeting of the corporation may also be made by papers signed by three or more members of the corporation filed with the President at least two weeks before the Annual Meeting. Immediately upon receiving such nominations, the President shall immediately communicate those names to the Board of Directors. 7.4 Finance Committee: The members of the Finance Committee shall be appointed by the President to serve terms of three years, or such shorter length of term as will cause the term of office of approximately one-third of the members to expire each year. Members need not be Directors, and may be reappointed. The Finance Committee shall advise the Treasurer concerning the investment and management of the corporation’s funds and securities, and provide such additional advice and assistance as the Treasurer may request. 7.5 Medical Advisory: The members of Medical Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the President to serve terms of three years, or such shorter length of term as will cause the term of office of approximately one-third of the members to expire each year. Members need not be Directors, and may be reappointed. The Medical Advisory Committee shall advise the Board of Directors on those medical matters and of medical opportunities which it thinks the corporation should engage in furtherance of its stated purpose. 7.6 Educational Advisory Committee: The members of the Educational Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the President to serve terms of three years, of such shorter length of term as will cause the term of office of approximately one-third of the members to expire each year. Members need not be Directors, and may be reappointed. The Educational Advisory Committee shall advise the Board of Directors on those educational matters and of educational opportunities which it thinks the corporation should engage in furtherance of its stated purpose. 7.7 Other Committees: The President may appoint such other committees as the President and the Directors shall determine from time to time to be advisable and necessary. The chairperson of each such committee shall be a Director, but the other members of the committee need not be Directors. Members may be reappointed to such committees. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in these By-Laws, committees shall have such duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Directors. Article VIII Finance 8.1 Fiscal Year: The Fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year. 8.2 Accounts: The monies of the corporation shall be deposited in the name of the corporation in such banks or other financial institutions as the Directors shall designate. Funds shall be drawn only by checks or orders signed by such persons as the Directors shall designate. 8.3 Restrictions: The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of Internal Revenue Code, as from time to time amended, herein after referred to as the code, and it shall not be operated for profit, and the corporation will nor carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under the code. No part of its net earnings shall inure to the benefit of any member, director or any officer of the corporation or any private person, except that reasonable compensation may paid for services rendered to or for the corporation. No officer, director or member of the corporation or any private individual shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporate assets on dissolution of the corporation. No part of the corporation’s activities shall be the carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or in intervening in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Upon dissolution, all of the remaining assets and property of the corporation, after payment of necessary expensed thereof, shall be distributed to another corporation exempt under said section of the code, to be applied by such other corporation for those purposes of that corporation that are most similar to the purposes of this corporation, and no member or officer of this corporation shall profit thereby. Article IX Amendments 9.1 By the Directors: These By Laws, or any subsequent By-Law adopted by the Directors the members, may be amended or repealed by vote of two-thirds of the Directors then in office, except with respect to any provision of any By-Law which by law, the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, or these By Laws, require action by the members of the corporation. Written notice stating the substance of any such amendment or repeal shall be given to the members not later than the annual meeting next following the vote of the Directors to amend or repeal. 9.2 By the Members: These By Laws, or any subsequent By Law adopted by the Directors or members, may be amended or repealed by vote of two-thirds of the members present at any meeting of the corporation. Written notice that the subject of amending or repealing By Laws is to come before the corporation shall be included in the notice of such meeting. 9.3 Restrictions: No amendment may be made which affects the non-profit status of the corporation or affects the disposition of assets on dissolution of assets on dissolution to another non-profit and income-tax-exempt organization.Read More

Dr. Robert M. Silver Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine University of Utah Health Sciences Center (UUHSC) 30 North 1900 East SOM 2B200 Salt Lake City, UT 84132 (USA) Tel: 801-585-5156 Fax: 801-585-2594 E-mail: robert.silver@hsc.utah.edu Dr. Bradley J. Monk, FACS, FACOG Professor Division of Gynecologic Oncology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Catholic Healthcare West 500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 660 Phoenix, AZ 85013 (USA) Tel #: (602) 406-6000 Fax #: 602-406-9921 Email: Bradley.monk@chw.edu Dr. John J. Sciarra, MD, PhD Thomas J. Watkins Professor Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1015 Chicago, Illinois 60611-8702 (USA) Tel: 312-695-5107 Fax: 312-908-8777 e-mail: jsciarra@northwestern.edu Dr. Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D Associate Director for Education Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030, (USA) Tel: 713 798 3505 Fax: 713 798 5678 e-mail: mccullou@bcm.tmc.edu Dr. Frank A. Chervenak Given Foundation Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology New York Weill Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th St., Suite M727 New York, NY, 10021 (USA) Tel: 212-746-3045 Fax: 212-746-8500 e-mail: FAC2001@med.cornell.edu Dr. Philip M. Sarrel Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine 161 Center Road Woodbridge, CT. 06525 (USA) Tel: (203) 785-4002 Fax: (203) 785-1883 e-mail: Philip.sarrel@yale.edu Dr. Robert L. Barbieri Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASB1-3 Brigham and Women’s Hospital 75 Francis Street Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA Telephone: 617-732-4265 Fax: 617-277-1440 e-mail: rbarbieri@partners.org Dr. Yinka Oyelese, MD, MRCOG Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 2nd Floor, Clinical Academic Building 125 Paterson St New Brunswick NJ 08901, USA Tel: 732-235-7628 Fax: 732-235-6627 e-mail: yinkamd@aol.com Dr. Edward E. Wallach Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps Building # 201 Baltimore, MD 21287-1201 (USA) Tel: (410) 955-7800 Fax: (410) 955-9138 e-mail: ewallach@jhmi.edu Dr. Bhavani Shankar Kodali Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Attending Anesthesiologist Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA U.S.A. Telephone: 617-732-8221 Fax: 617-277-2192 e-mail: bkodali@PARTNERS.ORG Dr. Neeraj Kohli, MD, MBA Director, Division of Urogynecology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA e-mail: nkohli@partners.org Dr. Gil Levy, MD Director, Division of Female Pelvic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maimonides Medical Center Assistant Professor SUNY Health Science Center 967 48th Street Brooklyn, NY 11219 (USA) Tel: 718-283-8846 Fax: 718-283-8468 e-mail: glevy@maimonidesmed.org Dr. Howard L. Minkoff Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maimonides Medical Center Distinguished Professor SUNY Health Science Center 967 48th Street Brooklyn, NY 11219 (USA) Tel: 718-283-7973 or 718-283-3000 Fax: 718-283-8468 e-mail: hminkoff@maimonidesmed.org Dr. Baha M. Sibai Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Cincinnati 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 (USA) Tel: 513-558-8448 Fax: 513-558-6138 e-mail: baha.sibai@uc.edu Dr. Neena Agarwala Assistant Professor Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Minimally Invasive Urogyn & Pelvic Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-3255 (USA) Tel: 402-559-8133 Fax: 402-559-5015 e-mail: nagarwala@unmc.edu Dr. Frank H. Boehm Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Medical Center North B1100 Nashville, TN (USA) 37232-2519 Office telephone: (615) 343-5227 Fax: (615) 343-8881 e-mail: frank.boehm@vanderbilt.edu Dr. Maya M. Hammoud Associate Professor & Chief Technology Officer Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education University of Michigan Medical School L4000 Women’s Hospital 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 Phone: 734-936-3110 Fax: 734-936-7722 e-mail: immaya@umich.edu ضيف كلية – كندا Dr. Peter von Dadelszen, MBChB, DPhil University of British Columbia Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2H30-4500 Oak Street Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 (Canada) Tel: +1-604-875-2424 ext 3054 Fax: +1-604-875-2725 e-mail: pvd@cw.bc.ca ضيف كلية – ايطاليا Dr. Mario Preti Deputy Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Turin St. Anna Hospital Via Ventiniglia 3 10126 Turin, Italy Tel: +39.011.3131982 Fax: +39.011.5622901 e-mail: mario.preti@tin.it Dr. Erich Cosmi Director of Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy Unit Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Gynecological Science and Human Reproduction, Section of Maternal and Fetal Medicine University of Padua School of Medicine via Giustiniani N 3, Padua, 35128, Italy Phone: +39-339-8146745 Fax: +39-049-8211842 e-mail: ecosmi@hotmail.com ضيف كلية – أيرلاندا Dr. John R. Higgins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Head of College of Medicine and Health University College Cork Cork University Maternity Hospital Wilton, Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 214920748 Fax: +353 214205025 e-mail: J.Higgins@ucc.ie ضيف كلية – أسبانيا Dr. Maria M. Morales Suárez-Varela Professor Titular de Universidad Area de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública Universitat de Valencia Avd. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n 46100 – Burjasot SPAIN Tel/Fax: 34-963544951 e-mail: maria.m.morales@uv.es ضيف كلية – المملكة المتحدة Dr. David Richmond President Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) 27 Sussex Place Regents Park London NW1 4RG U.K. T: +44 20 7772 6250 E: president@rcog.org.uk W: www.rcog.org.uk Dr. Luciano E. Mignini Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust B15 2TG, Birmingham U.K. T: +0121 472 1377 Fax: 0121 627 2667 E: L.Mignini@bham.ac.ukRead More

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Associate Director for Education Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030, USA Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., has been Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and a Faculty Associate of the Huffington Center on Aging at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, since July 1988, and Associate Director for Education of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy since 2004. He is Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, and holds medical staff appointments at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Texas Children’s Hospital. He won an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for 1995-1996 and was elected a Fellow the Gerontological Society of America in 1997 and of the Hastings Center in 2003. Dr. McCullough is a past president of the Society for Health and Human Values (1987-88), now the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. McCullough teaches in the Progressive Care Unit of Texas Children’s Hospital, in the Medicine and Surgery services of The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and in Baylor’s Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Psychiatry. He is Director of the third-year elective in clinical ethics of Baylor’s national-award-winning four-year elective Ethics Track, the first of its kind among American medical schools. Dr. McCullough teaches the ethics courses in the certification and degree programs of the American College of Physician Executives. Dr. McCullough has published more than 275 peer-reviewed articles and 10 books. Medical Ethics: The Moral Responsibilities of Physicians, co-authored with Tom L. Beauchamp (Prentice-Hall, 1984), has been translated into Spanish (Barcelona, 1987) and Japanese (Tokyo, 1992). With Frank A. Chervenak, M.D. (Given Foundation Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University), he is co-author of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oxford University Press, 1994). He is co-editor with Nancy L. Wilson of Baylor’s Huffington Center on Aging of Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995). His Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation appeared in 1996 (Kluwer Academic Publishers). In 1998 his John Gregory and the Invention of Professional Medical Ethics and the Profession of Medicine and (as editor) John Gregory’s Writings on Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine appeared (Kluwer), as well as Surgical Ethics (Oxford), co-edited with Baruch A. Brody and James W. Jones. He is also co-editor with Baruch A. Brody, Mark Rothstein, and Mary Anne Bobinski of Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements (Bureau of National Affairs, 2000) and co-author with them of a companion volume commenting on these documents (BNA, 2001). With Robert B. Baker of Union College (Schenectady, New York) as co-editor, Dr. McCullough is presently preparing A History of Medical Ethics and The Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics for Cambridge University Press. He is also preparing a second edition of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology with Drs. Chervenak and John Coverdale, a Baylor psychiatrist. In addition, Dr. McCullough has published more than 40 original book chapters in scholarly volumes and 65 chapters in textbooks. Since coming to Baylor, Dr. McCullough has been or is Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator for grants and contracts from the NIH, Veterans Health Affairs, National Endowment for the Humanities, private foundations, and Baylor affiliated hospitals. He was Principal Investigator for “Enhancing the Autonomy of Vulnerable Subjects of Research,” funded by the NIH as part of the NIH, DOE and VA Consortium on Informed Consent Research (R01 04736) (1997-2002) and Co-Principal Investigator for “A History of Medical Ethics,” funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (RZ-20525) and four private foundations (1999-2002). He is a member of the Ethics Committees of four of Baylor’s primary affiliated hospitals in the Texas Medical Center: St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, The Methodist Hospital, and Texas Children’s Hospital. Since 1999, he has also served as Director of the Ethics Consultation Program at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. Dr. McCullough received his A.B. in Art History from Williams College (1969) and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) and held a post-doctoral fellowship at The Hastings Center (1975-1976). He has held prior appointments on the medical and philosophy faculties at Texas A&M University (1976-1979) and Georgetown University (1979-1988), where he was a Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He is married to Linda J. Quintanilla, Ed.D., who teaches history at North Harris College in Houston, .Read More

أستاذة ورئيس مجلس إدارة قسم من ميدويفري و جنكلوج جامعة من كولورادو صحة علم مركز دنفر ، كولورادو (أوسا) قد كان در. رونّنلد جبّس رئيس مجلس إدارة من ال ميدويفري و جنكلوج قسم في الجامعة كولورادو ل على 15 سنون. هو ال إ. ستسورت تسلور يوهب رئيس مجلس إدارة في ميدويفري و جنكلوج ، أيّ يشرّف الرئيس مجلس إدارة أولى من القسم. استلم در. جبّس درجته طبيّة في الجامعة بانسيلفانيا وكان مقيمة في ميدويفري و جنكلوج في الجامعة من بانسيلفانيا مستشفى. بعد يتمّ ميليتري سرفيس في ولّتر رد جيش مديكل سنتر في واشنطن ، تلاقى هو الكلية في الجامعة تكساس من 1976 إلى 1989 ، عندما هو أصبح رئيس مجلس إدارة في جامعة كولورادو. صدقت در. جبّس في ميدويفري أساسيّة ، طبّ نسائيّ والطبّ أموميّة جنينيّة. عرفت در. جبّس قوميّا لخبرته في تناسليّة مسلك منشور تلوثات وحالة حمل خطرة. يتضمّن بروفسّيونل كتيفيتي ه: در. جبّس حاليّا رئيس من الأمريكيّة جنكلوج و ميدويفري مجتمعة ، التنظيم كبريات أكاديميّة للتخصص. در. جبّس سابقة مديرة وأمين المال من اللون أمريكيّة من ميدويفري و جنكلوج در. جبّس عضوة سابقة من المقر مراجعات لجنة در. جبّس رئيس سابقة من المعدّة مرض مجتمعة ل ميدويفري و جنكلوج در. جبّس رئيس سابقة كولورادو جنكلوج و ميدويفري مجتمعة در. جبّس أمينة من الجمعية أمريكيّة من قابلة & طبيب نسائيّ أساس زوّجت در. جبّس ويتلقّى اثنان أطفال ، أيضا يزوّج.Read More

Every Woman, Every Mother, Every Child, Everywhere Established in 2001, The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) undertakes initiatives with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to achieve the hopes and dreams of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Education improves health, while health improves learning potential. Education & Health, together, serve as the foundation for a better world. Join us to achieve: Education for All and Health for All. We Welcome Everyone! Join The Movement! We are everywhere – so you can be anywhere, you want to be. THE WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTER (WHEC) THE WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, Inc. (WHEO, Inc.)Read More

Dr. Rita Luthra President Women’s Health & Education Center (WHEC) NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the United Nations Rita@womenshealthsection.com Upasana Chauhan UN Women Member & International Advisor UN Representative, Communications and Public Relations New York, NY (USA) upasana.c20@gmail.ocm Alternative Contact Person for Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (Hosted by World Health Organization) Dr. Nicole H. Boudreau Assistant Clinical Professor Tufts University School of Medicine 1180 Beacon Street 2C Brookline, MA 02446, USA Tel: 617-232-0440 Fax: 617-652-7021 e-mail: NHBoudreauMD@aol.com من نحن الذي نفعله لماذا الجنس والصحة      Read More

Given Foundation Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology New York Weill Cornell Medical School New York, NY 10021 (USA) Frank A. Chervenak, MD currently serves as the Given Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief and the Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University with highest distinction, and his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University where he was elected a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr. Chervenak served his internship in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Medical College in St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center and a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He was Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, where he was also Director of Perinatal Research and received the Dr. Solomon Silver Award for application of advances in research to the practice of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Chervenak was appointed Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Obstetric Ultrasound and Ethics at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in 1987. In 1991 he was named Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Director of Obstetrics. In 1992 he was made Full Professor with tenure, in 1998 he was named Vice Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and in 1999 was named Acting Chairman of that department. Dr Chervenak was named Chairman and Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief in 2000. He received his Master in Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. Frank A. Chervenak, MD has published over 200 papers in peer review literature and has co-authored or co-edited 18 textbooks. Research interests include ultrasound and ethics in obstetrics & gynecology and leadership. Dr. Chervenak has served on the Board of Governors of the American Institute in Ultrasound and Medicine and the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. He has served as President of the International Fetal Medicine in Surgery Society, the New York Perinatal Society and the New York Academy of Medicine Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the New York Obstetrical Society. Currently, Dr. Chervenak serves as President of the International Society of the Fetus as a Patient, President-elect of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, Vice-president of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine, and Co-director of The Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medicine and Ultrasound. He serves on the March of Dimes Bioethics Advisory Committee and National Children’s Study Federal Advisory Committee. He received a doctorum honoris causa from the Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He is an honorary member of the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Barcelona Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Texas Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Medical Science of Croatia.Read More