12 October, 2002 Mr. Paul Hoeffel Chief, NGO Section United Nations New York, NY 10017 Dear Sir: Please accept this letter of recommendation for the Women’s Health and Education Center of Springfield, Massachusetts. I have met with Dr. Rita Luthra on several occasions and understand the mission of the Center. It is my judgment that the Center is well qualified to be an accredited NGO to the DPI of the United Nations. Dr. Luthra has attended and participated in meetings of the UNA/USA and the Connecticut Division of our national organization. The Center is developing a useful and ambitious worldwide ob/gyn information system. If you have any questions, I would be pleased to respond. Sincerely, Irving Stolberg President, Connecticut Division UNA/USARead More
Professeur honoraire de l’obstétrique et la Gynécologie et la Psychiatrie École d’université de Yale de la médecine New Haven, CT (Etats-Unis) Dr. Philip M. Sarrel, MD est actuellement professeur honoraire de l’obstétrique et la Gynécologie et la Psychiatrie à l’école d’université de Yale de la médecine à New Haven, le Connecticut. Il a été nommé au corps enseignant de Yale en 1969 et est resté chez Yale dans toute sa carrière, se levant au rang du plein professeur en 1988. Après réception de sa licence de l’université de Dartmouth à Hannovre, au New Hampshire, et son degré médical d’école d’université de New York de la médecine à New York, Dr. Sarrel a rempli son internat à l’hôpital de Sinai de bâti à New York et à sa résidence en obstétrique et Gynécologie au centre médical d’Yale-Nouvel asile à New Haven. Après sa nomination au corps enseignant de Yale en 1969, avec Lorna Sarrel, il a fondé le sexe de Yale conseillant le service. En 1971, lui et Mme Sarrel ont été formés dans la thérapie de sexe par William Masters et Virginie Johnson et en 1975-1976 ; Dr. Sarrel a reçu une récompense de disciple de faculté de fondation de Macy pendant une année à l’université d’Oxford en Angleterre, où il a travaillé avec John Bancroft dans le département de la Psychiatrie. En 1976, Dr. Sarrel a commencé le régime de ménopause de Yale et en 1982-1983, il a consacré une année sabbatical à l’étude de la ménopause fonctionnant avec Dr. Malcolm Whitehead aux Rois College Hospital à Londres. Il a été promu au rang du plein professeur en 1988 chez Yale. Dans 1989-1990 sa nomination dans la médecine cardiaque à l’institut national de coeur et de poumon à Londres a permis une année de la recherche en matière de cardiologie dans les effets des hormones ovariennes sur le fonctionnement artériel. En outre en 1990, Dr. Sarrel a commencé sa tenure comme Codirectrice de la clinique de Yale Neuro-gynécologie, qui continue aujourd’hui. Par année 1996-1997 d’universitaire, une nomination en tant que professeur visitant dans le département de la médecine interne à l’hôpital Colombie-Presbytérien à New York a permis une année d’étude consacrée à l’arrangement les actions des androgènes. Il a servi de conseiller au centre pour la médecine alternative au centre médical Colombie-Presbytérien, New York, NY, depuis 1997. Il a également servi de conseiller au centre pour la médecine alternative à l’hôpital d’Yale-Griffon, Derby, le Connecticut depuis 1998, et depuis 2000 avait servi le conseiller dans le département de la médecine préventive à l’hôpital d’Yale-Griffon. Chez Yale, Dr. Sarrel a été Codirecteur du sexe conseillant le service depuis 1969 et le directeur du régime d’étude de moitié de la vie depuis 1984. Dr. Sarrel est l’auteur ou le co-auteur plus de de 200 articles et chapitres médicaux pour les textes médicaux et est également le co-auteur de six manuels liés à la ménopause et au comportement et à la réponse sexuels d’arrangement. Il a été le bénéficiaire de quatre concessions de recherches des instituts nationaux de la santé aussi bien que beaucoup d’autres concessions de recherches des fondations et de l’industrie pharmaceutique. Sa recherche pendant les 17 dernières années s’est concentrée sur des études des effets artériels des hormones et des éditions liées au sexe et au vieillissement. Il est actuellement impliqué dans les études des interventions diététiques, et SERMs et phytoestrogens et leurs effets sur la cellule endothéliale fonctionnent. Il était l’un des Co-chercheurs de l’oestrogène des femmes pour l’épreuve de prévention de course financée par les instituts nationaux de la maladie neurologique et la course. Dr. Sarrel est actuellement le rédacteur de MATURITAS, le journal de la société internationale de ménopause ; Ménopause, le journal de la société américaine du nord de ménopause ; le journal de la recherche de sexe ; le journal du sexe et de la thérapie matrimoniale ; et le journal de la médecine Genre-Spécifique. Il est également un critique de manuscrit pour le journal de la Nouvelle Angleterre de la médecine, le journal américain de l’obstétrique et de la Gynécologie, des révisions Endocriniennes, la recherche cardiovasculaire, le journal de l’endocrinologie et du métabolisme cliniques, et le journal américain de la cardiologie.Read More
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
l’Internet comme salle de classe chez la santé des femmes Par Rita Luthra, MD DR. LUTHRA est président du centre de la santé et de l’éducation des femmes, qui est associé au département d’information publique des Nations UniesRead More
Dr. James F. Phillips Senior Lecturer Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University 60 Haven Avenue, B-317 New York, NY 10032 email – jfp2113@columbia.edu James F. Phillips is a senior associate in the Population Council’s Policy Research Division. He previously worked in the Population Council’s International Programs Division in Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Thailand. Prior to his work with the Population Council, Phillips held positions in Nigeria with the International Committee of the Red Cross and UNICEF. Dr. Phillips conducts field experiments that measure the demographic role of family planning and child survival programs. He directed Bangladesh’s Matlab Community Health and Family Planning Project which demonstrated the demographic potential of family planning services in that country. The Matlab service model became the basis for national health reform in the 1980s and 1990s. Dr. Phillips is currently working on a collaborative research program with the Ghana Health Service and the Navrongo Health Research Centre. When the Navrongo Experiment established the feasibility of reducing fertility and mortality with community-based health and family planning services in 1999, a national scaling-up initiative, known as the Community-based Health Planning and Services initiative, was launched to extend the Navrongo service model to all 110 Ghanaian districts. Phillips serves as the senior advisor to the Ghana Health Service for this program, where he collaborates on research designed to guide, refine, and evaluate the scaling-up effort. Dr. Phillips is currently collaborating with his Ghanaian colleagues on a program of exchange that will extend health service innovations from Ghana to Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia. In 2005, Dr. Phillips launched a new collaborative venture with the Vietnam Ministry of Health that aims to apply evidence-based planning methods to health reform in that country. Dr. Phillips is a member of several international science advisory boards and has launched scientific research networks on issues related to health sector reform, reproductive health, and demographic research methodology. He holds an M.S. degree in population studies from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan. Phillips has published books on the evaluation of family planning programs, the demography of South Asia, and population policy in Bangladesh. He has journal publications on the demography of Asia and Africa, health policy, computer science, and other topics.Read More
Directeur, Division de la médecine pelvienne femelle et chirurgie de Reconstructive, centre médical de MaimonidesProfesseur Auxiliaire, École Médicale de New YorkBrooklyn, Etats-Unisglevy@maimonidesmed.org Dr. Levy est un chef identifié dans le domaine de la chirurgie pelvienne d’Urogynecology et de Reconstructive, se spécialisant dans le traitement du prolapsus pelvien, de l’incontinence urinaire, et de la chirurgie pelvienne avancée. Il a écrit les articles scientifiques, les abrégés sur recherches et les présentations cliniques. Dr. Levy mène également des projets de R&D développant les instruments chirurgicaux innovateurs et il a écrit dans le monde entier des brevets édités multiples. Il était précédemment le directeur du régime d’Urogynecology au centre médical de Sinai de bâti à Manhattan. Il est actuellement directeur de la médecine pelvienne femelle et de la chirurgie pelvienne de Reconstructive à l’hôpital et au centre médical Brooklyn NY d’université d’île de Staten de Maimonides. Dr. Levy a reçu son degré médical en 1987 de la faculté de Sackler de la médecine, université de Tel Aviv, Israel. Après avoir terminé ses travaux d’universitaire, le prélèvement de DR a suivi le régime de résidence d’Ob/Gyn à l’hôpital d’université de longue île, recevant un diplôme avec un intérêt spécial pour la chirurgie pelvienne. Il a alors débuté sa formation universitaire supérieure dans la chirurgie pelvienne d’Urogynecology et de Reconstructive au centre médical de Sinai de bâti, NY. Après avoir rempli sa formation, il a été invité à rester dans le département de l’obstétrique et de la Gynécologie en tant que le professeur auxiliaire et directeur du régime d’Urogynecology où il a déterminé une approche multidisciplinaire au dysfonctionnement pelvien femelle avec la participation des urologistes, des chirurgiens Colo-Rectaux et des geriatricians. En juillet 2000 il est devenu le directeur de la médecine pelvienne femelle et chirurgie de Reconstructive à l’hôpital d’université d’île de Staten et en juin 2002 il a accepté des fonctions de directeur additionnelles de Division au centre médical de Maimonides. Dr. Levy détermine actuellement l’institut pour le dysfonctionnement pelvien femelle de sol – un régime multidisciplinaire avec le service diagnostique du dernier cri comprenant un laboratoire de physiologie d’Ano/rectal, et des modalités multiples de traitement pour le prolapsus pelvien d’organe et l’Incontinence d’Urinary/Fecal. Les intérêts courants de Dr. Levy’s incluent d’une façon minimum la chirurgie pelvienne invahissante et les technologies de pointe pour le traitement du prolapsus, des blessures anatomiques vaginales et de l’incontinence. Ses techniques chirurgicales innovatrices incluent d’une façon minimum les instruments chirurgicaux invahissants, les facteurs de risque obstétriques pour le dysfonctionnement pelvien de sol, et les dépannages obstétriques de fistule. Dr. Levy lance un régime pour le traitement des fistules obstétriques dans Niamey, Niger avec l’aide de l’organisme international pour des femmes et le développement. Il est le directeur médical de ce régime et mène des missions chirurgicales bimensuelles à la nation africaine du Niger, où il exécute des cabinets de consultation correctifs dans l’hôpital national de Niamey. Il est actuellement un membre du conseil de Raytel médical ; un chercheur principal pour le groupe de recherche d’urologie d’île de Staten et un conseiller scientifique de plusieurs compagnies médicales de démarrage de technologie.Read More
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
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
I underwent my basic medical training at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, at the time considered to be the leading medical center in Africa. I subsequently rotated through the specialties of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Emergency Room, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. After initial training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Nigeria, I proceeded to the United Kingdom for training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 1997 Working as Registrar to Professor Stuart Campbell, a pioneer and leading authority in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, I had training in the management of high-risk pregnancies. In my years of training, I have had the opportunity of working closely with such leaders in the field as Anthony Vintzileos, M.D., Yves Ville, M.D., Anthony Scialli, M.D., Stuart Stanton, M.D., Tom Bourne, M.D., Ph.D., John T. Queenan, M.D., John C. Smulian, M.D., and Cande V. Ananth, Ph.D., M.P.H. I have authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading obstetrics and gynecology journals. In addition, I have contributed seven chapters in major maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics and ultrasound textbooks. I am a referee and reviewer for seven leading journals in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Imaging. I have been ranked by Obstetrics & Gynecology, the most prestigious journal in the field, with a circulation in excess of 46,000 and an impact factor of 3.512, among the top 10% of reviewers for the journal. I am also rated among the top 5% of reviewers for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, considered the most respected journal in obstetrical and gynecological imaging. My work has been cited in virtually every major obstetric text as well as in numerous journal articles. My work is also cited in the practice guidelines of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the official educational guide (Prolog) in Obstetrics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I was invited to write editorials for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology and American Family Physician (readership in excess of 190,000). I have had front cover articles in two of the leading journals. I have been interviewed for numerous newspaper articles (Dallas Home News, The Greenville News, the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Pregnancy Today, Boca Raton News, Intellihealth.Com, the Statesman, and Prevention magazine). My primary area of interest is Maternal-Fetal Medicine, with particular interests in abnormalities of the placenta and umbilical cord, prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, and intrapartum and operative obstetrics. I enjoy teaching medical students and other residents and have been recognized with numerous teaching awards. My research presentations have won the First Prizes at the New Jersey Maternal-Fetal Medicine Society in 2003, 2004, and 2006 as well as the New York Perinatal Society in 2005. As a Chief Resident at Georgetown University Medical Center, I received the First Place award at the Resident Research Day. I have also presented my work at numerous National and International conferences including the World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, World Congress of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Course on Audit. Recently, my focus of research has changed to basic science. In collaboration with Dr Morgan Peltier, PhD, Director of the Perinatal Biology Laboratory at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School, I am examining the effect of progesterone at a cellular level on the mediators of preterm labor and cervical ripening. The first of these experiments “Effect of progesterone on Nitric oxide production by bacteria-stimulated endocervical and vaginal epithelial cells” and “Effect of experimental preterm premature rupture of the membranes on fetal weight “were presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 26th Annual Clinical Meeting in Miami, Florida in February 2006. Further experiments are being prepared for publicationRead More
