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Established in 1948, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has a faculty of 33 physicians, five PhD investigators, six fellows, and five certified nurse-midwives, with 24 residents in training.
David A Eschenbach, MD, serves as the department's Chairman. Of the 16 faculty members for whom subspecialty certification is available, 13 are board certified in their subspecialty and three are active candidates. All our faculty are board certified in Ob/Gyn except four who are active candidates.
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Education
Thomas J Benedetti, MD, MHA, Division Director
(206) 543-3891
Faculty
The Education Division has responsibility for coordinating student and resident training in obstetrics and gynecology, including development, implementation and consistent application of curriculum objectives which follow the guidelines set by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC), the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) and the Residency Review Committee (RRC).
The Education Division also coordinates faculty development programs, Grand Rounds, and assumes an active role in continuing medical education (CME) activities.
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Gynecologic Oncology
Barbara A Goff, MD, Division Director
(206) 685-2463
Faculty
Our Division strives to provide the best comprehensive gynecologic oncology care available to patients with gynecologic cancers. The Gynecologic Oncology division is comprised of six gynecologic oncologists, all of whom are subspecialty certified, one general gynecologist board certified in Ob/Gyn, and one PhD nurse practitioner, constituting one of the largest single group of gynecologic oncologists in the Pacific Northwest. In addition, the division has four Fellows in subspecialty training.
In 2008, over 850 new reproductive tract cancer patients were seen in the Gynecologic Oncology Clinic at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Southeast Lake Union facility, an alliance of UWMC, Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Over 460 major surgical cases and 175 minor surgeries were performed, plus approximately 750 cycles of chemotherapy administered. The service continues to grow.
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Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Michael G Gravett, MD, Division Director
(206) 543-3729
Faculty
The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine provides quality patient care, conducts extensive medical education, and performs clinical and basic research. It is composed of eleven faculty, including seven subspecialty certified in maternal-fetal medicine out of eight who are eligible and one who is an active candidate for subspecialty certification; five maternal-fetal medicine fellows; five certified nurse midwives, a PhD diabetes clinical nurse specialist; and two perinatal clinical nurse specialists.
Maternal-fetal medicine services are also offered at:
- UWMC's Maternal and Infant Care Clinic (MICC)
- Providence Everett Medical Center
- Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
- Columbia Health Center
- Seattle Children's Hospital:
— Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment
— Adolescent Gyn Clinic
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Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Faculty
The Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) is composed of two physicians and three basic scientists with NIH grants. Our two reproductive endocrinologists see patients in the new University Reproductive Care Clinic at the Women's Health Care Center, Roosevelt (see University Reproductive Care website). They provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of the infertile couple (female and male), offering advanced laparoscopic procedures, tubal sterilization reversal, ovulation induction, intrauterine inseminations, assisted reproductive technologies, male infertility treatment, and fertility preservation. Both reproductive endocrinologists are board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as active candidates for their subspecialty certification in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
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Urogynecology
Gretchen M Lentz, MD, Division Director
Faculty
Our two urogynecologists see patients in the UWMC Surgery Pavilion for the diagnosis and treatment of complicated uterovaginal prolapse, pelvic relaxation, urinary and fecal incontinence, and fistulas. They work closely with the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery group, which includes one urologist and a nurse practitiioner specializing in female urology. The entire group evaluates >500 new patients and performs 200 urodynamic studies and 300 surgeries per year.
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Women's Health
Seine Chiang, MD, Division Director
Faculty
at University of Washington Medical Center, Roosevelt
(206) 543-5555
The 8 MDs practicing at the UWMC provide primary care for women, including their basic medical problems, pregnancy, family planning, gynecologic and breast care, as well as psychological, social and sexual health care. We also provide specialty care for a wide range of problems, including pelvic relaxation, infectious diseases, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, benign cervical, ovarian and uterine tumors, premenstrual syndrome, pelvic pain, menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis.
In addition, physicians at the University of Washington and throughout the Pacific Northwest refer patients to our Division for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain and difficult infections.
at University of Washington Medical Center, Surgery Pavilion (Urogynecology)
(206) 543-5555
at Harborview Medical Center
Susan D Reed, MD, MPH, Service Chief
(206) 744-3319
Harborview Medical Center Women’s Clinic offers a wide range of obstetric, gynecologic and primary care services, with active inpatient and outpatient gynecologic surgical services. Seven University of Washington attending obstetrician/gynecologists are based at HMC.
Harborview is the site of the Northwest regional trauma and burn centers, the Sexual Assault Center, and is also the county hospital for King County, serving all women, regardless of socioeconomic status or ethnicity.
at VA Puget Sound and American Lake Women's Health Clinics
Women's Clinics at VA Puget Sound in Seattle and Americake in Tacoma provide primary care as well as gynecology specialty care to women veterans from throughout the Northwest. We serve a rapidly expanding population of women veterans with needs ranging from contraception services to menopausal management, including outpatient and inpatient services and gynecologic surgery.
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Administration
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