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Gordon D. Davis, M.D.

Address: 300 West Clarendon Avenue, #100, Phoenix, Arizona 85013

Pre-Medical Education:

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee

Degrees:

  • Bachelor of Science, Physics
  • Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Date of Graduation: June, 1969

Medical Education: Meharry Medical College, Nashville,Tennessee

  • Degree: M.D.
  • Date of Graduation: June, 1974
  • Internship: Tulane University, Charity Hospital of NewOrleans, 1974
  • Residency: Tulane University, Charity Hospital of NewOrleans, 1974-1977
  • Residency Program: Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Director: Jason Collins, M.D.
  • Location: Charity Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology —1981
  • National Board of Medical Examiners of the UnitedStates 1975
  • Fellow – American College of Obstetrics &Gynecology — 1983 to present
  • Accreditation Gynecologic Endoscopy,1996

Societies & Positions Held:

  • American Society for Colposcopy & CervicalPathology, President Elect, 1996 to 1998
  • Board of Directors - ASCCP-1986 to present
  • American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology— Secretary —1992-1995
  • American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology— Treasurer —1992-1995
  • International Society for the Study of Vulvar Diseases— 1991 to present
  • American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists— 1985 to present
  • American Cancer Society, Professional Education Division Chairman — 1981–82

Current Practice & Research:

  • Endometriosis — Endoscopic Treatment—Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
  • Endometriosis — Endoscopic Treatment ofAdolescents
  • Endoscopic Surgery—Laparoscopic Treatment ofGenuine Stress Urinary Incontinence
  • Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome - prospective randomizedstudy vestibuloplasty vs. vestibulectomy
  • Cytogenetic Studies in Endometriosis Tissue

Present Teaching Position:

  • Director of Gynecologic Laser Surgery, PhoenixIntegrated Residency Program, Maricopa Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital &Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Faculty:

  • Post Graduate Education Program, Residency inObstetrics & Gynecology, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Colposcopy Clinic, Good Samaritan Medical Center–– 1980 to 1990.

Publications:

  • The Clinical Characteristics of AdolescentEndometriosis—The Journal of Adolescent Health, 1993
  • Laparoscopic Oophorectomy—The Journal ofReproductive Medicine, 1993
  • Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy AsDefinitive Therapy for Stage III And IV Endometriosis—The Journal ofReproductive Medicine, 1993
  • Laparoscopic Treatment of Advanced Endometriosis:Pain—Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, 1993
  • The management of endometriosis and its associatedadhesions with the carbon dioxide laser laparoscope—Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986.
  • Excision of endometriosis with the carbon dioxidelaser—Obstetrics and Gynecology,1988.
  • Colposcopic Examination of the Vagina—Obstetricsand Gynecology Clinics of North America, 1993
  • Capillary hemangioma of the vagina and cervix:Management with the carbon dioxide laser—Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982.
  • A Prospective Randomized Study: Vestibulectomy vs.Vestibuloplasty For the Treatment of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome. Presented to theInternational Society for the
  • Study of Vulvar Disease, September, 1991.
  • The management of Bartholin's duct cysts with thecarbon dioxide Laser— Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984.
  • Management of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome with thecarbon dioxide laser—Journal of Gynecologic Surgery,1989.
  • Transabdominal laparoscopic colpotomy—Journal ofReproductive Medicine, 1989.
  • Human Papilloma Virus is Rarely Associated withThe Female Syndrome - International Journal of Urogynecology,1995
  • A New Instrument for the Visualization and LaserTreatment of the Female Urethra Trigone: Int Urogynecol J ., 1992 3:133-136

Textbook Chapters:

  • Principles Of Laparoscopic Surgery, Chapter 30, pp.536-543
  • Editor, Reich, H., Springer-Verlag, New York, New York,1994
  • Lasers in Gynecology, Chapter 15, pp. 199-224.Editor, McLaughlin, D., Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1990.
  • Manual of Endoscopy, Endometriosis. Chapter 22.,1990,AAGL, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
  • Complications of Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy:Endometriosis: Cul-de-sac Complications.
  • Editor, Korfman, R., Mayo Clinic. Blackwell ScientificPublications, Ltd., Oxford, England. 1992.

Visiting Professorships and Other Lectures:

  • Course Director: The Modern Surgical Management ofEndometriosis, Scottsdale, Arizona 1989-present
  • ASCCP Course Director- The "New" VulvarDiseases Scottsdale, Az. 1993-94
  • Lecturer in the use of the carbon dioxide laser forendometriosis and cutaneous diseases of the vulva, vagina, and cervix. Universityof Tennessee, October,1985.
  • Lecturer in Gynecologic Laparoscopic Laser Surgery.Cutaneous Diseases: Management with Lasers, Queens Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986,87, 88.
  • Co-Director, Post Graduate Course in GynecologicLaparoscopy, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, San Francisco,California, 1987, 1996.
  • University of Arizona, Grand Rounds Lecturer, March,1989.
  • Michael Reese Hospital, Lecturer in gynecologiclaparoscopy in association with the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists,April, 1989.
  • Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula, Mississippi,Visiting Professor, April, 1989.
  • Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Guest Lecturer: TheLaparoscopic Treatment and Appearance of Endometriosis, Honolulu, Hawaii,1988.
  • Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Guest lecturer: TheManagement of Endometriosis with the Carbon Dioxide Laser, 1990.
  • Tucson Medical Center, Co-Director, Gynecologic LaserSymposium, September, 1989.
  • Director of Gynecologic Laser Course for GynecologicLaser Surgery including Cutaneous Diseases of the Vulva- 1984 to present.
  • Director of Operative Laparoscopy Course, QueensHospital Medical Center, Honolulu, HI — 1987 to 1988.
  • Director of Operative Laparoscopy Course, KapiolaniHospital for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI — 1990.
  • Advance Operative Laparoscopy Course — 1988 to present.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Advanced Endoscopy Course,Williamsburg, VA — Sept. 14-17,1989.
  • Current Techniques in Operative Pelviscopy, HumanaHospital — Oct. 27-28, 1990.
  • Visiting Professorship: Advanced OperativeEndoscopy, Richland Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas — October 31-November 3, 1990.
  • Course Director: Modern Management of Cervical andVulvovaginal Diseases: The Colposcopic Approach, The American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, November 16-18, 1990.

Offices Held – National:

  • American Society for Colposcopy & CervicalPathology—President Elect — 1996 to 1998
  • Board of Directors, American Society of Colposcopy andCervical Pathology –– 1987
  • to present.
  • Colposcopy Consultants Committee, American Society ofColposcopy and Cervical Pathology –– 1986 to present.
  • Private Practice Committee, American Society ofColposcopy and Cervical Pathology –– 1981 to 1984.
  • Education Committee, American Society of Colposcopy andCervical Pathology –– 1987 to present.

Certification – Laser Surgery:

  • Gynecology Laser Society Certification ––1979.
  • Certification – Endoscopic Surgery- AAGL,1996

Present Position:

  • Director of Gynecologic Laser Surgery, PhoenixIntegrated Residency Program, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
  • Postgraduate Education Program, Good Samaritan MedicalCenter, Phoenix, Arizona

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology–– 1980.
  • Fellow American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology,1983
  • National Board of Medical Examiners of the UnitedStates - 1975.

Awards:

  • Teacher of the Year, Good Samaritan Medical Center,1986.
  • Teacher of the Year, Phoenix Integrated ResidencyProgram, Maricopa Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center,1989.

Other Awards:

  • American Medical Association Physicians' RecognitionAward –– 1980 to present.

(revised 12/97)