The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia is a comprehensive clinical service and educational department, specializing in the health care of women both on a primary and referral basis. The clinical services offered by the department include:

General Gynecology and Obstetrics provides a full range of general obstetrical and gynecological services ranging from outpatient care to surgery, and from routine visits to complicated consultations. In addition to normal obstetrical and gynecological services, specialized research or interest areas include: urodynamics, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, pelvic pain, menopause, and others.

Gynecologic Oncology provides counseling, medical and surgical services to patients requiring special treatment of benign and malignant diseases and tumors of the female reproductive tract.

Maternal-Fetal Medicine cares for women with both normal pregnancies and those requiring high risk care. The services of combined labor, delivery and recovery room with special postpartum rooms make family-centered care and early discharge realities for patients desiring those services.

Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics specializes in a wide range of clinical problems ranging from aberrations of puberty through infertility and menopause. Specific programs related to in vitro fertilization, PMS, menopause and pediatric gynecology are part of this broad-based clinical service. The clinical effort is supported by laboratories in reproductive biology and cytogenetics. A major component of these services involves preconceptional and prenatal genetic diagnosis.

Urogynecology  and Pelvic Surgery specializes in a providing academic education and specializes in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery for most gynecology indications including complete laparoscopic hysterectomy and Minimally invasive procedures for incontinence and vaginal prolapse.

We regret that we are unable to answer medical questions via e-mail. Please call (706) 721-CARE or consult your physician for answers to your individual health questions.  

 

Revised August 15, 2008.   Please send comments, suggestions or questions about this page to Scott Farris, sfarris@mcg.edu.