Clinical Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

The medical, surgical, and psychological problems associated with the female reproductive system in infancy and adolescence demand the highest standards of clinical intervention. This textbook provides a comprehensive review of all the common and less often encountered pediatric and adolescent gynecology problems in daily practice, both in the ambulatory as well as in the surgical setting. An integral CD-ROM supplies video clips of relevant surgical procedures, as well as charts, tables, and forms that users can download and adapt for local use.

JOSEPH S. Sanfilippo is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences for University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; and Vice Chairman of Reproductive Sciences. He is on the staff at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. His interests include pediatric and adolescent gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, and reproductive medicine; his research interests currently focus on adolescent gynecology. He is Executive Director of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; editor of the textbook Clinical Gynecology; and past president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

Eduardo Lara-Torre is a practicing Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologist in Roanoke, VA, Dr. Lara-Torre is Associate Residency Program Director for Obstetrics and Gynecology at Carilion Clinic and Founding Faculty member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Carilion-Virginia Tech Medical School, and is Memberat-large for the Board of Directors of the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. He has served on the Committee on Adolescent Health of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, with multiple peer-reviewed publications.

Keith Edmonds is the Clinical Program Director for Women’s and Children’s Services at Queen Charlotte & Chelsea Hospital, London, and Imperial College Healthcare, Dr. Edmonds has over 20 years’ experience in pediatric and adolescent gynecology and as Director of the national centre for congenital abnormalities

of the genital tract. His expertise is in surgical reconstruction, and his many publications include Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Practical Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology.

Claire Templeman is chief of Gynecology at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and University Hospital at the University of Southern California. She is fellowship trained in both advanced laparoscopic surgery and pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Her clinical and research interests focus on minimally invasive surgery, mullerian anomalies and endometriosis. She is a section editor for the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.