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Board certified, American Board of Obstetrics
and Gynecology |
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Subspecialty training in Advanced pelvic surgery
and Urogynecology |
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Founding member Cedars-Sinai Center for Woman's
Continence and Pelvic Health |
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Member, American Urogynecology Society |
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Member, American Association of Gynecological
Laparoscopy |
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Member, California Medical Association |
| Board Certification |
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ACOG 1998 |
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| Licensure |
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California 1994 |
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| Education |
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July, 1994
To June, 1995 |
MAYO CLINIC, FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY AND URO-GYNECOLOGY.
Experience in laparoscopic, pelvic reconstructive, and vaginal surgery.
Evaluation of female urologic problems, ie. Urodynamic testing and cystoscopic
exam, with conservative and surgical management. |
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July, 1990
To June, 1994 |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Four year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Bellevue Hospital, Booth
Memorial of Queens, and Tisch Medical Center. |
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July, 1986
To June, 1990 |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
General medical education. |
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July, 1982
To June, 1986 |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Baccalaureate of Science from the school of Biological Sciences. |
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| Academic appoinments/research grants |
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May, 2005
To date |
Founding member Cedars-Sinai Center for Women's Continence and Pelvic
Health |
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August, 2000
To date |
Assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA School of Medicine. |
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August, 1998
To date |
Multi-campus Uro-Gynecology consultant for the Jewish Home for the Aging,
affiliated with UCLA School of Medicine. |
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July, 1996
To date |
Attending staff and surgical instructor in Pelvic Surgery and Uro-Gynecology,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. |
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May, 1996
To Nov, 1997 |
Coordinator Urodynamic/Uro-Gynecology clinic at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. |
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July, 1992
To June, 1994 |
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Full time teaching assistant. |
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| 1984 & 1985 |
Presidential Research Fellowship. |
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| 1984 & 1985 |
Deans Undergraduate Fellowship. Characterization and Purification of Pseudocholinestrase
from the rat brain. |
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| Professional Experience |
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April, 1997
To date |
Director of the West Coast Continence Center, dedicated to research, teaching,
evaluation, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment of female urinary incontinence. |
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| August, 1995 |
Private practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology practice with emphasis on
Pelvic Surgery and Uro-Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and in
the city of Glendale. |
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| 1984 - 1986 |
Laboratory technologist, Department of Biochemistry, University of California,
Irvine, CA. |
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| Presentations |
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| July, 1998 |
Grand rounds presentation: "stress urinary incontinence: Evolving
concepts in anatomy and surgical treatment." Cedars-Sinai Hospital. |
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| May, 97 |
Grand rounds presentation: "Conservative treatment of urinary incontinence."
Brotman Hospital. |
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| Jan, 97 |
Grand rounds presentation: "Minimally invasive surgical treatment
of female urinary incontinence." Glendale memorial hospital. |
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| Sept, 96 |
Grand rounds presentation: "Urogynecology for the primary care providers."
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. |
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| Nov, 94 |
Moderator at the 7th annual Techniques in Gynecological Surgery, Mayo
clinic. |
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| Publications |
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| 1) M. M. Tahery, D.A. Lee: Pharmacologic control of wound
healing in glaucoma filtration surgery. Ocular Pharm 1989; 5(2):155-179. |
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| 2) D. Bergman, S. S. Kadner, M. M. Tahery, B.K. Young, T.H.
Finlay: Synthesis of @1-antichymotripsin and @1-antitrypsin by human trophoblast
cells. Ped Res 1993; 34(3):312-7. |
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3) M.M. Tahery, R.C. Wallach, K.R. Mittal: Eosinophilic endomyometritis;
A new clinico pathological entity.
-presented at Bellevue Hospital Resident Honors Day.
-Published in the Journal of Bellevue Ob/Gyn Society, 1993. |
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| 4) J.F. Magrina, M.M. Tahery, J. Heppell, J.L. Cornella: Femoral
hernia: a complication of laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy after groin
node dissection. J. of Laparoendoscopic and advanced Surgical techniques.
Part A. 7(3):191-3, 1997. |
