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WE HAVE MOVED!Our practice moved to spacious new quarters at Suite 204 in the Mellon Pavilion at West Penn Hospital. We have doubled the size of our office to modernize our chemotherapy center, add dressing areas to the examining rooms and generally provide more space for our patients and families. Please stop by and check out our new space!
Dr. Price performs the first robotically-assisted hysterectomy in Western PennsylvaniaOn November 8, 2007 Dr. Fredric Price was the first gynecologist in Western Pennsylvania to use the daVinci® surgical robot to perform an abdominal hysterectomy. The operation was performed at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh using the latest minimally invasive techniques. Since that time, he has continues to gain experience and facility with the equipment as West Penn Hospital aquired the daVinci® robotic system in February 2008. Currently he performs several daVinci® procedures each week at both hospitals.
Robotic surgery involves exact control of laparoscopic instruments by the surgeon, who sits at a computer console several feet away from the patient. The greatest advantage of the system is better visualization of the surgical area using a robotically controlled camera arm. With excellent magnification and precise binocular optics, tissue planes and blood vessels are more easily seen. Tiny hand-like instruments controlled by the surgeon can perform intricate tasks faster than traditional surgical or laparoscopic techniques. Complex operations can be accomplished with less loss of blood, less tissue damage, and the rapid recovery associated with minimally invasive surgery. For more information about this exciting new technology, see www.davincihysterectomy.com.
Dr. Price has made a commitment to minimally invasive surgery for complex gynecologic surgery. In the last year, he has attended more than 40 hours of master classes with internationally renowned specialists to bring these latest techniques to Pittsburgh Gynecologic Oncology.
For other information about laparoscopic options for hysterectomy available on the internet, use the following links:
Pittsburgh Gynecologic Oncology in Guyana, June 2007
The patients treated at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana were identified on previous screening trips by RAM volunteers. These women come from areas of southwestern Guyana where medical care is almost non-existent and the rates of cervical cancer are high.
Dr. Price chosen by "Best Doctors" againAccording to a poll of physicians conducted by the Best Doctors®, Dr. Fredric Price was chosen one of the "Best Doctors in America" for the fifth time. Only 4% of doctors nationwide are chosen for this honor. In order to be chosen, doctors from all specialties are asked questions about which physicians they would choose if they or a family member needed the services of a practitioner of a particular specialty. For more information, you can view the Best Doctors® website. Board RecertificationDr. Price recently completed the Annual Board Certification requirements of the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for both the general specialty of OB/GYN and the subspecialty of Gynecologic Oncology. After first completing his 10-year board certification in 1996, Dr. Price has successfully taken the recertification examination eight times. Dr. Price accepts international outreach positionDr. Price has accepted a position as vice chairman of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists International Outreach Committee. This position reflects his strong interest in international health for women in poorer countries. Since 2001, Dr. Price has been on three missions to Haiti and two trips to Guyana to provide gynecologic oncology services as a volunteer in these underserved areas. In the summer 2008, another trip is planned to the interior of Guyana to provide free medical and surgical care. In 2004-5, 2005-6 and 2006-7, Dr. Price received the West Penn Hospital OB/GYN alumni award for community service in recognition of these efforts.
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Dr. Price returned to Guyana during the last week of June, 2007 for his second surgical mission trip with Remote Area Medical (RAM). Volunteer Corps (www.ramusa.org). During this trip, approximately 25 patients were treated for cervical cancer, pelvic tumors, and preinvasive disease. This marks the third year that Dr. Price has won the West Penn Hospital Department of OB/GYN Alumni Recognition Award for Community Service.
They are transported by air and bus to the general hospitals of Georgetown, the national capital. Dr. Price accompanied the surgical team consisting of an anesthesiologist, a Gynecologic Oncology Fellow-in-Training from Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, and an OB/GYN. He plans to return to Guyana annually for to support this outstanding women's health program by volunteering his surgical services.