An open letter to the FDA regarding the use of morcellation procedures for women having surgery for presumed uterine fibroids

William Parker, MD
Clinical Professor, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California

Jonathan S. Berek, MD, MMS
Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor and Director, Stanford Women's Cancer Center, Director, Stanford Health Care Communication Program, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Elizabeth Pritts, MD
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, Wisconsin

David Olive, MD
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, Wisconsin

Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine–Jacksonville; Director, Menopause and Gynecologic Ultrasound Services, UF Women’s Health Specialists at Emerson, Jacksonville, Florida.

Eva Chalas, MD
Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Director, Clinical Cancer Services, Vice-Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York

Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD
Professor and Chair, Clinical Research, Gynecologic Oncology Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Barbara Goff, MD
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Robert E. Bristow, MD, MBA
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California

Hugh S. Taylor, MD
Anita O'Keeffe Young Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicin; Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut

Robin Farias-Eisner, MD
Chief, Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles

Amanda Nickles Fader, MD
Director, Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Director, FJ Montz Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

G. Larry Maxwell, MD, COL (ret) US Army
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia; Co-Investigator and Deputy Director of Science, Department of Defense Gynecologic Cancer Translational Research Center of Excellence, Bethesda, Maryland; Professor of Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and Executive Director of Globeathon to End Women’s Cancer

Scott C. Goodwin, MD
Hasso Brothers Professor and Chairman, Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Susan Love, MD, MBA
Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Encino, California

William E. Gibbons, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine, Director of Fellowship Training, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief of Reproductive Medicine at the Pavilion For Women at Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas

Leland J. Foshag, MD
Surgical Oncology, Melanoma and Sarcoma, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California

Phyllis C. Leppert, MD, PhD
Emerita Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine; President of The Campion Fund, Phyllis and Mark Leppert Foundation for Fertility Research, Durham, North Carolina

Judy Norsigian
Co-founder of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Boston, Massachusetts

Charles W. Nager, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Health System

Timothy Robert B. Johnson, MD
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Women’s Studies, and Research Professor in the Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

David S. Guzick, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President of Health Affairs, President of UF Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Sawsan As-Sanie, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor and Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Fellowship Director of Endometriosis Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Richard J. Paulson, MD
Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Cindy Farquhar
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and National Women's Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Linda Bradley, MD
Vice Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health Institute, Director of the Fibroid and Menstrual Disorders Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Stacey A. Scheib, MD
Assistant Professor and Director, Hopkins Multidisciplinary Fibroid Center, Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Anton J. Bilchik, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Medicine at John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California

Laurel W. Rice, MD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor, Division of Gynecology Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Carla Dionne
Founder of National Uterine Fibroid Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Alison Jacoby, MD
Director, University of California-San Francisco Comprehensive Fibroid Center, Interim Chief, Division of Gynecology, University of California San Francisco

Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD
Director of Gynecology, Urogynecology, and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD
Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, Helping Hand of Los Angeles Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California