An open letter to the FDA regarding the use of morcellation procedures for women having surgery for presumed uterine fibroids
46 minimally invasive surgeons, gynecologic oncologists, and other experts send an open letter to the FDA calling into question its estimate of the likelihood of occult leiomyosarcoma and recommending continued use of power morcellation in appropriate cases
Click here to listen to an interview with letter signatory Eva Chalas, MD
G. David Adamson, MD
Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Past President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Matthew Siedhoff, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor and Division Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Israel, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chair, Quality Improvement, Director, Women's Health Clinics and Referrals, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Marie Fidela Paraiso, MD
Head, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael M. Frumovitz, MD, MPH
Fellowship Program Director, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
John R. Lurain, MD
Marcia Stenn Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Program Director, Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD
Georgia Regents University Director of Interdisciplinary Translational Research; Medical College of Georgia Assistant Dean for Global Translational Research; Professor and Director, Division of Translational Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgia Regents Health, Augusta, Georgia
Guy I. Benrubi, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Robert J. Thompson Professor and Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Steven S. Raman, MD
Professor, Radiology, Urology, and Surgery, Co-director, Fibroid Treatment Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles
Rosanne M. Kho, MD
Associate Professor and Head, Section of Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery; Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellowship Program, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
Ted L. Anderson, MD, PhD
Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett Professor and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division Director of Gynecology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
R. Kevin Reynolds, MD
The George W. Morley Professor and Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
John DeLancey, MD
Norman F. Miller Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
