Meet Dr. Goodman

Dr. Goodman was educated in Michigan at Kalamazoo College and Wayne State University School of Medicine. He moved to California in 1968 to finish his training in the San Francisco Bay area. He is the proud and happy father of 4 children, Gabriele, Lauren David, Caleb and Samuel.

After residency training at Stanford University and a short time with Kaiser in the Bay Area, Dr. Goodman moved to the Mendocino Coast in 1973 to become the first OB-GYN on the North Coast between Sonoma and Eureka. He moved with his family from Mendocino to Davis, CA., a small University town located between Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, in 2000

Dr. Goodman likes to spend his free time gardening, playing tennis and basketball, listening to and playing music, writing, and hanging out with his family.

I. Education and Training:

• College: BA, Kalamazoo College 1964
• Medical School: MD Wayne State University 1968
• Internship: Highland Alameda Co. Hospital, 1968-69
• OB-GYN Residency: Stanford University and affiliated hospitals, 1969-1972 (Chief Resident, 1971-1972)
• Post-grad Training includes: IVF, advanced operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy,endo-vaginal ultrasound, menopausal medicine, bone densiometry and women's and men's sexuality

II. Professional Practice:

• Private Practice of OB-GYN and Infertility Fort Bragg and Willits, CA 1972-1988
• Private practice of gynecology, advanced operative laparoscopy and menopausal medicine, Fort Bragg and Willits, CA.1989-1999
• Hospital Consultant and Locum Tenens physician: High risk hospital-based OB, practice management, clinic-based OB-GYN and menopausal medicine for Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser), Sutter Health, East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates, and others; 1989-2006
• Present practice of Gynecology, Perimenopausal Medicine, Bone Densiometry, Vitality and Health Enhancement, Sexual Medicine and Gynecologic and Vulvo-Vaginal Aesthetic Surgery in Davis, CA since 2000.

III. Professional Organizations:

• Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Elected Member, Society of Reproductive Surgeons
• Member, California Medical Association and Sierra-Sacramento Co. Medical Society
• Member, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
• Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
• Member, North American Menopause Society
• Member, California Medical Review, Inc.
• Member, Northern California Ob-Gyn Society
• Member, Traditional Practice Alliance
• Member, Northern California OB-Gyn Society
• Member, International Society of Clinical Densiometry
• Member of the Consumer Education Committee of the North American Menopause Society and Past Project Chair of the Consumer Booklist Committee.
• Member, International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health

IV. Accreditations and Certifications:

• Board certified and re-certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Accredited in Advanced Operative Laparoscopy, Accreditation Council of Gynecologic Endoscopy
• Certified Menopauseal Clinician and Menopausal practitioner by the National Certification Corporation of Ob-Gyn/Ob-Gyn Nursing Specialties and the North American Menopause Society
• Certified Clinical Bone Densiometrist (International Society of Clinical Densiometry)

V. Teaching Activities and Publications:

Dr. Goodman has been a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Practice, UC Davis and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF. In this capacity he has been a proctor for nurse midwifery and nurse practitioner students and family practice residents, in addition to his experience teaching advanced operative laparoscopy.

Dr. Goodman has presented numerous papers at hospital training sessions and clinical meetings on menopause and hormone replacement therapy, vaginitis, advanced operative laparoscopy, pelvic ultrasound, pelvic pain and risk management. He has published papers on obstetrical care, nurse-monitrices, advanced laparoscopy, risk management, recovery and sexuality issues surrounding hysterectomy and UAE, and Vulvo-Vaginal Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery.  He is the lead author of a large, multi-center outcome study on VulvoVaginal Aesthetic surgery, presently in preparation.  Dr. Goodman presents frequently at Women's Health Seminars in California and elsewhere and has written 3 popular books about menopause and midlife transitions, the last two, "The Midlife Bible- A Woman's Survival Guide," and "MEN-opause: The Book for Men," published in 2007. 

VI. Special Professional Activities:

• Ad. hoc. reviewer for the " Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists."
• Peer reviewer for the "Journal of Sexual Medicine."
• Reviewer for the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.
• Ob-Gyn reviewer for the Medical Board of California
• Peer reviewer for the journal, "Menopause Management."