My Philosophy

I went into the practice of medicine to help, "to heal", to BE OF USE. I have learned and practiced the art and science of medicine (specifically OB-GYN) for more than 35 years.

I welcome women in all areas of my gynecology practice. I enjoy and am experienced in helping to maintain and enhance wellness, as well as explaining and sorting out the causes of problems and involving my patients in the therapeutic decision-making process.

I am pleased to include patients suffering from menstrual irregularities, PCOS, PMS, hormonal issues, pelvic support/incontinence problems and vaginal aesthetic issues and, if applicable, to do the most careful, knowledgable and up-to-date surgical procedure available.

The years before, during, and just after menopause are a time of passage for women, as well as their partners. I pledge to:

**Provide knowledgeable assistance with this transition.

**Integrate traditional and alternative therapies to maintain peri-and post-menopausal wellness. I encourage communication in the difficult and often embarrassing areas of PMS, sexuality issues, urinary incontinence, and vulvar pain and irritation. I welcome inclusion of my patient's partner in consultation and therapeutic decision making.

**See one patient at a time, providing adequate time for consultation, communication, and teaching in a comfortable, and unhurried environment.

**Provide a knowledgeable "second opinion" to enable informed decision making in the areas of gynecologic surgery and infertility options and therapy.

**Provide reliable and affordable pelvic ultrasound examinations of the ovaries to aid in the early detection of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is scary because it is so silent and insidious; it is unfortunate that most health plans do not cover routine diagnostic ultrasound, the best method for early detection of ovarian cancer.

**Provide accurate, reproducible and affordable bone density measurements in a comfortable and efficient setting.

OUR PLEDGE TO YOU:

Knowledgeable assistance
Prompt, Willing Attention
Courteous Treatment

Recent Professional Activities:

Publication of Dr. Goodman's research paper "Female Genital Plastic Surgery: a Large National Multi-Centered Outcome Study", the largest study yet published worldwide on female genital plastic surgery, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Attendance at a training course for the new Pelleve Radiofrequency Procedure for noninvasive treatment of facial and neck wrinkles, skin tightening and toning in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Goodman was asked to be on the speaker's bureau of Boeringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, speaking and educating on female sexual dysfunction, and Novogyne Pharmaceuticals, United States, speaking and educating on hormone therapy for peri- and post-menopause.

Presentation of endocrine grand rounds at Stanford University in March of 2010 on transdermal versus oral estrogen replacement for post-menopausal women.

Faculty member of the first Global Conference on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery at the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery meeting, Orlando, Florida, January 25, 2010. Dr. Goodman contributed to presentations and moderated discussion groups on ethical and patient protection issues in female genital plastic surgery as well as sexual issues in vaginal tightening procedures.

Attendance at and faculty member of the 30th annual North American Menopause Society meeting n San Diego, California in October of 2009. Dr. Goodman presented his poster presentation on the use of oral versus transdermal hormone therapy.

Faculty member at the annual International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida, participating in the "Great Debate" on female sexual dysfunction and presenting a paper on his large nationwide female genital plastic surgery study.

Dr. Goodman was invited to give Grand Rounds at Sutter Hospital in Davis, Ca in October. His topic was "Transdermal (Bioidentical) Hormone Therapy".

Dr. Goodman was quoted in "Endocrine Today". http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=44251

Dr. Goodman was the senior author of two recently published peer-reviewed medical journal articles, "Is Elective Plastic Surgery Ever Warranted, and What Screening Should be Conducted Preoperatively," published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, (2007;4:269-276) and "Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery," published in the journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology (2009;113: 156-159).

The first chapter in a U. S. textbook on female genital aesthetic surgery, "Female Genital Plastic Surgery" authored by Dr. Goodman, will be published in the new text, "Female Reproductive and Sexual Medicine" due out Fall, 2009.

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