Women & Infants’ Dr. Myers Wins Distinguished Surgeon Award
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Women & Infants’ Dr. Deborah L. Myers, MD, FACOG, received the Distinguished Surgeon Award at the 43rd annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
Myers is a board certified female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeon and director of the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery.
She is also a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
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Myers joined Women & Infants in 1992 after graduating from the State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical school and completing a medical-surgical internship at Rhode Island Hospital and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Women & Infants.
She is vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of Continuing Medical Education at Women & Infants and chair of the promotions committee of the Department of Ob/Gyn at the Warren Alpert Medical School.
She is a past president of the national American Urogynecologic Society.
Myers was named the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) recipient of the National Association of Continence 2012 Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award.
She is also an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and serves as a member of the FDA advisory panel on Ob/Gyn medical devices.
Myers has achieved certification in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive pelvic surgery (FPMRS) by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).
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