News and Events
May 1, 2006
Wheeless
to Present at Ob/Gyn Resident Research Day
 Distinguished
author and Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, Clifford R. Wheeless, Jr, MD, will be the guest speaker
at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Research Presentations
Day.
The event will be held Friday, June 2, 2006, at the University Club, 2704 Kingston Pike. Dr. Wheeless will open the research day with his presentation, "African Vesico-Vaginal Fistula" at 7:30 am.
Kimberly B. Fortner, Instructor, Department of Ob/Gyn, said of Dr. Wheeless, "He is a tremendous pelvic surgeon and has made land mark contributions to the field of gynecology. His Atlas of Pelvic Surgery text is a book that nearly every gynecologist owns. Dr. Wheeless' experience in the field is vast, having trained at Johns Hopkins, doing some of the first laparoscopic tubal ligations in the US, and serving on faculty at numerous academic institutions. He is retired and currently spends the majority of his time in Africa repairing rectovaginal fistulas.
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