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Dr John SciarraM.D., Ph.D.Northwestern University, USA |
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Dr John J Sciarra, M.D., Ph.D. is the Thomas J. Watkins Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2003 he served as Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at both Northwestern University and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. From 1991 to 1994, Dr. Sciarra was president of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), an association representing societies of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in over 100 member countries. From 1985 to 2007, Dr. Sciarra was the editor of the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and is now Editor Emeritus. Dr. Sciarra was the Editor-in-Chief of the six volume series, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, that has been transformed into an internet-based publication entitled The Global Library of Women’s Medicine that was launched in the fall of 2008 and now provides educational information for physicians in over 170 countries. Dr. Sciarra has written more than 200 scientific publications authored or edited 16 books in the areas of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Family Planning, and Contraceptive Development. He has served as president of many national and international organizations, including the American Gynaecology Club and the International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy. Dr. Sciarra has received many awards and honorary memberships, included being admitted to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (London) as a fellow ad eundem in 1992 and in 2006 he was made a guest professor at Peking University (China). He is a member of the International Academy of Human Reproduction. |
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