OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor
Chairman, Hysterectomy and Alternatives
US Representative: Massachusetts

Myer S. Bornstein, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. - USA
72 Washington St., Taunton, MA 02780
508/ 824-2780 fax 508/ 821-9178
Articles by Dr. Bornstein

Education:

• BS Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1961
• M.D., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 1965
• Internship, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 1965 - 1966
• Residency, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 1966 - 1969
• Management Courses
  • CompHealth/Harvard School of Public Health Program in Health Care Policy and Management, Class of 95
  • ACOG: Survival Skills for the Department Leader
  • ACPE and Tulane University Masters of Medical Management Program Degree due December, 2000

Practice:

• USAF Hospital, Kincheloe AFB, MI 1969 - 1971
• USAF Regional Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany 1971- 1974
• Truesdale Clinic, Fall River, MA 1974 - 1983
• Main Street, New London, NH 1983 - 1987
• Associates in Women's Health, Taunton, MA 1987 -

Attending Physician:

• USAF Hospital, Kincheloe AFB, MI 1969 - 1971
• USAF Regional Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany 1971 -1 974
• Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA 1974 - 1983
• New London Hospital, New London, NH 1983 - 1987
• Morton Hospital & Medical Center, Taunton, MA 1987 -
• Women and Infant's Hospital, Providence, RI 1998 -
  • Courtesy Staff

Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology:

• Fall River Community Development Center, Fall River, MA 1977 - 1983
• Taunton Family Planning Center, Taunton, MA 1988 -
• Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, MA 1988 -
• Stanley Street Treatment & Resource Center, Fall River, MA 1989 - 1994

Board of Directors:

• Fall River Chapter of the American Cancer Society 1977 -1983
• Greater Fall River Children Protection Services 1980 -1983
• Fall River Youth Hockey 1979 -1981
• Kearsarge Lake Sunapee Chapter ACS 1983 -1987
• Fall River Family Planning Advisory Board, Fall River, MA 1974 -1983
• Morton Physician Associates 1995 -
• Pilgrim Foundation for Medical Care 1997 -
  • Executive Committee 1998-

Diplomate and Certifications:

• Diplomate of The National Board of Medical Examiners, 1966
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1973
  • Re-certified, 1981, 1999, 2000
• Certified In Advanced Operative Hysteroscopy and Advanced Operative Laparosocopy, Accreditation Council for Gynecological Endoscopy 1996
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1996, 1998
• Neonatal Resuscitation, 1996, 1998
• Diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, 1997
• Certified in Critical Care Obstetrics, Jefferson Medical College, 1998
• Certified Physician Executive, The Certifying Commission in Medical Management, 1999
• Diplomate, American College of Physician Executives 1999
• Certificate in Medical Management, ACPE and Tulane University, 1999

License:

• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• New York (inactive)

Positions:

• Chief of OBS./GYN, Kincheloe AFB Hospital, 1970 -1971
• Assistant Chief of OBS./GYN Wiesbaden AFB, 1973 -1974
• Medical Director, Fall River Family Planning 1981-1983
• Medical Director, Northeast Alcohol and Drug Services, Seminole Point Hospital, 1984 -1987
• Chief of OBS./GYN, New London Hospital, 1983 -1987
• Chief of OBS./GYN, Morton Hospital, 1991-1993
• Chief of OBS./GYN Morton Hospital, 1996 -
• Director Associates in Women's Health, 1998 --
• Reviewer, MassPro, 1993 -
• Reviewer, BCBS, 1995 -
• Nominating Counselor Mass Medical Society, 1991 - 1993
• Medical Staff Representative to AMA House of Delegates, 1993 - 1996
• Delegate House of Delegates Mass Medical Society, 1991-
• President Elect, Bristol North County Medical Society, 1992 -1994
• President, Bristol North County Medical Society, 1994 - 1998
• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Massachusetts Medical Society, 1997 - 1998
• Trustee Mass Medical Society, 1998 - 1999
• Medical Director, Hygenia Medical Corporation, 1998 -

Committees:

• Vice Chairman, Nominating Committee Mass Medical Society, 1995 - 1996
• Chairman, Nominating Committee MMS 1996 - 1997
• Chairman, Laparoendoscopic Committee, Morton Hospital, 1994 -
• Executive Committee, Morton Hospital, 1991-1993, 1994 -
• Chair Bylaws Committee, Morton Hospital, 1994 -
• Surgical Review and Blood Utilization Committee, Morton Hospital, 1991-
• OR Management Committee, Morton Hospital, 1992 -
• Cancer Committee, Morton Hospital, 1994 -
• Laser Committee, Morton Hospital, 1990 -
• Credential Committee, Morton Hospital, 1997 -
• Patient Care Committee, Morton Hospital, 1999 -
• Member Tax Support Medicine Care Committee, 1991 -
• Member Medicaid Subcommittee, 1994 -
• Member Managed Care Committee, 1993 -
• Member, Maternal and Perinatal Welfare Committee MMS, 1996 -
  • Chair, 1998 -
• Member, Task Force of Ethics in Managed Care Committee MMS June, 1996 - Oct. 1996
• Member, Subcommittee for Managed Care Core Curriculum MMS 1996 -
• Reference Committee Member, MMS A-95
• Chair, Reference Committee D, MMS A-96
• Member, Advisory Committee, ACOG, Massachusetts Section, 1997 -
• Member, Committee on Social Action, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Sub-committee on Financial Incentives, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Committee on Administration and Management, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Committee on Long Range Planning, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Committee on Quality in Medicine, MMS, 1997 -
• Member Finance Committee, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Committee on Buildings, MMS, 1997 - 1998
• Member, Committee on Continuing Medical Education, MMS, 1997 -1998
• Ex-officio member All MMS Committees, 1997 - 1998
• Member ACOG Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Network 1997 -

  Visiting Faculty:

• Physician Training Center, Centennial Hospital, Nashville, TN 1992 -
  • Courses in:
    • Laser Laparoscopy
    • Advance Operative Laparoscopy
    • Advanced Hysteroscopy
    • Laparoscopic Hysterectomies
    • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Memberships:

• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1966 -
  • Fellow 1974 -
• American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists 1975 -
• American College of Physician Executives, 1994 -
  • Diplomate 1999
• American Institute of Ultrasound, 1976 -
• American Medical Association, 1974 -
• American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, 1975 -
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1975 -
• Boston Fertility Society, 1992 -
• Bristol County North Medical Society, 1987 -
• International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy, 1993 -
• Massachusetts Medical Society, 1974 -
• Merrimack County Medical Society, 1983 -1987
• New Hampshire Medical Society, 1983 -1987
• New Hampshire OBS./GYN, 1983 -1987
• North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 1994 -
• Society for Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1992 -

Military:

• Honorable Discharge USAF, 1974, rank Lieutenant Colonel
• Commendation Medal, 1971
• USAF 1966-1974

 Special Lectures:

• Department of Social Work, Providence College, 1980
• Workshop on Adolescence, Morton Hospital, March 1981
• Adolescent Pregnancy, Morton Hospital, March 1981
• Workshop on Adolescence, 2nd Workshop, Charlton Memorial Hospital October 1981
• CME/CEU. Lectures Morton Hospital, 1984 -
  • Pregnancy and Hypertension
  • Laparoscopy
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • New Procedures in Gynecological Surgery
  • Medical Treatment of Common Gynecological Diseases
  • Infertility
• C/Sections into the 21st Century
• Operative Hysteroscopy
• Mass Medical Society Jewett Memorial Lecture 1998
  • Obstetronics
• Empowerment Lectures
• Public Lecture on Urinary Incontinence - 1996, 1997
• HIV in Pregnancy, CME Course 1997 Faculty
• Laparoscopic Burch CME Course 1997 Program Director
• Speech Recognition ~ The Wave of the Future 1998
• Risk Management Obstetrics C/S 1998
• Faculty Retreat Bay State Medical Center, Springfield MA, Computers, CPR and OB/GYN, 1999
• Mass Medical Society Jewett Memorial Lecture 1999
  • Moderator
• Obstetronics 99

Preceptor:

• Charlton Memorial Hospital Extern Program for Foreign Medical Students
• Brown University College of Medicine
• Community Medical Program
• Advanced Laparoscopy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Studies, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Sciences Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 2000 -

Honors:

• Stanley Street Treatment and Resources in Recognition on Behalf of the Pregnant Addict Detoxification Program, November 1990
• Selected for Inclusion in Who s Who in The East, 1990 -
• Selected for Inclusion in Who s Who in The World, 1994 -
• Selected for Inclusion in Who s Who in Executives and Professionals, 1994 -
• Selected for Inclusion in Who s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1996 -
• Selected for Inclusion in Who s Who in America, 1997 -
• Community Clinician of the Year, 1999, Bristol North Medical Society and the Massachusetts Medical Society