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Franklin D. Loffer, M.D. - USA
Index of articles by Dr. Loffer

Personal Data

Born: March 20, 1934
Married with two children

Educational Background:

• A.B. Stanford University 1956
• M.D. Stanford University 1960
• Internship: Philadelphia General Hospital (rotating) 1960-61
• Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota Hospital; John L. McKelvey, M.D., Chairman 1961-64
• Fellowship: American Cancer Society Clinical Fellow Department of Ob/Gyn, University of Minnesota Hospital 1964-65
• Military: Ob/Gyn Teaching Staff, William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas 1965-67
• Chief, Ob/Gyn Clinic, William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, Texas 1965-67
• Academic Position: Associate Professor, Dept of Ob/Gyn University of Arizona, Tucson

Teaching Staff Appointments:

• R.E. Thomason General Hospital, El Paso, Texas 1965-67
• Maricopa Medical Center
  • attending staff 1968 to present
  • Director, Division of Gynecologic Endoscopy, Dept of Ob/Gyn, Phoenix, 1975 to Arizona present

Staff Appointments:

• Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1968 to present
• John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1968 to present
• Memorial Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1968 to present
• Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1980 to present
• Phoenix Surgicenter 1971 to present
• Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ 1980 to present
• St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1968 to present
• St. Luke's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 1968 to present
• Columbia Phoenix Medical Center, 1968 to Phoenix, AZ present

Appointments:

• Consultant to Department of Ob/Gyn, Luke Air Force Base, AZ 1969-71
• Director, Gynecological Laparoscopy Course. Sponsored by Arizona Family Planning Service, Phoenix, AZ 1971-83
• Medical Advisor, Arizona Gynecological Nurse Practitioners Association 1976-77

Diplomates:

• National Medical Boards 1961
• American Board of Ob/Gyn 1967
• Gynecology Recertification 1970

Licensures:

• Medical Licensure - State of California1965
• Medical Licensure - State of Arizona 1968

Societies:

• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Board of Trustees 1977 * 1978
  • Advisory Committee Representative to the Board of Trustees 1994
  • Secretary/Treasurer 1984
  • Vice President 1985
  • President 1986
  • Medical Director 1998
• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Industrial Exhibit Committee 1979-83
  • Chairman 1981-83
• American Medical Association, Alternate Delegate to House of Delegates 1981-88
• Arizona Medical Association, Board of Directors 1981-1988
• Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Maricopa County Medical Society
• Pacific Coast Fertility Society
• Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
• Phoenix Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
  • President 1980-81

Editorial responsibilities:

• Executive Editorial Board, Gynecological Endoscopy
• Editorial Board, Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
• Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
• Ad hoc reviewer for:
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Fertility and Sterility
  • International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Journal of Reproductive Medicine
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Other:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Board of Directors 1976-present
  • Executive Committee 1977-83
  • Professional Committee 1974-81
  • Chairman, Professional Committee 1977-1981
• Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
  • Board of Directors 1974-1980
  • Professional Committee (past chairman) 1971-present
• Arizona Family Planning Service
  • Founder 1971
  • Board of Directors 1971-present
• Central Arizona Association Physicians Service Assn.
  • Board of Trustees 1981-85
  • Treasurer 1981-85
• Ad Hoc Committee on Infection Control in the Handling of Endoscopy Equipment 1978-79
• Member of the 1980 International Team of Lecturers in Gynecology and Endoscopy to the People's Republic of China, September 15-20, 1980
• Member, Clinical research group. Hysteroscopic formed, in-place, silicone tubal plug. RAP Laboratories, Stamford, Connecticut
• Initial Investigator, Nd:Yag laser hysteroscopic obliteration of the endometrium for the control of menorrhagia - EndoLase, Inc.; Washington, D.C.
• Initial Investigator, SLT Nd:Yag laser system in gynecological uses, Surgical Laser Technology, Inc.; Melvern, Pennsylvania

Medical Advisory Boards

• Gynecare 1994-present
• Aquintel 1996-present

Publications:

1. Loffer FD: Thalassemia minor associated with pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol, 27:532-5, 1966
2. Loffer FD: Eisenmenger's complex and pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 29:235-40, 1967
3. Loffer FD: Berquist JP: Diverticulitis complicating the diagnosis of a gynecological malignancy. Minn Med 50:1793-5, 1967
4. Loffer FD, Pent D: An alternate technique for teaching operative laparoscopy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 117:956, 1973
5. Loffer FD, Pent D: Decreased carbohydrate tolerance in pregnant patients with an early menarche. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 123:180-184, 1975
6. Loffer FD, Pent D: Indications, contraindications and complications of laparoscopy. Obstet Gynecol Sur. 30: 407-27, 1975
7. Loffer FD, Pent D: Laparoscopy in the obese patient. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 125:104-107, 1976
8. Loffer FD, Pent D: Risks of laparoscopic fulguration and transection of the fallopian tube. Obstet Gynecol. 49: 218-222, 1977
9. Loffer FD, Pent D: Hospitalization for laparoscopy: the exception rather than the rule. Obstet Gynecol. 49:625-627, 1977
10. Loffer FD, Pent D, Goodkin R: Sciatic nerve injury in a patient undergoing laparoscopy. J Reprod Med. 21:371-372, 1978
11. Loffer FD, Pent D: Pregnancies after laparoscopic sterilizations. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 55:643-648, 1980
12. Loffer FD: Disinfection vs. sterilization of gynecological laparoscopy equipment - the experience of the Phoenix Surgicenter. J Reprod Med. 25:263-266, 1980
13. Loffer FD, Loffer PS: "Will the silicone tubal plug be a widely accepted technique." Hysteroscopy, Alvin M. Siegler, Editor. J.B. Lippencott, Philadelphia, PA 1984
14. Loffer FD: What's new in female sterilizations - the silicone tubal plug is. Ariz Med. 39:442-445, 1982
15. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopic sterilizations using the formed, in-place, silicone plugs. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 149:261-270, June 1984 (Central Association of Ob/Gyn Prize Paper, 1983)
16. Loffer FD: Impact of increasing problems of ectopic pregnancies on patients and physicians. J Reprod Med. 31:74-77, 1986
17. Loffer FD: Surgical incisions and appropriate surgical locations for the management of ectopic pregnancies. J Reprod Med. 31:94-97, 1986
18. Loffer FD, Loffer PS: Learning hysteroscopic sterilization and the Ovabloc System with hyskon. Acta Europaea Fertilitatis 17:477-80, 1986
19. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopic endometrial ablation with the Nd:Yag laser using a non-contact technique. Obstet Gynecol. 69:679, 1987
20. Loffer FD: Outpatient management of ectopic pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 156:1467-1472, 1987
21. Loffer FD: Why bother? The 1986 AAGL presidential address. J Reprod Med. 2:729-731, 1987
22. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopy with selective endometrial sampling compared with D&C for abnormal uterine bleeding: the value of a negative hysteroscopic view. Obstet Gynecol. 73:16-20, 1989
23. Loffer FD, Loffer PS: Hysteroscopic tubal occlusion with the use of formed, in-place silicone devices: a long term follow up. Gynecol Endoscopy 1:203-205, 1992
24. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopic differentiating ectopic pregnancy from other non-viable pregnancies when serum HCG titers remain below the threshold of ultrasound diagnosis. J Gynecol Surg 1:165-6, 1992
25. Loffer FD: Endometrial ablation - where do we stand? Gynecol Endosc 1:175-9, 1992
26. Loffer FD: The need to monitor intrauterine pressure - myth or necessity? J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 2:1-2, 1994
27. Loffer FD: Endometrial ablation and resection. Current opinion in Obstet Gynecol 7:290-294, 1995
28. Loffer FD: Complications of hysteroscopy - their cause, prevention and correction. Am Assoc of Gynecol Laparosc 3:11-26, 1995

Chapters:

1. Loffer FD, Pent D: The role of self motivation in learning gynecological laparoscopy and other endoscopic procedures. Laparoscopy, Williams and Wilkins, 1977. Jordan Phillips, Editor, pgs. 248-252.
2. Loffer FD: Mini laparotomy and open laparoscopy for female sterilization. Contributor, A. Jefferson Penfield, Editor.
3. Loffer FD: Outpatient gynecological surgery, International Anesthesiology Clinics. Little, Brown and Co. Pub. Vol 20, No 1, 1982
4. Loffer FD: Major ambulatory surgery and the gynecological and obstetrical patient. Surgical Clinics of North America 67:791-804, 1987
5. Loffer FD: Gynecological and obstetrical procedures, Chapter - Major Ambulatory Surgery. James E. Davis, Editor, Williams and Wilkins, 1986
6. Loffer FD: Laser ablation of the endometrium. Obstet and Gynecol Clinics of North America 15:77-89, 1988
7. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopic laser surgery. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 35:242-8, 1992
8. Loffer FD: Complications related to uterine distending media. In: Corfman RS, Diamond MP, DeCherney AH, eds. Complications of Endoscopic Procedures: Intraabdominal and intrauterine. Cambridge MA: Blackwell Scientific Publishing 1993. Chapter 35:177-186
9. Loffer FD: Hysteroscopic tubal occlusion. In Sutton C. Diamond M. eds. Endoscopic Surgery for Gynaecologists. London: WB Saunders 1993. Chapter 44:345-54
10. Loffer FD: Visible and near infrared wave lengths in the treatment of lower genital tract disease. In Wright VC, Fisher JC, eds. Laser Surgery in Gynecology. Philadelphia: WB Saunders 1993, Chapter 12:192-200
11. Loffer FD: Removing Intrauterine Lesions: Myomectomy and Polypectomy. In Bieber EJ, Loffer eds. Gynecologic Resectoscopy. Cambridge: Blackwell Science 1995, Chapter 10:168-194
12. Loffer FD: Endometrial ablation. In Adamson GD, Martin DC, eds. Endoscopic management of gynecologic disease. Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven 1995, Chapter 32:335-44
13. Loffer FD: Complications of hysteroscopy - their cause, prevention and correction. Obstet Gynecol Clinics of North America. 1995, 22:445-455
14. Loffer FD: Techniques for diagnostic rigid hysteroscopy. In Isaacson KB ed. Office Hysteroscopy. St. Louis: Mosby 1996. Chapter 7:54-60

Publications (co-author)

1. Spellacy WN, Shattuck CA, Loffer FD: A double blind study of the comparative effects of meperidine with secobarbital, hydroxyzine, or a placebo on labor and delivery. Obstet Gynecol 27:290-3, 1966
2. Pent D, Loffer FD: Laparoscopy at the surgicenter. Reprod Med 10:239-42, 1973
3. Pent D, Loffer FD: Laparoscopy as an ambulatory procedure. Co-author, Clinical Obstet Gynecol 17: 231, 1974
4. Pent D, Loffer FD: Endoscopy in obstetrics and gynecology. Ariz Med 32:698-702, 1975
5. Pent D, Loffer FD: The natural history of an hematosalpinx. Obstet Gynecol 47-2s-4s, 1976
6. Pent D, Loffer FD: Teaching laparoscopy. Co-author. Laparoscopy, Williams and Wilkins. Jordan Phillips ed. pgs 252-259, 1977
7. Pent D, Loffer FD: Documents and documentation in laparoscopy. J Reprod Med 18:90-94, 1977
8. Yuspe AA, Rioux JE, Loffer FD, Pent D: Laparoscopic tubal sterilization by the "burn only" technique. Obstet Gynecol 49:106-109, 1977
9. Brooks PG, Loffer FD, Serden SP: Resectoscopic removal of symptomatic intrauterine lesions. J Reprod Med 34: 435-7, 1989

Papers (unpublished)

1. "Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Gynecological Tumors". Report to the American Cancer Society.
2. "Respiratory Arrest Secondary to Intraperitoneal Strepto-myocin Administration". A review to the interference of neuromuscular transmission by antibiotics. Presented at the University of Minnesota, 1964.
3. "Screening for Abnormal Carbohydrate Metabolism in Pregnancy".
4. "Outpatient Laparoscopy for Removal of Ectopic IUD's".
5. "A Gynecologist Looks at the Surgicenter". December 1973. Presented to the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
6. "Laparoscopy in an Ambulatory Surgical Setting - The Hazards and Their Prevention". Presented at the 42^nd Annual Convention of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, February 16-20, 1975. Los Angeles, CA.
7. "History Taking Techniques". Gynecological Urology Panel. 7th Annual Meeting, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, November 17, 1978. Hollywood, FL.
8. "Laparoscopic Sterilizations Using the Tubal Transector". 7th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, November 17, 1978, Hollywood, FL.
9. "Gynecological Surgical Procedures Feasible in an Outpatient Setting". Outpatient Gynecological Surgery Panel, North American College of Surgeons, October 18, 1976, San Francisco, CA
10. "Laparoscopy and Gynecology". Presented at the 7^th Annual Meeting of the Free-Standing Ambulatory Surgical Association, Scottsdale, AZ, February 7, 1981.
11. "The D&C Has Died, 1842-1987 R.I.P." Presented at the 3rd World Congress on Hysteroscopy, January 15-18, 1987, Miami, FL.
12. "Comparison of the Nd:Yag Laser and Resectoscope Ablation of the Endometrium". Guest speaker, 22nd Annual Matt Weis Symposium, St. Louis, MO, April 19-20, 1990
13. "Endometrial Ablation: Long Term Results of Laser vs. Electrical Energy". Guest faculty. University of Utah School of Medicine. 33rd Annual Ob/Gyn Update. February 22-26, 1992
14. "Hysteroscopy". A program for learning diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy. Visiting professor. Chinese University of Hong Kong, September 1993.
15. "Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Adnexal Masses". Guest speaker, Armed Forces Distract ACGO Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 1, 1993

Invited Lectureships

1. Jan 12-13, 1995 Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii*
2. Feb 2-3, 1995 Gynecological Laser and Advanced Technology Society Annual Meeting. Marco Island, Florida
3. Feb 15-19, 1995 Monash University Master's Program Melbourne, Australia*
4. Feb 27-Mar 3, 1995 World Congress of Gynecological Endoscopy, Jerusalem, Israel*
5. March 11-12, 1995 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Residents program. Dallas, Texas
6. April 6-7, 1995 Advances in Endoscopy. St. Francis Hospital. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
7. April 26-29,1995 International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy. London, United Kingdom
8. May 2-3, 1995 Current Endoscopy. Kiel, Germany
9. May 9-10, 1995 Post Graduate Course Lecture, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. San Francisco, California
10. July 20-23, 1995 Laser Laparoscopy and Endoscopy. San Francisco, California
11. Oct 27-28, 1995 Advances in Endoscopy. St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
12. Nov 2-3, 1995 New Trends in Gynecologic Endoscopy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Post Graduate Course. Boston, Massachusetts
13. Nov 3-4, 1995 Hysteroscopic Techniques. Northwestern University Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
14. Nov 12-16, 1995 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Orlando, Florida*
15. Dec 2-3, 1995 Hysteroscopy - The State of the Art. Chairman. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. New York City, New York
16. Dec 18, 1995 Hysteroscopic Preceptorship Course St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, Colorado
17. Jan 16-19, 1996 Visiting professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy*
18. Feb 9-11, 1996 International Congress on Hysteroscopy. Chairman. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Miami, Florida
19. Mar 23-24, 1996 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Residents Program. Chicago, Illinois
20. Apr 11-12, 1996 Advances in Endoscopy. St. Francis Hospital. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
21. June 6-8, 1996 European Congress on Gynecologic Endoscopy. Paris, France.
22. June 14-16, 1996 Laser Laparoscopy and Endoscopy. San Diego, California
23. August 9-10, 1996 Diagnostic and Operative Hysteroscopy. Bogota, Columbia*
24. August 27-29, 1996 Second Hysteroscopy Course - Sponsored by the Israeli Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Eilat, Israel*
25. Sept 10-21, 1996 Current Opinion on Intriguing Gynecologic Topics. Mayo Clinic. Scottsdale, AZ; Coronado, California
26. Sept 25-29, 1996 25th Annual Meeting - Hysteroscopic Post Graduate Course - American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Gynecologic Laparoscopy. Chicago, Illinois
27. Nov 23-24, 1996 Hysteroscopic Techniques. Northwestern University Hospital. Chicago, Illinois
28. Dec 6-8, 1996 Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Endoscopy Complications Seminar. Chicago, Illinois
29. Dec 11-15, 1996 Operative Hysteroscopy, Mexico City, Mexico
30. Jan 7, 1997 Grand Rounds. Wayne State University
31. Jan 17-19, 1997 Gynecare Investigators Meeting.Paris, France
32. Mar 8, 1997 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Residents Program. Chicago, Illinois
33. Mar 14-15, 1997 Diagnostic and Operative Hysteroscopy. Bogata, Columbia*
34. Mar 25-26, 1997 Zimbabweian Obstetrics and Gynecological Society Meeting. Harre, Zimbabwe*
35. Apr 1, 1997 Cape Town Obstetrical Society. Cape Town, S. Africa
36. Apr 8, 1997 Chicago Association of Gynecologic Endoscopists. Chicago, Illinois
37. Apr 17-19, 1997 6th Annual Meeting of the 6^th International Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy. Singapore.
38. June 17-21, 1997 International Congress on Gynecologic Endoscopy. Rome, Italy
39. Jul 10, 1997 Grand Rounds, Ohio State University of Columbia, Ohio
40. Sept 23-27, 1997 26th Annual Meeting of the Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Seattle, Washington
41. Oct 6, 1997 PMA Presentation to FDA Gynecology Panel. The one year follow up of the comparative study of roller ball ablation versus ThermaChoice. Washington, D.C.
42. Nov 2-7, 1997 VII National Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Post graduate course in hysteroscopy. Queretaro, Mexico
43. Nov 22-23, 1997 Hysteroscopic workshop - Fundamentals and New Advances. Northwestern University Hospital. Chicago, Illinois
44. Dec 7-10, 1997 6th Annual European Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy. Birmingham, United Kingdom. Keynote speaker.
45. Dec 13-14, 1997 Advances in Gynecologic Endoscopy. Scottsdale, Arizona
46. Jan 24, 1998 Uterine Balloon Therapy in the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. Phoenix, Arizona
47. Feb 21, 1998 Uterine Balloon Therapy in the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. Phoenix, Arizona
48. Feb 27-Mar 1, 1998 Diagnosis in the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. Miami, Florida
49. Mar 15-18, 1998 7th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy. Sun City, S. Africa
50. Mar 21, 1998 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. Residents Program. Dallas, Texas
51. Apr 4, 1998 Uterine Balloon Therapy and the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. Boston, Massachusetts
52. Apr 21, 1998 Gynecologic Endoscopy. University of Louisville, Kentucky
53. May 11-12, 1998 The Third Hysteroscopy Course. Jerusalem, Israel*
54. May 29, 1998 Female Sterilization Revisited. University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico

*Lectures and surgical demonstrations 6/98