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Paul Indman, MD

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OBGYN.net: How are you serving the Ob/Gyn community with Internet Technology?

Dr. Indman: I have published a web site that I believe provides background information on many gynecologic problems. I want women to understand the modern approach to the diagnosis of gynecologic problems, and treatment alternatives available. It is often difficult for a woman to know what options she may have and to evaluate them. I am trying to present a modern and scientific approach to help women better evaluate their alternatives.

OBGYN.net: Why did you get involved with the Internet?

Dr. Indman: I practice in the Silicon Valley. Many of my patients use the internet as a source of information, and have asked me about it. Using the internet provides me a way to make information available to my patients and women in other areas.

OBGYN.net: How long have you been using the Internet?

Dr. Indman: I have been using the internet casually for several years, but have been working on my own web site for less than six months.

OBGYN.net: What has been your greatest reward in using the Internet?

Dr. Indman: My greatest rewards are the letters of thanks from women who have told me that my site provided them with the understanding of their problems that they have been unable to obtain elsewhere. One women said she went to her doctor appointment with the pages in hand to show her gynecologist, and when she arrived she found that her physician had on her own printed a copy of the web site.

Also, I have heard from several women around the world who avoided overly aggressive surgery because of the page.

It is also helpful to refer my new patients to the site so they can read about their problems before they see me. The better educated women are the easier it is for them to participate in their own care.

OBGYN.net: How do you believe the Internet has changed the way you practice medicine?

Dr. Indman: It is helpful to refer my new patients to the site so they can read about their problems before they see me. The better educated women are the easier it is for them to participate in their own care.

OBGYN.net: What is the future for the Ob/Gyn community on the Internet- what do you believe is possible?

Dr. Indman: I think that advance in gynecology will be "consumer" driven. Surgeons didn't learn how to use a laparoscope until their patients refused to submit to open cholecystectomy. On the other hand, many women are having surgery that could be replaced by less invasive procedures if they were aware of their existence. I think the internet will educate the public, and the gynecologists who do not keep up will be left behind.

Paul Indman, MD
Paul.Indman@obgyn.net
Chairman, OBGYN.net Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy Editorial Advisory Board, OBGYN.net Editorial Advisory Board Member, Menopause and Perimenopause, Hysterectomy and Alternatives and Chronic Pelvic Pain

Web Sites: 

• Alternatives in Gynecology
• Fibroid Medical Center of Northern California
• Gynecologic Causes of Pain
• Sex Without Pain
• All About Myomectomy for Removal of Uterine Fibroids

 

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