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Marshall (Mark) L. Smith, Jr., MD - USA
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Objective:
Transition successful medical career into position combining information
technology (Internet) and medicine. Utilize computer and Internet proficiency
along with extensive clinical practice and teaching experience to develop and
enhance future interaction of patients and health care providers via Internet
and emerging information technologies.
Summary of Qualifications:
- Strong interest and belief in the future interactivity of the Internet and medicine
- Computer and Internet proficiency
- Experience in writing general and Internet medical information articles as well as developing online patient health programs
- Busy clinical practice of twenty years, with 12 years performing advanced laparoscopic procedures
- Taught operative laparoscopy to over 2000 general surgeons, thoracic surgeons and gynecologists
- Ph.D. in Human anatomy and physiology
Skills:
- Internet familiarity and proficiency
- Computer ability - Mactinosh, Windows, Word, Excel, HTML, Quickbooks, ACT, Access, PowerPoint
- Ability to communicate easily with and relate to patients with regard to medical issues
- Ability to communicate easily with and relate to physicians in a teaching environment
- Extensive experience in developing and implementing curricula for laparoscopic teaching programs
- Development of innovative techniques used in advanced operative laparoscopy
Education:
- PH.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Texas
PH.D. Thesis:
Pineal Modulation of the Rodent Ovulatory Cycle
Current Education:
Ongoing Information Technology and Internet courses
Residency:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Licensure:
- Medical License, Texas, active
- Medical License, Arizona, active
Accreditation:
- Board Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Certification in Advanced Operative Laparoscopy, Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy
Awards and Honors:
Phoenix Magazine Top Docs, 1999; Phoenix Magazine Top Referral Docs, 1998;
Phoenix Magazine Top Docs, 1997; Phoenix Magazine Top Docs 1996
Employment History:
Samaritan Health System
Strategic Planning Department, Interactive Services, Medical Advisor
1441 North 12th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85002
- Medical advisor and consultant, Clinical content and physician involvement
- Review of healthcare content for Samaritan Web site SamaritanAZ.com
- Facilitate physician involvement with Internet chats and forums
- Assist in developing various sections and content of Samaritan Web Site
- Development of .edu site for Samaritan and Merging hospitals
Marshall L. Smith, M.D., P.C.
926 East McDowell Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006
- Active private practice in gynecology specializing in operative laparoscopy
- Co-founder of ACCME accredited company to teach operative laparoscopic courses
- Development of surgical techniques utilized in operative laparoscopy
- Proctor for other physicians in operative laparoscopic procedures
- Developer, coordinator, and primary instructor for laparoscopic training lab for residents
- Recently affiliated practice with four younger associates and assisted them in developing laparoscopic skills
North Central Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.
2320 North Third Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006
- Private group practice in obstetrics and gynecology
- Maternal transport coordinator for high risk obstetrical patients
- Weekly teaching rounds for residents
- Teacher of the Year for residency program
- Founder of a clinic for premenstrual syndrome patients
- Numerous lectures to nurses and residents
Professional Affiliations:
- Arizona Medical Association
- Maricopa County Medical Society
- American Fertility Society
- American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
- Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology
- Australian Gynaecological Endoscopic Society (Honorary)
- American Association of Clinical Anatomists
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- American Medical Informatics Association
Teaching History:
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Department of Anatomy University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas |
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency Program Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona |
Served as faculty:
| August | 1990 | Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Houston Laser Institute Houston, Texas |
| September | 1990 | Advanced Operative
Laparoscopy John Peter Smith Hospital Fort Worth, Texas |
| September | 1990 | Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy Kuakini Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| October | 1990 | New Techniques in
Surgery Rochester General Hospital |
| February | 1991 | New Techniques in
Surgery Rochester General Hospital |
| June August |
1992 | Laparoscopic
Hysterectomy and Pelviscopy Brown University Rhode Island Hospital Providence, Rhode Island |
| November | 1992 | Fifth Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| March | 1992 | Society of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Meeting Phoenix, Arizona |
| June July |
1993 | Laparoscopic
Hysterectomy and Pelviscopy Brown University Rhode Island Hospital Providence, Rhode Island |
| October | 1993 | Sixth Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| February | 1994 | Cost Effectiveness,
Complications and Safety in Gynecological Surgery American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists Scottsdale, Arizona |
| April | 1994 | First World Symposium
on Laparoscopic Hysterectomy American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists Tucson Arizona |
| June | 1994 | Advanced Laparoscopic
Surgery Grant Medical Center Columbus, Ohio |
| November | 1994 | Seventh Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| January | 1995 | Eight Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| November | 1996 | Ninth Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| October | 1997 | Tenth Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| October | 1998 | Eleventh Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
| November | 1999 | Twelth Annual
Techniques in Gynecological Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona |
Served as Course Director:
| October | 1989 | Current Techniques in Operative
Pelviscopy Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona |
| November | 1990 | Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
for General Surgeons Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona |
| February | 1991 | Basic and Advanced Techniques for
General Surgeons Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona |
| March | 1991 | Current Techniques in Operative
Pelviscopy and Hysteroscopy Kuakini Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| April | 1991 | Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
for General Surgeons Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| April | 1991 | Operative Pelviscopic Surgery Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| May | 1991 | Operative Pelviscopic Surgery Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| September October November |
1991 | Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and
Operative Pelviscopic Surgery Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| January February |
1992 | Frontiers in Laparoendoscopic
General Surgery Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| Jan-Dec Jan-Apr |
1992 1993 |
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and
Operative Laparoscopic Surgery Medical Colloquia, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona |
| March June |
1994 | Laparoscopic Treatment of Urinary
Stress Incontinence Ethicon Endo-surgery Cincinnati, Ohio |
Invited as International Faculty:
| June | 1991 | Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic
Conference Sydney Adventist Hospital Sydney, Australia |
| December | 1992 | Fertility Society of Australia XI
Annual Scientific Meeting - Australian /Gynaecological Endoscopy II Annual Meeting Adelaide, Australia |
| March | 1993 | Royal College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists Course on Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery London, England |
| July | 1993 | The Integrated Endosurgical
Experience Christchurch, New Zealand |
| September | 1996 | Australian Gynaecological
Endoscopy Society V Annual Meeting Queenstown, New Zealand |
| January | 1997 | I Curso International Teorico
Practico de post-Grado Lima, Peru |
Publications:
Smith, M. L. Jr., and E.K. Adrian: Infiltration of Prelabeled Mononuclear Cells
into Dorsal Root Ganglia following Transection of the Sciatic Nerve, Anat.
Rec. 166, 380, 1970
Smith, M. L. Jr.: Effects of a Purified Pineal Extract in Unilateral
Ovariectomized Mice, Anat. Rec. 169, 433-434, 1971
Smith, M. L. Jr., and E. K. Adrian, Jr.: On the Presence of Mononuclear
Leukocytes in Dorsal Root Ganglia following transection of the Sciatic Nerve, Anat.
Rec. 172, 581-588, 1972
Smith M. L. Jr., R. J. Orts and B. Benson: Effects of Non-Melatonin Pineal
Factors in the PMS-Stimulated Rat", Anat. Rec. 172, 408, 1972
Orts, Richard Jr., M. L. Smith Jr., and B. Benson: "Antigonadotropic
Effects of a Melatonin-free Bovine Extract in Rats", Tex. J. Sci.
24, 391-392, 1972
Smith M.L. Jr., R. J. Orts, B. Benson and M. J. Matthews: Ovulation and the
Pineal Gland, Tex. J. Sci. 24, 392-393, 1972
Smith, M. L. Jr., B. Benson, R. J. Orts and M. J. Matthews: Pineal Gland
Extracts and the female Ovulatory Cycle, Tex. J. Sci. 25, 122, 1974
Smith, M. L. Jr., R. J. Orts and B. Benson: "Effects of Pinealectomy and a
Pineal Extract upon the Ovulatory Cycle in Rats", Tex. Rep. Biol. Med.
31, 600-601, 1973
Smith, M. L. Jr.: Pineal Modulation of the Rodent Ovulatory Cycle PH.D.
Theses, University of Texas, 170 pp., Xerox University Microfilms, Ann Arbor,
Michigan (Diss. Abstr. 73-6760), 1972
Zeluff, J., Smith, M. L.: Letter to the editor, J Gynecol Surg, 7, 201,
1991
Smith, M. L. Jr.: Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, In: Operative
Laparoscopy: The Masters' Techniques, Ed: Richard Soderstrom, New York,
Raven Press, 183-185, 1993
Smith, M. L. Jr., and Reich H.: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, In: The Video
Encyclopedia of Endoscopic Surgery for the Gynecologist, Ed: Gerald Shirk,
Medical video Productions, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994
Ou, Chau-Su, Beadle E., Presthus J. and Smith, M. L.: A Multicenter Review of
839 Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomies J. Amer. Assoc. Gynecol.
Laparosc. 1, 417-422, 1994
Smith M. L. JR. and C. Perry: Simplified Visual Preperitoneal Access to the
Space of Retzius for Laparoscopic Urethrocolpopexy, J. Amer. Assoc. Gynecol.
Laparosc. 1: 295-299, 1996
Smith, M. L. Jr.: "Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy",
In: Operative Laparoscopy: The Masters' Techniques, 2nd. Edition, ed:
Richard Soderstrom, New York, Raven Press, 1998
Smith, M. L. Jr.: "Laparoscopic Colpopexy", In: Operative Laparoscopy:
The Masters' Techniques, 2nd. Edition, ed: Richard Soderstrom, New York,
Raven Press, 1998
