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Editorial Adivisor -Larry Demco, MD - Canada

OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor
Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy
Hysterectomy & Alternatives

Larry Demco, MD, FRCS, Canada
Articles and Interviews by Dr. Demco


Personal Data
Birth:  July 31, 1952; Edmonton Alberta Canada
Office Address: 271A 1600 90 Ave S.W.
Calgary Alberta Canada T2V 5A8
Phone:    403 253 0709
Fax         403 253 0709

Present Appointments

Associate Clinical Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Calgary Alberta Canada

Teaching Appointment
Cedar Mount Sinai
Beverly Hills California

Teaching Appointment
Center for Minimal Access Surgery
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario Canada

Board of Directors of Medical Organizations

American Association of Office Endoscopy
Advisory Board Founding Member

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
International Advisory Board 2000

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
1997-present Chair - Office and Outpatient Laparoscopy Committee
1997-present Endometriosis Committee
1996-present International Advisory Committee
1997-present Convention Committee

Medical Journal Editorial Board

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
1996 – present Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
1998 – present Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Editorial Board of OBGYN. net   See www.obgyn.net

Academic Record

Honors Science Microbiology (major) Biochemistry (minor)
University of Calgary 1974

Medical Degree
University of Calgary 1977

Internship: University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton Alberta 1978

Residency: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Foothills Hospital
Calgary Alberta 1978-1981

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
F.R.C.S. Obstetric & Gynecology 1981

Associate Clinical Professor
University of Calgary 1983-present

Professional Experience

Private Practice Calgary Alberta 1982-present

Licensure

Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
General Practice

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Specialist, Obstetrics & Gynecology 

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Specialist Obstetrics & Gynecology         

Post Graduate Certification

Certification in Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
Accreditation Council For Gynecologic Endoscopy
February 14 1998

Staff Affiliations

Holy Cross Hospital
Calgary  1982 - 1988

Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary 1982 - present

Grace Hospital
Calgary 1982-1990

Professional Memberships

Canadian College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists (SGOC)

Alberta Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AGOC)

Calgary Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL)

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS)

International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy (ISGE)

American Association of Office Endoscopy (AAOE)

International Pelvic Pain Society

Alberta Medical Association (AMA)

Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

World Society of Endometriosis

Awards

Golden Mini-Laparoscope Award for best research paper in laparoscopy
Pain Referral Pattern in the Pelvis
AAGL Annual Meeting  Las Vegas 1999

Second Place Best Video Presentation
Pain Patterns of Endometriosis
World Congress of Endometriosis
Quebec City, Quebec Canada, June 30-July 4 1998

Second place in Golden Minilaparoscopic Award for paper:
Mapping of Endometriosis by Patient Assisted Laparoscopy
AAGL  Annual Meeting Seattle Washington 1998

Merit Award from SLS for Video
Abdominal Approach to Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
SLS Meeting Cancun Mexico 1995

Book Chapters

Mapping of Pelvic Pain Under Local Anesthesia Using Patient Assisted Laparoscopy.
In Textbook of Laparoscopy J. Hulka and H. Reich: W. B. Saunders Company. Philadelphia. 1998

A New Approach to Laparoscopic Diagnosis of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Laparoscopic Gynecology, Principals and Technique,  G.C. Peltecu
All Publishing House,  2000

Intra Vesecular Pain Mapping
Submitted Jan 15th 2000 Harvard University Medical School      

Publications  (Peer Review)

Demco L, Garry R, Johns A, Kovac S, Lyons T, Reich H: Hysterectomy The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists: 1:3; 287-295, May, 1994

Demco L, Culham B, Cost Analysis of Gynecological Endoscopy Gynecological Endoscopy: 6, 173-176, 1997

Demco L, Cost Comparison of Canadian and US Abdominal  and Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Cholesystectomy Surgery
Gynecological Endoscopy: 6, 177-179

Demco L, Effect on the Negative Laparoscopy Rate in Chronic Pelvic Pain Using Patient Assisted Laparoscopy Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons: 1:4; 319-321, 1997

Demco L, Mapping the Source and Character of Pain Due to Endometriosis by Patient Assisted Laparoscopy.  J Am Assoc. Gynecol Laparosc 5(3):241-245,1998

Demco L, Review of Pain Associated with Minimal Endometriosis Journal Of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Demco L, Pain Referral Patterns in the Pelvis

Demco L, Effect of Heated and Humidified Gas in Patients Undergoing Awake

Publications  (Other)

Demco L, Local Laparoscopy
Medical Scope Monthly
16-18 September 1995

Demco L, Management of Ovarian Cysts
Medical Scope Monthly
12-14 November 1995

Scheduled Conferences for the Year 2000

Pain Management Symposium
Cincinnati Ohio, January 28th 2000

SLS Micro-lap Course
Miami Feb 26th 27th 2000

European World Congress of Laparoscopy
Tel Aviv Isreal  March 26-29th  2000

ISGE Annual Meeting
Australia April 16- 20  2000

International Pelvic Pain Society
London May13th 2000

World Endometriosis Congress
London May 14-16th 2000

UCLA Los Angeles Micro-course
June 14-15th 2000

SLS Microlaparoscopy course
Singapore July 4th-7th 2000

European Laparoscopy Society
Paris France Oct 18-20th 2000        

AAGL Annual Meeting Orlando
Nov 2000

SLS annual Meeting Dec
Orlando Dec 2000

Italian Pelvic Pain Meeting
Turino Italy Jan 2001