EDUCATION:

Doctor of Medicine:Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Science, Center at Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas M.D. Degree, 1984-1988

Residency:Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akron General Medical Center Akron, Ohio 1988-1991

Chief Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio 1991-1992

University of Texas School Public Health, Houston, Texas, Health Services Organization Module
(focus on Health Policy), Master’s Public Health Degree 1999-2001

Long-distance learning student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, Masters Medical Law program, Anticipated graduation 2007 2004-current

PUBLICATIONS (selected):

1. Curtis MG. Cloning and Stem Cells: Processes, Politics, and Policy. Curr Womens Health Rep. 2003 Dec;3(6):492-500.
2. Curtis, M, Definition of Women's Health-A Rose by Any Other Name? Obstetrical and Gynecologic Survey, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc. 2003.
3. Curtis M, Comparative Tolerability of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators in Breast Cancer and Prevention, Drug Safe (New Zealand), 2001, 24(14) p1039-53.
4. Curtis M, Male Ob/Gyn: A New Oxymoron? Obstetrical Gynecologic Survey, Vol. 56 No. 6, p 317-321, June 2001.
5. Curtis M, SERMS as an Alternative to Hormonal Therapy? Menopause Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4, pg. 27, 2000.
6. Curtis M, Males Need Not Apply, Prim Care Update Ob/Gyn 1999;6:173-176.
7. Curtis M, Review: Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Controversial Approach for Managing Postmenopausal Health, Journal of Women’s Health, Vol. 8., No. 3, 1999.
8. Curtis M, Case Report: Pelvic Abscess with Fistula to the Abdominal Wall Due to Verrucous Carcinoma, Gynecologic Oncology 74, 115-117 (1999).
9. Curtis M. Commentary: Patient Education Presentations, American Journal of Medical Quality, Fall 1998; 13(3); 164-65.
10. Curtis M, Riggs J, Blanco J. Declines in Patient Volume: An Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Program’s Response, Am J Perinatology, March 1998, 15(3):173-176.
11. Curtis MG. The Use of Loop Electrical Excision Procedure (LEEP) in Relieving Stenosis of the External Cervical Os. J Gynecologic Surgery. 1996;3:216-19.
12. Banks T, Storment J, Riggs J, Curtis M. The Development of Continuity Ambulatory Care Services in a County Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program. Prim Care Update Ob/Gyns, 1996;12:102-3.
13. Dubinsky T, Parvey R, Gormaz G, Curtis MG, Maklad N. Transvaginal Hysterosonography: Comparison with Biopsy in the Evaluation of Postmenopausal Bleeding. J Ultrasound Med 14:887-893, 1995.
14. Curtis M, Hopkins MP. The Use of MRI in Pregnancy to Avoid Laparotomy. Obstet Gynecol, 82:5,833-86, 1993.
Curtis M, Hopkins MP, Cross B, Tantri DP, Jenison EL, Rehmus E. Wound Seeding Associated with Endometrial Cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 1994. 52:413-415

PRESENTATIONS (selected):

1. Invited Speaker, Select Panel for Preconception Care, CDC National Summit on Preconception Care, Atlanta GA, June 22-24, 2005
2. Panelist, Expecting Something Better: A Conference to Optimize Maternal Health Care, “Pregnancy in the Context of a Woman’s Life Span”, Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, Washington, DC, May 18-19, 2005.
3. Invited Speaker, “The Future of Hormone Therapy” Grand Rounds, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD; March 18, 2005
4. Invited Speaker, “Female Sexual Dysfunction”, CME conference, Harlingen TX, Nov 12, 2005
5. Invited Speaker, “Update on Contraception”, Texas Academy Family Physicians CME conference, Houston, TX. October 30, 2005
6. Invited Speaker, “Modification of Cancer Risk with Hormone Therapy”, CME conference, Omaha Nebraska, September 10, 2005
7. Invited Speaker, “Hormones: To Give or Not to Give?”, 2004 Annual Session and Scientific Assembly, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, the Woodlands, TX; July 16, 2004.
8. Invited Speaker, “Modification of Cancer Risk with Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: Breast, Colorectal, Ovarian and Endometrial”, Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds, Texas Tech EESC, El Paso, Texas, May 21, 2004.
9. Invited Speaker, “The Latest Update on WHI”, Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, April 22, 2004.
10. Invited Speaker, “Current News in Hormone Use”, McPherson General Hospital CME series, McPherson, Kansas, April 15, 2004
11. Invited Speaker, “Modification of Cancer Risk with Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: Breast, Colorectal, Ovarian and Endometrial”, Michael Reese Hospital CME series, Chicago, IL March 10, 2004.
12. Invited Speaker, “Patient Management Issues in Menopause”, St. Joseph’s Family Practice Residents, Houston, Texas, March 3, 2004
13. Invited Speaker, “Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Myths, Fantasies, and Facts,” 5th Annual Elizabeth Karlin Women’s Health Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, November 14, 2003.
14. Invited Speaker, “Women Pioneering the Future,” Federal Women’s Program Managers (FWPM), Council Annual Training Conference, Sponsored by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Houston Field Office, Region IV, Houston, TX. Holiday Inn Houston Southwest, October 23, 2003
15. Guest Speaker, “The Myth & Reality of Women’s Health,” Women’s Wellness 2003, Deaconess Billings Clinic, Montana Convention Center, March 28, 2003.
16. Guest Speaker, “33rd Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Seminar,” University of Minnesota, Radisson Hotel Metrodome, November 29, 2002, Washington DC.
17. Guest Speaker, "Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Breast Health" Washington, DC, Nov. 20, 2002.
18. Guest Speaker, "Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Breast Health" Cambridge, MD, November 19, 2002.
19. Grand Rounds, George Washington University, "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: What Busy clinicians Need to Know About Biostatistics", November 13, 2002, Washington DC.
20. Grand Rounds, Inova Fairfax Hospital (George Washington University affiliate), HRT and Breast Cancer: What Do we Really Know?" Fairfax, Virginia, November 13, 2002.
21. Grand Rounds, Holy Cross Hospital, "Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the World of Women's Health", November 12, 2002, Washington, DC.
22. Guest Speaker, "Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Breast Health", Houston, TX, Oct. 30, 2002.