In late 2013,a public awareness campaign was initiated after electromechanical morcellation (EMM) of a uterus with presumed benign leiomyoma, which in fact was leiomyosarcoma (LMS). Over the past year, the focus of the medical community has been on the incidence of occult LMS, specifically related to EMM. The risk of intracorporeal tissue dissemination by EMM [...]

Dr. Ceana Nezhat’s video, “Laparoscopic Management with Enclosed Transvaginal Tissue Extraction” has been awarded Best Video/Gynecology of Minimally Invasive Surgery Week 2015. Dr. Ceana Nezhat will be honored during Minimally Invasive Surgery Week on September 2-5 in New York where The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons awards a Certificate of Merit for the best video in the general surgery, [...]

5 Important Characteristics of an Endometriosis Expert Surgeon and Non-Surgeon. Specialist A sub-specialist gynecologist or reproductive endocrinologist whose primary focus is the management and treatment of endometriosis is vital. Typically, this is not the physician who delivered your babies, if applicable. These specialists are abreast of the most current technological advancements for successful diagnosis and [...]

Download Article Here Ever since Vincent Knapp published his 1999 article ‘‘How old is Endometriosis?’’ (1), there seems to have been renewed interest in identifying just when endometriosis was discovered as a distinct disease entity. While the history of endometriosis subsequent to its 1860 microscopic unveiling by Karl von Rokitansky has been well-studied, its story leading [...]

Download Article Here Although endometriosis and infertility are clearly linked—in life as well as the medical literature—no causal relationship has been established. Nevertheless, data suggest that 25% to 50% of infertile women have endometriosis, and that as many as 30% to 50% of women who have endometriosis are infertile.1 Among the mechanisms that have been proposed [...]

Endometriosis has affected women for millennia, its symptoms sometimes causing them to fall to the ground and writhe with pain. In this disease, tissue that is similar to uterine lining grows outside of the uterus, building up and then bleeding with every menstrual cycle. Besides extreme pain, endometriosis can cause infertility, entanglements among various abdominal [...]

Endometriosis has always posed a treatment challenge. Take the early 19th Century, for example, before the widespread advent of surgery, when the disease was managed by applying leeches to the cervix. In fact, as Nezhat and colleagues note in their comprehensive survey of the 4,000-year history of endometriosis, “leeches were considered a mainstay in treating [...]

Several prestigious medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, and websites have recently highlighted and published Dr. Nezhat’s manuscripts and educational videos. A brief list follows. Pelvic and extragenital endometriosis: a review of the surgical management of deeply infiltrating lesions. Erica Dun, Friedrich Wieser, Ceana Nezhat Journal of Gynecologic Surgery 2013; 29(3): [...]

Christina Pullara of 11 Alive’s Atlanta & Co. recently interviewed Dr. Ceana Nezhat on his innovative use of mini-laparoscopy. Click here to watch the video on 11 Alive.

Dr. Ceana Nezhat was recently featured in an issue of Simply Buckhead magazine as one of Atlanta’s most innovative pioneers.