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Some people are just really special to have around. 🤍

Dr. Geoffrey James is one of those people. 🥰

Happy Birthday to Dr. Geoffrey James! ✨

Dr. James is the reason FemCare began, but what he created goes far beyond a practice. He built a place where people care deeply for their patients, support one another, and genuinely feel like family.

For more than 30 years, he has poured so much of himself into the women and families he cares for and into the people lucky enough to work beside him.

He is loved not only for the physician he is, but for the kindness, humor, generosity, and heart he brings into every room. He has a way of making people feel supported, valued, and like they’re part of something special.

There is so much of FemCare that carries his influence, and we are incredibly grateful for the example he continues to set and for the person he is to all of us. 💕

We hope you feel just how loved and appreciated you are Dr. James. Happy Birthday! 🎉🤍

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Good care starts with a great team. 🤍

A few familiar FemCare faces, each bringing their own expertise, personality, and perspective to the women we care for every day.

That mix is part of what makes FemCare feel like family. 💕

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Here’s the info you need to know that the NYTimes article put behind a paywall! Thanks @alirodmd for sounding the alarm! 

There’s a way to reduce your risk of ovarian cancer and OB/GYN surgeons do it every day.

When women need pelvic surgery for another reason such as a hysterectomy or permanent sterilization, we often discuss removing the fallopian tubes at the same time. This is called a risk-reducing salpingectomy (or opportunistic salpingectomy).

Why? Because we now know that many high-grade serous ovarian cancers may actually begin in the fallopian tubes.

A few important facts:

✔️ Removing the fallopian tubes can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
✔️ It does not eliminate the risk entirely.
✔️ Current evidence suggests it is safe when performed during hysterectomy or as a method of permanent contraception.
✔️ Ovarian function does not appear to be negatively affected by removing the tubes alone but clinically that can vary. 
✔️ Removing the ovaries is a different conversation with different risks and benefits.

As a gynecologic surgeon, I discuss risk-reducing salpingectomy with patients every day because women deserve to know all of their options.

This isn’t a secret procedure. It’s something OB/GYNs have been incorporating into surgical care for years, and organizations like ACOG support discussing it with appropriate patients.

Have you ever been told that many ovarian cancers may start in the fallopian tubes?

#OvarianCancerAwareness #WomensHealth #OBGYN #Gynecology #Hysterectomy Salpingectomy RiskReducingSalpingectomy OvarianCancerPrevention WomensHealthEducation TheLatinaGynecologist

Disclaimer: This post is for education only and is not personal medical advice. Decisions about surgery should be individualized and discussed with your own physician.

Removal of the entire fallopian tube bilaterally also reduces the risk of needing subsequent surgery for ectopic pregnancy or hydrosalpinx and is associated with minimal or negligible increased risk of surgical complications compared to the ligation!

Opportunistic Salpingectomy as a Strategy for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Prevention ACOG Number 774
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