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Website. www.acog.org. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States. Several Latin American countries are also represented within Districts of the organization. It is a 501 (c) (3) organization with a membership of more ...
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. [1] As a medical specialty , obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.
v. t. e. Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN[ a ]) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynaecology (covering the health of the female reproductive ...
This realization has sparked a long-standing debate within the OB-GYN community about separating gynecology from obstetrics—a move I, a women’s health expert, wholeheartedly support.
Maternal–fetal medicine (MFM), also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maternal–fetal medicine specialists are physicians who subspecialize within the field of obstetrics. [ 1 ] Their training typically includes a four ...
Average salary (USD) Average hours work/week Average salary/hour (USD) Allergy & Immunology $298K Anesthesiology: $405K 59 Dermatology: $438K 44 103 Emergency medicine: $373K 44 180 Endocrinology $257K Cardiac Surgery: 218,684 to $500,000 Cardiology $490K 55 Critical care $369K Infectious disease $260K Internal medicine: $264K 55 58 Family ...
Website. www.abog.org. The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (abbreviated ABOG) is a non-profit organization that provides board certification for practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States and Canada. It was founded in 1927, incorporated in 1930, [ 4 ] and is based in Dallas, Texas. [ 5 ]
A male nurse complained about an advert for an all-female obstetrics and gynaecology practice in Columbia, Maryland, claiming this was a form of sexual discrimination. [35] In 2000, David Garfinkel, a New Jersey-based OB-GYN, sued his former employer [ 36 ] after being fired due to, as he claimed, "because I was male, I wasn't drawing as many ...