Deborah Myers of Brown University Wins the Distinguished Surgeon Award from the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

Deborah L. Myers, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, received the Distinguished Surgeon Award at the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Dr. Myers also serves as director of the urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, vice chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, and director of continuing medical education at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence.

Dr. Myers has served as president of the American Urogynecologic Society. She is an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel on OB-GYN medical devices.

Dr. Myers is a magna cum laude graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, where she majored in chemistry. She earned her medical degree at Stony Brook University of the State University of New York System and completed her residency at Women and Infants’ Hospital. She joined the faculty at Brown University in 1991.

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