Paul D. Indman, M.D.

Dr. Indman believes that women should be as informed as possible so they can be directly involved in making choices about their own health care. This is especially true for the treatment of heavy bleeding. As there are a bewildering number of treatment options available, Dr. Indman takes extra time with his own patients to be sure they make the best possible individual decisions.

Dr. Indman has helped pioneer techniques of endometrial ablation and minimally invasive surgery. He did the first endometrial ablation in Northern California in 1985, has been involved in research to improve the safety and efficacy of the procedure. He has taught physicians locally, nationally, and internationally, and has published chapters in textbooks on advanced surgical techniques, and in numerous medical journals.

Medical School: University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, 1974

Internship: Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, (Straight Surgery) Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1974-1975

Residency in Ob-Gyn: Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, California 1976-1979

Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982.

Diplomate, American Board of Laser Surgery, 1987.

Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1982.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University

Staff Physician, Community Hospital of Los Gatos-Saratoga
Good Samaritan Hospital of the Santa Clara Valley, San Jose, California

Editorial Advisor, obgyn.net

Member:

	American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
	Santa Clara Valley Medical Society

	National Advisory Board, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
	Board of Trustees: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (1993-1995)
	Board of Directors: American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (1992-1994)

Publications: Medical journals and chapters in textbooks

1.Answers About Your Abnormal Pap Test (Patient education booklet)

2."Laser Conization of the Cervix: An Office Procedure" Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 30:388, 1985

3."Laser Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in an Office Setting", American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 152:674, 1985

4."CO2 Laser Surgery in the Office", Proceedings of the Scandinavian Symposium on Laser Surgery, June 6-8, 1985

5."Office Laser Surgery for Cervical Disease -- One Clinician's Alternative", Contemporary OB-GYN, March, 1987.

6."The CO2 Laser -- An Invaluable Tool in the Gynecologist's Office", Abstract, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 7:115, 1987.

7."Cone Biopsy of the Cervix with the Carbon Dioxide Laser: Report of 101 Cases in an Office Setting", Colposcopy & Gynecologic Laser Surgery, 3:205, 1987.

8."An Individual Approach to Office Laser Surgery for Vulva-vaginal Disease", Contemporary OB-GYN, 31:160, 1988.

9."Depth of Endometrial Coagulation with the Urologic with the Urologic Resectoscope", Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 35:633, 1990.

10."High-Power Nd:YAG Laser Ablation of the Endometrium", Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 36:501, 1991.

11."Uterine Surface Temperature Changes Caused by Endometrial Treatment with the Nd:YAG Laser", Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 36:505, 1991.

12."Instruments and Videocameras for Operative Hysteroscopy", Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, J.B. Lippincott Company, 35:211, 1992.

13."Surface Temperature Changes from Electrosurgical Coagulation of the Endometrium:," Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 37:667, 1992.

14."Laser Laparoscopy"; "Office Laser Surgery"; "Counseling the Patient for Laser Surgery"; three chapters in Laser Surgery, V.C. Wright, ed. W.B. Saunders Co. 1993.

15."Hysteroscopic Treatment of Menorrhagia Associated With Uterine Leiomyomas", Obstetrics and Gynecology, 81:716, 1993.

16.Baggish MS, Brill AI, Rosensweig B, Barbot JE, Indman, PD: Fatal Acute Glycine and Sorbitol Toxicity During Operative Hysteroscopy. J Gynecol Surg 9:137, 1993.

17.Ferenczy A, Gelfand MM, Indman PD: "Detecting and Diagnosing Endometrial Carcinoma and its Precursors in the Office: Biopsy, Vaginsonography and Hysteroscopy" In Gynecology & Obstetrics, Sciarra, JJ, ed, J. B. Lippincott, Co., Philadelphia, 1995.

18."Documentation in Endoscopy." Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America," Siegler AM, ed. September, 1995.

19.Editorial "Complications of Hysteroscopy" Journal American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, 3;1, 1995.

20."Office Hysteroscopy." Chapter in Endoscopic Surgery, S. Cohen, Churchill Livingston. 1996.

21.Spirtos NM, Schlaerth JB, Spirtos TW, Schlaerth AC, Indman PD, Kimball RE. Laparoscopic bilateral pelvic and paraaortic lymph node sampling: an evolving technique. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Jul; 173(1): 105-111.

22.Abnormal uterine bleeding: Accuracy of vaginal probe ultrasound in predicting abnormal hysteroscopic findings. J Reprod Med. 1995 Aug; 40(8): 545-548.

23.Brooks PG, Vancaillie T, Corson SL, Soderstrom RM, Indman PD, Liu J, Harrison D, Garza-Leal JG, Iglesias-Benavides JL, Sutton CJG, Gallinat A, Dequesne J, Wamsteker K, Mencaglia L, Van der Pas H. Tissue Effects of the VestaBlate Office-Based Endometrial Ablation System. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1995 Aug; 2(4, Supplement): S65.

24.Soderstrom RM, Brooks PG, Corson SL, Garza-Leal JG, Iglesias-Benavides JL, Indman PD, Liu J, Vancaillie TG. Endometrial Ablation Using a Distensible Multielectrode Balloon. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1995 Aug; 2(4, Supplement): S77

25.Soderstrom RM, Brooks PG, Corson SL, Dequesne J, Gallinat A, Garza-Leal JG, Iglesias-Benavides JL, Indman PD, Liu J, van der Pas H, Stern RA, Sutton C, Vancaillie TG, Wamsteker K. Endometrial ablation using a distensible multielectrode balloon. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1996 May; 3(3): 403-407.

26.Indman PD, et al. Complications of fluid overload from resectoscopic surgery. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1998 Feb; 5(1): 63-67.

27.Corson SL, Brill AI, Brooks PG, Cooper JM, Indman PD, Liu JH, Soderstrom RM, Vancaillie TG: Interim results of the American Vesta trial of endometrial ablation. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 1999 Feb;6(1):45-9

28.“Office Hysteroscopy in Infertility”. Chapter in Text and Atlas of Female Infertility Surgery. Robert B. Hunt, ed. Mosby, 1999.

29.“Instrumentation and Distention Media for the Hysteroscopic Treatment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.” Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2000 27(2):6-1 to 6-11.

30.Corson SL, Brill AI, Brooks PG, Cooper JM, Indman PD, Liu JH, Soderstrom RM, Vancaillie TG. "One-year Results of the Vesta System for Endometrial Ablation." J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 2000 Nov;7(4):489-97.