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Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Texas Health Science Center
Humana Foundation Distinguished
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UTHSCSA
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Dr. Schenken is Professor and Chairman
of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
(UTHSCSA).
He obtained a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from Stanford
University in 1974 and his M.D. from Baylor College
of Medicine in 1977. He completed residency in Obstetrics
and Gynecology at UTHSCSA and a fellowship in Reproductive
Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health.
He is Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and
in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
He is Director for the American Board of Obstetrics
and Gynecology (ABOG), and formerly Director of the
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology (ABOG). He is
an examiner for the ABOG Basic and Subspecialty Oral
Examinations. He has been a member of the Society for
Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) since 1985. He served
as SGI Program Chair in 1990 and Local Arrangements
Chair in 1991 and 1992. He received the SGI President’s
Scientific Achievement Award in 1994. He was elected
to the SGI Council in 1998.
He served on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and was president of the ASRM in 2005. He served as President of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists in 1994 and Program Chair for the ASRM in 1996. He serves on several editorial boards and is Associate Editor for the Reproductive Sciences and Fertility and Sterility.
His clinical and basic research interests are endometriosis,
mature women’s health, assisted reproduction and
regenerative medicine. He is principal investigator
on related research projects funded by the National
Institutes of Health and other organizations.
Dr. Schenken is a founding board member
of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation.
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