CURRICULUM VITAE
Alfredo Nieves MD
Chamblee, GA 30341
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EDUCATION:
High School:
Colegio San Antonio, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate:
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
InterAmerican University
Pre-Medicine Major
August 1973 – June 1977
Graduate/Medical School:
Universidad Central Del Este
Degree: Doctor of Medicine, 1981
July 1977 – June 1981
Internship:
Non AMA approved Flexible
Aguadilla Regional Hospital, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
July 1981 – June 1982
Public Service as House Staff, OB-GYN Department
Aguadilla Regional Hospital, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
July 1982 – June 1983
AMA approved Flexible
Mayaguez Medical Center, Mayaguez Puerto Rico
July 1983 – 1984
Residency:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mayaguez Medical Center, Mayaguez Puerto Rico
July 1984 – June 1988
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Elective Rotations:
Gynecologic Endocrinology and OB-Ultrasound
University of Tennessee at Memphis
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Memphis, TN March 1985
Gynecologic Oncology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale – New Haven Hospital
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT May – June 1987
Honors:
Medical School Class President
Universidad Central Del Este, 1981
“Outstanding Finishing Resident”
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1988
Residents and Interns Association President
Mayaguez Medical Center 1987-88
Postgraduate:
-Flight Surgeon Primary Course (on active flying status 3/1990-12/1992) March – April 1990
Mini MBA, 08-03-200*-****, UTC College of Bussiness,
Military Service:
United States Air Force July 1988 – December 1992
Current Status: Honorable Discharge (MAJ, USAF, MC)
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BOARD CERTIFICATION AND OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomat, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
December 7, 1990, recertified Feb. 2015
Certified Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy
1996
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management
April 2001
MEDICAL LICENSE:
Tennessee October 199*-******(inactive)
Texas August 1992 J1470(inactive)
Puerto Rico June 1983 6448 (inactive)
Georgia June 2010 64637
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
Tennessee Medical Association 1985
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1988
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1991
International College of Surgeons 1996
GynecoRadiology Society 1996
American Pain Society 1997
International Pelvic Pain Society 1997
Society Laparoscopic Surgeons 2005
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga Unit
March 1994 – July 1999
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga Unit
August 1999 – 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department OB-GYN, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Oct 2014- present
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HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
R.L. Thompson Hospital, Carswell AFB, Texas
Active Status July 1988 – December 1992
Department Chairman, OB/GYN Department
R.L. Thompson Hospital, Carswell AFB, Texas
July 1988 – December 1992
Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Active Status January 1993 – 2014
Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Active Status January 1993 – 2014
Munson Army Health Center, Ft. Leavenworth KS- Oct. 2010- July 2014
Atlanta VAMC, Decatur GA July 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Lectures to Family Practice Residents and Attendings – 30
Trained Family Practice Staff in Colposcopic Techniques & Procedures
Bedside Instruction to Family Practice Residents Rotating through OB Service
Lecture and Bedside Instruction to Medical Students for Air Force Scholarship
Programs, as well as Students from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Director of Endoscopic Surgery for Department of Gynecology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga Unit
Visiting Lecturer, Ethicon Endoscopic Surgery, Endoscopic Seminars
Grand Rounds, University of Miami School of Medicine—Laparoscopic Burch
Visiting Professor, Portuguese Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Chronic Pelvic Pain
Visiting Professor, First Chinese Forum On Chronic Pelvic Pain, 2008
Visiting Professor, Colombian Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chronic Pelvic Pain,2008
Faculty Lecturer, 17th Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2008, Pudendal
Neuralgia and Adhesions and Pain, 2008
Preceptor for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Ethicon Endo, 2007-2013
Visiting Professor, Third Global Pelvic Pain and MIGS Congress, Beijing, China 2012
Faculty Lecturer, AAGL International Congress On MIGS, Barcelona, Spain 2013
Visiting Professor, Six Global Pelvic Pain and MIGS Congress, Nanjing, China 2016
Faculty Cadaver Lab Gynecology Resident Education Emory School of Medicine 2015
M&M moderator Dept OB-GYN Emory University. 2016
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COMMITTEES AND OFFICES HELD:
R.L. Thompson Hospital, Carswell AFB, Texas:
Medical Director OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner Course
July 1991 – December 1992
Coordinator for Physician Assistant OB/GYN Rotation & Curriculum Advisor
July 1991 – December 1992
Executive Committee August 1991 – December 1992
Tumor Board August 1988 – December 1992
Morbidity & Mortality OB – Peds Moderator
Women’s Health Services-Chattanooga P.C. – Board Member 1997-2005
Served as Board Member of International Chronic Pelvic Pain Society
July 1998 to 2010
Secretary/Treasurer of the International Pelvic Pain Society
2004 to 2005
President of the International Pelvic Pain Society 2006-2007
Served as Regent for Tennessee for International College of Surgeons April 2003 to 2010
Vice-President Elect International College of Surgeons, US Chapter 2010
Chairman of OR Committee Erlanger East Hospital
March 2005 -2009
RESEARCH:
Laparoscopic Complications in an OB/GYN Residency Program
(Abstract AAGL)
Surgical Management of PID
(Abstract AAGL)
Laparoscopic Burch Long-Term Results
(Abstract AAGL)
Office versus Operating Room Diagnostic Laparoscopy in the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain(Abstract AAGL)
A Multicenter Study of Laparoscopic Uterine Suspension for Pain Relief
Authors: CP Perry, MD, James Presthus, MD, and Alfredo Nieves, MD
(Accepted for publication in Journal of Reproductive Medicine)
Gynecological Laparoscopy Improving Outcomes without Trocar Site Fascial Closure: A Multicenter trial Authors: Stephen D. McCarus, MD, et. al. (Published AAGL)
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Research Activities:
Clinical Trials:
1.Women’s Health-Endometriosis – Protocol 149-99-02, A multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of XX to XX in women with endometriosis associated pain.
2.Women’s Health-Hormone Replacement Therapy – Protocol 951844, A double-blind, randomized, active controlled, parallel study comparing XX 7-day patch, 40, 60 and 80mg/day to oral XX 0.625mg/day in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women.
3.Women’s Health-Hormone Replacement Therapy – Protocol M00-199, A phase II, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo controlled, twelve week pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of XX administered with Estrogen to Postmenopausal Women.
4.Women’s Health-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – Protocol INS1-PO-34, Genomic sub-study in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
5.Women’s Health-Hormone Replacement Therapy – Protocol EP01005, A multi-center, randomized, double-blind, one year safety and efficacy study of three doses of XX in the prevention of estrogen-induced endometrial hyperplasia in postmenopausal women with intact uteri.
6.Women’s Health-Osteopenia – Protocol H4Z-MC-GJAA, A phase 2 randomized study of XX versus placebo and XX in postmenopausal women with Osteopenia: evaluation of the dose response of relationship of XX on markers of skeletal and lipid metabolism and bone mineral density.
7.Women’s Health-Vulvovaginal Candidiasis – Protocol 983452, A double-blind, randomized, multicenter, parallel-group study comparing XX vaginal cream with Monistat-3 Vaginal Cream in patients with vulvovaginal Candidiasis.
8.Women’s Health-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – Protocol INS1-PO-19, A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group clinical study to assess the effect of nine months of repeated daily oral 500 and 1000 mg doses of XX on the ovulatory, endocrine and metabolic abnormalities of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
9.Women’s Health-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – Protocol INS1-PO-29, A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group clinical study to assess the effect of nine months of repeated daily oral 1000 mg BID and 2000 mg BID doses of XX on the ovulatory, endocrine and metabolic abnormalities of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
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10.Women’s Health-Uterine Leiomyomata – Protocol M00-245, A phase II, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of XX in Patients with Uterine Leiomyomata.
11.Women’s Health - Prospective Trial Evaluating Herniation Incidence Associated with the use of Endopath Bladeless Trocars during major advance gynecological laparoscopic procedures. Protocol CM-02-0017
RECOGNITIONS:
Award for Teaching Excellence, 1994
National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education, 1995
PRACTICE (PROFESSIONAL) EXPERIENCE:
Private Practice, Chattanooga, TN January 1993 --- 2014
Director, Pelvic Pain Center, University Women’s Services 1995-2005
Director, Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Program ---1997-2014
Founder and Director of The Pelvic Pain and Reconstructive Surgery Center 2005-2014
Independent Contractor- Munson Health Care Facility, Ft. Leavenworth, KS 9/2010-7/2014.
Faculty MIGS AAGL Fellowship Program, Chattanooga TN
2010- 2014
Gynecology Surgeon, Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Decatur, GA- 2014
Revised 8/4/2016