About The Authors

	Dr. William H. Parker is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and is an elected Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has managed the unusual by having a successful private practice and a very impressive academic medical career. Dr. Parker is a Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and is in private practice in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Parker is the former Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and former Chair of its Laser-Laparoscopy Committee. Dr. Parker was recently elected President of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists, an international association of over 4,000 gynecologists from 53 countries, after serving on its Board of Trustees for many years. Dr. Parker is an Editor of The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and also a Reviewer for the journals Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Gynecologic Techniques.  For more information about Dr. William Parker, please visit his web site at http://www.parkermd.com.
	Dr. Amy Rosenman is a board-certified Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is the Chair of the Women's Services Task Force at Saint John's Hospital as well as a former member of the Executive Committee and former Treasurer of the Medical Staff. She is the medical Director of Womens Services at the Senior Health and Peer Counseling Center in Santa Monica. Dr. Rosenman did her undergraduate work at the State University of New York in Buffalo and graduated from New York Medical College. A graduate of the UCLA Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program, Dr. Rosenman serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA and is a board member of the UCLA Faculty Association. She is a member of the American Urogynecologic Society, having received special training in female urology and incontinence problems. Dr. Rosenman's interest in dropped (prolapse) bladder and incontinence care led her to become one of three founders and directors of the Pacific Continence Center based in Santa Monica. She is also a member of the faculty for the Urogynecology Fellowship at UCLA. For more information about Dr. Amy Rosenman, please visit her web site at http://www.rosenmanmd.com/.
	Dr. Ingrid Rodi is certified by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the Board of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She is one of only a small number of gynecologists in private practice in Los Angeles to hold that distinction. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA and is in charge of the UCLA IVF conference. She is a member of the In-Vitro Fertilization Team at Century City Hospital. Dr. Rodi is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society of Reproductive Surgeons and the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology. A graduate of Brown University, Dr. Rodi completed her residency and fellowship training at Harbor-UCLA. She has published numerous articles on ectopic pregnancy and human ovum transfer for infertility and has been on the faculty for many courses for gynecological laparoscopy. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society. Dr. Rodi is also fluent in Portuguese, German and Spanish. For more information about Dr. Ingrid Rodi, please visit her web site at http://www.rodimd.com.