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WOMEN IN
MEDICINE

EDUCATION

IS THE KEY TO BETTER

HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN

By Troy Robbin Hailparn, MD

W hile in medical school at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in New York, I found myself leaning to-
wards a career in the field of Ob/Gyn. I’ve always
been an advocate for women and women’s rights so it seemed to be
a natural fit. When I moved to San Antonio and opened my own
practice, Complete & Compassionate Ob/Gyn Care, I truly enjoyed
being a part of creating families but also performing surgery and
guiding women about their healthcare. Every patient received the
time and care they deserved, and it was a pleasure watching the ba-
bies I delivered grow up over the years. Seeing women of all ages
allowed me to counsel the younger ones on topics such as safe sex
and reassure them their journeys through puberty were normal;
while for my mature patients, helping them navigate their bodily
changes through pregnancy, after birth and through menopause, let
me see some of the more intimate concerns they were experiencing.
With the growing popularity of women seeking procedures to
Patient Vicki Filoteo with Dr. Hailparn and Shelly Miles
improve comfort, function and appearance changed by puberty, on News 4’s SA Living.
childbirth and aging, coupled with the questions my own patients
were asking, I knew there was an increasing need for gynecologists World Congress in Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and In-
to become more familiar with these physical issues. fertility (COGI) in Hainan, China. The following year I participated
As I sought to educate myself further with research and surgical in the first historic scientific session in CPG at the most reputable
training in labiaplasty, vaginal “rejuvenation,” mons liposuction, and Ob/Gyn meeting in the world, the XX International Federation of
more recently the non-surgical use of radiofrequency (ThermiVa) Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FIGO) which recognized CPG
and platelet-rich plasma (PRP or the O-Shot) my journey gave me for the first time as part of Gynecology. For the last few years, I
the opportunity to work with Drs. Marco Pelosi, David Matlock, have continued to lecture and offer courses to teach physicians here
Adam Ostrzenski and Red Alinsod — all leaders in the cosmetic- in San Antonio and abroad.
plastic gynecological (CPG) field. While studying under world Because I am so passionate about taking care of women, my prac-
renowned gynecologic surgeon, Prof. Ostrzenski, I helped him to tice evolved, and 15 years ago I opened the Cosmetic Gynecology
publish multiple articles on CPG procedures as well as participated Center of San Antonio in the Stone Oak area. Having performed
in the very first two scientific sessions in CPG at international con- more than 4,000 vaginal procedures and well over 800 labiaplasties,
ferences that helped bring recognition and validation to women’s I know that many women have comfort, sexual function and appear-
gynecological problems that weren’t being properly addressed. In ance concerns that are not being properly handled at routine
2011, I was one of three invited speakers to present at the 15th Ob/Gyn visits. Some physicians are uncomfortable discussing sexual
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