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Thomas F. Purdon, MD, FACOG

Just released in the June 29 online edition of the British Medical Journal is an important article from Sydney, Australia, comparing automated liquid-based cytology with the ThinPrep® Imager to conventional Pap smears.

Davey and colleagues at the Douglass Hanly Moir pathology lab in Sydney report on a large study comparing “split samples” of conventional Pap smears with Imager automated Pap tests. Their results showed that the ThinPrep® Imager detected 1.29 more cases of high-grade squamous disease per 1,000 women screened than conventional cytology. In addition, more Imager-read slides than conventional slides were satisfactory for examination and contained more low-grade cytological abnormalities.

http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7609/31

Editors:
Thomas F. Purdon, MD, FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona
Consultant, United Community Health Centers of Arizona

Kenneth D. Hatch, MD
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Thomas F. Purdon, MD, FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona
Consultant, United Community Health Centers of Arizona

Dr. Thomas F. Purdon is a recent past-president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), as well as past-president of the advocacy group Ob-Gyns for Women’s Health. He was previously on the governing board for the Jacobs Institute for Women’s Health. His research contributions have been in the areas of hormone therapy, estrogen therapy in surgically induced menopausal women, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding for the Surgical Treatment Outcomes Project. Special interest areas include management of abnormal uterine bleeding, hysteroscopy, and endometrial ablation. Dr. Purdon was an ACOG representative to the 2001 ASCCP Consensus Guidelines Conference held in Bethesda, Maryland.

Given his life-long commitment to improving health outcomes for women, Dr. Purdon speaks frequently to the national medical community on the management of abnormal uterine bleeding, risk assessment strategies for breast cancer, and the continuing controversy over hormone therapy. He also serves as a consultant for United Community Health Centers, a community-based group of primary care clinics in southern Arizona that serves women of all socioeconomic levels.

Dr. Purdon was recently chosen as one of the “ Best Doctors in Tucson,” 2005–2006, by Best Doctors, Inc. and as published in Tucson Lifestyle magazine, and Best Doctors in America 2007–2008. He is frequently asked to speak and conduct surgical teaching sessions on endometrial ablation in the United States as well as in Mexico and Central and South America.