• Preparing article for publication in conjunction with Dr. James E. Ferguson, II, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, entitled: "A Retrospective Analysis of Costs, Interventions and Outcomes with Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas." (forthcoming)
• Designed and conducted comprehensive interviews with the leading gynecologists at the top ten academic medical centers in the U.S., on the state of science underlying the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids., (January 2005).
• Invitation by Dr. Vivian Pinn, Director of the Office of Healthcare Research for Women, National Institute of Health, to attend the Second Annual International Congress of Research on Uterine Leiomyomas, Bethesda, Maryland., (February 2005).
• Interviewed the Vice President for Policy at the NCQA, while in Washington, D.C. to fully understand the process for NCQA policies evaluating success of surgical procedures and benchmarks for quality in this area of healthcare. (February 2005)
• Communications with Dr. Kenneth Shine, former president of the Institute of Medicine and Dr. Donald Berwick, CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement on the necessity for better science underlying diagnostic and treatment protocols in this area of healthcare. (March 2005)
• "Evidence-Based Medicine in Women's Health: A Retrospective Analysis of Costs, Interventions and Outcomes With Symptomatic Uterine Leiomyomas," Data extraction submitted and approved by Institutional Review Board, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. (October 2005)
• Assembled Scientific Advisory Team for doctoral research, based on their clinical expertise and support of better science underlying the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids. The team includes: Dr. James Ferguson, II, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky Medical Center; Dr. John van Nagell, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky Medical Center; Dr. Linda Bradley, Hysteroscopic Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic; Dr. James Spies, Chief, Interventional Radiology, Georgetown University; Dr. John Griffith, Director of Fibroid Center, Johns Hopkins; and Dr. William Parker, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA/Santa Barbara.
• Author of "Alternative Medicine," part of a "Health and Medical Issues Today" series, by Greenwood Press, with publication date December of 2006. The focus is on the science underlying both alternative and conventional therapies and what to do in its absence.
• Author of article on women's health, entitled: "An Ounce of Prevention..." published in "Lexington Woman" magazine in their September/October 2006 issue on women's health.
