COMMITTEES
Member, Stanford University Hospital Operating Room Committee 1993-2009
Member, Care Improvement Committee
Member, Medical Executive Committee, Stanford University Hospital
Member, Executive Committee, Association of Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University School of Medicine
Member, Executive Committee, Minimally Invasive Robotic Association
AWARDS
Endometriosis Foundation of America, 2010
Honorary Chair
AAGL 2009
Movie Award
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
San Francisco, CA
September 5-8, 2007
Incisional Hernia on the Trocar Port Site After Laparoscopy Prevention, Recognition and Management
Recipient of ACOG Fellowship Award in the History of American
Obstetrics and Gynecology for 2005
Recipient of Top 25 Volunteers in San Francisco Bay Area
Points of Light Foundation
State of California Senate
December 12, 2005
Movie Award
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Laparoscopic Safe Abdominal Entry and Complications
Philadelphia, Pennysylvania
May 2004
Movie Award
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Endometriosis of the Bladder
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2004
Movie Award
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Laparoscopic Evaluation of Suspicious Retroperitoeal Mass
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2004
Honorary Award
Naples, Italy
November 30, 2002
Honorary Award
La Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
Santiago de Chile
November 14, 2002
Movie Award
American Fertility Society
San Diego, California
October 2000
Best Video Award: Open Category
American Society of Reproductive Medicine/Canadian
Fertility and Andrology Society
Conjoint Annual Meeting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 25-30, 1999
First Place Award for Video Presentation
American Society for Reproductive Medicine 53rd Annual Meeting
Cincinnati, Ohio
October 20, 1997
American Fertility Society
San Francisco, California
November 11-16, 1989
Winthrop Award for Best Paper
International Society of Reproductive Medicine
Rancho Mirage, California
November 1986
College Award
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Orleans, Louisiana
May 1984
Syntex Award
International Society of Reproductive Medicine
Hilton Head, South Carolina
October 1980
American College of Surgeons Award
Atlanta, Georgia
October 1980
EDITOR
Nezhat's Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy. Nezhat C, Nezhat F, Nezhat CH, Cambridge University Press,
New York, NY, third edition July, 2008.
Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques. Nezhat C, Siegler AM, Nezhat F, Nezhat CH, Seidman DS,
Luciano AA. McGraw Hill, New York, NY, second edition 2000.
Endometriosis: Advanced Management and Surgical Techniques. Nezhat C, Siegler AM, Nezhat F, Nezhat CH. Springer Verlag,
New York, NY, 1995
Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques. Nezhat C, Nezhat F, Luciano AA, Siegler AM, Metzger DA, Nezhat CH.
McGraw Hill, New York, NY, first edition 1995.
Prevention and Management of Laparoendoscopic Surgical Complications. Wetter P, Kavic M, Levinson C, Kelley W, McDougall E, Nezhat C
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, second edition 2005.
Nezhat's History of Endoscopy: Let There be Light: A Historical Analysis of Endoscopy's Ascension Since Antiquity. Nezhat C, Wetter P Society
of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. Available online at www.sls.org.
Editor: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Associate Editor: Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Editorial Advisory Board
Journal of Society Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Fertility and Sterility
Journal of Robotic Surgery
Various other peer-reviewed medical journals.
TEACHING & RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITIES
Director of Post-Graduate Endoscopy Courses September 1983- present
Has been teaching endoscopic meetings around the world annually since
September of 1983. In total, approximately more than 10,000 surgeons have been involved in
these post-graduate meetings.
Endoscopy Fellowship Director 1987-present
Has been the director of endoscopic fellowship, which has trained many
surgeons all over the world in endoscopic surgery.
Clinical Professor of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Surgery (adj)
Stanford University Medical School, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Clinical Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Research Interests:
Endoscopic related treatment of pelvic pathologies such as endometriosis, myoma
of the Uterus, and infertility related disorders. Several investigations with IRB
approval are presently in progress as well.
New 3-dimensional and "third eye" vision cameras
The only endoscopic surgeon involved in the development of the new "third eye"
endoscopic video camera.
Development of new instrumentation for surgery
Involved in developing new instruments for endoscopic surgery, for example
new methods for sealing vessels.
LapCap
Developed a new method for safe laparoscopic abdominal entry.
Robotic Assisted Surgery
One of the first surgeons involved in the development of DaVinci Robot (while it
was still in an investigational phase at Stanford Research Institute with robotic pioneers,
Drs Ajit Shah and Phil Green).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Dr. Camran Nezhat has been called the "Father of modern operative laparoscopy." He has
pioneered and developed numerous methods and techniques in operative laparoscopy, such as
the technique of Videolaparoscopy which revolutionized modern day surgery. (Nezhat C.
Videolaseroscopy: a new modality for the treatment of diseases of the reproductive organs.
Colposc Gynecol Laser Surg 1986; 2: 221-4). He also proved that some of the most difficult
pathologies could be successfully (and with better results) managed laparoscopically. For
example, laparoscopic management of extensive endometriosis of bowl, bladder, ureter, diaphragm,
radical hysterectomy, paraaortic and pelvic node dissection were all reported for the first
time by Dr. Camran Nezhat and his team.
Some of the procedures either performed or reported for the first time by Dr. Camran Nezhat
and his team:
