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HOW DR. ASSIA STEPANIAN IS CHANGING HER PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY OPTIONS
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s a child, Assia Stepanian, MD, knew that she would make a difference in the field of medicine. The daughter of two renowned physicians, the Moscow-raised founder of Atlantabased Academia Women’s Health & Endoscopic Surgery has brought a wide variety of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) options to patients in metro Atlanta and devoted herself to sharing her specialized knowledge with physicians worldwide. An active member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), she proudly follows in the footsteps of her mother, Dr. Leila Adamyan, who developed some of the most advanced techniques in the practice of MIGS. Dr. Stepanian is committed to wholistic and compassionate care and sees how such an approach changes both patients and physician’s experiences. Q: WHAT IS MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY (MIGS)?
A: Laparoscopic, robotic, vaginal and hysteroscopic surgery are all forms of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery. These are surgeries performed through small incisions or sometimes require no incision at all. Q: WHY HAS IT BEEN IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO DEVOTE SO MUCH OF YOUR CAREER AND LIFE TO LEARN, TEACH AND IMPLEMENT MIGS APPROACHES?
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with early recognition and successful treatment of the disease are, in my opinion, the keys of our patients’ long-term health. With early recognition of and attention to gynecologic diseases and the risks in their development, the least degree of the intervention will be required. The more we know about minimally invasive approaches in treatment, the more open will we be as physicians to intervene earlier. It is hard for physicians and patients to believe that minimally invasive surgeries can be offered even to patients with very advanced states of gynecologic conditions.
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