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Dr. Melissa McHale, a gynecologic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive endometriosis surgery, shares expert guidance on finding qualified surgeons for endometriosis treatment. She provides practical strategies for evaluating surgeon credentials, training backgrounds, and professional connections to ensure patients receive care from true specialists capable of performing complete excision surgery.
• Research where potential surgeons received their training and who specifically taught them endometriosis surgery techniques
• Ask direct questions about when endometriosis became their focus and how they developed their surgical skills
• Consider that most fellowship-trained gynecologists in the US aren’t adequately trained in complete endometriosis excision
• Evaluate the surgeon’s professional network—those who regularly associate with other endometriosis specialists likely stay current with best practices
• Look at both patient reviews and professional reputation among other physicians
• If you wouldn’t trust their mentor to operate on you, question whether you should trust them
Have questions about finding the right endometriosis specialist? Send them in through the link in the episode description, email contact@endobattery.com, or visit the endobattery.com contact page.
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0:00
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Dr. Melissa McHale's Background
Speaker 1
0:42
I'm
excited
to
welcome
Dr
Melissa
McHale
,
a
gynecologic
surgeon
specializing
in
minimally
invasive
endometriosis
surgery
.
Known
for
her
compassion
,
patient-centered
care
,
dr
McHale
combines
advanced
surgical
skills
with
dedication
to
truly
listening
,
educating
and
creating
individualized
treatment
plans
.
A
graduate
at
Boston
University
School
of
Medicine
,
she
completed
her
residency
at
the
John
Hopkins
University
Hospital
before
training
for
two
years
with
internationally
recognized
endometriosis
specialist
,
dr
Andrea
Vidali
.
She's
also
highly
skilled
in
dynamic
ultrasound
to
map
and
diagnose
endometriosis
.
Dr
Miguel
takes
a
multidisciplinary
approach
,
often
collaborating
with
specialists
from
other
fields
,
and
has
a
special
interest
in
patients
with
conditions
like
hypermobility
,
pots
and
MCAS
.
Her
mission
is
to
improve
early
diagnosis
,
reduce
delays
in
care
and
help
patients
everywhere
reclaim
their
quality
of
life
.
I'm
thrilled
for
you
to
hear
from
her
today
.
Let's
get
Verifying Surgeon Qualifications
Speaker 1
1:42
started
.
What
do
you
think
is
the
first
step
in
trying
to
find
a
surgeon
?
Speaker 2
1:47
So
the
first
step
really
is
establish
whether
or
not
this
person
is
qualified
,
right
,
and
so
you
know
some
of
the
things
.
It's
like
do
the
background
research
on
this
person
right
?
Like
,
did
they
go
to
medical
school
,
right
?
Like
,
yes
,
I'm
sure
they
did
if
they're
a
surgeon
.
But
like
,
where
did
they
go
?
Where
did
they
do
residency
?
Did
they
do
a
fellowship
?
And
then
,
who
taught
them
to
do
endometriosis
surgery
?
Right
?
Is
this
something
that
they
learned
in
fellowship
?
Did
they
have
a
specific
mentor
?
Did
they
learn
it
after
fellowship
?
Like
,
really
try
to
figure
out
.
Like
,
okay
,
if
even
most
fellowship
trained
gynecologists
in
the
US
don't
know
how
to
do
a
complete
excision
of
endometriosis
surgery
,
how
is
it
that
this
person
knows
how
to
do
it
?
Right
,
if
they
trained
at
the
university
of
wherever
for
their
fellowship
,
but
you
can't
find
anyone
at
the
university
of
whatever
who
you
would
trust
to
do
your
surgery
,
okay
,
well
then
,
if
this
is
where
that
person
trained
and
they
taught
them
everything
they
know
,
is
this
person
really
qualified
or
not
really
Right
?
Speaker 2
2:48
And
sometimes
someone
got
extra
training
after
fellowship
,
they
were
mentored
by
somebody
,
these
kinds
of
things
.
You
know
,
everyone
has
a
different
journey
and
it's
not
always
necessarily
about
where
they
did
fellowship
,
but
figure
it
out
.
Don't
be
afraid
to
ask
like
when
did
this
become
your
focus
?
Is
this
something
you
learned
on
your
own
?
Did
somebody
teach
you
,
did
somebody
mentor
you
?
Right
?
If
you
wouldn't
let
their
mentor
operate
on
you
,
consider
whether
or
not
they
should
operate
on
you
,
right
,
Like
you
know
,
and
some
of
it's
about
personality
but
a
lot
of
it's
about
skill
,
right
?
And
so
really
look
into
where
they
learned
to
do
that
stuff
,
right
?
Speaker 1
3:25
Well
,
and
I
think
that's
something
that
is
hard
,
because
,
as
a
patient
,
we
don't
always
know
who's
credible
and
who's
not
.
How
do
we
decipher
that
as
a
patient
If
we
don't
really
?
You
know
,
like
you
and
I
,
we're
kind
of
in
this
endo
community
,
pretty
thick
into
it
,
you
know
,
so
we
have
,
we
know
who's
really
good
,
we
know
who's
credible
.
But
for
people
who
don't
know
and
they're
just
starting
this
journey
how
would
you
go
about
figuring
out
if
someone
is
credible
or
not
?
Determining Surgeon Credibility
Speaker 2
3:55
So
there's
a
few
different
,
you
know
a
few
different
things
you
can
look
at
.
Right
,
there's
all
these
different
lists
,
right
,
people
talk
about
lists
on
social
media
and
those
kinds
of
things
of
who
is
qualified
,
who
believes
in
excision
,
all
those
kinds
of
things
.
Right
,
you
can
look
at
the
sort
of
reputation
both
from
patients
,
like
what
are
their
reviews
,
that
kind
of
stuff
.
But
also
what
do
other
doctors
say
about
them
?
Right
,
because
often
you
know
you
can
sort
of
tell
what
what
doctors
associate
with
other
people
whose
whole
world
is
endometriosis
.
Right
,
if
somebody
is
spending
all
of
their
time
with
other
people
who
totally
focus
on
endometriosis
,
it's
because
they're
,
they're
like
you
and
me
.
They
feed
off
of
constantly
thinking
about
how
to
get
you
know
better
at
providing
endometriosis
care
.
Right
,
if
they're
like
totally
on
their
own
,
nobody
refers
to
them
.
They're
,
you
know
they're
not
doing
all
of
these
things
to
forward
their
knowledge
,
then
you
know
that
should
give
you
pause
.
Speaker 1
4:55
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wrap
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Quick
Connect
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5:01
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