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[photo of Dr. Tiller]Our
Medical
Director

Dr. George Tiller, M.D., DABFP

Dr. George Tiller has provided abortion services since 1973. He pioneered the use of sonogram imaging during surgery and other procedures that have been adopted as the standard of care for abortion providers nationwide.

[photo]Dr. Tiller is a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice Physicians. His vast experience over three decades of family medicine practice, both inpatient and outpatient, help him bring the excellence of diversity into focus on this very specialized area of medicine and women's health care. He has received numerous awards including the National Abortion Federation's highest honor, the Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award and the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights' Faith and Freedom Award.

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1963 - 1967 University of Kansas School of Medicine
1967 - 1968 Internship U.S. Naval Hospital - Camp Pendleton, California
1968 - 1969 Naval Aero-Space Medical Institute Flight Surgeon Course
1969 - 1970 U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon - Oakland, California
1970 - present Private Practice/Family Medicine - Wichita, Kansas
1975 - present Director/Owner Women’s Health Care - Wichita, Kansas
1980 - 1991 Team Physicians, Wichita Wings, Major Indoor Soccer League
1987 - 1990 Medical Director, Women’s Alcoholism Treatment Services - Sedgwick County Health Department - Wichita, Kansas

WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER - WICHITA, KS
1970 - 1975 Chairman, Medical Records, Utilization, Pharmacy Committee - Department of Family Practice
1974 - 1980 Executive Committee Medical Staff
1979 President, Medical Staff

ORGANIZATIONS OF MEDICAL INTEREST
1968 - present American Medical Association
1973 - 1976 Medical Advisory Board - Kansas Planned Parenthood
1973 - present American Academy of Family Physicians
1978 - present National Abortion Federation member
1978 - present Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights member
1980 - 1987 Kansas NARAL member
1985 - 1986 NARAL - Tribute Committee
1985- present Medical/Legal consultations on abortion issues
1986 - present National Organization for Women
1987 - 1992 Member, Impaired Physicians Committee of Kansas Medical Society
1989 - present Co-Founder/Member, ProChoice Action League
2002 Foundation Board, National Coalition of Abortion Providers
2002 Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, Board Member

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1970 - Present Clinical Instructor Family Medicine Residency, Wesley Medica Center/HCA Wesley
1973 - 1975 Volunteer Community Supervising Physician - Family Practice Residency - Wesley Medical Center
1976 - Present Clinical Instructor, Department of Family and Community Medicine - Wichita State Branch, University of Kansas
Present University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita State Branch/ HCA Wesley Medical Center

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
1982 “Augmented D & E for Late Mid-Trimester Abortion”
1984 “Seeing is Better Than Feeling (Routine Ultrasound in the First Trimester)”
1985 “Induction Abortion as an Outpatient” - Family Practice Grand Rounds
1988 “1st Trimester Abortion With and Without Ultrasound - A Comparison of 16, 000 Patients” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
1988 “Fruits, Spheres, and Soundwaves - Ultrasound and Abortion in the First Trimester” - Family Practice Lecture Series
1989 “Transvaginal Ultrasound in the First Trimester: An Asset or a Liability?” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
1990 “Pre-op and Intra-operative Ultrasound in the First Trimester” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
1992 “Empowering Physicians/Operation Rescue Survival” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
1993 “Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy as an Outpatient: Experience with 340 Patients at 19 to 31 Weeks Duration” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting
1993 “Spirituality and Abortion Providers” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting Panel Discussion
1994 “Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy Program, January 1989-December 1993 Study”
1995 “Emerging Technologies: The Impact of Medical Abortion” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting Panel Discussion
1996 “Presentation of the Stillborn/Our Experiences with 1000 Fetal Indications Terminations of Pregnancy” - Abortion Matters: Amsterdam, the Netherlands (March)
1996 “Gifts of Understanding and the Pyramid of Reason” - Region IV Meeting of National Association of Genetic Counselors, Kansas City, MO (March)
1996 “Presentation of the Stillborn/Our Experiences with 1000 Fetal Indications Terminations of Pregnancy” - National Abortion Federation Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April)
1997 “Emotional Care of the Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy Patient” - National Abortion Federation Risk Management Meeting, St. Louis, MO (September)
1997 “Report to Providers: Experience with 1274 Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy Patients as Outpatients
1989-1997" - Private Communication with Referral Sources
1997 “Clinic Experience with Kansas Legislators” - Clinic Tour (October)
1999 “Understanding the ‘Late’ Abortion Patient” - Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (January)
1999 “Understncy” - National Society of Genetic Counselors, Washington, DC (November)
2002 “The Effect of Previous Caesarian Section on Induction Termination of Pregnancy by the WHCS MOLD Technique: A Review of 4487 Late Abortion Patients” - National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA (April)
2002 “A Provider’s Perspective” - Medical Students for Choice, San Jose, CA (April)
2002 “Emotional Care of the Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy Patient” -- National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (November)
2003 “A Career in 15 Minutes: Policies, Procedures, Protocols and Philosophies of Success” -- National Abortion Federation Risk Management Meeting, Seattle, WA (April)
2003 “Abortion Before It Was Legal” -- PRCH Video, Panel Discussion, National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (April)
2003 “AD Claman Memorial Lecture: Emotional Care of the Patient With an Anomalous Fetus” - Women’s and Children’s Hospital of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (April)
2003 “The Fundamentals of Fetal Indications Termination of Pregnancy” - Perinatal Grand Rounds, Women and Children’s Hospital of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada (April)
2003 “A Career in 15 Minutes (Axioms and Over-Arching Principles of Late Terminations of Pregnancy)” - Medical Students for Choice, Seattle, WA (April)
2003 “Results, Rocket Science, and Religion: Lessons Learned from 5625 Abortion Patients” - National Society of Genetics Counselors Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC (September)

ACCREDITATION
1973 - 2005 Diplomat, American Board of Family Practice
1989 - present Associate, American Society of Addiction Medicine

AWARDS
1973 - 1978 Active Teacher in Family Practice Award - American Academy of Family Practice
1992 Person of the Year, You Make a Difference Award - Planned Parenthood of Nebraska
1993 Faith and Freedom Award - Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights
1994 Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award - National Abortion Federation
1997 25-Year Membership Award - American Academy of Family Physicians, Chicago, IL
1999 Reproductive Freedom Award - Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts NARAL, Tapestry Health System
1999 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women’s Health Care - Parke Davis Women’s Healthcare, Santa Barbara, CA
2003 AD Claman Memorial Award, A Lifetime of Contribution to Women’s Health - Women and Children’s Hospital of British Columbia
2003 Jer Symposium Internacional Multicultural en Salud Reproductiva
2003 David Gunn Award for Providing Abortion Services with Courage and Compassion - National Coalition of Abortion Providers
2003 “Reproductive Care and Compassion Award” - Planned Parenthood of New York City, New York, NY


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