Pearl Women’s Center practitioners share their expertise at this year’s Shades of Pink

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Board certified gynecologist, Dr. Richard Rosenfield, bioidentical hormone expert, Kyle McAvoy, WHCNP and board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Bensimon discussed looking and feeling your best after the childbearing years.

Dr. Richard Rosenfield conducted the first live surgical broadcast to Nepal to train surgeons in techniques that promise to improve the lives of thousands of women.

Friday, August 20th, 2010

In Nepal, some of the world’s most isolated and under-resourced doctors gathered to watch and learn advanced, minimally-invasive surgical alternatives to traditional hysterectomy performed at Pearl Women’s Center. Dr. Richard Rosenfield is an internationally known expert and educator in the state-of-the-art procedure called Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (LSH). LSH uses tiny incisions and miniature cameras to guide the surgeon beneath the skin. It has been proven to speed healing, reduce infection rates and improve the lives of women when compared to the large incision, open-wound approach. The surgery was broadcast live via SurgiView.com and covered by KATU news.

Dr. Bensimon Discusses Facelifts with Inessa from KINK Radio

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

The face is often the first place to show the signs of aging but all facelifts are definitely not the same. Recently, our own director of Plastic Surgery and internationally acclaimed expert in facelifts, Dr. Richard H. Bensimon discussed the differences in a broadcast on KINK.fm.

Dr. Richard Bensimon’s Chemical Peel Technique featured in prestigious textbook

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Noted medical publisher, Elsevier recently published Techniques in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a teaching tool focused on facial rejuvenation for plastic surgeons. The textbook features Pearl Women’s Center’s Director of Plastic Surgery Dr. Richard H. Bensimon who authored a detailed chapter on his groundbreaking Hetter Peel. The Bensimon approach to Hetter Peel has gained international attention in recent years and Dr. Bensimon is widely acknowledged as the leading expert on the technique. The Hetter Peel is a chemical peel that alters the deep structures of the skin, replacing damaged, wrinkled, aged skin with radiant, smoother and healthier skin.

Oregon’s World First in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Promises a More Cost-Effective, Patient Friendly Future

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Portland, OR, January 28, 2009. There’s a new girl in town and she made her American debut at the side of internationally known laparoscopic surgeon, Dr. Richard Rosenfield. ViKY, as she is affectionately known, is a revolutionary, lightweight robot developed by EndoControl, headquartered in France. With ViKY at his side, Dr. Rosenfield made history by performing the first documented solo, laparoscopic hysterectomy in the world. Significantly, the entire procedure was performed in an outpatient facility, Pearl Women’s Center.

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