EDUCATION
B.A.: Vanderbilt University, Nashville,Tennessee,1970 (cum laude)
M.D.: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, 1977
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, 1977-1981
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
MEDICAL LICENSE: State of Tennessee, 1979
DIPLOMATE: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1978
DIPLOMATE: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1983
FELLOW: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 1985
CERTIFICATION: Operative Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy, 1996
CERTIFICATION: Proficiency in Acupuncture, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, 2000
DIPLOMATE: American Board of Medical Acupuncture, 2003
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Clinical Instructor, Vanderbilt University Hospital 1983-Current
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Portland, OR: Bess Kaiser Hospital, 1981-1983
Nashville, TN: Baptist Hospital, 1983-Current
Centennial Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Physician: Northwest Permanente, P.C., July 1981 to March 1983
Private Practice: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nashville, TN 1983-current
Medical Director, Baptist Hospital Laparoscopy Center, 1991-2002
Formation of Collaborative Healthcare Group, 2000
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
American Medical Association
Nashville Academy of Medicine
Tennessee Medical Association
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy
International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy
North American Menopause Society
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL HONORS
Everette M. Clayton, Jr., M.D. Memorial Award for Outstanding Clinical Instructor of the Year, Baptist Hospital, 1987 & 1994
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Clinical Instructor, Gynecology Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, 1985-2000
PAPERS PRESENTED
“Laparoscopic Oophorectomy” presented at the Fourth European Congress of Hysteroscopy and Endoscopic Surgery at Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13, 1990.
“Role of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Female Reproductive Surgery” presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the AAGL, November 1991. Authors: JF Daniell, LD Gurley.
PAPERS ACCEPTED: “Laparoscopic Removal of Clinically Significant Uterine Fibroids” accepted for presentation at the XIII World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics, September 1991.
VIDEO TAPES PRODUCED OR PRESENTED
“Laparoscopic Oophorectomy”, presented at the Fourth European Congress of Hysteroscopy and Endoscopic Surgery at Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13, 1990.
“Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy”, presented at the ACOG Meeting, May 1991.
“Laparoscopic Presacral Neurectomy”, presented at the ACOG Meeting, May 1991.
“Laparoscopic Myomectomy”, presented at the ACOG Meeting, May 1991. “KTP-532 Laser Resection of a Uterine Septum”, presented at the ACOG Meeting, May 1991.
“Extensive Resection of a Pelvic Side Wall Mass with Ureterolysis”, presented at the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, October 4, 1991.
“Avoiding Injury to the Pelvic Ureter at Laparoscopy”, presented at the International Society for Gynecological Endoscopy Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, October 4, 1991.
“The Laparoscopic Treatment of Deep Intramural Leiomyomata”, presented at the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, October 4, 1991.
“Laparoscopic Removal of Clinically Significant Uterine Fibroids”, presented at the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, October 4,1991.
“Laparoscopic Hysterectomy”, presented at the Biennial Meeting, Barcelona, October 4, 1991.
“Hysteroscopic Management of Uterine Septi: Comparison Between Resectoscope Knife Electrode and 400 Micron KTP Laser Fiber”, presented at the 47th Annual AFS Meeting in Orlando, Florida, October 19,1991.
“Avoiding Injury to the Pelvic Ureter during Laparoscopy”, (Authors: LD Gurley, JF Daniell), “Laparoscopic use of Argon Beam Cautery” (Authors: JF Daniell, LD Gurley and BR Kurtz), and “Hysteroscopic Management of Uterine Septi: Comparison Between Resectoscope Knife Electrode and 400 Micron KTP Laser Fiber”, (Authors: LD Gurley, JF Daniell). Three videotapes presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the AAGL, November 1991.
“Endoscopic Surgery”, (video program) presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of District 7 ACOG, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, November 11, 1991.
“Laparoscopic Pelvic Lymphadenectomy”, presented at The International Society For Gynecologic Endoscopy meeting, Washington, D.C., June 24,1993.
“Laparoscopic Repair of Vaginal Fistula”, presented at the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 24,1993.
“Myomectomy with Layered Suture Closure and Use of a Cannula Morcellator”, presented at the World Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, AAGL 22nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 12, 1993.
“Laparoscopic Repair of Chronic Vaginal Fistula Secondary to a Foreign Body”, presented at the World Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 22nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 13, 1993.
“Laparoscopic Ureterolysis During Left SalpingoOophorectomy”, presented at the World Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 22nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 13, 1993.
“Right Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Subsequent to Diagnosis of Fallopian Tube Carcinoma at the Time of Vaginal Hysterectomy”, presented at the World Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy AAGL 22nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 13, 1993.
“Ureterolysis During a Difficult Laparoscopic Salpingo-oophorectomy”, presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Florida, May 10, 1994.
AUDIO-VISUAL TAPES PUBLISHED
“Laparoscopic Pre-sacral Neurectomy”, published in the ACOG Audiovisual Library, 1992.
“Laparoscopic Myomectomy”, Audio Presentation, published in Audio Digest, Obstetrics & Gynecology. Vol. 39. No. 18, September 15, 1992.
“Combined Laparoscopy And Hysteroscopy To Resect A Large Submucosal Fibroid” accepted for publication in the AAGL Video Journal of Endoscopy, 1993.
“Hysteroscopic Management of Uterine Septa: Comparison Between Resectoscope Knife Electrode And 400 Micron KTP Laser Fiber” accepted for publication in the AAGL Video Journal of Endoscopy, 1993.
LECTURES AT OTHER SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS
“Laparoscopically Assisted Hysterectomy”, Grand Rounds at Meharry Medical College, June 3, 1991.
“Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding”, Annual Update in Ambulatory Gynecology, Baptist Center for Medical Education, July 13, 1991.
“Laparoscopic Application of the GIA, Avoiding Ureteral Injuries During Laparoscopy, and Pelvic Node Dissection”, Third Annual Advanced Laparoscopic/Hysteroscopic Techniques, Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, November 22,1991.
“Laparoscopic Myomectomy”, University of Florida Seventeenth Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Pelviscopy & Laser Course, March 28, 1992.
“Diagnostic Hysteroscopy”, The W.F. Bernell James, M.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Symposium, Meharry Medical College, February 14, 1992.
“Laparoscopic Presacral Neurectomy” and “Use of the KTP Laser”, University of Florida Seventeenth Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Pelviscopy & Laser Course, March 29, 1992.
“Operative Laparoscopy: Tools and Techniques” 1992 Tennessee Medical Association: Ob/Gyn Society, Nashville, Tennessee, April 10, 1992.
“Operative Laparoscopy, Instrumentation Techniques for Ureterolysis”, Grand Rounds for Vanderbilt University Medical School, October 14, 1992.
“Laparoscopic Myomectomy”, University of Florida Eighteenth Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Pelviscopy & Laser Course, February 27, 1993.
“Laparoscopic Presacral Neurectomy”, University of Florida Eighteenth Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Pelviscopy & Laser Course, February 28, 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
Cardwell, MS, Finke, FL, Gurley, LD, Zimmerman, CW: Management of single intrauterine fetal death in a twin pregnancy. J. of the Tenn. Medical Assoc.,291-292,1989.
Daniell, JF, Kurtz, BR, Gurley, LD: Laser laparoscopic management of large endometriomas. Fertility & Sterility. 55:4, 692-695, 1991.
Daniell, JF, Gurley, LD: Laparoscopic treatment of clinically significant symptomatic uterine fibroids. J. Gynecol. Surg. 7-1, 37-40, 1991.
Daniell, JF, Gurley, LD, Kurtz, BR, Chambers, JF: The use of an automatic stapling device for laparoscopic appendectomy. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 78:4, 721-723, 1991.
Daniell, JF, Kurtz, BR, McTavish, G, Gurley, LD, Shearer, RA, Chambers, JF, Staggs, SM: Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy: The Initial Nashville, Tennessee, Experience. J. of Reproductive Medicine. 38:7, 537-542, 1993.
Daniell, JF, Kurtz, BR, Gurley, LD, Lalonde, CJ: Laparoscopic Presacral Neurectomy vs. Neurotomy: Use of the Argon Beam Coagulator Compared to Conventional Technique. J. Gynecol. Surg. 2:3, 169-173, 1993.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Daniell, JF, Gurley, LD: ”Appendectomy: Avoiding Complications.” eds. Corfman, RS, Diamond, MP, DeCherney, A, Complications of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993)
Gurley, LD: “Laparoscopic Myomectomy.” eds. Diamond, MP, et al in Hysterectomy (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995)