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W. David Hager is an American physician with a medical board certification in obstetrics and gynecology. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, "to stand by" is the surgical speciality dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during Pregnancy Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus In the fall of 2002, Hager, a leading conservative Christian voice on women's health and sexuality, was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by U.S. President George W. Bush. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States.

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Family life

In 1970, Hager married Linda Carruth Davis, the daughter of a famous Methodist evangelist. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the Together they had three sons. David and Linda Hager's marriage ended by divorce in 2002. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Linda cited sexual misconduct on the part of David as the cause of the split. In November 2002, Linda, herself a religious and political conservative, was re-married to James Davis, a United Methodist minister. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. In 2003 Hager married Lexington physician Kathleen Martin.

Education and certification

Hager in 1964 was graduated from Jessamine County High School in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Hager received his undergraduate degree from Asbury College where his father, Cornelius Hager, was the college president. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Asbury College is a Christian Liberal arts institution located in Wilmore Kentucky. Hager graduated from medical school at University of Kentucky in 1972, and completed a ob/gyn residency at University of Kentucky in 1976. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located As per the discussion in the Talk page there has been no consensus as to using the American (gynecology or British (gynaecology spelling for this article BUT Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hager has been board certified in obstetrics and gynecology since 1978. Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, "to stand by" is the surgical speciality dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during Pregnancy Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus

Career

Hager is a practicing gynecologist in Lexington, Kentucky. Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system ( Uterus Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. After completing his OB/GYN residency, Hager was a clinical research investigator for sexually transmitted diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta from 1976-78. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based in unincorporated He had a faculty position at Emory University from 1976-1978, and has been a part-time "professor" at the University of Kentucky since 1978. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) ("Though his resume describes Hager as a University of Kentucky professor, a university official says Hager's appointment is part time and voluntary and involves working with interns at Lexington's Central Baptist Hospital, not the university itself. " Time citation below) His research interests include mastitis, post-operative infections, Group B Strep infections, and vaginitis. Mastitis is the Inflammation of the Parenchyma of the Mammary gland ( Breast in Primates Udder in other mammals An infection is the detrimental Colonization of a host Organism by a foreign Species. Vaginitis is an Inflammation of the Vaginal Mucosa and often associated with an irritation or infection of the Vulva leading to vulvovaginitis Hager was president of Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1996-1998. He was also named as one of the "Best Doctors in America" in both 1994 and 1996. Other present and past affiliations include, the Focus on the Family's Physician Resource Council and the Christian Medical and Dental Society's Physician Resource Council. The Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS Canada is an Evangelical, inter-denominational and active organization of Christian physicians in Canada Hager was previously a member of Asbury College's board of trustees. Asbury College is a Christian Liberal arts institution located in Wilmore Kentucky.

Controversy over FDA advisory committee appointment

Hager's appointment to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs in the FDA was controversial from the start, with many women's right groups protesting his selection. Hager's appointment became more divisive when on May 6, 2004, the FDA rejected the December 16, 2003 Advisory Committee 23 to 4 vote to drop the prescription-only status of emergency contraception, and refused to approve the sale of Plan B over the counter. Levonorgestrel (or' l - Norgestrel or D - Norgestrel) is a synthetic progestogen used as

First, The Nation, and then The Washington Post and Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Hager spoke at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky about his role in persuading the FDA to keep Plan B a prescription-only drug. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Lexington Herald-Leader is a Newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and based in the U Asbury College is a Christian Liberal arts institution located in Wilmore Kentucky. Wilmore is a city in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. Hager said, "I was asked to write a minority opinion that was sent to the commissioner of the FDA. For only the second time in five decades, the FDA did not abide by its advisory committee opinion, and the measure was rejected. "

Additionally, in The Nation, Linda Carruth-Davis, Hager’s ex-wife from a 32 year marriage, alleges that between 1995 and their divorce in 2002, Hager repeatedly anally raped her in her sleep. [1] The article's author Ayelish McGarvey puts forward the premise that Linda Davis's allegations are of additional concern due to Hager's public role as an advocate for women's health. Ayelish McGarvey is a journalist covering the religious right Hager's wife suggested that her husband "kept missing" suggesting that it was perfectly acceptable to be raped in the traditional manner. Many educated Republicans were astonished that a Bush appointee who is also a gynecologist would be confused with the anatomy of a woman. They also weren't quite sure what was more repulsive: the personal indiscretions of this man or just the fact that a sitting president of the United States would have the kind of judgement that would lead to such an appointment.

To The Nation, Hager responded "My official comment is that I decline to comment", but in his local newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader, Hager stated "As I said before, the allegations as stated do not reveal all of the information and therefore they're incomplete and not true. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. No one likes to be criticized, no one likes to be torn apart privately or publicly and I think that it's disappointing that my former wife has chosen this avenue to vent her anger and bitterness. "

Further concerns with his candidacy arose with his beliefs and medical assertions penned in the book "Stress and The Woman's Body", co-written with his ex-wife Linda Carruth-Davis. In the book, his writings emphasized the "restorative power of Jesus Christ in one's life" and recommended specific Scripture readings and prayers for such ailments as headaches and premenstrual syndrome.

Publications

Journal articles

  1. Hager WD. Treatment of metronidazole-resistant Trichomonas vaginalis with tinidazole: case reports of three patients. Trichomonas vaginalis, an anaerobic, parasitic Flagellated Protozoan, is the causative agent of Trichomoniasis, and is the Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Jun;31(6):343-5
  2. Stanford JB, Hager WD, Crockett SA. The FDA, politics, and plan B. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jun 3;350(23):2413-4; author reply 2413-4.
  3. Larsen JW, Hager WD, Livengood CH, Hoyme U. Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of postoperative infections. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2003;11(1):65-70.
  4. Fitch JT, Stine C, Hager WD, Mann J, Adam MB, McIlhaney J. Condom effectiveness: factors that influence risk reduction. A condom is a device most commonly used during Sexual intercourse. Sex Transm Dis. 2002 Dec;29(12):811-7.
  5. David Hager, W. , Schuchat, Anne, Gibbs, Ronald, Sweet, Richard, Mead, Philip, Larsen, John W. PREVENTION OF PERINATAL GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION: CURRENT CONTROVERSIES Obstet Gynecol 2000 96: 141-145
  6. McGregor JA, Hager WD, Gibbs RS, Schmidt L, Schulkin J. Assessment of office-based care of sexually transmitted diseases and vaginitis and antibiotic decision-making by obstetrician-gynecologists. A sexually transmitted disease ( STD) or venereal disease ( VD) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between Humans Vaginitis is an Inflammation of the Vaginal Mucosa and often associated with an irritation or infection of the Vulva leading to vulvovaginitis Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 1998;6(6):247-51.
  7. Hager WD, Barton JR. The treatment of sporadic acute puerperal mastitis. Mastitis is the Inflammation of the Parenchyma of the Mammary gland ( Breast in Primates Udder in other mammals IDOG 1996;4:97-101.
  8. McGregor J, Hager WD, Eschenbach DS, Mead P, Sweet RL, Gibbs RS. Modes of practice in OB-GYN infections. As per the discussion in the Talk page there has been no consensus as to using the American (gynecology or British (gynaecology spelling for this article BUT An infection is the detrimental Colonization of a host Organism by a foreign Species. Obstet Gynecol 83:631-36, 1994.
  9. Barton JR, Thorpe EM, Shaver DC, Hager WD, et al. Nonimmune hydrops fetalis associated with maternal infection with syphilis. Hydrops fetalis is a condition in the Fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid or Edema, in at least two fetal compartments including the subcutaneous tissue Syphilis is a Sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal Bacterium Treponema pallidum pallidum. Am J Obstet Gynecol 167:56, 1992.
  10. Hager WD, Rapp RP, Billeter M, Bradley BB. The choice of an antibiotic for women undergoing non-elective cesarean section. In modern usage an antibiotic is a Chemotherapeutic agent with activity against Microorganisms such as Bacteria, fungi or Protozoa A Caesarean section (or Cesarean section in American English) also known as C-section, is a form of Childbirth in which a surgical J Anti Agents and Chemo 35:1782,1991.
  11. Hager WD, Bird M, Callahan JC, Frank AL, David ML, Engelberg J. Promiscuity and public health: some clinical and ethical issues. Hosp Pract. 1990 Sep 15;25(9):63, 66, 69-70+
  12. Hager WD, Sweet RL, Charles D, Larsen B. Comparative study of mezlocillin versus cefotaxime single dose prophylaxis in patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy. Mezlocillin is a broad-spectrum Penicillin Antibiotic. It is active against both Gram-negative and some Gram-positive Bacteria. Cefotaxime ( INN) (sɛfəˈtæksiːm/ /kɛfə- is a third-generation Cephalosporin Antibiotic. A hysterectomy (from Greek hystera "womb" is the surgical removal of the Uterus, usually performed by a gynecologist. Current Therapeutic Research, 45:63-9, 1989.

Books

  1. Hager WD, Hager LC. STRESS AND THE WOMAN'S BODY. Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI , 1996. Baker Publishing Group is an evangelical Protestant Christian book publisher based in Grand Rapids Michigan. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
  2. Mead P, Hager WD. INFECTION PROTOCOLS FOR OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. Medical Economics Company, Montvale, New Jersey, 1992, Revised 1998. Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
  3. Hager WD, Joy, D Women at Risk: The Real Truth about Sexually Transmitted Disease. A sexually transmitted disease ( STD) or venereal disease ( VD) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between Humans

References

  1. ^ Dr. Hager's Family Values. Ayelish McGarvey, The Nation (May 11, 2005). Retrieved on 29 November 2007. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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