Shira Varon
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Shira Varon, MD
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Education
University of California, Los Angeles 1993-1997, B.S. Physiology
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum laude
Honors
Department of physiological science
Most Outstanding Research Award: Dept. Physiological Science
“The role of nitric oxide in essential hypertension”
UCLA Women’s Water Polo Team 1993-1995
George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC,
1998-2002, M.D. Alpha Omega Alpha
Founder of “Prenatal Partners” (Ob/Gyn student interest group)
Admissions Committee
King-Dodek Society Award for excellence in Ob/Gyn
Post-Graduate Training
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency,
George Washington University 2002-2006
Nominee Golden Apple Teaching Award (2003, 2004)
Administrative Chief Resident 2005-2006
CREOG Leadership Seminar and Certification (06/2005): How to be an educator and successful leader
Publications
Barnard RJ, CK Roberts, SM Varon, and JJ Berger. Diet-induced insulin resistance precedes other aspects of metabolic syndrome. J. Applied Physiology. 84(4): 1311-1315, 1998.
Roberts CK, SM Varon, and RJ Barnard. Diet and Hypertension. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 29(5): S20, 1997. Abstract presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual conference in Denver, Colorado, May 28 - 31, 1997.
DeCherney AH, Varon S. A Chapter in:
ESKIN: The Menopause: Endocrinologic Basis & Management Options, Fifth Edition. Taylor & Francis, London, 2006
Presentations
Grand Rounds December 2004: Medical therapy and embryonic stem cells
Professional Societies
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Junior Fellow
2003-2006: Chair, D.C. Section of District IV Junior Fellows
One of ten U.S. Residents selected to participate in international conference in Kyoto, Japan, March 2005. Presentations included “Fertility preserving surgical management of endometriosis and endometriomas” and
“Noninvasive management of uterine leiomyomata”
Certifications
USMLE Step I, II, and III
Languages
English, Spanish (fluent)
Studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain 1995
Summer 1999 Ocotal, Nicaragua: volunteered 4 weeks in hospital after 1st year medical school for Hurricane Mitch relief
Special Appointments:
2005-2008: Appointed to the ACOG Committee on Obstetrical Practice Bulletins
2008-present: Appointed to the ACOG GYN Practice Committee