Michael Goodman M.D.

Dr. Michael Goodman is a 40-year experienced, Stanford University-trained, board-certified Gynecologist with additional training in Sexual Medicine, Genital Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery, and Menopausal Management. He is active in the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), where he has been awarded Fellowship (IF), the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), where he is designated a "Certified Menopause Practitioner" (NCMP), American Association of Cosmetic Gynecologists, and the International Society of Cosmetogynecology. Dr. Goodman is well-known and well-respected in the Sexual Medicine, Menopausal, and Genital Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery communities. He has been an invited faculty member, moderator, and speaker for many years at many of the major female aesthetic vulvovaginal surgery congresses and meetings and was the keynote speaker at the 2011 and 2013 Congress on Aesthetic Vaginal Surgery. His "one-on-one" Master Surgeons Preceptorships are respected in the field and have attracted students from 5 U.S. states and 4 foreign countries.

Dr. Goodman is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, World Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, World Journal of Urology, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and American Journal of Age Management Medicine, as well as an ad hoc reviewer for Menopause Management and emeritus reviewer for the Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has been chosen by Wiley-Blackwell to co-write and edit the new medical textbook, "Female Genital Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery," to be released late in 2014. He has lectured and taught courses in the U.S., Europe and South America. Recent contributions to medical literature include:

1. Goodman MP, Bachmann G, Johnson C, Fourcroy JL, Goldstein A, Goldstein G, and Sklar S. "Is elective vulvar plastic surgery ever warranted, and what screening should be done preoperatively?" J Sex Med 2007; 4:269-276.

2. Goodman MP. "Female cosmetic genital surgery." Obst Gynecol 2009;113:154-59.

3. Goodman MP, Placik OJ, Benson RH III, Miklos JR, Moore RD, Jason RA, Matlock DL,

Simopoulos AF, Stern BH, Stanton RA, Kolb SE, and Gonzalez F. "A large multicenter outcome study of female genital plastic surgery." J Sex Med 2010;7:165-77.

4. Goodman MP. "Female genital cosmetic and plastic surgery: A review." J Sex Med 2011;8:1813-1825.

5. Goodman, MP. Comment on: Di Saia JP. "An unusual staged labial rejuvenation." J Sex Med 2008;5:1263-1267.

6. Goodman MP, Fashler S, Miklos JR, Moore RD, and Brotto LA. "The sexual, psychological and body image health of women undergoing elective vulvovaginal plastic/cosmetic procedures: A pilot study." Am J Cosmet Surg 2011;4:1-8.

7. Goodman MP. "The quest for the 'perfect vagina.'" Letter to the Editor. Obstetrics and Gynecology October 2012 (in press).

8. Goodman MP. "Are all estrogens created equal? A review of oral vs. transdermal therapy." J Womens Health 2012;21:161-69.

"Dr. Mike" heartily enjoys his independent practice of Women's Integrative, Menopausal, Sexual Medicine, and genital plastic and cosmetic surgery in the small university community of Davis, CA, in the northern part of the state between Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. He spends his free time with his family, gardening and landscaping, writing, going to the gym, travelling,and getting out on the water kayaking whenever possible.