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Jordan M. Phillips, M.D.--postdoctoral educator at large.

R E Batt
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Twenty years ago Jordan Phillips recognized the importance of laparoscopy and aroused the interest of gynecologists by founding the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL). Within five years he had expanded the teaching mission of the AAGL to microsurgery, which revolutionized infertility surgery. Through his insatiable personal drive, he catalyzed the movement of people and ideas on an international level by organizing numerous postgraduate courses in North America, Europe and Asia, and later Australia and South America. Through his untiring efforts as an educator, Jordan Phillips has played a major role in preparing gynecologists in many parts of the world for the commanding position of advanced laparoscopic surgery, hysteroscopy and microsurgery in gynecologic practice.

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R E Batt. 1992. Jordan M. Phillips, M.D.--postdoctoral educator at large.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1387911/

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