Stories of the OB/GYNs at Valley West Community Hospital

We can perform a hysterectomy
with three, one centimeter
incisions and deliver a baby in
crisis in a matter of minutes. We
can use portable ultrasound in
the emergency room to quickly
detect a serious condition, such
as an ovarian cyst or ectopic
pregnancy and provide treatment
or surgical intervention right away.

We are the OB/GYN’s
at Valley West Community Hospital.

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to visit their profile.

Dr. Joseph R. Baumgart
Dr. Brett J. Cassidy
Dr. Paul A. Dubrick
Dr. James N. Hawkins
Dr. Paula M. Hobson
Dr. Brett J. Vassallo
Dr. Ann L. West

Knowing she had a problem, Martha, age 43, went to see Dr. Cassidy. Her menstrual periods were so heavy and unpredictable that she would wear a super absorbent pad every day. Other treatments had failed to resolve her problem. Though she knew a hysterectomy was her only option, she just couldn’t afford to take the six weeks recovery time off of work following the surgery.
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When Marie came into the Emergency Department at Valley West Community Hospital complaining of sudden onset of abdominal and pelvic pain, she had no idea what it might be. Her diagnosis was quickly discovered by ultrasound—an ectopic pregnancy.
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“I was blessed and fortunate enough to deliver my own children, now I’d love to try to help a couple who can’t carry a baby,” Sarah, a 34-year-old mother of three, told Dr. Ann West after the delivery of her third baby. She expressed interest in being a gestational carrier, or surrogate mother, for a childless couple. Dr. West told her that she was healthy and if that was what she was interested in doing, she could see no reason not to pursue it.