Paige Hertweck, MD
Professor
Director of Division of Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology,
University OB/GYN Associates
Chief of Gynecology at Kosair Children's Hospital
Associate Professor OB/GYN at the University of Louisville Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology
Certifications:
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
National Board of Medical Examiners
Education: MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
Fellowships: Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Residencies: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY,
Clinical Interests:
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Treatment of Vaginal Agenesis
HPV as a causitive agent for cervical cancer
Use of laparoscopy in the creation
of neovagina
Research Interests: Postpartum contraceptive use among teenage mothers
Depo provera
and weight gain among adolescents
Use of laparoscopically mobilized peritoneum
in the creation of neovagina
The clinical course of ovarian torsion
Urethral prolapse
The management of mature cystic teratomas in children and adolescents
Professional Societies:
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
American Academy
of Pediatrics
College of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Kentucky Medical Association
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Kentucky Coalition on Teenage
Pregnancy
Leadership:
PRESENT ACTIVITIES:
President-Elect, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Clinical
Document Review Committee 2004-present
Merck Advisory Board 2004-present
Glaxo-Smith-Kline Advisory Board Member 2005-present
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Intervention, President 2004-present
PAST NATIONAL:
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Served on/as:
- Task Force for Gynecology 4th Edition, 1997-1998;
- Adolescent Health Care Committee, 1998, 1999;
- Vice-Chairman, Adolescent Health Care Committee, 2000-2002;
- Chairman, Adolescent Health Care Committee, 2002-2004;
- College of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence, 2002-2004;
- College Clinical Document Review Panel – Gynecology, 2004-2005
North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - Board of
Directors Member, 2001-2004
American Academy of Pediatrics - ACOG Liaison to
Committee on Adolescence, 2003
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Intervention, Inc.
(501(c)3 organization) - President, Board of Directors, 2004
Merck & Co.,
Inc. - Advisory Board Member, 2004
PAST LOCAL:
Home of the Innocents Board Member, Medical Advisory Committee Chairperson,
1990-95
Children First, Board Member, 1990-2000
Sister to Sister Project, Big Brothers/
Big Sisters, Advisory Board Member, 1991-1992
Jefferson County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Advisory Board Member,
1997-2000
Junior
League of Louisville Community Advisory Board, 2001-2005
Harambee Nurses’ Initiative
Advisory Council, University of Louisville School of Nursing, July 2003-2005
Honors:
2004 - Huffman-Capraro Award Best Fellows paper at NASPAG
2003 – Huffman-Capraro
Award Best Fellows paper at NASPAG
1995 - LaGrange
College, Outstanding Alumni
1994 - 2nd Annual James R. Petersdorf
Community Trust Fund Award for Excellence in Education with a Community Benefit
for Outstanding Achievement through the use of grant monies for Alliant Community
Trust Fund “Sexual Abuse Intervention
Initiative”
1992 - Outstanding Contribution to Kentucky Alliance for Exploited
and Missing Children
1989 - Excellence in Clinical Education Award
