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Dr. Farnam is Board Certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  He is a specialist in Minimally Invasive Laser Surgery and a native El Pasoan. He completed a subspeciality fellowship in minimally invasive gynecology and pelvic surgery at St. Elizabeth Hospital in New York.

He completed his residency training at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he received commendation for excellence in teaching.  During his training, Dr. Farnam was instructed by many of the nation’s leading physicians in the fields of Laser Infertility Surgery, Prolapse and Incontinence, Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Robotic Surgery. 

Dr. Farnam is actively involved with the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and has presented or moderated at the AAGL Global Congress each of the last three years.  Dr. Farnam holds a clinical appointment as Associate Professor at Texas Tech Health Science Center.  He also holds an appointment on the Physician Advisory Board of HealthSCOPE Benefits, Inc. and with OB/GYN Board Prep, Inc.  He is a national lecturer and proctor in Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Dr. Farnam participated in the first trial of Robotic Surgery in Gynecology in 2002 at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.  He was the first physician to perform a robotic myomectomy in the city of El Paso and is the first physician in the United States to perform a single incision robotic hysterectomy.  He is an expert in minimally invasive surgery and has performed over a thousand minimally invasive surgeries, including over 250 laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures.

Dr. Farnam learned Spanish while studying at La Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico.  Of Dr. Farnam’s many accolades, he is most proud of his award for compassion in medicine which he received during Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio.  He strives to continue this personal attention to his patients in his daily practice.  His goal is to offer the highest quality care using cutting edge technology in a comfortable setting which caters to the needs of each individual patient.

 

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Texas Gynecology & Laser Surgery Center
1700 N Oregon St #520
El Paso, TX 79902

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