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Professional Experience:

 

Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. (35+ years' experience)

  

Specialist in Cosmetic Surgery Procedures (15+ years' experience).

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Specific interests:

• Cosmetic Surgeries

• Cosmeto-Gynecology

• Aesthetic Medicine

• Intimate Medicine for Men and Women.

• Gynecology

• Microscopic Surgery

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Leadership and Academic Experience:

Chairman of Ob/Gyn Department

Former academic affiliations - assistant

Clinical Professor of Obstetrics& Gynecology:

 

• University of Michigan

• The University of Connecticut Health Center

•  Yale University

 

 

 Office information:           

 Aesthetic Medical Center

& Gynecology

 911 Medical Circle,

Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

 (843) 945-9990      

www.DrMarcovicimd.com         

 

 

Languages:  English, French, Romanian, Hebrew.

 

Medical Education:   M.D. Degree from The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School,Jerusalem Israel                                           

 

Residency University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

                                                                                                                                                     

 

PRESENT and PAST Memberships:

• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

• International Society of Cosmeto-Gynecology

• American Society of Lipo-Suction Surgeons

• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

 

• The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

• The Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.

• The Coelio-Schauta Club, Roubaix-France.

• Greater HartfordOb/GYN Medical Society

• Yale Ob/Gyn Society (YOGS)

 

 

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Post-Graduate/ Workshop Training:

 

1990: Advanced Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Surgery with Andrew Brill, M.D.,                   University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

1991: Laser Applications in Gynecology and General Surgery with Rocco Lobraico, MD,           Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center, Chicago.

 

1992: Operative Endoscopy, Hysterectomy and Hysteroscopy.                                           Course Directors: Drs. Camran and Farr Nezhat.

 

1993: Pelvic Floor Disorders with Linda Brubaker, MD, Rush-Presbyterian -St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

 

1993: Advanced Laparoscopic Course featuring LAVH, oophorectomy, appendectomy, enterolysis, laparoscopic suturing and the prevention and management of laparoscopic injuries. The workshop included the performance of clinical laparoscopic techniques using the fiberTome laser and the Harmonic Scalpel in laboratory animals. Course Director, William B. Saye, MD, Marietta, Georgia.

 

1994:  First World Congress on Labor and Delivery, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

1995 Advances in Uro-Gynecology, Pelvic Surgery and Office Therapy, including urethroscopy, cystoscopy, demonstrations of  periurethral collagen injections, needle suspensions with bone anchors and Sacrospinous vaginal vault suspensions on inanimate trainers. Course Director, Peter Sand, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago.

                                                                                                                    

1995:Hysteroscopy Workshop, with Drs. Baggish and Vale, Northwestern University, Chicago.

 

1995:Laparoscopic and Vaginal Surgery in Gynecology Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix, Lille, France with Drs. Querleu and D’Argent.

 

1996: Workshop on micro-endoscopy in gynecology including fertility promoting surgery. The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Course Director: Charles H. Koch, M.D.,San Antonio, Texas.

 

1998:Course in Microsurgery and Laparoscopic Suturing, Anastomosis, and Intracorporeal Knot Tying Techniques at The Microsurgery & Operative Endoscopy Training ( MOET ) Institute, San Francisco. Course Director Dr. Zoltan Szabo.

 

1999: Advances in Urogynecology, Pelvic Surgery and Office Therapy, including urethroscopy,  cystoscopy, demonstrations of  periurethral collagen injections, needle suspensions with bone anchors, Sacrospinous vaginal vault suspensions and laparoscopic Burch procedure on inanimate trainers. Course Director, Peter Sand, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago.

 

2003: Preceptorship in Urogynecology. Course Director, Peter Sand, MD, 

Director, Evanston Continence Center, Chicago.

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2004:  Monarc™ (Transobturator) Subfascial Hammock Physician Training . American Medical Systems.

 

2005: New Techniques in Pelvic Floor Reconstruction: Apogee™ Vault  Suspension System  & Perigee™ Transobturator Anterior Prolapse Repair, American Medical Systems.

 

2006: Office Liposuction Under Local Anesthesia, Mesotherapy, and Cosmetic Procedures For the Gynecologic Practice: Seminar, Hands-on Liposuction Surgery, Mesotherapy and Cosmetic Procedures.

 

2008: Cosmetic Breast Surgery.

 

2008:New Techniques in Pelvic Floor Reconstruction: MiniArc®, Apogee™ Vault    

Suspension   System & Perigee™, American Medical Systems.

 

2009:Latest Advanced in Rapid Recovery Face-lifting and Neck Lifting.                                   Live surgery Workshop.

 

Awards:

• Berlex Foundation Resident Award. Captiva Island, Florida.

• Chicago OB/GYN Society Award for resident paper presentation

• Award for resident paper presentation from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology , University of Illinois at Chicago.

  • Preceptor Recognition Award from Northwest Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center-AHEC

• Best Obstetrician/Gynecologist in Dillon County

 

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Academic experience:

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Actively involved in the teaching of medical students and residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine and Family Practice.

            Formal lectures Medical Students, MS 3.

            Formal lectures to OB/GYN Residents.

 

 

2003-December 2013:      Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

                                          University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

 

2004-2010:                       Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

                                          Yale University, New Haven, CT

 

1998-2003:                       Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

                                         Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

                                         University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

 

Osler Institute-OB/GYN Board Review Course, Philadelphia, May 24, 1999.

 Lecturing on Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy

 

Osler Institute-OB/GYN Board Review Course, Chicago, June 20, 2002

 Lecturing on Vulvar Diseases.

 

Speaker at the First International Investigators Conference for EMI

Extracorporeal Magnetic Innervation), August 22, 1999, Denver Colorado.

 

Visiting Professor Lecture-Grand Rounds:

1999    Intrauterine Balloon Tamponade and Postpartum Hemorrhage,

            Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI

 

2004     Intrauterine Balloon Tamponade and Postpartum Hemorrhage,

             Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University        

 

 

Publications:

 

1982:   Thesis at Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel:

            Comparative analysis of Leydig cells density and function and their relation        

            to gonadotropins in infertile men.

 

1983:   Leydig cells density in Infertile Oligospermic and Azoospermic Men in

            "Harafuah", Journal of The Israel Medical Association.

 

1989:   Marcovici I. Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy Associated with Mild Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome. The Canadian Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology June / July 1989; 4-11.

 

1990:   Marcovici I. Hyperemesis Gravidarum-a review.

            The Canadian Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, June 1990; 50-52.

 

1992:   Scoccia B, Fortress K, Marcovici I, Benson J.T. Histology and fertility effects of    polydioxanone on rat reproductive tissue. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 44 (1992):151-153.

 

1992:   Scoccia B,  Marcovici I.  Uterine Abscess After Ultrasound-Guided Ovum Retrieval in

an in Vitro Fertilization Program: Case Report and Review of  the Literature.

Journal of  Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol 9,No. 3, 1992; 285-289.

 

1993:   Marcovici I, Brill A, Scommegna A. Effects of Colchicine on Pelvic Adhesions Associated with the Intrauterine Inoculation of Neisseria Gonorrhea  in Rabbits,

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. Vol. 81, January 1993, 118-121.

 

1993:   Rosenzweig B, Moran C, Marcovici I. Steroid Receptor of the Lower Urinary Tract, presented at the ACOG Forty-First Annual Meeting, May 1-6 1993,Washington, DC.

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1993:   Marcovici I, Rosenzweig B, Brill A, Scommegna A. Colchicine in Preventing Adhesions Associated with Intrauterine Inoculation of Neisseria Gonorrhea in Rabbit: A Dose Response Curve. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. Vol. 8,No 2, August 1993; 216-218.

 

1994:   Marcovici I, Rosenzweig B, Brill A, Khan M, Scommegna A. Cervical Pregnancy: Case Reports and a Current Literature Review. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. Volume 49, Number 1,1994; 49-55.

 

1995:   Rosenzweig B, Bolina PS, Birch L,Moran C, Marcovici I, Prins S.G. Location and Concentration of Estrogen,Progesterone, and Androgen Receptors  in  the Bladder and Urethra of the Rabbit. Neurourology and Urodynamics 1995;14:87-96.

 

1997:   Marcovici I., Ferretti M.J. Septic Shock in Pregnancy: A case report.

             American Journal of  Obstetrics and Gynecology 1997;177:1556-7.

 

1997:   Marcovici I, Scoccia B. Spontaneus bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy and failed methotrexate therapy: A case report. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1997;177:1556-7.

 

1999:   Marcovici I, Scoccia B. Postpartum Hemorrhage and Intrauterine Balloon Tamponade:

A Report of Three Cases. J Reprod Med 1999; 44:122-126

 

2000:   Marcovici I, Goldberg E. Ovarian vein thrombosis associated with Crohn's disease: A case report. Am J  Obstet  Gynecol  2000;182:743-4.

 

2001:   Marcovici I, Shadigian E.  Operative Laparoscopy and Vulvar Hematoma: An Unusual Association. Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons -JSLS-(2001)5:87-88.

 

2001:   Marcovici I. Significant Abdominal Wall Hematoma From an Umbilical Port Insertion.

            Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons -JSLS- (2001)5:293-295.

 

2002:   Marcovici I, Marzano D. Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension Complicated by Postpartum Renal Failure and Pancreatitis: A Case Report. American Journal of Perinatology, Volume 19, 2002.

 

2004: Marcovici I, DeLancy John. Urethral Diverticulum in a Pregnant Woman. The Female Patient, Vol. 29, March 2004.

 

2005: Marcovic I. Letter to Editor: in regard with the article "Postpartum Preeclampsia Management With Furosemide:    A Randomized Clinical Trial". Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 105, NO. 4, April 2005, page 899.

 

2006:  Premature Rupture of Membranes, Placenta Accreta, and Cesarean Hysterectomy in a pregnancy following Endometrial Ablation. Hamar BD,  Wolf EF,  Kodaman PH,  and Marcovici I. Journal of Perinatology (2006) 26, 135–13.

 

2007:  Marcovici I. Mondor’s Disease of the Breast. A case report and a Review.

          The Female Patient, July 2007.

 

February 2011: Letter to Editor: Reflections and potential clinical implication for the article "Separated from birth: An initial examination suggested Asherman's syndrome" published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. (digital edition).

 

2011: Marcovici I.  Brazilian Lift - Not Only for Cosmetic Reasons. The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. Vol.28, No.3, 189-191, 2011.

 

2014: Iacob Marcovici. Fat Grafting in a Patient With a Poland Syndrome Variant.  American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery: September    2014, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 196-198.

 

2015: Iacob Marcovici. Aplasia cutis congenita presenting as vacuum-extractor-related trauma.               International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. March 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.11.029       

 

2016: Marcovici I. Spontaneus Expulsion of an Essure Microinsert Seven Years After Its Insertion.               Med J Obstet Gynecol 4(I):1073,2016                             

 

Meetings / Presentations:

 

1992:   Marcovici I. Effects of Colchicine on Post PID Adhesions in a Rabbit Model.                  Poster Presentation  at The Second International Symposium on Gynecological Surgery           and Preventions of Adhesions, Palm Beach, Florida. January 31-February 2, 1992.

 

2000:   Operative Laparoscopy and Vulvar Hematoma: Abstract. Presented at the World Congress on Gynecologic Endoscopy, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 26-29, 2000.

 

2000:   Postpartum Acute Renal failure and Acute Pancreatitis in a patient with Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. Presented at the 12th Word Congress-International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Paris, July 9-13, 2000.

 

2000:   Significant Abdominal wall Hematoma From an Umbilical Port Insertion

"Open-Forum Presentation” at the SLS Annual Meeting, 9th International Meeting of

Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Endo Expo 2000, December 6-9, 2000, Orlando, Florida.

 

2002:    Uretral Diverticulum in Pregnancy. Poster Presentation at the 3rd World Congress on

Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility Washington D.C., USA, June 20-23, 2002.

 

2006:   Mondor's Disease of the Breast, Poster Presentation, 19th International Congress

            on Thrombosis, May 14-18, 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

2007: The Breast Pap Test, an Innovation in Women’s Health Care. Breast Cancer Tumor Board Conference,University of Connecticut Health Center, Oct. 12, 2007.

 

2012: Post Liposuction Umbilical Support (P.L.U.S.). Presented at the 5th international meeting of  The International    Society of Cosmeto-Gynecology (ISCG), at the annual meeting of the   American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan 17-Jan-Jan21, 2012.

 

2014: Prevention of Periumbilical Irregularities after Liposuction: The P.L.U.S. Device. Presentaed at the 7th international meeting of The International Society of Cosmetogynecology (ISCG), at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, January 14-19, Hollywood, Florida.

 

2014: “I Just Wanted a Cleavage”- Fat Grafting in a Patient with Poland’s Syndrome.                 Presented at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, January 14-19, Hollywood, Florida.

 

 

2014: Program Director and Moderator for the session: “Avoiding  Breast Surgery Complication”. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery,  January 14-19, Hollywood, Florida.

 

 2014: “Give Your Patients the Smooth Belly Button They Desire” World Academy of Cosmetic Surgery 4th Annual Meeting. June 19th - 21st, 2014, Darmstadt, Germany

 

 

Editorial Reviewer:

 

2000: Editorial Reviewer for the "Green Journal"-Obstetrics & Gynecology.

 

2008: Reviewer for The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

 

2009: Reviewer for The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

 

2010: Reviewer for The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

 

2010: Reviewer for Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation.

 

2011: Reviewer for The “Brown Journal”- Journal of Reproductive Medicine.

 

 

Projects of Research Interest:

 

1)  The effect of long term stimulation on postpartum pelvic floor: a comparative study using

     Kegel exercises, pelvic electric stimulation and pelvic electromagnetic stimulation.

 

2) Uterine Transplantation in Baboons, submitted to NIH.

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3) Vaginal Rejuvenation With RF Energy -ULTRA FEMME 360 -  a Pilot Study.

 

 

 

Business Training:

 

1999:   Starting a Profitable Small Business. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

 

2000:   Physician Leadership in Health Care Financing. University of Michigan, Business School, Executive Education Center.

 

2000:   Gaining Commitment to Customer Service Excellence: Workshop.

            Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Customer Service Retreat,

            University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers,

            Presented by The Ritz-Carlton Learning Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16, 2000.

 

2001:   Business and Strategic Planning for Physician Leaders. University of Michigan,            Business School, Executive Education Center.

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