Shawn Anthony Tassone, M.D., FACOG

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL

Shawn Anthony TassoneDOB: September 19,1967

Tucson, AZ 85718

Phone: (520)-544-0906

FAX: (520)-544-5690

E-Mail:

Wife: Kathryn Landherr, M.D

Children:Hannah TassoneDOB12-10-1993

Hunter TassoneDOB 04-25-1996

Angelo TassoneDOB 09-15-2001

Anthony TassoneDOB 11-22-2004

Websites:

EDUCATION

College:Regis College, Denver, CO 1985-1989 – B.S./B.S. Mathematics/Biology

Medical:Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1990-1994, Doctor of Medicine, M.D.

Residency: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1994-1998, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fellowship: University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 2005-2007, Graduate Fellow in Integrative Medicine, Chairman – Andrew Weil, M.D.

Graduate:Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA 2009-present

PhD student Philosophy (Mind-Body Medicine)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Contributing Faculty College of Nursing - Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. Clinical training for Nurse Practitioner students in Women’s Health

Contributing Faculty, Center for Integrative Medicine University of Arizona – Medical Student Rotation.

U.S. Army Medical Corps, Fort Sill, OK Reynolds Army Community Hospital 1998-2002

Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000-2002

La Dea Women’s Health 7494 N. LaCholla Blvd.Tucson, AZ 85741 520-544-0906

Director of Research, Department of Alternative and Complementary Medicine – World Institute of Scientific Exploration 2012- Current.

Contributor, Psychology Today “The 90 Minute Check-Up”

HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Health Professions Scholarship – U.S. Army 1990-1994

Administrative Chief Resident – University of Oklahoma – 1997-1998

Resident Teaching Award – University of Oklahoma – 1995, 1996,1997,1998

Section Head Obstetrics and Gynecology – Reynolds Army Community Hospital -2000-2002

Army Commendation Medal – 108-1 1998-2002

Medical Consultant, Arizona Medical Board 2009-present

Saybrook University Academic Review Committee Representative – 2010

Best Doctors® Tucson OB-GYN 2010-2012

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Fellow – 2000-Current

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Diplomat – 2000 – Current

Arizona Medical Board – Active Member Physician – 2001-Present

Arizona Medical Society – Member – 2004-Present

Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 2011-current

Society for Scientific Exploration 2011-current

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Board Certified 2000-2012

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, AZ – Section Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008-2010

Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, AZ – Performance Improvement Committee, 2010-present

Consultant – Arizona Medical Board (Case reviewer for OB-GYN)

Executive Committee, Genesis OBGYN, Tucson, AZ 2010 – 2012.

PROESSIONAL INTERESTS

Davinci Robotic Surgery (experienced in TLH and Supracervical hysterectomy).

In Office Essure, Novasure, and Thermachoice

National Instructor for Conceptus for In Office Essure Training

Menopause and bio-identical hormone replacement

Integrative Medicine and Women’s Health

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES

2012-Current Arizona State University – Doctor of Behavioral Health Program

  • Adjunct Faculty in Integrative Medicine

2008-2010University of Arizona, Center for Integrative Medicine

  • Medical Student Rotation – Clinical Preceptor

2008-2010University of Arizona School of Medicine

  • Medical Student Rotation in OBGYN
  • Resident Rotation in OBGYN

2007-2012Pima Community College – Nurse Practitioner Program

  • Preceptor for OB-GYN
  • Guest Lecturer, Depart of Psychology

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2012Genesis Obstetrics and Gynecology, Executive Committee Member, Tucson AZ

Managing shareholder of 28 physician practice and offices employing more than

100 employees.

2010 – 2012Performance Improvement Committee, Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Physician member of risk management and policy improvement for large hospital

Position elected by other physicians in department

2009 – 2010 Academic Review Committee, Graduate Student Member, Saybrook University

San Francisco, CA. Member of four person student committee meeting with

Faculty and administration for development of curriculum and student policy.

2008 – 2010Section Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwest Medical

Center, Tucson, AZ. Physician elected by peers to run the department of OBGYN

And be liaison for department of surgery.

2000 – 2002 Chief Physician Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reynolds Army Community

Hospital, Fort Sill, OK. Physician in charge of departmental procedures and

Policies and responsible for reporting to standing committees.

1997 – 1998Administrative Chief Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Faculty

Appointed chief resident position in charge of residency and education for fellow

Departmental residents.

ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

  1. Tassone, SA (September 2012). Altars and Icons: The Surgical Suite as Sacred Ritual. EXPLORE the Journal of Science and Healing.
  2. Tassone, SA. Pearman, CR, and Rayburn WF. (2001). Outpatient Cerivcal Ripening Using a Sustained-release Prostaglandin E2 Vaginal Insert, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 46(6), p.599.
  3. Blair, FC. Tassone SA, Pearman, CR, Cyr, MD, and Rayburn, WF. (1998). Inducing Labor with Sustained-release PGE2 Vaginal Insert: Experience at a Community Hospital., The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 43(5), p.408.412.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

  1. Tassone, SA and Landherr, KL (2009). Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman’s Guide to Surviving Myths, Mothers, and Moods. Prometheus Books.
  2. Tassone, SA and Landherr, KL (2013). Spiritual Pregnancy: Nine Months of Transformation Before You Give Birth, Llewellyn Worldwide Publications.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. Tassone, SA (April 20, 2013). Controversial Hormone regimens & Controversies in Hormone Testing. Institute of Women’s Health & Integrative Medicine – Menopause Management, Portland, OR
  2. Tassone, SA (April 19, 2013). The Use of Androgens in Midlife Women. Institute of Women’s Health & Integrative Medicine – Menopause Management, Portland, OR
  3. Tassone, SA. (Feb 27 – March 2, 2013). The Life of Larry Dossey, MD. An Introduction of Larry Dossey, MD prior to his receipt of the Visionary Award. Integrative Healthcare Symposium, New York.
  4. Tassone, SA (March 2013). Prayer: Energetic Imagery or Holy Madness – A Physician’s Perspective. Religion and Spirituality in Society, Tempe, AZ
  5. Tassone, SA and Landherr, KL (November 2012). The Two Way Umbilical Cord- Prenatal Communication. Association of Antenatal and Prenatal Birth Psychologists, New frontiers in Birth Psychology, San Francisco, CA.
  6. Tassone, SA (October 2012). Exceptional States of Healing. Pima Community College course in Basics of Psychology. Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.
  7. Tassone, SA (July 2012). It’s Not All In Your Head: Migraines, Menopause and Mind-Body Medicine in Women’s Health. Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine, Portland, OR.
  8. Tassone, SA (June, 2012). The Shaman and The Doctor: A Pilot Study on the Similarities in Training. Society of Scientific Exploration, Boulder, CO.
  9. Tassone, SA (March 2012). The Surgical Suite as Sacred Ritual. Center for Consciousness Studies, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
  10. Tassone, SA (February 2012). The Seven Spiritual Stages of Mindfulness Meditation: Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and the Seven Sacred Sacraments of Roman Catholicism. Religion and Spirituality in Society, Vancouver, Canada.
  11. Tassone, SA (June 2011). Medical Materialism: Shamanic Healing and the Allopathic Paradigm. Center for Consciousness Studies, Stockholm, Sweden.
  12. Tassone SA and Landherr, KL (February 2006). Not Tonight Honey I Have a Headache: Sexuality and Menopause. Red Hot Mamas, Tucson, AZ.
  13. Tassone, SA (November 2005). Bioidentical Hormone Replacement, Red Hot Mamas, Tucson AZ

TELEVISION APPEARANCES