Overview
Dr. Thomas is double board certified in OB/GYN and Female Pelvic Medicine & Reproductive Surgery (FPMR&S). She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and subsequently completed a residency in OB/GYN at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston, followed by a fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery at Los Angeles' Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She also has a MPH from UCLA. Dr. Thomas spent a decade teaching at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, jumping off the tenure track in 2000 to focus on treating patients in private practice and accelerating her ground-breaking research and charitable work. Dr. Thomas is currently leading FDA clinical trials for game-changing stem cell treatments in urinary and fecal incontinence. She also serves as a principal investigator for two of the 522 FDA studies using transvaginal mesh for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. For many years Dr. Thomas has taken her commitment to improve women's lives to Africa, where she provided physician training and free obstetric fistula repair surgery through a non-profit foundation she founded. Her award winning documentary, Life Changing Moments, may be viewed on YouTube.
Dr. Thomas is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lichen Sclerosus. Her top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Lichen Sclerosus, and Encopresis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1240 S Westlake Blvd, Ste 117, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Bowel IncontinenceDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Bowel Incontinence.
- EncopresisDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Encopresis.
- HydroceleDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Hydrocele.
- Lichen SclerosusDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Lichen Sclerosus.
- NeuralgiaDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Neuralgia.
- Pelvic Inflammatory DiseaseDr. Thomas isAdvanced. Learn about Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
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- AngiomyomaDr. Thomas isExperienced. Learn about Angiomyoma.
- Cervical DysplasiaDr. Thomas isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Dysplasia.
- Endometrial PolypsDr. Thomas isExperienced. Learn about Endometrial Polyps.
- EndometritisDr. Thomas isExperienced. Learn about Endometritis.
- Familial Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
- Female Genital SoresDr. Thomas isExperienced. Learn about Female Genital Sores.