Message from the Division Director, Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH
The Division of Complex Family Planning Division was organized in 2005. We currently see patients in the Emory Clinic at Emory University Hospital Midtown and at the Emory Clifton Campus, as well as in the Family Planning and teen Clinics at Grady Memorial Hospital. Fellow training in contraception and abortion care is provided through the ACGME-accredited Complex Family Planning Fellowship with one fellow per year for two years. Residents spend their Family Planning rotation in their PGY-1 year of training and participate in abortion and early pregnancy loss management throughout their 4 years of residency with division faculty and fellows via the Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning.
Emory's Contraceptive Family Planning division offers adolescent and adult patients high-quality reproductive healthcare with the full range of options for contraception, abortion care, and management of early pregnancy loss, including expert care for patients with complex medical conditions. We understand that an unintended or complicated pregnancy can pose serious health risks. Our patient care includes the latest evidence-based options and protocols, offered in a non-judgmental and informative manner, to enable each patient to choose the medical or surgical treatment that best meets their reproductive goals, preferences, and clinical needs.
The education of providers, residents, and students of all disciplines is a focus of the division. The textbooks, Contraceptive Technology and Contraception for the Medically Challenging Patient, and the handbook, Managing Contraception, all used by many family planning providers and trainees in this country and abroad, are co-authored by division faculty. In addition, didactic and hands-on instruction is provided via the Ryan Training Program as well as the annual Contraceptive Technology conference. Lastly, faculty and fellows are all engaged in clinical and social science research projects and collaborations, working to advance our knowledge of reproductive healthcare, including: postplacental insertion of IUDs, contraceptive needs of patients with complex medical conditions, and impact of policy on access to reproductive healthcare.
Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH
Professor
Our Locations
Emory Clinic, Emory University Midtown Campus
550 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
Map & Directions
Emory Clinic, Emory University Campus
Building A, 4th Floor
1365 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA, 30322
To make an appointment, please call 404-778-3401.
Teen Services Clinic & Family Planning Clinic
Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA, 30303
To make an appointment, please call 404-616-3513 or 404-616-1000
Heather Gold, MD (PGY6)