LaparoscopicHysterectomy near Plano, TX

Biography: Dr. Liesl Bredeson, formerly Dr. Liesl Smith, has been a practicing OBGYN in Dallas since 2000. After graduating from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, she completed her residency at Methodist Medical Center. Dr. Bredeson was drawn to the practice of OB/GYN for the opportunity to develop relationships with her patients, providing care across the stages of their lives. She enjoys the full spectrum of the specialty, from family planning and obstetrics to well-woman care, laparoscopic surgery, and menopause. She has been recognized as a Mom-Approved OB/GYN by the readers of DFWChild Magazine, a Health Care Hero by the Dallas Business Journal for her work on the Premiere Perinatal Safety Committee, and ranks in the 99th percentile of patient satisfaction nationally.Dr. Bredeson has three children, one in the Denver area and two still at home. With her kids, she is involved in sports, school, and church activities. Dr. Bredeson enjoys gardening and reading. She exercises regularly and loves to cook with her kids.

Care Philosophy: A patient-educated approach to women's healthcare, providing an array of options to treat all gyncecological conditions. She is also an obstetrician and actively engages the mother in all steps of pregnancy. Dr. Slocum practices full scope women's care.

Biography: Dr. Ann Woodbridge has been in practice since 1989, and has provided quality health care for women in Dallas and surrounding area since 1991. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and specializes in obstetrics, gynecology infertility and menopause. Dr. Woodbridge and her husband have three children. In her leisure time she enjoys spending time with her family.

Biography: Dr. Kurian grew up in San Antonio, Texas. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She then graduated from Texas A&M University College of Medicine with honors, and completed her residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Kurian was elected as chief resident and was voted one of 2004 Berlex Laboratories Best Second-year Teaching Residents. She is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, completed in December 2008. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and the Dallas County Medical Society.Dr. Kurian has a special interest in routine and high-risk obstetrics, annual gynecologic exams, abnormal Pap smear evaluations, contraception, and gynecologic surgery. She enjoys caring for women of all ages, and can help her patients from puberty to peri-menopause.She is certified in Da Vinci minimally invasive robotic surgery and can perform many in-office procedures, including endometrial ablations, diagnostic hysteroscopy, and excision procedures for cervical dysplasia.She and her husband are the proud parents to two boys, Noah and Lucas. She also has a rescue dog, Julius Erving, who has stolen her heart.

Biography: Dr. Shannon McCants grew up in Kansas City, and then came to Texas for all of her schooling. She received her bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She then went across the DFW metroplex to the University of Texas Southwestern for Medical School. She then began her career at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas as a resident physician in obstetrics and gynecology. After she graduated from residency, she joined Women's Health Alliance.Dr. McCants is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has many awards under her belt from medical school and residency. She is a member of AMA, TMA and Dallas County Medical Society. Dr. McCants is passionate about her job. She loves to walk with women through life from their teen years all the way through menopause. She is knowledgeable in family planning, from infertility to routine birth control, all the way to permanent sterilization. She is confident in caring for women with pregnancies from low risk to high risk.Dr. McCants is highly trained in minimally invasive surgeries using the DiVinci robot, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. She is proficient in many procedures including endometrial ablations, myomectomy and LEEPs. Often these procedures can be performed in the office with ease.Dr. McCants loves to cook and states she would become a chef if she was not a physician. She is always the loudest cheerleader at her kid's events, often to her kid's embarrassment. She absolutely adores her husband, two sons, one daughter and one super cute German shepherd mutt!