Dr. Lucente hosting New Zealand physician

October 27, 2008

The Institute for Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery is no stranger to visiting physicians. Doctors travel from around the country and indeed all over the world to spend time learning new diagnostic and surgical procedures form Dr. Vincent Lucente and his partner Miles Murphy. 

In October Dr Leigh Duncan from Hastings Memorial Hospital in Hawks Bay, New Zealand spent a week in Allentown, PA. Dr. Duncan was finishing up her three month educational sabbatical that took her across the globe from New Zealand to Fiji, Vancouver and Allentown, PA. 

Dr. Duncan, the mother of three girls, practices obstetrics and gynecology in a five physician group. She has taken a special interest in female reconstructive surgery and caring for women with incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. 

“I met Dr Lucente during one of his lectures in New Zealand last year,” Dr. Duncan said. “I was impressed with his vast knowledge in female reconstructive surgery and simply asked him if I could study with him, so here I am.” 

“Many of the physicians I teach are a mid career gynecologists and it is important for them to continuously learn new techniques,” said Dr. Lucente. “Here at the Institute we see so many diverse patients suffering form many different types of pelvic support issues that these physicians can see things that they might only read about. The one on one learning situation is much more valuable.” 

Dr. Duncan has experienced much in her three months of travel, from her volunteer work in the Suva War Memorial Hospital in Fiji where she taught medical student and saw different female reproductive issues and disease, to a comprehensive urodynamic testing course in Canada. But she was most impressed with her experience her in the United States.  

“So many educators believe that knowledge is power and are very protective of their knowledge thus they believe keeping their power,” stated Dr. Duncan. “Dr Lucente’s power comes from sharing is knowledge. He is very generous with this time and I leave here very grateful for his teaching and knowledge. He has demonstrated to me hand in the operating room and in his daily patient care that there are no obstacles, only challenges to work through. That has a life changing experience for me.”