About Dr. Goodman / Location

Michael Goodman, MD has practiced Gynecology, Pelvic Support and Vulvovaginal Aesthetic Surgery, Perimenopausal Medicine, Health Enhancement, Sexology and Bone Densiometry in Davis, CA, since 2000.  Prior to that, after training at Stanford University, he was in private practice on the Mendocino Coast and worked as a consultant and Hospitalist in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley.  One of the early pioneers in the field of Advanced Operative Laparoscopy, he has presented numerous times at medical meetings, authored papers, and taught the subject at seminars in the 1980s and 1990s.

Dr. Goodman is an experienced Pelvic and Genital Plastic Surgeon and is Board Certified in Gynecology, an elected member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons and is accredited as an Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon by the Accreditation Council on Gynecologic Endoscopy.  He is a trained and Accredited Clinical Bone Densiometrist and is the only Certified Menopausal Practitioner and Clinician in his area of Northern California.  He is an independent, not beholden to insurance companies or health plans -- his only clients are his patients.

Dr. Goodman has written in the field of Vulvovaginal Surgery (Vulvo-Vaginal Asethetics and Journal of Sexual Medicine) and is a reviewer for both the Journal of Sexual Medicine and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.  He is the coordinator and lead author of the world's largest outcome study of VulvoVaginal Aesthetic surgery ("A Large Multicenter Outcome Study of VulvoVaginal Aesthetic Surgery" [in process]).  For more in-depth information on Dr. Goodman, click here.

Fees are fair and "client-friendly" and average 25-50% lower than other surgical facilities.  All procedures are performed by Dr. Goodman personally, not by hired staff or physicians-in-training.

Thirty-five years of experience, "seen everything," enjoys working with women, listening to problems, and helping devise solutions.

LOCATION

Dr. Goodman's office in Davis, California is easily accessed (5 minutes from I-80), small, unassuming and friendly and efficient.  It is 25 minutes from easy-access Sacramento International Airport.  Sample travel distances are

Sacramento, 30 minutes,
Tahoe/Reno, 2 hours
Stockton, 1 hour
Modesto, 1½ hours
Fairfield, 30 minutes
Oakland, 1 hour
San Jose, 2½ hours
Santa Rosa, 1½ hours

OUT-OF-TOWN PATIENTS:
Coming From A Distance?

Dr. Goodman requests a personal consult for at least the first visit. Therreafter, consults may be conducted by telephone. Easy access Sacramento International Airport is 25 min from the office and is served by most major carriers, including Southwest. Patients may commute for the day; the office will arrange discounted overnight accomodations if desired.

Call the office at 530-753-2787 for details.