Deborah A. Metzger, MD, PhD, FACOG, is a gynecologist and reproductive endocrinologist devoted to the treatment of women with challenging medical problems. She serves as medical director of Harmony Women's Health in Los Altos, Calif. After graduating from college (SUNY at Buffalo, 1973), she obtained a PhD in molecular endocrinology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston (1979). She graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1982), completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology (1986) and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (1988) at Duke University in Durham, N.C. After six years on the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Center, where she was an associate professor, she went into private practice in Hartford, Conn., specializing in chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, infertility, and advanced laparoscopic surgery.
In 1998, Metzger moved to the San Francisco Bay area and joined Arnold Kresch, MD, in creating Helena Women's Health. After Kresch's death in 1999, she continued to expand the breadth and depth of services of the practice. In January 2004, she opened Harmony Women's Health, dedicated to the treatment of the whole person, using integrative and holistic care in a nurturing environment.
Metzger is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the treatment of endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. She has lectured extensively throughout the world and has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Metzger is one of the editors of Chronic Pelvic Pain: An Integrated Approach, the first book on the subject, and one of the authors of the first edition of Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques, a groundbreaking overview of modern laparoscopic surgery. She is also a founding member and past president of the International Pelvic Pain Society.
She lives outside of San Francisco with her husband and their four children. Her passions include gardening, writing, movies, travel, photography, and time for reflection.