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Our mission is to safeguard the trust and integrity of the doctor-patient relationship.
Me & My OBG is a project of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District XI (Texas) – a professional organization of obstetricians and gynecologists in the state. Ob-gyns are charged with providing women with the very best medical care and advice. As ob-gyns, we have a very close relationship with our patients. We are involved in the most intimate details of their lives, whether it’s the first ultrasound during a pregnancy, the delivery of a healthy baby, or in difficult situations such as the diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease. For this reason, we have a special trust — and a special obligation to uphold that trust by providing accurate information and sound advice.
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WHY WE’RE DOING THIS
Me & My OBG was formed because our doctors have seen what we deem is an erosion in the importance and value of women and in their relationship with their doctors. This is evidenced in part, by the reduction in access to essential primary care services for women and the increasing regulation and legislation about how care of a woman must occur. By May of 2012, there were 955 pieces of legislation that had been proposed across the country that interfered with the doctor/patient relationship. And right here in Texas, we fought a losing battle as funding for women’s health programs were drastically cut last legislative session.
Me & My OBG exists because, in short, our members believe the autonomy of the doctor-patient relationship is being undermined by continued regulation and legislation about what occurs in the exam room and we cannot sit idly by without making our voices heard.
Our goal is to provide women with an opportunity to learn about issues that are affecting women’s health care in a nonpartisan fashion. We’re democrats, republicans and independents who all share a passion for women’s healthcare. One area where we all agree is that we want to work with the women we serve to safeguard the trust and integrity essential to the doctor-patient relationship.
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OUR SUPPORTERS
Support for the Me & My OBG campaign is far-reaching – and it continues to grow! Our network includes members from across the state and across the country. To date, Me & My OBG supporters represent 147 different Texas cities, 43 states, and Canada.
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OUR LEADERSHIP
CHARLES E. L. BROWN, MD, MBA, FACOG
Chair, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
District XI (Texas)
Charles E. L. Brown, MD, MBA, FACOG, is the Associate Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. A 1980 graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine, he completed his internship and residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1984. He followed that training with a Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (1984-1986) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern.
In 1986, Dr. Brown joined the Department’s Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM). While at UT Southwestern, he completed a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Texas, Graduate School of Business (1991-1993). In 1994, he moved to Austin to become Medical Director of Perinatology at Seton Medical Center. And, in 2004, he became the Program Director for UTMB’s OB/GYN residency program in Austin. This program was transferred to UT Southwestern in 2009 and in 2014 became affiliated with the new University of Texas Dell Medical School in Austin. In 2016, Dr. Brown returned to UT Southwestern to become the Associate Director of the MFM Fellowship Program.
Dr. Brown is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and in maternal-fetal medicine. His clinical responsibilities are in the Parkland Health and Hospital System where he mentors and counsels medical students, residents, and MFM fellows and is the faculty attending in the Parkland clinics, labor and delivery, and operating room.