Patrick Clifford, M.D., FACOG

Although his family hails from Vermont, Dr. Patrick Clifford was born in Germany where he grew up on a military base. He came to Vermont to go to UVM. After graduation, he worked for five years as a critical care nurse. He then attended UVM Medical School and completed his residency at Fletcher Allen.

Dr. Clifford joined Dr. Taber, a long-time Burlington OB/GYN, and eventually took over the practice. He worked solo for many years then welcomed a nurse midwife. It was a small, but very busy office with personal care as its hallmark. The practice has grown steadily with the addition of Kim Blake MD, Dale Lacroix MD, Greta Hanson MD, and Suzanne Scharf NP, however, its intimacy remains.           

Education

University of Vermont

Zoology – BA, 1974

Nursing – BA, 1975

University of Vermont

College of Medicine – MD, 1984

Residency

Medical Center Hospital of Vermont , Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1984-1988

Board Certification

Obstetrics & Gynecology Board Certification, 1990

     Re-Certification, 1998

Professional Societies

American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Fellow

Vermont State Medical Society, Member

Licensure

State of Vermont

Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Carbee Medical Award for Greatest Proficiency in the Field of Obstetrics

Outstanding Teacher (Selected by Chief Residents), 2003

Teaching Accomplishments

Medical Student (UVM) education

Resident Clinical Teaching at FAHC in Clinical Areas Including:

        Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Operating Room and Gynecology Inpatients

Appointments

Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education

           University of Vermont, 1987-1988

Attending Physician , Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

        Medical Center Hospital of Vermont/FAHC, 1988-present

Clinical Instructor

        Department Obstetrics & Gynecology , University of Vermont, 1989-1991

Clinical Assistant Professor

        Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Vermont, 1991-2001

Clinical Associate Professor

        Department Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Vermont, 2001-present

Committees

Quality Assurance Committee, 1991-present

Rules and Regulations Committee, 1995

Patient Care Committee, 1998-2003

Medical Executive Committee, 2003-2005

Publications

Brumsted J, Clifford P, Gibson M: “Reproductive Outcome After Medical Therapy of Complicated PID” Fertile Steril 50;667,1988.

Brumsted J, Clifford P, Mead PB: “Isolated Ovarian Abscess in the Absence of an Ipsilateral Fallopian Tube”, AM J of Gynecology H 2;23,1988.

Abstracts

Brumsted J, Gibson M, Clifford P: Medical therapy of complicated pelvic inflammatory disease. The Amer Fert Soc/Canadian Fert and Andrology Soc, Annual Meeting, Sept. 1986.

Brumsted J, Clifford P, Nakajima S, Gibson M: Reproductive outcome after medical therapy of Complicatec pelvic inflammatory disease.  The Amer Fert Soc 43^rd Annual Meeting, Sept. 1987.