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Tamer Seckin, MD, FACOG, ACGE
Co-Founder
The Endometriosis Foundation of America
New York, NY
Tamer Seckin, MD, FACOG, ACGE

A pioneer endometriosis specialist and internationally renowned advanced laparoscopic surgeon, Dr. Seckin is a Clinical Associate Professor at Zucker School of Medicine and educator on endometriosis around the world. With over thirty years of experience exclusively performing excision surgery on complex endometriosis cases, Dr. Seckin is in private practice in NYC and works out of Lenox Hill Hospital. In 2006, he founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America, which has funded over $1 million in research. Dr. Seckin has published 12 peer reviewed articles, including co-authorship on the article, “Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis without Cancer” (New England Journal of Medicine), one of the most referenced papers on this subject. In addition to his research, Dr. Seckin has 3 patented surgical techniques and 2 surgical trademarks. Dr. Seckin’s book, The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis, is rated the No. 1 most-read book on endometriosis (Goodreads.com). He also wrote Endometriosis: A Guide for Girls.