In the News

Fall 2009: Drs. Goodman & Partridge Launches Their New Website!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website, offering patients easy access to all the most frequently asked questions including information about our doctors, driving directions, phone numbers, and procedural questions.

Our website also enables patients to interact with us online, and features a patient library with more than 1,200 pages of content personally approved by our physicians.

January 2, 2009: First ever Robotic da Vinci Surgery for Mountain Vista Medical Center

(Mesa, AZ) - Today at 9:00 AM, Grayson J. Guzman, M.D., became the first doctor at Mountain Vista Medical Center to perform a surgery using the robotic da Vinci Surgical System. The surgery was a laparoscopic total hysterectomy.

Dr. Guzman has been an associate at Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN for over 2 years, and has been at the forefront of healthcare advances in Arizona ever since. He was the first physician to perform a surgery at Mountain Vista Medical Center shortly after it opened in 2007. He also delivered the first baby at that hospital.

"It is an honor to be involved in bringing this cutting edge technology to our patients," Dr. Guzman said. "This exciting new modality will benefit so many people in so many ways."

The da Vinci Surgical System, introduced in 1999, is a robotic- and computer- assisted platform for minimally invasive surgery. The surgeon sits at a console attached to robotic arms that mimic and scale the actual motions of the surgeon's hands, allowing for more precise control of instruments.

January 1, 2009 12am & 15 seconds: First Baby of the Year, 2009

(Chandler) - At 15 seconds after midnight, local physician Rolel Mbaidjol, MD delivered the first baby of 2009 in the state of Arizona. She performed the vaginal delivery at Chandler Regional Medical Center in Chandler Arizona.

Dr. Mbaidjol has been an associate of Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN for over two years. In addition, she is the president of the Board of Directors for Support Team for Education and Learning Associations (STELAS), a charitable organization dedicated to improving education and living conditions for children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

"I am so happy to have been involved in this family's prenatal care, and fortunate to have delivered the first baby of the new year," She said. "It is an experience that not many physicians are able to have in their careers. At 6pm, I talked to the family and the baby, and everyone decided that this baby would be the first baby born in 2009. Fortunately, the baby was very cooperative".