Shantel* was already aware that she had fibroids. She and her doctor had monitored the four or five golf ball-sized tumors in her uterus and how they—while painless at first—were […]
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Introduction Sara K.* is a 39-year-old woman with symptomatic fibroids causing quality of life limitations. Wanting to avoid a second myomectomy or hysterectomy, which would have been required because of
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Kendra* couldn’t have been more excited when she got pregnant three months ago. She had dreamed of motherhood for years and couldn’t wait to see her family grow. But during
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DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (November 2025): Fibroid Institute Texas is excited to announce that Dallas fibroid doctors Suzanne Slonim, MD, and Cathryn Shaw, MD, were named to D Magazine’s Best Doctors
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Congratulations to Dallas fibroid doctors Cathryn Shaw, MD and Suzanne Slonim, MD both named “Best in Dallas”! Fibroid Institute is proud to announce that Dr. Cathryn Shaw and Dr. Suzanne
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