OpenHysterectomy near Frisco, TX

Biography: Dr. Romberg grew up in the suburbs of San Diego, CA. She earned her bachelor's degree withsumma cum laude honors from the University of California at San Diego. She attended bothgraduate and medical school at UT Southwestern, where she earned both her master's degree ingenetics and her medical degree. She then went on to complete her residency in obstetrics andgynecology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas in June 2005. Shortly thereafter, shejoined the excellent physicians at Women's Health Alliance.Dr. Romberg has been board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2007. She earnednumerous awards throughout her education including the DFW OB/GYN society award foroutstanding medical student and the W.K. Strother award for excellence in clinical and academicachievement during residency. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics andGynecology and belongs to the AMA, TMA, and the Dallas County Medical Society.Dr. Romberg cares for women through all stages of life, from the teenage years throughchildbearing and midlife into menopause, including hormone therapy. She is skilled atperforming minimally-invasive laparoscopy with the DaVinci robotic platform, such ashysterectomy, cystectomy, endometriosis resection, and salpingectomies for sterilization. Sheenjoys delivering babies, both routine and high-risk pregnancies. She also performs in-officeprocedures including endometrial ablation for heavy bleeding, hysteroscopy, colposcopy toevaluate abnormal Pap smears, LEEP for treatment of cervical dysplasia, and placement of long-term reversible contraceptives such as IUDs and implants.Away from her practice she enjoys spending time with her husband Kirk and four kids, reading,being active in her church community & step-family ministry, cheering on her kids at theiractivities, traveling and attending the theater.

Biography: Dr. Popov is a native of New Jersey. She is Board Certified and a Fellow of the America College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Popov completed her internship in 1997 and residency in 2000, both at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA in Obstetrics and Gynecology. At graduation, she received the Resident Teacher of the Year Award. She received a Master's of Business Administration in 2012 from the University of Massachusetts. She served as past president of Denton County Medical Society and past Credentials Chairman at North Texas Hospital and was a member of the Council on Socio-economics for Texas Medical Association. She is trained as a robotic surgeon and has been doing robotic surgery since 2007. She is also trained to perform VNOTES (vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) hysterectomies. Her current interests include minimally-invasive surgery, menopausal management, and hereditary cancer screening. Her outside interests include travel, film festivals, animal rights issues, pursuing a healthy vegan lifestyle, and trying new endeavors. She and husband, Kevin Kirchner, have eight (down from thirteen) feline "children" and she loves getting candid shots of wild animals on her multiple critter cams.