Curtis, Glade B. 1950–

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Curtis, Glade B. 1950–

PERSONAL: Born September 26, 1950, in Ogden, UT; son of Legrand R. (an orthodontist) and Patricia (a homemaker; maiden name, Glade) Curtis; married Deborah Dowell (a physical therapist), August 23, 1972; children: Megan Curtis Harbertson, Katie Curtis Stevens, Steven, Bradley, Abbie. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Utah, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1974; University of Rochester, M.D., 1979. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). Hobbies and other interests: Basketball, hunting, skiing, fishing.

ADDRESSES: Home—1667 Haven Glen Ln., Salt Lake City, UT 84121. Office—9600 S. 1300 E., Ste. 304, Sandy, UT 84094; fax: 801-572-2953.

CAREER: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, resident in obstetrics and gynecology at university-affiliated hospitals, 1979–83, chief resident at Strong Memorial Hospital, 1982–83; private practice of obstetrics and gynecology, Sandy, UT, 1983–. National Board of Medical Examiners, diplomate; American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, board certified. Alta View Hospital, member of active medical staff, 1983–, chief of obstetrics and gynecology, 1986–90; Jordan Valley Hospital, member of active medical staff, 1983–. University of Utah, clinical instructor. American Academy of Professional Coders, member of physician advisory board. Public speaker. Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, missionary in Australia and New Guinea, 1969–71. Military service: Utah National Guard, 1971–75.

MEMBER: American Medical Association, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (fellow), American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (fellow), Utah Medical Association, Salt Lake County Medical Society, Pi Mu Epsilon.

AWARDS, HONORS: Benjamin Franklin Publishing Award, best new medical book, 1989, for Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week; Certificate for Continuing Medical Education, American Medical Association.

WRITINGS:

My Body, My Decision: Common Female Surgeries, Body Press (Tucson, AZ), 1986.

Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 1989, 5th edition, Da Capo Press (Cambridge, MA), 2004.

Your Pregnancy: Questions and Answers, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 1995, 3rd edition, Perseus Publishing (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

Your Pregnancy over Thirty, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 1997.

Your Pregnancy: Every Woman's Guide, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 1999.

Your Pregnancy Recovery Guide, Element Books (London, England), 1999.

(With Judith Schuler) Your Baby's First Year Week by Week, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 2000.

(With Schuler) Your Pregnancy after 35, Perseus Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

(With Schuler) Bouncing Back after Your Pregnancy: What You Need to Know about Recovering from Labor and Delivery and Caring for Your New Family, Perseus Publishing (Cambridge, MA), 2002.

(With Schuler) Yor Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be: Everything Dads Need to Know about Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Getting Ready for a New Baby, Perseus Publishing (Cambridge, MA), 2003.

Author of foreword, Drugs, Vitamins, and Minerals in Pregnancy, Fisher Books (Tucson, AZ), 1989.

Some of Curtis's writings have been published in Spanish.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, January-March, 2003, Mary E. Muller, review of Your Pregnancy after 35, p. 88.

Library Journal, April 1, 1999, Mary J. Jarvis, review of Your Pregnancy Recovery Guide, p. 123.

Publishers Weekly, February 17, 2003, review of Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be: Everything You Need to Know about Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Getting Ready for Your New Baby, p. 70.