Dr. Hilgers first research in the natural means to regulate fertility was conducted in 1968 as a senior medical student. After completing his residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, Dr. Hilgers became a geographic full-time member of the faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He established the St. Louis University Natural Family Planning Center, a research center funded by research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Missouri Division of Health. This work was brought to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Creighton University School of Medicine in July 1977 with the establishment of the Creighton University Natural Family Planning Education and Research Center. During this time, Hilgers and his co-workers developed the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System.

Dr. Hilgers is a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Creighton University School of Medicine. He is also a diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1976) and the American Board of Laser Surgery (1988). He is the only member in the State of Nebraska of the prestigious Society of Reproductive Surgeons.

Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D., is the director of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha, Nebraska. He is currently a senior medical consultant in obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive medicine and surgery at the Pope Paul VI Institute and is the director of the Institute's National Center for Women's Health. He currently serves as the medical director of the Pope Paul VI Institute's dedicated Reproductive Ultrasound Center, which is nationally accredited by the Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Commission of the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine. He is also the medical director of the Institute's National Reproductive Hormone Laboratory, which is a dedicated reference laboratory for reproductive hormone studies. John Vasiliades, PhD, serves as technical director of that laboratory, which is fully licensed for interstate commerce.

Through the leadership of Dr. Hilgers, the education programs of the Pope Paul VI Institute have become both national and international in scope. Over 1,000 teachers of the CREIGHTON MODEL System and 300 physicians have been trained. Now, several off-campus Creighton Model education programs have also been developed.

Dr. Hilgers, who has been involved in education and research throughout his professional life, has authored several books and numerous research articles, mostly in the areas of reproductive medicine and surgery. He is the author of nearly 110 professional books, book chapters, and articles. He has also produced eleven videotapes, numerous audiotapes, and presented seven different poster sessions at professional meetings.

In addition, he is the recipient of five different research awards including an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts and an honorary doctorate of Public Health from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. In 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him to full membership in the Pontifical Academy for Life and with his wife, Susan he served for five years on the Pontifical Council for the Family. In 1997, the Nebraska Family Council named Dr. Hilgers Physician of the Year. In 2001, he was presented with the John Cardinal Wright Award by the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars

 

(Biography taken from www.popepaulvi.com site)

 

 

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