O. Robert Sarmini, M.D.

Dr. Robert Sarmini is a founding member of Matlock OB/GYN and has practiced in Arlington, Texas since 1984. Dr. Sarmini earned his medical degree in 1977 at the American University in Damascus, Syria. He then completed a surgical internship between 1978 and 1979 at Lutheran Medical Center and the State University of New York in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Sarmini finished his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1983 from Tulane Medical School and the Charity Hospital system in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Sarmini has many awards for accomplishment in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology, including the Francis Thomas Hammie Memorial Award in 1988, The Breast Cancer Detection Award in 1999, and mentioned in the “Top Doctors in Tarrant County” in 2002. Dr. Sarmini is actively involved in medical education, lectures, and teaching other physicians, both regionally and nationally, particularly in the areas of gynecological surgery, operative laparoscopy, and minimally invasive surgery.

His publications include: Popular Dermatitis of Pregnancy in 1988, Verrucous Carcinoma of the Cervix in 1981, and LSH-The Way of the Future (accepted for presentation at the 2003 World Congress of Gynecological Endoscopists in Orlando, Florida). His recent article titled Outcome Comparisons Between Total Abdominal Hysterectomy and Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy was published in the March/April 2005 edition of the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. His latest publication, dealing with Laparoscopic Resection of Cornual Pregnancy in an Unstable Patient, can be found in the June/July 05 Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.

Dr. Sarmini was permanently certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1985 and has voluntairily re-certified every year since 1999. Dr. Sarmini is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American College of Surgeons. He has been accredited as an Advanced Gynecological Endoscopist by the AAGL. The 2005 ACOG accepted Dr. Sarmini's poster presentation, The Outcomes of LSH, for their annual meeting. Additionally, the AAGL meeting featured his video presentation on Alternative Surgical Modalities in Performing LSH. Dr. Sarmini has served on the perinatal and credential committees at the Medical Center of Arlington. He served as the Vice Chief of Staff between 2002 and 2004. He has been Chair of the Department for OB/GYN as well as Bylaw Committee at MCA.