B. Stephens Dudley, M.D.

Dr. Dudley is a native Nashvillian and attended Vanderbilt University in the College of Arts and Science, graduating Magna Cum Laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1973. He then attended Medical School at Vanderbilt, graduating in 1977. He completed two years of General Surgical Residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Il from 1977-1979. He returned to Vanderbilt to complete his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1979-1982. He went on to complete a Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1982-1984. He spent two years on the full time teaching faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from 1984-1986 and then entered private practice in the community of Nashville, where he continues to practice, and he remains on the clinical teaching faculty of the Vanderbilt Medical School as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Dudley is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ob-Gyn in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Meharry Medical College and Nashville General Hospital. Dr. Dudley see's patients in our St. Thomas office, but can admit patients to St. Thomas, Baptist Hospital, and Vanderbilt Hospital.

Dr. Dudley is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and possesses a certificate of special competence from the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and also of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Dudley is a member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Nashville Academy of Medicine, the Tennessee Medical Association, and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Dudley has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery and in particular the da Vinci surgical robotic platform. More information is available on this subject at www.davincisurgery.com.

Dr. Dudley is married with two children and two step-children. He is an avid runner, swimmer, and biker.