Artin Ternamian

Dr. Ternamian is currently the Director of the Gynecologic Endoscopy Fellowship program at St. Joseph’s Health Centre-Toronto. He completed his residency training at the University of Toronto and obtained his Royal College Certification in 1981. He restricts his practice to Gynecologic Endoscopy and consults to industry.

As a founding member of the Society of Gynecologic Endoscopists of Canada, and a Board Member of the International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy, he is involved in continuing medical education and is faculty with the Surgical Complications of Pelvic Endoscopy Risk Management program for the SOGC.

Dr. Ternamian has developed several internationally patented endoscopic systems and is an invited surgeon and speaker all over the world. He is on the editorial board of a number of peer-reviewed publications, and has contributed to General Surgical and Gynecologic Endoscopy textbooks. He was Canadian representative to

• The Middlesbrough, UK, “Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Entry Techniques”
• University of Western Australia, “Consensus Conference on Gynecologic Endoscopy Teaching”
• United States Army Medical Research & Material Command, Washington DC, “Consensus Conference on Surgical Safety”

Recently, the Laparoscopic Trocar Injury report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centre for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) System Technology Assessment of Medical Products (STAMP) Committee admitted that the Ternamian Optical port method could greatly reduce inadvertent laparoscopic entry injuries.

Recent Publications

Chapter 6: Risk Management in Endoscopic Surgery. In Practical Manual for Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Gynecological Surgery 2nd Edition. Ed. Schollmeyer Ruther Mettler and Alkhatout.  Jaypee 2013

Chapter 5: Peritoneal Access. In Practical Manual for Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Gynecological Surgery 2nd Edition. Ed. Schollmeyer Ruther Mettler and Alkhatout. Jaypee 2013

Compeau C, McLeod N, *Ternamian A. Laparoscopic Entry: A review of Canadian general surgical practice. Can J Surg. 2011; Vol 54, No. 5: 315-320.

Chapter 3: Laparoscopic Abdominal Entry by the Ternamian System. In: Laparoscopic Entry: Traditional Methods, New Insights and Novel Approaches. Ed. A. Tinelli. Springer, 2011.

Laparoscopic Access. *Ternamian A. In: State of the Art: Atlas of Endoscopic Surgery in Infertility and Gynecology. 2nd Edition. Ed. Prof. N. Jain, India. Jaypee Brs. Medical Publications (P) Ltd. 2010 (Published in 4 different languages)

Ternamian A, Vilos G, Vilos A, Abu-Rafea B, Tyrwhitt J, MacLeod N. Laparoscopic Peritoneal Entry with the Reusable Threaded Visual Cannula. J of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2010; 16: 1-7.

Kroft J, Ambika A, Tyrwitt J, *Ternamian A. Laparoscopic Peritoneal Entry Preferences among Canadian Gynaecologists.  JSOGC July 2009; 31(7): 641-648. Recipient of  The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada’s SOGC/CNGOF Award for best oral abstract presentation at the 65th Annual Clinical Meeting of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Halifax, 17-21 June 2009.

Chapter 19: Port creation during laparoscopic hysterectomy. *Ternamian A. Manual of New Hysterectomy Techniques. Ed. Prof. L. Mettler. Jaypee Brs. Medical Publishing (P) Ltd. 2007

Chapter 9: Advances in Laparoscopic Insertion Techniques. Mettler L, *Ternamian A. In: Manual for Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Gynecological Surgery. Ed. Profs. L. Mettler and B. Wallwiener, Jaypee Brs. Medical Publications (P) Ltd. 2006.

Endoscopy teaching in Canada: A survey of obstetrics & gynecology program directors & graduating residents. J Mini Invas Gynecol 2006;13:10-6.

Endoscopic Imaging Port to Improve Laparoscopic Safety. Surg Tech Int 2000;10:54-9. A new approach for accessing retroperitoneal space using a visual access cannula. Surg Endosc 2003;17:1158-61.

Endoscopic Threaded Imaging Port for Laparoscopy: Experience with Different Body Weights. Obes Surg 1999;9:44-7.

A Trocarless Reusable Visual Access Cannula for Safer Laparoscopy; An Update. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 1998;5:197-201.