LEWISTON – Dr. Ted M. Roth, a gynecologist with special expertise in urogynecology, has been appointed to Central Maine Medical Center’s medical staff. He is practicing at the Women’s Health Center and the CMMC Bladder Control Center at 287 Main St. Plaza, Suite 201.

Urogynecology is a field of medicine concerned with the care of women with pelvic floor dysfunction. The pelvic floor consists of muscles, ligaments, connective tissue and nerves.

Before starting his practice in the Lewiston-Auburn area, Roth was an assistant professor with the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s division of gynecology in Jackson, Miss., where he honed his skills in urodynamics and urogynecologic surgery. While on that faculty, he wrote 12 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of urogynecologic and oncologic surgery, as well as three book chapters, including one for the ninth edition of Te-Linde’s Operative Gynecology.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Roth earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, N.Y.

He completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. During his final year of residency, he served as a chief resident. As a graduating chief resident, he was presented awards for his surgical skills from the Division of Urogynecology and the Division of Gynecologic Oncology.