This program is designed for obstetricians and gynecologists, family practitioners, nurse midwives, and other providers of women’s health care.

Learning Objectives

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James W. Wiggins, MD retired after four decades as an Albuquerque Obstetrician / Gynecologist. A native of New Mexico, Dr. Wiggins was born in Moriarty, NM and graduated from New Mexico State University in 1938. He attended Medical School at Tulane University and interned at the University of Iowa. After military service during World War II and post-graduate training at Methodist Hospital in Houston, he returned to the “Land of Enchantment” and Albuquerque in 1947.
Dr. Wiggins served in many professional capacities including Clinical Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Chief of the Department of Ob/Gyn at Presbyterian Hospital. He was a guiding force in the training of many of New Mexico’s physicians.
The James W. Wiggins, MD Lectureship in Obstetrics and Gynecology has been offered annually since 1989, and is funded by the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation, Wiggins Lectureship Endowment Fund, and corporate educational grants.

Please see the complete details in the 2010 James W. Wiggins, MD Lectureship in Obstetrics and Gynecology brochure (.pdf) not yet completed.