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December 19,2012
Pioneering Doctor Served for 35 years
Patrick John Sweeney, PC. Co-founder of Portland Women’s Clinic retires
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W o m e n ’s H ealth care A sso c i
ates, an o b stetric s, g y n e co lo g y ,
m idw ifery, m aternal-fetal m edicine,
an d g e n e tic s p ra c tic e , h a s a n
nounced the retirem ent o f Dr. T h o
m as O. Flath.
Dr. Flath w ill end his d istin
guished career next m onth after 35
years o f practicing m edicine in the
Portland area. He obtained his m edi
cal degree from the U niversity o f
Iow a in 1973, com pleting his resi
dency at O regon H ealth & Science
U niversity. He is board certified in
o b s te tric s an d g y n e c o lo g y an d
spent his w orking years pursuing
general obstetrics and gynecology,
as w ell as ultrasound and infertility.
Dr. Flath was on the ground level
o f what W om en’s H ealthcare A sso
ciates has becom e today. A m em ber
o f the Portland W o m en ’s C linic,
which he joined in 1977, he was also
part o f the m erger with the Lloyd
Center W om en’ sClinic in 1991, which
in turn becam e W om en’s Clinic, PC in
1993. W om en’s Health C enter o f O r
egon and W om en’s Clinic, PC joined
W om en’s Healthcare A ssociates in
2011, becom ing the largest private
m edical practice in Oregon.
“ Dr. Flath and I com pleted our
specialty training at O H SU the sam e
y ear,” says Dr. D aniel Schrinsky,
W o m e n ’s H ealth care A sso ciates
c h ie f m edical officer. “W e ’ve been
Dr. Thomas Flath
part o f the sam e professional c o m
m unity fo r decades— and th a t’s a
long tim e! W hen w e began discuss
ing m erging practices tw o years ago,
it was a no brainer. It has been an
h o n o r to share this part o f o ur ca-
reers; the w o m en ’s healthcare co m
m unity is losing a very valuable and
distinguished m em ber.”
O ver the years. Dr. Flath has been
part o f a group o f influential special
ists in the P ortland com m unity, in
cluding a team w ith the skills for
m ore extensive surgery required for
patients w ith gynecologic cancers,
so m eth in g relativ ely unheard o f
during the 1970s. H is partners also
included the first fem ale O B /G Y N
on P o rtlan d ’s eastside.
W ith last y e a r’s m erg er w ith
W o m en ’s H ealthcare A ssociates,
Dr. Flath finishes his distinguished
career am ong physicians he first
trained and practiced w ith so m any
years ago.
“I have a fishing boat th a t’s been
in storage for m ore than six years
and it’s com ing out January
2n d ,” says Flath w ith a chuckle.
“M y plan is to focus m y attention
on my fam ily and continue to stay
active in our com m unity by volun
teering. B ut first I ’ll do nothing!
A nd then figure out exactly w h at’s
next, but I d o n ’t see a rocking chair
in m y future any tim e soon.”
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