Education
Medical degree in 1984, cum laude, from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Alpha Omega Alpha, 1983; internship and residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1984-1988 where he received the Chairman’s Award for Excellence 1987-1988; gynecologic oncology fellowship at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 1988-1990, where he received the American Cancer Society of Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award 1989-1900 and the Jesse H. Jones Fellowship in Cancer Education: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1988-1989.
Accolades & Memberships
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of Surgeons, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Tarrant County Medical Society, American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Fort Worth OB/GYN Society, and Felix Rutledge Society. Dr. Messing was listed as a "Top Doc" in Fort Worth, Texas magazine in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Surgery Locations
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine
- Methodist Southlake Hospital
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst – Euless – Bedford
Conditions
- Cancers and precancerous conditions of the vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes
- Complicated gynecologic cases involving pelvic masses related to the uterus and ovaries including those caused by fibroids and endometriosis
- Genital Tract Fistula
Procedures
- Minimally invasive surgery including the DaVinci Robotic System for hysterectomy, removal of the ovaries and tubes as well as surgical cancer staging procedures when appropriate
- Laser removal of condyloma and preinvasive lesions of the lower genital tract
- Outpatient Colposcopy
- Endometrial Biopsy
- LEEP Cone Biopsy