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Dr. John Paas

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Park City, UT
31 years experience male

Locations

Path City Specialty Clinic

Park City, UT

Address

900 Round Valley Drive, Suite 200, Park City, UT, United States
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My office hours

Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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About

Bio

Board Certified OB/Gyn located in Park City, UT, working for Intermountain Healthcare. I am based on the campus of Park City Intermountain Hospital. I began my practice in 1996, and I specialize in the management of uncomplicated & high-risk pregnancies, as well as office Gynecology and minimally-invasive Gyn surgery.

Specialties
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Obstetrics and Gynecology

Languages spoken

English

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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
See a doctor: You should have an evaluation by a doctor prior to trying to treat your pain. Often breast pain is related to musculoskeletal issues, or hormonal ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
No: You may need to see a doctor for an evaluation if this persists, but a small amount of brownish discharge, provided no other symptoms are present, is ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
V soft: The cap is small and very flexible, so it should not cause discomfort if it is even felt at all.
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A member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Virtually nil: Without penetration, there is a very low risk of pregnancy. If you took Plan B within 72 hours of this episode, and there was no prior contact, you ha... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Good for you!: Address this now, prior to pregnancy. I commend your efforts! if you are still using bc, any aids would be advisable. Chantix is quite effective. ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
This is expected: Often, after certain conditions are excluded (blood tests and sometimes a sonogram), this medicine, which is a type of pregesterone, is given to cause... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Prior episode likely: Taken the day after umprotected sex, emergency contraception is highly effective, but not perfect. It is more likely that you conceived prior to this ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Unlikely: If you have regular menstrual cycles, and you were just finishing your normal period, you would not have gotten pregnant. I commend you for practic... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Pregnancy unlikely: Provided that you have regular menstrual cycles, that this was an otherwise regular cycle, and that your periods are reasonable length (no more than 7... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
14days before period: The fixed (predictable) interval is the amount of time after ovulation until the period starts. If you know your cycle length (# of days from star... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
3pregnancies2kids: G = gravity = # total no. Of pregnancies p = parity = # livebirths it gets tricky because of miscarriages, abortions, ectopics, stillbirths, a cur... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
UTI or gyn infection: I would suggest going to get a urinalysis to exclude a urinary tract infection. If this is negative, you may need a gynecologic exam to exclude pelvic... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
34 wk later: Your results are reported as "menstrual dates". That is, how many weeks you are from lmp. Due date is calculated as 40 wks from lmp. Therefore,... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
11wk ago: 3 months = 13 weeks. Since one conceives roughly 2 wks after their LMP starts, and being 3 months means that your LMP started 13 wks ago, you ovul... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Now: If you are pregnant, assuming you have normal cycles, your pregnancy test should be positive by now if you are pregnant. You may use either a blood or... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
No: Generally, a cycle length that long is abnormal, and it is most likely that you are not ovulating. For women who ovulate and have regular cycles, ovul... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Usually none: It is likely that you will not have a period for some time. Otherwise, patients usually don't have withdrawal symptoms. Return of normal menses is com... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Unlikely: If there is no vaginal penetration, it is unlikely that pregnancy would occur. Remember, though, that you will not be protected from std transmission ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Pregnant?: If you are having unprotected sex, you should do a urine pregnancy test to exclude pregnancy as a possibility. If that is not the case, this may j... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
No problem: Because some fish may accumulate toxic substances (metals, carcinogens) i would recommend a more varied diet during pregnancy. At a minimum, vary the ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Maybe blood: If your last normal period started on feb 16, you may have a positive blood test if you conceived this cycle, but urine may still be negative. I recom... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
May be normal: 9mm gs is still too small to see pole or yolk sac. Irreg menses makes it more difficult to verify gest age at this time. Recommend to follow serial bh... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
No: An iron supplement will not affect the effectiveness of the birth control pill.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
No harm: Just resume the 100mg tomorrow and until you complete the regimen. You may only be left with 50 mg on the final day of the regimen (the fifth day of t... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Many possible causes: Could be caused by trauma (a small break in the skin resulting from sex). Also, can be the start of a menstrual period. Other common causes, which may... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
See a doctor: If you haven't already, you need to have an exam. You may have a different infection causing your symptoms. Occasionally, yeast may be resistant t... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Probably Fibroids: Symptoms often include pelvic fullness and/or pressure, or heavy menstrual periods. Often, though, women with fibroids have no symptoms at all. If mi... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Possible scarring: Sometimes scarring bands (adhesions) form after having surgery. These are often asymptomatic, but occasionally they manifest as pain later on. They ca... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
See answer details: 10.2wks = menstrual weeks (i.e., # wks from lmp.) LMP should have started 10.2 wk prior to when the sono was done. Conception depends on cycle length.... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Unrelated to period: Disregard the postcoital bleeding, unless it persists. Take the prover as directed, then start the Clomid (clomiphene) on cycle day #3, if those were ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Within the 1st cycle: Provided you begin your pack of pills at the onset of a menstrual period (or the sunday following the start of a menstrual period), the pill will be e... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Probably not: But you could certainly catch it by having sex with someone who has hiv.
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A member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
See your doctor: This may mean that you are experiencing an incomplete miscarriage. You have a small risk of excessive bleeding and infection, which may become severe.... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Every other day: Because the egg is viable for approximately a day after ovulation, and sperm live longer, having sex every other day around the fertile period is a re... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
See your OB: There is likely no connection to the pco, but abdominal pain should be reported to you doctor.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
It is normal: The hormone is Depo-Provera drovera causes your uterine lining to thin, which often results in bleeding or bloody discharge. The brown is just old blo... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Yes: There are two Meningococcal vaccines available, and it is recommended to use the mpsv4 version in pregnancy. Thus, if you are uncertain whether you ar... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
It contains an egg: The follicle is a small bubble inside the ovary which contains the developing (microscopic) egg. Each cycle, as the egg develops, it is contained with... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Maybe: You should discuss with your doctor to determine if you are really experiencing btb, or if there is some other reason for the irregularity.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Forceps or vacuum: While some obstetricians consider all deliveries attended by a provided (ob or midwife) to be "assisted, " this term technically applies to those deli... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Yes and No: There shouldn't be any problems regarding the two issues (masturbating and the vaccine), but you always have to worry about going blind...
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
It is common: Bleeding may occur as the pregnancy hormone levels in the blood drop, and some of the uterine lining that built up during the early pregnancy begins t... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Feb: Virtually, whenever obs tell patients how far along they are, the dates they give are menstrual dates. That is, the number of weeks & days they are fr... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Probably 18-20wks: Usually with first pregnancies, one begins to feel fetal movement in the 18-20 week range (from lmp). This is known as quickening.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Sounds inaccurate: Dating is based on menstrual dates unless specified otherwise. That is, we generally refer to how far along one is from their lmp, not from the concep... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Not unusual: Bleeding is common for 4weeks following a delivery, but occasionally my patients note persistent bleeding at their 6week exam. The overall length of f... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Not Both: But, bleeding in early pregnancy is not uncommon. If you are pregnant, you may be experiencing implantation bleeding, which occurs shortly after conce... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Not from that episod: Asuming you have a period that lasts more than one day, you had sex on the second day or your period. You would not get pregnant from the coital episo... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Ovulation Kit: At age 29, 5 months is not anything to be concerned about. You could try doing an ovulation predictor kit (which you can get at any pharmacy) to assi... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Paas
Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 years experience
Yes - normal: Women frequently experience vaginal pains - often described as sharp, shooting pain - as they approach term. This is normal, and likely relates to the... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Paas is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Paas is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you for your response. Using tylenol and saline spray for now.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks So Much(:
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Will do! Thank you very much, hope you have a lovely day.

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI
Graduated 1992MD

Residency

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 1996

Awards

Most Influential, Second Place, the Reno Region - Spring
2017
Top Obstetrician and Gynecologist, First Place, the Reno Region - Spring
2017
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