About the Award-Winning Center for Endometriosis Care
About Us
Welcome! Thank you for considering the Center for Endometriosis Care (CEC). Since Dr. Robert B. Albee, Jr. [March 4, 1945 ~ March 21, 2025] opened our doors in 1991, we have had the privilege of caring for thousands and thousands of patients with endometriosis and related gynepathologies from over 70 countries. Our Board-Certified surgeons are experts in endometriosis and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and they are ready to help you if they can. Get to know us and check out a few of our references.
It is important to understand that integrative care is needed to fully address the systemic components of endometriosis. For those patients in whom surgery is indicated, Laparoscopic Excision - LAPEX, as coined by Dr. Albee - can serve as the surgical cornerstone of a successful, multidisciplinary approach to endometriosis - but most importantly, no matter what a treatment plan looks like, those with endometriosis need and deserve to be heard.
Too often, patients have been dismissed as 'neurotic whiners' or ‘menstrual moaners’ and told the pain was in their head. Their questions were ignored, their symptoms called ‘normal,’ their challenges unanswered, and their requests for help unheeded. Many have been told there is no hope, that their disease couldn’t have recurred, or they are beyond treatment. Here at the Center for Endometriosis Care, this is simply not the case. Our goal is to believe you and treat you with respect, validation and compassion. We ask that you become partners with us in your care. We will take this shared journey together and help you find answers. We appreciate your trust and have worked hard to earn it.
Our Approach
The CEC is based around four founding principles:
Recognizing and treating all disease in all manifestations with our multidisciplinary team, including complex and extrapelvic;
Excising endometriosis from all areas, while preserving healthy tissue and organs;
Performing pathological examination (biopsy) on all excised tissue; and above all else -
Treating patients with respect and compassion as true partners in their care.
We specialize in comprehensive Laparoscopic Excision. As endometriosis rarely presents alone, we also provide treatment for secondary gynepathologies as well in the same surgical encounter, including but not limited to fibroids, adhesions and adenomyosis. The CEC multidisciplinary surgical team also treats among the highest number of complex, extrapelvic and thoracic/diaphragmatic endometriosis cases annually. While there is no absolute/universal cure for endometriosis, there IS hope. We want to help, and are honored to provide continuous, compassionate care long after our patients leave Atlanta.
We are more than just clinical providers, however. Our Center also stands as a vital advocate for patients worldwide - offering not only expert care but also working to reshape the systems around it. Through our vast education efforts, policy engagement, research contributions, and direct support for patients navigating complex pathways, the CEC exemplifies what it means to treat the whole person, not just a lesion. Our dedicated commitment to the global endometriosis community and award-winning advocacy efforts goes beyond our exam rooms, amplifying underrepresented voices and pushing for lasting change in how endometriosis is understood, treated, and funded across the globe.
Statement of Inclusion: The Center for Endometriosis Care (CEC) fosters a culture of mutual respect. Our diverse team is highly reflective of the global community we are proud to serve and incorporates the broad skills, experiences and capabilities which can only be achieved through intentional inclusion.