Dr. Thomas Hilgers is the founder and director of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, in Omaha, Nebraska. The Institute is dedicated to research, education and service in the areas of human reproduction within the context of the teachings of the Catholic Church. He currently serves there as a Senior Medical Consultant in Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic laser surgery and is a member of the prestigious Society of Reproductive Surgeons.
He has served on the faculty of medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. While at Creighton, he founded and directed the Creighton University Natural Family Planning Education and Research Center. Along with his colleagues, he is the developer of the Creighton Model FertilityCareTM System, a thoroughly standardized modification of the Billings Ovulation Method. His ongoing medical research and application of this system has led to the development of the new gynecologic and reproductive science called NaProTECHNOLOGY. In July 2004, he published the first definitive medical textbook on this new science, The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY.
He is also the founder of the American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals, FertilityCareTM Centers of America and FertilityCareTM Centers International.
He is the author of over 200 professional books, book chapters, poster sessions and articles. He has also produced 11 videotapes and countless numbers of audiotapes. In addition, he is the recipient of 5 different research awards and has been awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts and an honorary doctorate of public health from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio and an honorary doctorate from Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida. In 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him to full membership in the Pontifical Academy for Life and with his wife, Susan, he served for five years on the Pontifical Council for the Family. In 1997, the Nebraska Family Council named Dr. Hilgers Physician of the Year. In 2001, he was presented with the John Cardinal Wright Award by the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and in October, 2003, he received the Linacre Award, the highest award given by the Catholic Medical Association. And in January 2007, he received the Cardinal John J. O'Connor Pro-Life Award for 2006, presented by Legatus International at their Summit in Naples, Florida. In May 2009, he was invited to be the Commencement Speaker at Ave Maria University where they conferred on him an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, honoris causa.
The Hilgers are the parents of four sons and one daughter.
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