Dr. Ahmet Helva is one of the premier Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology Specialists in the Southeast. With nearly 40 years of vast experience in his field, Dr. Helva is a trusted professional and is considered to be extremely knowledgeable in the areas of Reproduction and Gynecologic medicine. Born in Amasya, Turkey, Dr. Helva pursued his medical degree at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. After finishing his post-graduate studies, which included a residency at the University of Chicago followed by a fellowship at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, he began his career in his home of Istanbul, as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a newly established Marmara University. During his mandatory military service, he was the head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Services at 400-Bed Corlu Army Hospital. After completion of military service, he returned to Istanbul to establish the first full spectrum private Fertility Center at The Pasteur French Hospital, and also worked as active staff member at Deuthches Krankenhaus , The Admiral Bristol Hospital, and as an Adjunct Professor at Marmara University. During these years in Turkey, and in conjunction with The Pasteur French Hospital, Dr. Helva was responsible for opening the first full spectrum fertility center in Istanbul. This center had been providing fertility services to patients within Istanbul for more than twenty years.

In 1988 Dr. Helva re-located to Mobile, AL, to become a professor at the University of South Alabama. He continued to teach at the University through 1997 and served as the Acting Director for the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology of Department of OBGYN in 1991. In 1997, Dr. Helva formed Gynecology and Infertility Associates, P.C. in Fairhope, AL and continues to serve the South Alabama community as a leader in this sub-specialized field.

Dr. Helva is board certified and holds medical licenses in Illinois, Alabama, and Michigan in the United States and Turkey. Since 1988, he has been assigned to over 20 healthcare committees in Alabama including many at the University of South Alabama and Thomas Hospital. While continuing to serve as a visiting professor in his native Turkey from 1991-1995 and administering eight research grants, Dr. Helva published more than 40 articles and wrote 17 book abstracts. Since 1999 he has given 27 lectures within the states of Alabama and Florida for various medical societies and communities, and plans to continue to do so as long as he is practicing medicine.

He holds the position of Consulting Medical Staff at Providence Hospital in Mobile. He has also participated as an active Advisory Board Member for Eli Lilly & Company, Watson Company and Dot Com Advisors.

He is a member of the following professional societies:

• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1985)
• Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1990-1996)
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (since 1988)
• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (1990-2000)
• American Society of Primatologists (1990-2000)
• American Medical Association (since 1988)
• Medical Society of Baldwin County, Inc. (since 1995)
• Alabama Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (since 1988)
• Medical Association of the State of Alabama (since 1988)
• Mobile Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (1988-1995)
• The Medical Society of Mobile County, Inc. (1989-1995)

Kittie Helva has been providing care for patients in the greater Fairhope area at Gynecology and Infertility Specialists, P.C. since 2007. She provides care for women seeking contraception, hormone replacement therapy, annual examination, weight loss, medical aspects of coping with life issues, and non-surgical gynecological problems.

Beginning her career as a Registered Nurse (RN), Kittie has worked in obstetrics and gynecology for nearly thirty years. Having served as a Staff RN in the labor and delivery ward for fifteen years, Kittie was appointed Director of The Birth Center at Thomas Hospital in 1998. This was a fifteen-bed facility that performed approximately 900 deliveries every year. Assuming full responsibility for staff recruitment, education, evaluation, counseling, budget, JCAHO requirements, grant proposals, performance management, managing bed assignments and staffing needs at the hospital, this nursing unit earned greater than 95% patient satisfaction scores and received the highest awards of any other department under Kittie’s tenure as Director. She resigned from this position in 2002 to pursue her Masters in Nursing, but continued to work for Thomas Hospital as a Staff RN through 2005.

Kittie holds her Diploma in Nursing from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Texas, and her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing from the University of South Alabama.