In addition to his private practice in gynecology, uro-gynecology, and laparoscopic pelvic surgery, he completed age management medicine training and certification with the Cenegenics Medical Institute and further postgraduate training in aesthetic medicine. Currently, he is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and licensed in both Texas and Colorado.
Dr. Birken completed a Masters in Liberal Arts program at Houston Baptist University in 2000 and has taught undergraduate literature as well as lecturing to medical students on the art of medicine through fiction, essays, and poetry.
Dr. Birken has been published in both medical and non-medical publications such as the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ob-Gyn News, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies, and Dermanities. His collection of medical themed short stories, A Harvard Death, is currently in circulation as well as two non-fiction books, Her Longest Marathon and Women Only, released in 2008. His new novel, Doctor School, will be published both in print as well as electronic format.
An avid road and mountain cyclist, skier, as well committed to fitness training, Dr. Birken embraces a healthy diet and lifestyle, and promotes these concepts to his patients. He has participated in medical missionary projects to Guatemala and volunteers at a clinic for indigent patients in The Woodlands. He has three sons, four step-children, and three granddaughters. He and his wife Liz live in The Woodlands, Texas as well as Steamboat Springs, Colorado.