Calendar of Events
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which housestaff present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
A guest speaker for the Roland S. Cron Lectureship is invited to present each year. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
Featured Speaker: Helain Landy, MD – “Twin Pregnancies: An Update”
Helain J. Landy, MD
Professor & Chair
Department of OB/GYN
Georgetown University
Helain Landy received her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. She completed her Ob/Gyn residency at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA and her Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. After serving as an attending physician at GW, she relocated to South Florida and joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 1991. In 1995, she returned to DC and rejoined the faculty at GW until she was recruited to Georgetown in 1997. She was the MFM Fellowship Program Director from 1999-2009 and has been the Chair of the Ob/Gyn Department since 2003. She was the first (and thus far, only) female clinical chair at GUMC.
Her clinical areas of expertise include multiple gestations, pregnancy loss, medical complications of pregnancy, obstetric sonography, and cervical insufficiency. She has had given many presentations at various meetings and has published many peer-reviewed articles. She has served as teacher and mentor for medical students, residents and fellows and has received several teaching awards. She has been an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists since 1997.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which housestaff present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST |
| 7:45am | WELCOME |
| 8:00am | Benjamin Beran, R3 “Behavioral Interviewing” Mentor: Paul Lemen, MD |
| 8:15am | Jessica Greenblatt, R4 “Decision Making and Mode of Pregnancy Termination” Mentor: Suzanne Walczak, MD |
| 8:30am | Elizabeth Hopp, R2 “Lymphedema in Endometrial Cancer” Mentor: Denise Uyar, MD |
| 8:45am | Caitlin McCarthy, R3 “Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels in Predicting IUI Cycle Success” Mentor: Estil Strawn, MD |
| 9:00am | Megan Mietelski, R4 “Threshold for Defining Subclinical Hypothyroidism and its Influence on in Vitro Fertilization Pregnancy and Live Birth Rates” Mentor: Estil Strawn, MD |
| 9:15am | Shirley Hinshaw, R3 “Endometrial Carcinoma: the effect of surgical technique in the morbidly obese” Mentor: William Bradley, MD |
| 9:30am | BREAK |
| 9:45am | Jacinda Hunter, R3 “Perspectives of Specialty Providers on Teratogenic Risk Counseling” Mentor: Suzanne Walczak, MD |
| 10:00am | Cara Leppellere, R4 “Specifics Why Pregnant Women Decline Vaccination Against Influenza” Mentor: Timothy Klatt, MD |
| 10:15am | Megan Foeller, R2 “Are Adverse Neonate Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Twin Gestations Decreased Compared with Nondiabetic Twins?” Mentor: Meredith Cruz, MD |
| 10:30am | Cheryl Czapla, R3 “LEEP and the Active Phase of Labor” Mentor: Mary Burke, MD |
| 10:45am | BREAK |
| 11:00am | The Roland S. Cron Lecture: Alan H. DeCherney, MD “Translational Science in Reproductive Medicine” |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH |
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
Alan Hersh DeCherney, MD
Alan Hersh DeCherney, MD
Head
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology/Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
About Dr. DeCherney
He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2006-2010. His Medical Degree is from Temple University School of Medicine where he was AOA and awarded the Henry Laughlin Alumnus of the Year Award in 2005.
He also holds an honorary Master of Arts Degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He did a research fellowship in Immunology at the Lister Institute in London, England; his internship in Medicine was at the University of Pittsburgh, followed by a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Featured Speaker: Debra A. DaRosa, PhD – “Surgeon as Coach”
Debra A DaRosa, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
About Dr. DaRosa
She is a professor emerita of surgery and medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the former vice chair of education in the department of surgery. With a doctoral degree in education, she has been a surgical education specialist for more than 30 years. She has dedicated the majority of that time to developing and delivering faculty development programs, pursuing educational research, and consulting with clinical departments and professional societies.
Her research interests focus on learning, teaching and assessing in the operating room, technical skills acquisition, and curriculum and instructional design. Dr. DaRosa serves on the editorial board of Academic Medicine and the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed abstracts, papers, and book chapters.
She serves as Course Director for the highly subscribed American College of Surgeons’ six-day Surgeons as Educators course and faculty on their Residents as Teachers and Leaders program. She teaches several annual faculty and resident teacher development programs for the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. DaRosa earned the distinction of being the first nonclinician to be elected President of the Association for Surgical Education. This same organization honored Dr. DaRosa with the Distinguished Educator Award and presented her with the Founding Director Recognition Award for starting the Foundation for the Association for Surgical Education. She has received Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association for Surgical Education. Dr. DaRosa is an honorary member of the Association of Women Surgeons.
She has also presented her research and faculty development programs at regional, national, and international forums.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which housestaff present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Ira Bernstein, M.D.
Guest Speaker
Ira M. Bernstein, MD – “Preeclampsia: Not Just a Disease of Pregnancy”
Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Medicine
John Van Sicklen Maeck Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
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Featured Speaker: Laurel W. Rice, MD – “Cultural Humility: Work to be Done”
Laurel W. Rice, MD
Chair and Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
About Dr. Rice
Dr. Laurel W. Rice is chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a professor in the Division of Gynecology Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Rice attended college and medical school at the University of Colorado. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as a Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA. After four years on the faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Virginia (UVA) recruited her to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During her 14 years at UVA, Dr. Rice was appointed Division Chief of Gynecologic Oncology, established a Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, and served as Vice Chair of the Department of OBGYN.
Nationally recognized as an expert in the care of women with gynecologic malignancies, Dr. Rice has published extensively in her field. Her research focuses on hormones and human malignancies, specifically endometrial carcinoma. She has lectured extensively throughout the United States.
Dr. Rice continues to serve in leadership positions of many national organizations. She is president-elect of the Council of University Chairs in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Secretary/Treasurer of the American Gynecologic Obstetrics Society, and an active member of several other professional organizations, including the Society of Gynecologic Oncology.
Since 2006, Dr. Rice has served on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and currently serves as director for the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is an examiner for candidates seeking board certification in both General Obstetrics and Gynecology, in addition to the subspecialty area of Gynecologic Oncology. She also serves on the editorial board of Gynecologic Oncology, and as a reviewer for Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, both highly regarded journals in her field.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which housestaff present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship – “Hereditary Ovarian Cancer, an Opportunity to Save Lives”
Guest Speaker
Elizabeth M Swisher, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Dr. Swisher earned a B.S. from Yale University and received her M.D. from the University of California at San Diego. She completed her residency at the University of Washington in Ob/Gyn and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Washington University St Louis. She returned to the University of Washington to join the faculty in 1999 and has been here since that time. Both her clinical and laboratory work focus on cancer genetics. Dr. Swisher has published extensively on the genetics and therapy of ovarian cancer and has received numerous national awards including a Sidney Kimmel Award, the CREOG National Teaching Award, the GCF Margaret Greenfield/Carmel Cohen, MD Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research Prize, and the OCNA Rosalind Franklin Award for Ovarian Cancer Research. She has received many research grants from the NIH, the DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the V Foundation, The Mary Kay Foundation, the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research, and others. She is the co-leader of the first Stand Up to Cancer/AACR ovarian Cancer Dream team. She is also the co-leader of an international clinical trial and has been the principal investigator.
Dr. Swisher has served many national and international cancer organizations including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (education), the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (elected council member), the Foundation for Gynecologic Oncology (elected board member), NRG Oncology (Translational Science committee), the American Association of Cancer Research (awards committee), and others.
Dr. Swisher is board certified in gynecologic oncology and obstetrics and gynecology.
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Featured Speaker: Hope Ricciotti, MD – “Leadership Redefined”
Hope A. Ricciotti, MD
Associate Professor and OBGYN Clerkship Committee Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School
Chair and Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
About Dr. Ricciotti
Hope Ricciotti, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and practices obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is a contributor to many magazines and is co-author of several cookbooks and women’s health textbooks. Dr. Ricciotti oversees residency education in obstetrics, gynecology, and women’s health at Harvard Medical School. Her other research projects include evaluating innovative methods of medical education, and simulation for training medical students and residents.
Dr. Ricciotti is dedicated to educating the public and the Chair of the Medical Advisory Panel for You and Your Family Magazine and youandyourfamily.com. Her special interests include providing obstetrical care, contraception, cervical cancer prevention, and well-woman care for all phases of the lifecycle. In addition, she has special expertise in reproductive health, nutrition, and management of menopause.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which residents present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
Michelle A Kominiarek, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Michelle Kominiarek, MD MS is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and an Associate Professor in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kominiarek is nationally known for her expertise in pregnancies complicated by obesity and pregnancies that occur after bariatric surgery. Her clinical and research interests also relate to women’s health outcomes such as labor progress, anticoagulation during pregnancy, hypertension in pregnancy, and obstetrical hemorrhage. She is an active member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Kominiarek strives to provide patients and their families with an excellent prenatal care and delivery experience that focuses on patient education and empowerment and often involves a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach with other clinicians who also specialize in high-risk pregnancies
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST |
| 8:00am | WELCOME |
| 8:15am | Kathryn Sarnoski, MD, R4 “Improving Physician Compliance with Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Antepartum Patients” Mentor: Laura Jacques, MD |
| 8:30am | Kourtney Dropps, MD, R3 “Prophylactic Low Molecular Weight Heparin Surveillance and BMI in Pregnancy” Mentor: Meredith Cruz, MD |
| 8:45am | Molly Isola, MD, R3 “Use of Expedited Partner Therapy for Treatment of Chlamydia in Adolescents” Mentor: Jessica Francis, MD |
| 9:00am | BREAK |
| 9:15am | Laura Knutson, MD, R3 “Using the Electronic Medical Record to Decrease Preventable Birth Defects” Mentor: Timothy Klatt, MD |
| 9:30am | Paige Persch, MD, R3 “Establishing an Evidence Based Cutoff: Basal Follicle Stimulating Hormone Levels of 8 or Greater to Detect Diminished Ovarian Reserve in Young Women" Mentor: Kate Schoyer, MD |
| 9:45am | Heather Stief, MD, R3 “Impact of Treated Maternal Hypothyroidism on Neonatal Growth and Outcomes” Mentor: Cresta Jones, MD |
| 10:00am | Alexandra Glasscock, MD, R3 “Sickle Cell Disease and Pregnancy: Mode of Delivery and Complications” Mentor: Jennifer McIntosh, DO and Cresta Jones, MD |
| 10:15am | BREAK |
| 10:30am | The Roland S. Cron Lecture: Michelle A. Kominiarek, MD "Gestational Weight Gain – Why Measure It?" |
| 11:30am | LUNCH |
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Featured Speaker: Magdy P Milad, MD – “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Surgeons”
Magdy P Milad, MD
Vice Chair for Education; Chief of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Albert B. Gerbie Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
About Dr. Milad
As Chief of Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery, he performs advanced minimally invasive surgeries including laparoscopy, hysteroscopy for conditions of endometriosis, fibroids, adhesions, tubal disease and ovarian cysts. He also performs laparoscopic total and subtotal hysterectomy, myomectomy, cystectomy and hysteroscopic removal of fibroids and adhesions. He has developed expertise in the area of vaginal agenesis and other Mullarian anomalies.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident Research and Alumni Day is an annual event in which residents present their research results within their residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We invite our Obstetrics and Gynecology alumni to attend this significant day to support our current residents.
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
Richard Legro, MD – “Preconception Interventions in Infertile Women: Do They Work?”
Interim Chair and Vice Chair of Research, Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
About Dr. Legro
Dr. Richard S. Legro is Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA and Co-Director of the Hub Resource Capacity Core at the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
His research and clinical practice are primarily focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – diagnosis, treatment, and genetic/environmental causes as well as on improving infertility diagnosis and treatment. He has been continuously funded by the NIH for over twenty years as a principal investigator. He has designed and led multiple multi-center trials in the U.S. and China that have appeared in high impact journals. These trials have broadened the scope of infertility trials from stopping when the patient conceives to follow mothers and fetus up and through live birth and to capture all treatment and pregnancy-related adverse events in mother and infant. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He has been elected and served as a member of the Executive Board and Chair of the Publications Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and is currently Secretary-Treasurer of the Endocrine Society.
He serves as a subspecialty board oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is an Associate Editor for Fertility and Sterility and Human Reproduction Update and the Co-Editor in Chief of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. He has consulted for the NIH, the FDA, the WHO, and been selected for the Thousand Talents Program in China. He has received many awards including as Best and Top Doctor, has been inducted as a Fellow Ad Eundem to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK and received the 2017 Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the FUNDACIÓN IVI in Spain.
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Featured Speaker: Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD – Alternatives to Hysterectomy for Noncancerous Uterine Conditions: What does the evidence tell us?
Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs
Designated Institutional Official
Professor of Integrated Medical Science, Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University
About Dr. Learman
Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD, has been Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs since October 12, 2015 at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University (FAU). He is the Designated Institutional Official who is responsible for all residency and fellowship programs sponsored by the college as well as the recruitment of founding program directors for planned GME programs. The Academic Affairs role will comprise development and execution of College’s faculty development strategy, leadership for medical education scholarship and ongoing accreditation with LCME standards.
Dr. Learman comes to FAU from Indiana University, where he has served as the Clarence E. Ehrlich Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2008. He received his MD and a PhD in Social Psychology at Harvard Medical School in a program supported by the MacArthur Foundation to create a cadre of physician-social scientists in academic medicine. After completing his OBGYN residency at UCLA, Learman spent 14 years on the faculty at the UC San Francisco, where he was a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, OBGYN Residency Program Director, Director of Curricular Affairs for the Office of Graduate Medical Education, and Chair of the Scholarship Committee for the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.
Dr. Learman is engaged in a variety of national service roles. He is an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a former member of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a former member of the USMLE Management Committee. He serves as faculty, advisor and Advisory Committee Chair for a national faculty development program in OBGYN – the APGO Academic Scholars and Leaders Program, and is the past Chair of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is President of the Society of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Learman is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed publications including several contributions to the AAMC MedEdPORTAL. His scholarly work spans topics in gynecology, obstetrics and medical education including curriculum development and evaluation, learner assessment, and professionalism in the learning environment. He provides peer review service to over 15 journals including Academic Medicine, has served on the editorial board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and is Editor-in-Chief (Gynecology) of the Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey.
Learn more about the E. James Aiman, MD, Endowed Lectureship
Resident and Fellow Research and Alumni Day is an annual event where our residents and graduating fellow present their clinical, translational science, and educational research results within their residency and fellowship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
William M. Leininger, MD, FACOG – “Advocacy Beyond the Statehouse”
Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Fellow, Physicians for Reproductive Health
About Dr. Leininger
Dr. William M. Leininger, MD, FACOG (CAPT, MC, USN [Ret]), currently practices as a board certified, Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). He served on the hospital’s Graduate Medical Education Executive Committee, and is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. He has previously served as the Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialty Advisor to the Surgeon General of the Navy (2012-2015), and was a Residency Program Director for Obstetrics and Gynecology at Naval Medical Center San Diego (2007-2012).
Dr. Leininger graduated from Williams College with a BA in Biology in 1986, and then spent a year teaching high school math and science at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD (his alma mater). He next attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and graduated in 1991, and subsequently completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NMCSD in 1997. In addition to San Diego, he practiced at the Naval hospitals in Bethesda, MD, Portsmouth, VA, Camp Pendleton, CA, and Keflavik, Iceland.
During his 26 years in the Navy, he deployed to the Persian Gulf and Kuwait, and served in humanitarian operations in Somalia (Operation Restore Hope), Guatemala, and Indonesia (Operation Tsunami Relief). During his career, he also worked on numerous policy issues, patient safety strategies, and medical education improvements, covering topics such as updates to the armed services’ abortion policy, developing care guidelines for transgender service personnel, decreasing cesarean section rates, preventing unplanned pregnancies, delivering healthcare for pregnant and deployed servicewomen, and promoting the core competency of professionalism.
Dr. Leininger is married to a Marine Corps veteran and a former volunteer fire fighter, and his wife is now a Senior GIS Analyst/Cartographer for the North County Dispatch JPA, providing support to the Fire and EMS Services in northern San Diego County. They live in Escondido, CA, and have three rescued German Shepherds.
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST |
| 7:45am | WELCOME |
| 8:00am | Amanda Johnson, MD, MFM Fellow “Altered neural calcium signaling in HCMV infection is mitigated with viral kinase inhibition” Mentor: Scott Terhune, PhD |
| 8:15am | Kathryn Carnahan, MD, R3 Association Between Continuity of Care and Health Care Utilization in an OB/GYN Resident Clinic Mentor: Jessica Francis, MD |
| 8:30am | Talia Coney, MD, R3 Maternal Outcomes of Pregnancies Complicated by Life-Limiting Conditions Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD |
| 8:45am | Justin Harold, MD, R3 “All That Glitters isn’t Node: Failed Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping with Indocyanine Green in Women with Endometrial Cancer” Mentor: William Bradley, MD |
| 9:00am | BREAK |
| 9:15am | Sarah Hirsch, DO R3 Desire for Psychosocial Support and Barriers to Counseling in Couples with Infertility Mentor: Abbey Kruper, PsyD |
| 9:30am | Isabel Nellen, DO, R3 Adiponectic in Visceral and Omental Fat in Middle Aged Women with a History of Infertility Mentor: Kate Schoyer, MD |
| 9:45am | Cindy Vu, MD, R3 Medical Students and the Influence of Gender in Obstetrics and Gynecology Education: A Possible Case of Gender-Bias? Mentor: Rahmouna Farez, MD & Kristina Kaljo, PhD |
| 10:00am | BREAK |
| 10:15am | The Roland S. Cron Lecture: William Leininger, MD, FACOG “Advocacy Beyond the Statehouse” |
| 11:30pm | LUNCH |
Featured Speaker: Gregg Nelson, MD, PhD – “ERAS – The New Standard of Surgical Care in Obstetrics & Gynecology”
Gregory S. Nelson, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
About Dr. Nelson
Dr. Gregg Nelson obtained his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and subsequently continued on to complete his sub-specialization in Gynecologic Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. He joined the Section of Gynecologic Oncology at TBCC in July 2010, and was the local Gyn Tumour Team lead and Chair of the Provincial Gynecologic Oncology Tumour Team from 2011-2018. He is currently Chair of Gynecologic Oncology and is Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Oncology at the Cumming School of Medicine.
Dr. Nelson’s principal research interests are the development and study of enhanced recovery protocols in cancer surgery and interventions to improve HPV vaccination in First Nations populations. He holds the position of Surgical Lead, ERAS Alberta and he also leads the international group that published the ERAS® Guidelines for Gynecologic/Oncology Surgery. Recently he has been appointed the Secretary of the ERAS® Society Executive Committee based in Sweden. He leads the EHVINA study – Enhancing HPV Vaccination In First Nations Populations in Alberta – a $1,250,000 project funded by Alberta Innovates/Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund.
Dr. Nelson has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has presented numerous times internationally. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
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Featured Speaker: AnnaMarie Connolly, MD, FACOG – “We Can All Agree: No One Starts the Day Wanting to Do a Bad Job – Getting to Our Best Days Through Critical Thinking, Feedback, and Innovation”
Chief of Education and Academic Affairs for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
About Dr. Connolly
Dr. Connolly obtained her MD from Tufts University. After completing her residency in OBGYN at the University of North Carolina (UNC), she worked as a specialist in private practice for 2 years. She then returned to UNC and completed a fellowship in Urogynecology/Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Dr. Connolly continued her career at UNC where she was named the Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD ’36 Distinguished Professor, served as the Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship director for 7 years, Residency Program Director for 11 years, the Fellowship Program Director for the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship for 4 years and was also the Vice Chair for Education in the department of OBGYN. She is now the chief of education and academic affairs of ACOG.
While her clinical experience focused on urogynecology, her primary academic interests include medical education and the effect of childbirth on the pelvic floor. She has published original research on educational and clinical programming and tool development.
Her commitment to clinical practice and medical education has been recognized by the UNC School of Medicine. This includes her Directorship of the UNC Teaching Scholars Program for the past 13 years. Dr. Connolly has been honored for her educational efforts with multiple awards throughout her career at UNC. She is nationally recognized for her leadership in medical education.
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Featuring The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
Kristyn Melíssa Brandi, MD, MPH
Board Chair
Physicians for Reproductive Health
About Dr. Brandi
Dr. Kristyn Brandi (pronouns: she/her/ella) is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, where she completed her medical school and residency. She completed a Family Planning Fellowship at Boston University where she also earned her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights. Her research is on reproductive decision making, contraceptive coercion, and racism in reproductive health care. She serves as the Board Chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health, sits on several sub-committees for the Society of Family Planning and is a founding member of Centering Equity, Racial and Cultural Literacy in Family Planning (CERCL-FP). She proudly identifies as a Latina pansexual abortion provider.
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:15am | GRAB AND GO BREAKFAST |
| 7:45am | WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS |
| 8:00am | Christine Livergood, MD, MFM Fellow Characterization of RhoBTB1, a PPARγ target gene, in the Placenta Mentors: Curt Sigmund, PhD & Jenn McIntosh, MD |
| 8:15am | Jordan Hauck, DO, R3 Risk of unplanned healthcare utilization in post-partum period for patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD |
| 8:30am | Leigh Mahlum, MD, R3 Factors associated with persistent hypertension at 1-year postpartum in patients with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD |
| 8:45am | Sarah Amherdt, MD, R3 Incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes based on the degree of short interpregnancy interval in urban Milwaukee population Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD |
| 9:00am | Zack Schoppen, MD, R3 What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Medical Student Mentor: Kate Dielentheis, MD |
| 9:15am | Steph Nguyen, MD, R3 Continuity of Care and Non-Urgent Health Care Utilization Mentors: Jessica Francis, MD & Stephen McAvoy, MD |
| 9:30am | BREAK |
| 9:45am | Alex Petrie, MD, R3 Evaluating the use and utility of a Weight Loss Clinic referral after surgical treatment of Endometrial Cancer Mentor: Erin Bishop, MD |
| 10:00am | Katie Pellino, MD, R3 Post-Discharge Opioid Prescribing After Cesarean: A Quality Improvement Initiative Mentor: Erika Peterson, MD |
| 10:15am | David Eggert, DO, R2 The Influence of Patient Education Level, Infertility Treatment, and Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Status on Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Mixed Methods Study Mentor: Stephanie Gunderson, MD |
| 10:30am | Rebecca Sigourney, MD, R2 Investigating the Impact of the Addition of a MIGS Surgeon on Surgical Volume of General OBGYNs Mentor: Ben Beran, MD |
| 10:45am | BREAK |
| 11:00am | The Roland S. Cron Lecture: Kristyn Melíssa Brandi, MD, MPH Title: "Who is in Control Here- Contraceptive Coercion and Reproductive Justice" |
Featured Speaker: Isabel C. Green, MD, MEHP
“Not Just SIM-antics: Maximizing Simulation for Surgical Skills”
About Dr. Green
Dr. Green completed her Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at John Hopkins University and fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Georgetown University-MedStar. She serves as the Associate Program Director for the OB/GYN residency program at Mayo Clinic and directs a transition to residency course in the Mayo Medical School. She is also the Fellowship Director for Minimally Invasive Gynecology and a consultant of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic.
Her practice interests are in office hysteroscopy and also the management of abnormal uterine bleeding, cervical dysplasia and chronic pelvic pain. Since residency she has been engaged in undergraduate and graduate medical education, with a focus in surgical education. In 2017 she completed a Masters of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University.
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Featured Speaker: Serena H. Chan, MD, FACOG – “Gynecologic Surgery in Pediatric/Adolescent Patients: Special Considerations & Management of Mullerian Anomalies”
About Dr. Chan
Serena H. Chan, MD, FACOG, is Chief of the Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology division at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Chan earned her Medical Degree from Oregon Health and Science University before completing her Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. She also completed a Fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Chan’s clinical specialties include medical and surgical management of pediatric and adolescent gynecologic concerns, congenital abnormalities of the female reproductive tract, and fertility preservation and reproductive endocrine issues in girls undergoing gonadotoxic therapy. Her research interests include gynecological concerns in females with anorectal malformations, trainee education in provision of adolescent reproduction health services. She has published and presented on the topics of surgical management of reproductive tract anomalies, fertility preservation, and gynecologic concerns in adolescent/young adult cancer survivors. She is a member of the North American Society for Pediatric/Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
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| Time | Activity |
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| 7:15am | BREAKFAST |
| 7:45am | WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS |
| 8:00am | Yiwen Cui, MD, MFM Fellow O-GlcNAc transferase contributes to sex-specific placental deregulation in gestational diabetes Mentor: Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, PhD |
| 8:15am | Lindsay McAlarnen, MD GYN ONC Fellow Exosomal FXR1 as a translational mediator in the ovarian cancer microenvironment Mentor:Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD |
| 8:30am | Rebekah Summey, MD GYN ONC Fellow Exploration and exploitation of hormonal pathways in adult granulosa cell tumors for development of targeted therapeutics Mentors: Elizabeth Hopp, MD and Janet S. Rader, MD |
| 8:45am | Alex Levy, MD, R4 Is One Superior? Comparison of Early Removal Rates of Intrauterine Device versus Nexplanon Subdermal Implant in Women Ages 16-24 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mentor: Jessica Francis, MD |
| 9:00am | Rana Aliani, MD R3 Impact of Race, Insurance, and Procedural Timing on Sterilization Method Mentor: Ben Beran, MD |
| 9:15am | Mary Siracusa, MD R3 Determining Patients’ Preferred Ultrasound Provider During the Preoperative Evaluation of Endometriosis Mentor: Ben Beran, MD |
| 9:30am | BREAK |
| 9:45am | Iman Khan, MD R3 Postpartum Care in a Post-COVID Era Mentors: Amy Domeyer, MD and Erika Peterson, MD |
| 10:00am | Blake Neuburg, MD R3 Inpatient Versus Outpatient Management of Gestational Hypertension or Preeclampsia Without Severe Features Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD |
| 10:15am | Ankita Sarawagi, MD R3 Screening rates for intimate partner violence (IPV) in the OBGYN clinic from 2019 to 2022 Mentor: Kim Gecsi, MD |
| 10:30am | Margaret Bruce, MD R3 Evaluating Modern Contraceptive Methods as Risk Factors for Recurrent UTI’s Mentor: Sumana Koduri, MD |
| 10:45am | BREAK |
| 11:00am | The Roland S. Cron Lecture: Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS Fellowship Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Assistant Professor, OB/GYN Washington University School of Medicine "Moving Evidence into Clinical Practice on Labor & Delivery" |
| 12:00pm | Questions for Dr. Raghuraman |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
Featuring The Roland S. Cron Lectureship
Guest Speaker
Nandini Raghuraman, MD MSCI
Fellowship Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Assistant Professor, OB/GYN
Washington University School of Medicine
About Dr. Raghuraman
Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCI, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Washington University in St Louis and the MFM Fellowship Program Director. She is a NIH-funded physician scientist with expertise in Labor & Delivery clinical trials and implementation science in obstetrics. She has authored over 70 peer reviewed manuscripts and is currently leading a multicenter randomized trial investigating the effect of maternal oxygen supplementation in labor for fetal resuscitation.
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Featured Speaker: Sloane L. York, MD, MPH – “Reconsidering Abortion Training Post-Dobbs: Why is this integral to OBGYN education?”
About Dr. Chan
Sloane L. York, MD MPH, (she/her), is currently an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology division of Complex Family Planning at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She completed her residency in OBGYN in 2011 and Family Planning Fellowship in 2013 at Northwestern University, where she also received a Masters in Public Health. Dr. York joined the faculty at Rush in 2013 where she established family planning services and helped develop the Division of Family Planning. Since 2018, she has been the OBGYN Residency Program Director at Rush. Dr. York is also the Associate Program Director for the Complex Family Planning Fellowship at Rush which began in 2022. Additionally, she works as an OB Hospitalist at Rush and is a mom to two very active children.
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