Paving Academic Path: Kristen Matteson, MD, MPH

Business of Medicine 101: Kim Gecsi, MD

Time Management: Katie McKenney, MD, MPH; Vaibhavi Umesh, MS, MD, FACOG

Surgical Mentorship: Joe Chappelle, MD; Joseph Bacchi, MD, MBA; Amber Watters, MD, MS; Elisabeth Stark, MD

Art of Clinic: Lauren Bouchard, MD; Mark Wilcox, MD; Angelina Gangestad, MD

Lunch/Mixer: Felix Rubio, MD

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Session I

• Development and Potential Application of Surgical Skill Acquisition Curves in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency using a Web-based Platform
  AnnaMarie Connolly, MD; Caroline Campbell, MD; PhD; Lee Learman, MD, PhD, FACOG; Mostafa Borahay, MD, PhD

   

  This session will present a proposed method for modeling surgical skill acquisition in OB-GYN residency using longitudinal, competency-based feedback from the myTIPreport web platform. Drawing on 10 years of data from 12 ACGME programs, more than 600 residents, and over 60 procedures, the model uses Kaplan–Meier curves to estimate time to proficiency and sustained competence for common procedures. Attendees will learn how this approach may support data-informed assessment, document progression toward independent practice readiness, and identify at-risk learners earlier and with greater confidence.

• Division Director Session: Succession Planning
  Tony Ogburn, MD

   

  This session will include a discussion of the importance of succession planning for the Ob/Gyn physician leader in order to maintain a high level of clinical care, continuity in educational and research division/department activities, and ensure a pathway for leadership development for faculty that can contribute to recruitment and retention and faculty wellbeing. Strategies to implement an effective succession plan will be presented using a case-based approach with ample time for audience participation and sharing.
  

• From Network to Impact: Using Strategic Communication to Build Careers and Strengthen SASGOG
  Vanessa H. Gregg. MD, MBA; Francine McLeod, MD; Allison Brooks, MD; Danielle Tsevat, MD, MSCR, FACOG; Laura Peyton Ellis, MDThis session will explore how intentional, strategic communication can simultaneously support career development, networking, recruitment, and transitions for academic specialists. We will discuss how to use social media and networking tools such as LinkedIn, Instagram, and job databases intentionally, to promote strategic visibility as a career and organizational tool.

• Rebalancing the Load: Innovative Workforce Models for a Changing Academic Landscape
  Jennifer Allen, MD, FACOG, NCMP; Shari Lawson, MD, MBA; Felix Rubio, MD, MBA; Vaibhavi Umesh, MS, MD, FACOG

   

  As workforce expectations continue to evolve across generations, academic leaders are increasingly challenged to balance the needs of individual faculty with those of their divisions and institutions. This interactive panel will explore innovative approaches to schedule flexibility, modified FTE arrangements, and career customization through the perspectives of faculty, division chiefs, and departmental leadership. Participants will engage in a facilitated role-playing exercise that highlights the complexities of workforce decision-making, followed by an expert panel discussion on the practical, financial, and institutional considerations that shape these requests. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of the competing priorities involved, strategies for effective advocacy, and practical tools to foster a more flexible, sustainable, and supportive academic workforce.

• Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence versus Physician written History of Present Illness
  Jagoda Pasternacka, BS
• Racial Inequities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Medicaid Expansion in the South
  Diana Toro, MD
• Sexual Dysfunction After Female Genital Mutilation: Anatomic Versus Psychosocial Correlates
  Emily Lock, BA

• Building Scalable Niche Interest Groups
  Jade Stafford, MD, FACOGThis session introduces a practical, scalable framework for building Niche Interest Groups within academic general OB/GYN divisions. Ideal for early-, mid-, and senior-career faculty, educators, and leaders, attendees will learn how to create, structure, and sustain groups aligned with clinical and scholarly passions. We will highlight key elements including intentional group formation, protected collaboration time, and structured feedback through biannual division-wide forums. Participants will leave with actionable strategies to enhance patient care, expand educational impact, and increase scholarly output. Additionally, attendees will understand how these groups drive mentorship, faculty development, and promotion by fostering clinical distinction and professional fulfillment.

• Optimizing Perioperative Opioid Stewardship and Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Mostafa Borahay, MD, PhD; Alex Peahl, MD; Erika Banks, MD

• Division Director Session: Enhancing the GME to Faculty Transition: Utilizing a Faculty Needs Assessment Tool
  Beth Cronin, MD; Dayna Burrell, MD
  The transition from residency to faculty is a big step and period of formative growth. As senior faculty and leaders, our roles are to support new faculty in their first jobs and provide guidance to build a meaningful and rewarding path. Although programs for mentorship have been proposed, few provide a detailed approach to early recognition of a new faculty’s strengths, areas for growth, and aspirations.  We will share our new faculty needs assessment and strategies to connect new faculty in meaningful ways, promoting intentional faculty sponsorship and engagement. This interactive session will explore areas for growth in the onboarding of new graduates to faculty positions. Participants will reflect on their own paths and consider future directions to formalize the mentorship and sponsorship of faculty to promote career growth and wellness. Participants will share ideas for opportunities & skill development for each pillar of academic medicine, and outline a proposed plan for engagement with their faculty.

• Rising From the Ashes: Resurrecting the SASGOG Division
  Huma Farid
  The reality of practicing medicine can sometimes put us at odds with the mission of academic medicine. Attrition, burnout, and financial constraints all impact our ability to fulfill the mission of academic medicine. We will concentrate on how leadership, compensation, and change management are critical components to solve problems and promote growth. Participants can share strategies that they have implemented or experienced that have helped address these types of challenges.  I will review the tools, such as coaching and mentorship, for new leaders, and the tools the division used, such as needs assessment surveys, focus groups, prioritization matrices, working groups, and teambuilding strategies. This session will be beneficial from early career to mid career faculty, or to anyone interested in leadership. One learning point is: understand how leadership, compensation, and change management are critical components for faculty’s growth.

Significant changes to obstetric coding are on the horizon, with direct implications for how academic departments document, bill, and get reimbursed for care. This session offers an in-depth look at the new obstetric codes and coding structure, translating complex regulatory changes into practical guidance faculty can apply immediately within their own departments.

Dr. Attwood will walk attendees through what’s changing, why it matters, and how to adapt billing practices to stay compliant while protecting departmental revenue.

This session is relevant for all clinicians in academic centers — whether through direct clinical care or administrative and departmental leadership responsibilities.

• Division Director Session: Planning a Faculty Retreat for Your Division or Department
  Vanessa Gregg, MD, MPA; Danielle Johnson, DOFaculty may be invited to serve on a committee or to work with their Chair to plan a retreat for their division or department. Retreats can have different purposes, such as strategic planning, building camaraderie and teamwork, developing special projects, or providing time for reflection, among others. Faculty at all levels of experience in their careers can make valuable contributions to a faculty retreat. In this session, we will discuss themes that may be chosen for a faculty retreat, recognizing that different priorities or formats will be needed based on the culture and climate in the division or department. The planning process is essential for determining the needs of the group and planning accordingly.

• Fostering A Patient Safety Culture: Building and Sustaining High-Performing Teams on Labor and Delivery at Academic Centers
  Isaiah Johnson, MD; Timothy E. Klatt, MD; Manasa Kavasery, MD, MPH

• How to Construct and Complete a Manuscript
  Stephen Wagner, MD; Danielle Tsevat, MD, MSCR, FACOGGetting research across the finish line requires more than good data — it requires knowing how to tell the story. In this session the presenters walk attendees through the process of constructing, completing, and submitting a manuscript for publication. From structuring your argument to navigating the submission process, this talk cuts through the confusion with practical, actionable guidance.
  

• Primary HPV Screening and Self-Collection
  Ann Chang, MD, MPH; Christine Conageski, MD; Katherine Sampene, MD; Sangini S. Sheth, MD, MPH, FACOGPrimary HPV screening is the American Cancer Society’s preferred cervical cancer screening method and is the USPSTF’s preferred strategy for women 30 years and older in their recent draft document posted for public comment. Primary HPV self-collection is now an option and creates the opportunity to reach many unscreened and underscreened women. This panel will discuss the implementation of primary HPV screening including self collection to better enable attendees to help implement primary HPV screening in their institutions.

• From Clinical Question to Best Evidence: A Practical Guide to Conducting Systematic Reviews in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Kristen Matteson, MD, MPH

  Systematic reviews are essential for clinicians striving to practice evidence-based healthcare, providing a rigorous and transparent approach to synthesizing research and informing clinical decision-making. This session offers a practical introduction to the planning, development, and execution of a systematic review, guiding participants through the complete review process from concept to evidence synthesis. Participants will explore the evolution of systematic evidence in medical practice and learn why systematic reviews are considered among the highest levels of scientific evidence. Attendees will gain hands-on insight into each stage of the systematic review process, including defining and refining a research topic, developing focused clinically-relevant research questions using frameworks such as PICOT,  and creating a protocol to ensure methodological rigor and transparency. The session will also introduce essential methodological standards and reporting guidelines, providing participants with practical resources to support the development of high-quality systematic reviews.

• Academic Coaching as Strategy for Success for Learners in OB/GYN
  Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG; DaCarla Albright, MD, FACOG
  Coaching has recently been utilized as a model to prepare learners in competency-based medical education. For ObGyn trainees and faculty, strategies to ensure academic success, transition to residency and fellowship, and faculty personal and professional development are as important as ever. Academic coaching, which is learner driven and focused on individualized development plans, unlike mentorship and academic advising, may help professionals better support learners. Professional development for medical educators as coaches would include an awareness of the faculty, social, cultural and structural working and learning environments in which these coaching relationships are fostered. Skills in academic coaching are additional tools in the armamentarium of those in academic medicine.
  

• CNM/APP Workforce Models: Team-Based Care in Academic OB/GYN
  Jody L. Stonehocker, MD; Ali S. Coco, MSN, MDiv, CNM; Angela Wilson-Liverman, DHSc, CNM, FACNM; Amanda Perry, DNP, CNM
  This session will explore physician–advanced practice provider (APP) collaboration in obstetrics and gynecology, using national workforce trends and real-world models to highlight effective team-based care. Drawing from experience at a large academic medical center, we will review both ambulatory and inpatient models that improve access, efficiency, and patient care. This session is ideal for early- and mid-career physicians, particularly those practicing in or transitioning to academic or leadership roles, as well as educators interested in team-based care. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to integrate APPs into clinical teams and approaches to expand capacity, including development of a Certified Nurse-Midwife fellowship.
  

• Just a Little Pinch: Implementing Office Sedation for GYN Procedures in an Academic Practice
  Danielle Johnson, DOThis session is open to all attendees who are interested in learning more about options for pain management for in-office gynecologic procedures. In this session, we will analyze the existing data that supports use of various pain management modalities in office gynecology procedures. We will then discuss implementation of other pain management options, including nitrous oxide and intravenous sedation, in an academic practice. We will identify the common obstacles, notable stakeholders, and fiscal considerations when implementing these alternative options by reviewing our success at the University of Virginia as a case study.

Late-Breaking Research and News

A focused review of newly released high-impact studies and key developments in obstetrics and gynecology.