Notes from the President

Dear Colleague,
This spring we have lots of fruit for our labors to report as SASGOG continues to move forward to support you as an academic specialist and your institution.
Let me take a moment to catch you up on some of our activity and encourage you to attend the Annual Meeting in San Diego on May 5 – in person!
Best regards,
Tony Ogburn, MD
SASGOG President
tony.ogburn@utrgv.edu
Reunited and It Feels So Good!
Surgical Gynecology: A Case-Based Approach, Cambridge University Press
Pregnancy Complications: A Case-Based Approach
We are planning for our next textbook, focused on intrapartum complications. Dr. Peter Schnatz is leading the effort and we anticipate recruiting SASGOG members as case authors in the autumn of 2022.
Committee Volunteers
PROGRESS Course
Planning for our first Program of the Research in Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences (PROGRESS) Course is well underway. Jeffrey F. Peipert, MD, PhD, Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine, the PROGRESS Course Director, will be joined by Kristen Matteson, MD, MPH and Emily DeFranco, DO, MS as course instructors. Registration for the course will open in April. The course will begin in August with virtual sessions. The in-person course will take place at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson AZ, October 23 – 27. This will be an excellent opportunity for OB/Gyn colleagues to develop their research skills.
Quality Improvement/ Patient Safety
DEI Task Force
From its inception as a society, SASGOG members and leaders have hoped that SASGOG would be a diverse, equitable and inclusive professional society. In December of 2021, a DEI task force was formed to establish equity and inclusion as central to SASGOG’s mission and to actively work toward structural change that will support the belonging and promotion of diverse individuals within SASGOG. The task force, led by Co-Chairs Dr. Jody Stonehocker and Dr. Shari Lawson, will guide SASGOG in promoting equity and inclusion in all our activities and develop tools and establish best practices to enable member departments to further equity and inclusion in their home institutions.
SASGOG Resident and Faculty Awards
Do you have third- or fourth-year residents who have distinguished themselves academically and demonstrated an interest in a career as an Academic Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology? We encourage all SASGOG Supporting Institutions to nominate candidates for the SASGOG Resident Award. Nominations are being accepted through 4/15.