Program Annual Meeting 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD (President, AGOS)
8:15 AM – 9:30 AM
The National Academy of Medicine Session
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
The ABOG Lecture: “Advancing Women and Women’s Health”
Speaker: Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH (Home Secretary, The National Academy of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF)
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
The Hunter Lecture: “The National Academies and Women’s Health”
Speaker: Victor J. Dzau, MD (President, The National Academy of Medicine)
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Discussion
Moderator: Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH (George H. Gardner MD Professor of ObGyn, Northwestern University)
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
“Health and Vulnerability: An Activist’s Perspective”
Speaker: Emi Mahmoud (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
“Advocating for Gender Justice: Idealism vs. Pragmatism”
Speaker: Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor of ObGyn, University of Michigan)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
“Achieving Reproductive Freedom”
Speaker: Maureen Phipps, MD, MPH, FACOG (Professor Emerita of ObGyn, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The NIH Session: “Opportunities and Novel Initiatives in Women’s Health Research”
Speaker: Janine Clayton, MD (Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH)
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch and Presentation of New AGOS Fellows
1:15 PM – 3:30 PM
“Defining the Future of AGOS” – Afternoon Roundtable Discussions (open participation by sign-up)
1:15 PM – 1:25 PM
Introduction
Speakers: Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA (President Elect, AGOS) & Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD (President, AGOS)
1:25 PM – 2:00 PM
Session 1: Revisiting the AGOS Mission and Vision
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Session 2: All About Members (Membership Eligibility and Recruitment; Membership Engagement; AGOS Leadership Development)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Club International, the Drake Hotel
President’s Reception
Friday, September 29, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:25 AM
AGOS Business Meeting
8:25 AM – 8:45 AM
AAOGF Business Meeting
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
AAOGF Scholar 5-minute “elevator pitch” of their research – Session 1
8:45 AM – 8:50 AM
Introduction
8:50 AM – 8:55 AM
“Phase I/II Study for the Treatment of Recurrent Endometrial, Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian tube and Primary Peritoneal Cancer”
Speaker: Floor Backes, MD (AAOGF/GOGF Scholar, Associate Professor of ObGyn, The Ohio State University)
8:55 AM – 9:00 AM
“Biomarker-driven Treatment of Endometrial Cancer”
Speaker: Bradley Corr, MD (AAOGF/ABOG Scholar, Associate Professor of ObGyn, University of Colorado)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
The Price Oration: “Cancer Immunotherapy: From the Bench to Effective Clinical Application”
Speaker: George Coukos, MD, PhD (Past AAOGF Scholar, Professor and Director of the Department of Oncology UNIL-CHUV and the Ludwig Cancer Research Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
AAOGF Scholar 5-minute “elevator pitch” of their research – Session 2
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Introduction
10:05 AM – 10:10 AM
“Treatment for Recurrent Progressive Endometrial Cancer: A Novel Arm of the Platform Study”
Speaker: B.J. Rimel, MD (AAOGF/GOGF Scholar, Assistant Professor of ObGyn, UCLA and Cedars Sinai Medical Cente)
10:10 AM – 10:15 AM
“The Cervicovaginal Metabolome-Microbiome Interface and Spontaneous Preterm Birth”
Speaker: Kristin Gerson, MD, PhD (AAOGF/SMFM Scholar, Assistant Professor of ObGyn, University of Pennsylvania)
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Coffee/Tea Break and AAOGF Scholar Poster Presentations
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
“The Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Health Research in a Shifting Policy Landscape”
Speaker: Ruth Farrell, MD, MA (Professor of ObGyn and Reproductive Biology, The Cleveland Clinic)
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
“Obstetrical and Gynecologic Conditions as Harbingers of Lifelong Health”
Speakers: Anuja Dokras, MD, MHCI, PhD (Professor of ObGyn, University of Pennsylvania) & Lisa D. Levine, MD, MSCE (Michael T. Mennuti Associate Professor of ObGyn, University of Pennsylvania)
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
“Research in Urogynecology: Progress and Future Challenges”
Speaker: Marianna Alperin, MD, MS (Professor of ObGyn and Reproductive Sciences, UC, San Diego)
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
“Evidence-based Guidelines for Women’s Health: The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI)”
Speaker: David Chelmow, MD (Leo J. Dunn Professor and Chair of ObGyn, Virginia Commonwealth University)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
“Presidential Address”
Speaker: Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD (President, AGOS)
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
“Defining the Future of AGOS” – Afternoon Roundtable Discussions (open participation by sign-up)
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 3: All About Leadership (Education; Research; National Leadership)
Saturday, September 30, 2023
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
“Harassment, Discrimination and Violence in the Workplace: A Call for Consideration and Action”
Speakers: Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD (Professor of ObGyn, Georgetown University and Past President, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS)) & Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc (Professor of ObGyn, Duke University and President, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO))
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
“Uterus Transplantation: Is it a needed treatment option?”
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
“Absolutely yes!”
Speaker: Kathleen O’Neill, MD, MTR (Assistant Professor of ObGyn, University of Pennsylvania)
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
“No! A fad that will fade away”
Speaker: Ginny Ryan, MD (Professor of ObGyn, University of Washington)
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Rebuttal
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Coffee/Tea Break
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
“Dallas/Chicago: Do we have a problem? – Surgical Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology”
Moderator: Stephanie V. Blank, MD and Warner Huh, MD, FACOG, FACS (Past Presidents, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO))
Speakers: Catherine Bradley, MD, MSCE (President, American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS)), Angela Dempsey, MD (President, Society of Family Planning (SFP)), Abimbola O. Famuyide, MBBS (President, Society of Academic Specialists in General ObGyn (SASGOG)), Anthony C. Sciscione, DO (President, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)) & Michael A. Thomas, MD (President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM))
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
“Summary of Roundtables and the 2024-2029 AGOS Strategic Plan”
Speaker: Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA (Professor and Chair of ObGyn, Vanderbilt University, AGOS President 2024-2025)
12:00 PM – 12:00 PM
Adjournment

Warner K. Huh

Warner K. Huh, MD, MSHA is Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and holds the Charles E. Flowers, Jr. Endowed Chair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is also Professor in the Department of Surgery and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health. He was previously the Division Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Vice Chair of Gynecology, and Chief Medical Officer of the UAB Cancer Service Line/O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research interests include screening and prevention of HPV related diseases as well as novel immunotherapeutic approaches for pre-invasive disease of the cervix as well as cervical cancer. He has authored or co-authored over 300 articles in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (h-index: 70). Dr. Huh serves as co-PI (MPI) of the Johns Hopkins-UAB-University of Colorado Cervical Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) program (2P50CA098252-06A1) – one of the most enduring SPORE programs in the NCI. Further, he is PI on a cervical cancer prevention R01 grant through the NCI (5R01CA279021). Dr. Huh serves as a Deputy Editor of Gynecologic Oncology and serves as an Associate Editor of The Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. He is on the steering committee for the ASCCP treatment guidelines and was co-chair of the ASCCP colposcopy standards effort. He is Past President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) and ASCCP. He is currently serves on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Division of Gynecologic Oncology. He recently completed the Executive Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) Program at UAB (2022-2024). He co-leads OPERATION WIPEOUT- the only state-based cervical cancer elimination effort in the United States.