Program Annual Meeting 2024

Thursday, September 12, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Gulch Meeting Room
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Ronald Alvarez, MD, MBA
8:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Session 1 – Building an Educated and Competent Work Force for Women+’s Healthcare
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
The Current Status and Future of Gynecologic Surgical Training and Practice
Speaker: Arnold Advincula, MD, FACOG, FACS
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
The Future of Surgical Competency
Speaker: AnnaMarie Connolly, MD
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Entrusting Gynecologic Surgeon Trainees: How Do Surgical Educators Do This?
Speaker: John Dalrymple, MD
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Update from ACGME
Speaker: Meredith Alston, MD, FACOG
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
The ABOG Lecture: The Future Workforce in Women+’s Health
Speaker: Amy E. Young, MD
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Panel Discussion
Speakers: Arnold Advincula, MD, FACOG, FACS, Meredith Alston, MD, FACOG, AnnaMarie Connolly, MD, John Dalrymple, MD & Amy E. Young, MD
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Gulch Meeting Room
Lunch and Presentation of New AGOS Fellows
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Roundtable Discussion on the Rebranding of AGOS
Moderators: Ronald Alvarez, MD, MBA, Marcelle Cedars, MD & Barbara Goff, MD
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Vanderbilt Pre-Function
Welcome Reception
Friday, September 13, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Gulch Meeting Room
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:25 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
AGOS Business Meeting
8:25 AM – 8:45 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
AAOGF Business Meeting
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Session 2 – Incorporating Innovation in Women+’s Healthcare
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
The Price Oration: Innovation in Women+’s Health
Speaker: Linda Griffith, PhD
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
The Hunter Lecture: Artificial Intelligence in Women+’s Health
Speaker: Matt Might, PhD
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Q&A
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Gulch Meeting Room
Break
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Session 3 – The Future of Women+’s Healthcare Systems
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
The AMC Perspective
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Balser, MD, PhD
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
The Industry Perspective
Speaker: Joanne Armstrong, MD, MPH
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
The Payor Perspective
Speaker: Cynthia Brown, MD, MHA, FACOG
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Panel Discussion
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Gulch Meeting Room
Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Presidential Address
Speaker: Ronald Alvarez, MD, MBA
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Radnor/Library (27th Floor)
Celebration of Past Presidents and New Members Reception
Saturday, September 14, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Gulch Meeting Room
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
Session 4 – The Future of Women+’s Healthcare Research
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
AAOGF Fellow Presentation – Placental Epigenetic Regulation of Fetal Opioid Exposure
Speaker: Courtney Townsel, MD
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
AAOGF Fellow Presentation – Disruptions in Syncytiotrophoblast Proteostasis Underlie Placental Dysfunction in COVID-19 and Preeclampsia
Speaker: Jacqueline Parchem, MD
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Update on the NASEM Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health Committee
Speakers: Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD & Methodius Tuuli, MD, MPH, MBA
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Break
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
The WFRC – One Voice for Women+’s Health Research
Speakers: Marianna Alperin, MD, MS & Mostafa Borahay, MD, PhD, MBA
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Speakers: Marianna Alperin, MD, MS, Lisa Barroilhet, MD, Mostafa Borahay, MD, PhD, MBA, Irina Burd, MD, PhD, Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD & Nanette Santoro, MD
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Vanderbilt Ballroom
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.