Program

Thursday, September 18, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 1 – Research – External Forces
Moderator: Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
8:15 AM – 8:35 AM
NASEM
Speaker: Sheila P. Burke, MPA, BSN
8:35 AM – 8:55 AM
NIH
Speaker: Alison Cernich, PhD
8:55 AM – 9:15 AM
Funding Decisions: The Legislative Perspective
Speaker: Erik Fatemi
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Q&A
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Break
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 2 – Research – Internal Forces/Optimizing Research/Publication
Moderator: Mostafa Borahay, MD, PhD, MBA
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
AAOGF Scholar Presentation – Development of a Point-of-Care Ultrasensitive Assay for the Identification of High-Grade Cervical Dysplasia and Cervical Cancer
Speaker: Annie Leung, MD
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
AAOGF Scholar Presentation – The Role of Plasminogen Inhibitors in Endothelial Dysfunction in Preeclampsia
Speaker: Molly McAdow, MD, PhD, FACOG
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Joseph Price Oration: The Immune System in Tissue Repair and Fibrosis: Implications for Women’s Health
Speaker: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, PhD
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Novel Sensing Technologies for Diagnosis and Prognosis
Speaker: Ali Adibi, PhD
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Q&A and Panel Discussion
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Lunch and Presentation of New AGOS Fellows
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
JAMA Introduction of JAMA Women’s Health
Speaker: Linda Brubaker, MD
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Roundtable Discussion on How Do We Increase Interdisciplinary, Paticipatory Research in Women’s Health & What Can AGOS/WFRC Do to Assure Continued/Increased Women’s Health Research Funding
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Capitol Peak Pre-Function
Welcome Reception
Friday, September 19, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:25 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
AGOS Business Meeting
8:25 AM – 8:45 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
AAOGF Business Meeting
8:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 3 – External Threats to Academic Medicine
Moderator: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MS
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
Charles Hunter Lecture: Financial Challenges Facing Academic Medicine
Speaker: Aaron Mauck
9:45 AM – 10:10 AM
Legal Aspects And Structural Impact Of APE On Health Care
Speaker: Yashaswini Singh, PhD, MPA
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM
Q&A
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Break
10:45 AM – 12:10 PM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 4 – Internal Threats to Academic Medicine
Moderator: Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
How to Optimize the Relationship Between Health Systems and Schools of Medicine at AMCs
Speakers: Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, Amy P. Murtha, MD & Vijay Shah, MD
11:45 AM – 12:10 PM
Panel Discussion
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Lunch
1:10 PM – 1:45 PM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
The AGOS Presidential Lecture
Speaker: Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Crystal Peak Foyer
Celebration of Past Presidents and New Members
Saturday, September 20, 2025
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Breakfast
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 5 – The Impact of AI on AMC
Moderator: Eve Feinberg, MD
7:45 AM – 8:15 AM
ABOG Endowed Lecture – Education – Precision Learning and Sharing Using Wearable Technology
Speaker: Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Q&A
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Practice – “I’m Sorry Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That: Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Care”
Speaker: CT Lin, MD
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Crystal Peak Ballroom
Break
9:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Capitol Peak Ballroom
Session 5 – The Impact of AI on AMC (cont.)
Moderator: Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Research – Open Doors To Possibilities
Speaker: Marina Sirota, PhD
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Q&A and Panel Discussion
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Capitol Peak 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.