Welcome incoming Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellows Jeannette Larson and Emily O’Brien
After receiving ACGME approval to increase the Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship complement to two fellows per year, the MFM fellowship will welcome two new fellows next summer! Jeannette Larson, MD, and Emily O’Brien, MD, will join the MFM fellowship in July 2026. Larson earned her medical degree from the University of Wisc...
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Women’s Healthcast: Health and Aging: Let’s Talk About Sex, Part 1, featuring Jon Pennycuff, MD, MSPH and Javier Santiago, MD
For the next few months, the Women’s Healthcast will dive into all aspects of aging and women’s health, through conversations with experts in the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and beyond.A lot about our lives can change as we get older, and that includes our sex lives. Two guest experts joined this episode of the...
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Welcome incoming Gynecologic Oncology fellow Taylor Stewart, MD
The Division of Gynecologic Oncology is pleased to share that Taylor Paige Stewart, MD, will join the gynecologic oncology fellowship program as a fellow in August 2026. Stewart completed medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, followed by obstetrics and gynecology residency at the ...
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Barroilhet serves as research mentor for SGO Bridges program
In late July 2025, the SGO/GOG-F BRIDGES 2.0 Research Initiative convened at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for a milestone gathering that brought early-career scholars face-to-face with leading experts in gynecologic oncology clinical trials. Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS, associate professor and director of the Divi...
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Anderson-Carter and Social Impact and Belonging Committee share resources at the Madison Public Library Period Party
On Saturday, September 20, the Madison Public Library collaborated with Public Health Madison & Dane County to host a Period Party. This year’s Period Party consisted of a series of three informational sessions followed by the Saturday celebration, aiming to provide information and understanding surrounding puberty and menstr...
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Badger, Ahrendt take on ACOG DVI leadership roles
Congratulations to UW Department of OB-GYN residents Taylor Badger, MD, PGY-2, and Hannah Ahrendt, MD, PGY-1, who were elected into American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District VI junior fellow leadership roles for the 2025-26 year! Badger was selected to serve as the ACOG District VI Junior Fellow Vice...
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Domeyer-Klenske, Hanks join ACOG State Legislative Roundtable
Amy Domeyer-Klenske, MD, director of the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and Laura Hanks, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, attended the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) State Legislative Roundtable conference in Phoenix September 4-6, 2025. Domeye...
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Take Control of Your Pelvic Health community talk coming up November 5, 2025
Many of us have questions about topics like bladder leakage and pelvic organ prolapse, but we may not know how to bring them up. These conditions are common, especially in perimenopause and beyond, but they are not inevitable. Join us for an evening of conversation with experts from UW Health Integrated Specialty Care for Wo...
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Knutson-Sinaise, Hoppe bring poster to AHA Hypertension annual meeting
Megan Knutson Sinaise, MS, research program coordinator, and Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, brought a poster to the American Heart Association’s Annual Hypertension Meeting in Baltimore in early September. They presented the poster “STAC-MyHEARTp: A randomized controlled trial of health coaching and self-measured blood pressure to inc...
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