Grand Rounds

On May 29, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident John Gravelle, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “We Built This Mistrust: Addressing the Legacy of Medical Harm in Ob-Gyn.” In the lecture, Gravelle identified key historical and contemporary events driving medical mistrust in ob-gyn; described how systemic inequities and biases in reproductive and gender-affirmin... more

On May 22, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology Fellow Matt Wagar, MD, presented the Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds lecture Advances in Gynecologic Malignancies: Mitigating Care Disparities in Novel Cancer Approaches. In the lecture, Wagar described new advances in treatment, evaluation, and surgical management of gynecologic malignancies; discussed how advances in cancer... more

On May 1, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Jackie Luthardt, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Rural Maternal Health: Reflecting on the Past and Confronting the Present.”In the lecture, Luthardt summarized the history of rural maternal and infant health, discussed rural maternity care deserts and the various obstetrics factors that affect access, and examin... more

On April 3, 2025, Ben Pickus, MD, PGY-4 resident in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Climate Change — How to Think Global and Act Local as an OBGYN.”In the lecture, Pickus examined the current stage of climate change and how it affects the patient population in regards to obstetrics and gynecology, explained current mitigation plans, current a... more

On April 10, 2025, Ankitha Madde, MD, PGY-4 resident in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Obstetrician and the Intensivist: A Systems-Based Framework for Maternal Critical Care.”In the lecture, Madde demonstrated the clinical utility in bedside screening and imaging to determine various maternal conditions regarding maternal safety, identif... more

On March 20, 2025, Cara Grimes, MD, MAS, urogynecologist and professor as well as the Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Development in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Albany Medical College, presented “Research is a Team Sport” as the keynote lecture for Resident Scholars Day.In the lecture, Grimes touched upon her own research journey as well as who is invol... more

On March 6, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Saule Tamkus, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Friend or Foe?”In the lecture, Tamkus reviewed the history of AI and how it is applied to the field of medicine and more specifically ob-gyn, as well as examined the pitfalls and legal considerations behind AI in medicine, and w... more

On February 27, 2025, Katherine Phelps, PhD, teaching faculty in the UW-Madison Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Weight Loss or Wellness? The Shifting Online Landscape of Weight Stigma and Diet Culture in the “Age of Ozempic”.”In the lecture, Phelps described the evolution of weight stigma and diet culture prior to the rise of soc... more

On February 20, 2025, Marcela del Carmen, MD, MPH, president of Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Managing Healthcare Headwinds in a time of Transformation.” del Carmen presented as part of the Laurel W. Rice Visiting Professor speaker series.In the le... more

On February 6, 2025, Patricia Tellez-Giron, MD, associate professor in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Providing Culturally Sensitive Obstetric Care for the Latine Community.”In the lecture, Tellez-Giron explained the connections between Latine culture and the patient-provider... more

On January 23, 2025, Daniel Matson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the UW SMPH Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “GATA2 Regulates Invasion and Predicts Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Uterine Serous Carcinoma.”In the lecture, Matson outlined current Uterine Serous Carcinoma (USC) treatment and outcomes options, and the pot... more

On January 9, 2025, Michael Beninati, MD, assistant professor in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Fetal Surgery; Past, Present & Future.”In the lecture, Beninati focused on the development in fetal surgery, starting with early fetoscopies and different reasons fetal surgery may be needed, and later discussed... more

On December 19, 2024, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Test of Endurance: Exploring Global Perspectives of Pregnancy and Childbirth.”In the lecture, Sibbald outlined different cultural influences for pregnancy, examined global childbirth practices, explained how birth attendants are used in a variety of birthing set... more

On November 21, 2024, Anthony Shanks, MD, the William H. & Sallie E. Coleman Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Teaching and Learning in OBGYN: From Styles to Tech.”In the lecture, Shanks walked the audience through technology’s current role ... more

Ushma Patel, MD, a fellow in the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Tackling the Taboo: Let’s Talk #2.”In the lecture, Patel defined fecal incontinence (FI), described the parts of a physical examination for FI, and recommended an approach to FI management.You can watch the full lecture here.**by Ob-Gyn Communicat... more

On October 31, 2024, Scott Infusino, MD, a fellow in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Fetal Doppler Evaluation: Technical Concepts, Clinical Application, & Emerging Topics.”In the lecture, Infusino reviewed the basics and common uses for Doppler evaluation in pregnancy in order to understand research around fetal Doppler evaluation... more

On October 24, 2024, Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCI, assistant professor and fellowship program director at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Moving evidence on Labor and Delivery and beyond.”In the lecture, Raghuraman talked about research directions for labor and delivery and... more

On September 26, 2024, Caroline Cox, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Key Role of the Apical Ligaments in Uterovaginal Support.”In the lecture, Cox created a model for the progression of prolapse by understanding the anatomy and histology of ligaments and biomechanical imaging ... more