Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery presents at 2025 AUGS PFD Week

Members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery presented at the American Urogynecology Society’s (AUGS) Pelvic Floor Disorder Week, held in Vancouver, Canada, from October 14-17, 2025. The meeting was held in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Pelvic Medicine. Their impressive presentations include:

Coping with Complications in Early- to Mid-surgical Career – Caroline Cox, MD, roundtable moderator  

Short Oral – Non-Surgical Clinical App-based Interventions for Fecal Incontinence: Usability and Improvement – Ushma J. Patel, MD; Laura Keyser, DPT, MPH; Heidi W. Brown, MD, MAS; Natalia Gontarczyk Uczkowski; Dobie L. Giles, MD, MS, MBA  

Rapid Fire: Digital Therapeutics for Fecal Incontinence: A Randomized Trial – Ushma J. Patel, MD; Laura Keyser, DPT, MPH; Natalia Gontarczyk Uczkowski; Dobie L. Giles, MD, MS, MBA; Heidi W. Brown, MD, MAS  

Rapid Fire: Ultrasound to Identify Intraoperative Ureter Injury: A Simulation-based Study – Robert Z. Fender, MD, MSCI; Babak Vakili, MD; Matthew K. Hoffman, MD/MPH  

Rapid Fire: Does Workup for Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria Decrease Mortality Risk? – Ushma J. Patel, MD; Natalia Gontarczyk Uczkowski; Yulissa Rodriguez-Hernandez, MPH; Julie Dorland, MD; Amy L. Godecker, PhD, MS; Caroline Cox, MD  

Additionally, Margaret Wilkes, MD, joined the AUGS Membership Committee.

Congratulations to the presenters!

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Melis Baskaya