Please join us in congratulating Molly Lepic, DO, of the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! The UW School of Medicine and Public Health Clinician Teacher Track Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee endorsed the Department of Ob-Gyn’s recommendation that Lepic be promoted to the rank of Clinical Associate Professor, effective June 29, 2025.
Lepic joined the UW Department of Ob-Gyn as a clinical assistant professor in 2018 after completing ob-gyn residency at Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee. Since then, she serves as a supervisor in the OB rotation and a physician informaticist with UW Health Medical Informatics. In 2019, she received both the CREOG National Faculty Award as well as the Dr. Sabine Droste Outstanding Teacher Award. She also won the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology Award in 2024. Lepic has been awarded the Dolores A. Buchler Award twice, once in 2023 and later in 2024.
Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Dr. Lepic!
**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson
Trainees and faculty in the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology brought an impressive array of presentations to the 2025 Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Faculty Development Seminar, held in Honolulu January 12-14, 2025.
The APGO Faculty Development Seminar provides practical and timely ideas for medical education and curricula that can be applied at attendees’ home institutions. UW Department of Ob-Gyn trainees led presentations in three of the 18 available roundtable slots:
Ob-Gyn resident Nicolette Codispoti, MD, MS, MPH, PGY-2, mentored by Laura Jacques, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn: Ascending Heights: Crafting Your Residency Elevator Pitch
Ob-Gyn resident Kharmen Bharucha, MD, PGY-3, mentored by Molly Lepic, DO, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn: Compass Points: Guiding Students Through L&D with Nurse Educators
Gynecologic oncology fellow Matthew Wagar, MD, mentored by Laura Huffman, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology: Standardizing Procedural Skills Evaluation for the SLOE Using a Laparoscopic Curriculum
This year’s submissions were reportedly very competitive, with more than 90 proposals for the 18 roundtable spots. Amazing work, Department of Ob-Gyn team!
In August 2024, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated recommendations for pain management during intrauterine device placement.
Molly Lepic, DO, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, joined the Women’s Healthcast to tell us more about what these recommendations mean for patients and why pain management during IUD placement is such a hot topic.
Cutler and Lepic talked about the different types of IUDs, how getting an IUD works, why pain or discomfort during the procedure can be an important consideration for many patients, and what today’s pain management options look like.
Listen to All About IUDs now.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists calls the 12 weeks after giving birth the Fourth Trimester. Molly Lepic, DO, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, joined the Women’s Healthcast to discuss a common postpartum topic: breastfeeding.
Lepic talked about how breastfeeding works, common questions about nutrition, rest, and hydration, resources available to support people through the ups and downs of breastfeeding, and more.
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Discussions around emergency contraception often include some myths and misunderstandings. Even the nickname of the morning-after pill gives us an inaccurate sense of emergency contraception’s effective timeframe.
Molly Lepic, DO, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, joined the Women’s Healthcast to help clear up some common questions about emergency contraception, including when to use it, how it works, what types are available, and where people can find emergency contraception when they need it:
“It’s definitely something that is beneficial to patients, and we know that ready access to emergency contraception’s do not lead to more unprotected intercourse or less contraceptive use. It does not increase the risk of unintended pregnancy, and so it’s important for patients and providers to discuss this as a form of contraception, regardless of what their contraceptive plans are.”
Listen to the whole episode “Emergency Contraception” here.
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