Department of Ob-Gyn at 2025 ACOG Congressional Leadership Conference

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists hosted the 2025 Congressional Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, March 9-11. This year’s conference theme was Ob-Gyns in Action: Turning Purpose into Policy, highlighting the ways ob-gyn experts can have a role in shaping health policy.

Many members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn attended the conference to strengthen their advocacy skills and meet with Wisconsin legislators to discuss issues like rural obstetric care and policy impacts on Medicaid and Medicare.

Faculty:  

• Amy Domeyer-Klenske, MD – Director, Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn 
  
• Laura Hanks, MD – assistant professor, Division of ASOG 
  
• Abigail Nelezen, MD – assistant professor, Division of ASOG 
  
• Doug Laube, MD – emeritus faculty 
  

Trainees: 

• Taylor Badger, MD – PGY-1 resident
  
• Michelle DeMeo, MD – PGY-1 resident
  
• Jackie Powell, MD – Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow 
  
• Ben Pickus, MD - PGY-4 resident 
  
• Margaret Williams, MD - PGY-4 resident 
  

Medical Students: 

• Laurie Lapp 
  
• Kaitlyn Landry
  

 Incredible work, all!