UW Ob-Gyn presentations at 2023 Society of Gynecologic Oncology conference
UW Ob-Gyn faculty, advanced practice providers, fellows, and residents prepared an impressive slate of presentations and posters, and served in key leadership roles, for the 2023 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer! Here are just some of their exciting contributions to the conference, which took place March 25-28, 2023 in Tampa, FL:
Associate Proefssor Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS:
Vice Chair of the Patient Education Committee
Professor Ellen Hartenbach, MD:
Poster: “The genomic profile of high-grade serous ovarian cancer and the association with platinum-resistance”
Poster: “Thromboembolic Events in Gynecologic Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy”
Ob-Gyn Resident Rachel Mojdehbakhsh, MD:
Poster: “Radical hysterectomy case volume and cervical cancer treatment in the era of COVID-19: A multi-institutional analysis”
Gynecologic Oncology Fellow Lauren Montemorano, MD:
Poster: “Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Recruitment in the Virtual Era: An Evaluation of Program Websites and Survey of Applicant Preferences” (Lauren Montemorano MD, Connor C Wang MD, Ankitha Madde MD, J Stuart Ferriss MD, Bunja J Rungruang MD, Ryan Spencer MD, MS)
Poster: “The genomic profile of high-grade serous ovarian cancer and the association with platinum-resistance” (Lauren Montemorano MD, Jessica D Lang PhD, Zoey Shultz BA, Alma Farooque BA, Meredith Hyun MS, Richard Chappell PhD, Ellen Hartenbach MD)
Poster: “A comparison of early-occurring and late-occurring incisional hernias after trans-umbilical versus circumbilical midline laparotomy in gynecologic oncology patients” (Connor C Wang, Alexandra Andes, Aaditi Naik, Lauren Montemorano, Ahmed Al-Niaimi)
Joanne Rash, PA:
Special Interest Session for Allied Health Professionals: Provider Wellbeing: Hope to be Found
Rash finished her board terms as the first elected APP representative on the SGO board!
Professor Stephen Rose, MD:
Poster: “Radical hysterectomy case volume and cervical cancer treatment in the era of COVID-19: A multi-institutional analysis”
Associate Professor Ryan Spencer, MD, MS:
Spencer was selected to serve as the SGO representative on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ political action committee (Ob-GynPAC).
Spencer received the Congressional Ambassador Award, given annually to SGO members who have worked hard to educate our elected and appointed officials in Washington, DC, to promote health care policy changes and annual federal funding increases to positively impact the field of gynecologic oncology and the women who are impacted with gynecologic cancer malignancies.
Chair, SGO Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee
Co-Lead, Gynecologic Oncology Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE) Task Force
Poster: “Gynecologic oncology fellowship recruitment in the virtual era: an evaluation of program websites and survey of applicant preferences.” (Senior author on this multi-institutional project with Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Medical College of Georgia.)
Presentations during SGO Program Directors Network meeting:
Gynecologic Oncology SLOEs
Updates from the ABOG Reproductive Health Summit
Associate Professor Sumer Wallace, MD, MS:
Serves on Policy, Quality, & Outcomes task force for the Health Policy and Socioeconomic committee
Ob-Gyn Resident Connor Wang, MD:
Poster: “A Comparison of Early-Occuring and Late-Occuring Incisional Hernias After Trans-Umbilical Versus Circumbilical Midline Laparotomy in Gynecologic Oncology Patients”
Gynecologic Oncology Fellow Catherine Zhang, MD, MPH:
Featured Oral Poster Session: “A Quality Improvement Project to Implement Oral Anticoagulant Thromboprophylaxis in Ambulatory Gynecologic Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy”
Congratulations to all on this incredible showing!