A Golden Era: Celebrating 50 Years of Surgical Advances in OBGYN
Date & Location
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 7:30 AM – Friday, October 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
Eric P. Newman Education Center
320 South Euclid Ave, 63108, St Louis, MO
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Add-On Surgical Skills Course
Elevate your surgical expertise with our comprehensive hands-on Surgical Skills Course designed specifically for advanced gynecological procedures. Join us to enhance your proficiency in:
- Laparoscopic Suturing: Master the intricacies of laparoscopic suturing, intracorporeal knot tying, and extracorporeal knot tying to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficiency.
- Morcellation via the ExCITE Technique: Learn how to introduce the Applied bag system into the abdomen, place large specimens within it, and master tissue extraction for safer and more effective outcomes.
- Ovarian Cystectomy: Gain expertise in the removal of ovarian cysts without rupture and with maximal precision.
- OASIS Repair: Enhance your skills in managing and repairing severe perineal tears during childbirth.
- Anterior Entry for a Vaginal Hysterectomy: Integrate understanding of anatomy with surgical technique to effectively and safely complete anterior entry
Our course combines hands-on training, expert-led workshops, and state-of-the-art simulation exercises to ensure you leave with confidence and advanced skillsets.
Watch the video detailing the course here.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
| 7:30 AM – 8:10 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:10 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome from Dineo Khabele, MD, Professor and Head of WashU OBGYN |
| 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Jennifer Gilner, MD |
ROY PETRIE MEMORIAL LECTURE: From Risk to Recovery: Surgical Innovation and Collaborative Care in Placenta Accreta Spectrum |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Q&A |
| 9:15AM – 10:00AM Susan Mitchell-Derenksi, APRN, WHNP-BC |
Vaginitis Demystified: A Clinical Update for Providers |
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10:00AM – 10:30AM |
Things that Go Bump in the Night (or on the Belly): Trauma in Obstetric Patients |
| 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM | Q&A |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Carolyn McCourt, MD Molly Morton, MD |
Debate: When to Stage Endometrial Cancers? Focus on Endometrial Hyperplasia |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Q&A |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Break to get lunch, bring in the auditorium |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Ronald C Strickler, MD Megan Gornet, MD Kenan R. Omurtag, MD Valerie S. Ratts, MD |
Panel Luncheon Discussion: From Past to Present: Ask us Anything – 4 Generations of REI Doctors |
| 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Jennifer Gilner, MD |
Surgical Strategy Meets Systems Thinking: Core Team Integration in Complex Obstetric Surgical Care |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Q&A |
| 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Maggie Dwiggins, MD, MS |
Beyond the Ordinary: Navigating Management of Patients with Complex Obstructive Gynecologic Anomalies |
| 2:45 PM – 2:55 PM | Q&A |
| 2:55 PM – 3:10 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Kathryn Thomas, MD |
Contraception: Understanding the Latest Options and Tailoring Methods to Patient Goals |
| 3:40 PM – 3:50 PM | Q&A |
| 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM Lindsay M. Kuroki, MD, MSCI |
Emerging Changes in the Management of Cervical Cancer |
| 4:20 PM – 4:30 PM | Q&A |
| 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Nelson Alumni Society Members’ Dinner Membership and Prior Registration Required |
Friday, October 17, 2025
| 7:30 AM – 7:55 AM | Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM – 8:40 AM Saketh Guntupalli, MD |
JAMES R. SCHREIBER LECTURE: The Future of Surgical Education in Ob/Gyn: New Opportunities meets Traditional Values |
| 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM | Q&A |
| 8:50 AM – 9:10 AM Katherine de Souza, MD |
Preoperative Assessment |
| 9:20 AM – 9:50 AM Sara C. Wood, MD |
Genital Hiatus Dynamics: The Perineum as a Key Pillar of Female Pelvic Floor Support |
| 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM | Q&A |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Saketh Guntupalli, MD |
Programmatic Development in Ob/Gyn Departments: Strategies for Success |
| 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM | Q&A |
| 11:10 AM – 11:50 AM David Mutch, MD |
Shedding Light on Vulvar Disease: Progress and Possibilities in Women’s Health |
| 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Luncheon |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Hands-On Surgical Skills Course in WISE Lab (runs concurrently with lectures) |
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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM |
ECMO in Pregnancy
Considerations for the Pregnant Patient Undergoing Surgery |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Q&A |
| 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Bree Goodman, MD Jesse Vrecenak, MD, MPH Jennifer Strahle, MD |
Updates in Fetal Intervention: Fetoscopic MMC Repair and Management of Parvovirus B19 |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
Q&A |