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SUMMARY: 50th Annual OBGYN Symposium
DESCRIPTION: A Golden Era: Celebrating 50 Years of Surgical Advances in OBG
 YN Register Here Date & Location Thursday\, October 16\, 2025\, 7:30 AM – F
 riday\, October 17\, 2025\, 4:00 PM Eric P. Newman Education Center 320 Sou
 th Euclid Ave\, 63108\, St Louis\, MO – Friday\, October 17\, 2025 7:30 AM 
 – 7:55 AM Check-in and Continental […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h5><strong>A Golden Era: Celebrating 50 Year
 s of Surgical Advances in OBGYN</strong></h5><p><a href="https://washu.clou
 d-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=5&EID=62712&IsExhibitor=false"><strong>Re
 gister Here</strong></a></p><div class="activitysectionbold"><strong>Date &
  Location</strong></div><p>Thursday\, October 16\, 2025\, 7:30 AM - Friday\
 , October 17\, 2025\, 4:00 PM <br /><strong>Eric P. Newman Education Center
 </strong> <br />320 South Euclid Ave\, 63108\, St Louis\, MO</p><p>-</p><p>
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 card washu-card"><figure class="washu-card__image"><img class="washu-image-
 element wp-image-34423" src="https://obgyn.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2025/09/Ne
 wsletter-Social.jpg" alt="" /></figure><h3 class="washu-card__title">Add-On
  Surgical Skills Course</h3><div class="washu-card__content"><!-- wp:paragr
 aph {"placeholder":"Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per con
 ubia nostra\, per inceptos himenaeos. Etiam scelerisque congue luctus."} --
 ></p><p><em>Elevate your surgical expertise with our comprehensive hands-on
  Surgical Skills Course designed specifically for advanced gynecological pr
 ocedures. Join us to enhance your proficiency in: </em></p><p><!-- /wp:para
 graph --></p><p><!-- wp:list --></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-
 item --></p><li><strong><em>Laparoscopic Suturing:</em></strong><em> Master
  the intricacies of laparoscopic suturing\, intracorporeal knot tying\, and
  extracorporeal knot tying to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficie
 ncy.  </em></li><p><!-- /wp:list-item --></ul><p><!-- /wp:list --></p><p><!
 -- wp:list --></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --></p><li><e
 m style="font-weight: bold\;">Morcellation via the ExCITE Technique:</em><e
 m> Learn how to introduce the Applied bag system into the abdomen\, place l
 arge specimens within it\, and master tissue extraction for safer and more 
 effective outcomes.  </em></li><p><!-- /wp:list-item --></ul><p><!-- /wp:li
 st --></p><p><!-- wp:list --></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-ite
 m --></p><li><strong><em>Ovarian Cystectomy: </em></strong><em>Gain experti
 se in the removal of ovarian cysts without rupture and with maximal precisi
 on. </em></li><p><!-- /wp:list-item --></ul><p><!-- /wp:list --></p><p><!--
  wp:list --></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --></p><li><em 
 style="font-weight: bold\;">OASIS Repair:</em><em> Enhance your skills in m
 anaging and repairing severe perineal tears during childbirth. </em></li><p
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 <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --></p><li><em style="font-weig
 ht: bold\;">Anterior Entry for a Vaginal Hysterectomy:</em><em> Integrate u
 nderstanding of anatomy with surgical technique to effectively and safely c
 omplete anterior entry  </em></li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p><p> </
 p><p><em>Watch the video detailing the course <a href="https://obgyn.wustl.
 edu/join-the-add-on-surgical-skills-course/"><strong>here</strong></a>. </e
 m></p><p> </p><p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p><p><!-- wp:buttons {"layout":{"t
 ype":"flex"\,"justifyContent":"center"}} --></p><div class="wp-block-button
 s"><!-- wp:button {"textAlign":"center"\,"placeholder":"Button"} --></p><di
 v class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-text-align-ce
 nter wp-element-button" href="https://washu.cloud-cme.com/course/courseover
 view?P=5&EID=62712&IsExhibitor=false">Register for the Add-On Course (must 
 also be attending symposium)</a></div><div> </div><p><!-- /wp:button --></d
 iv><p><!-- /wp:buttons --></div></div><p><!-- /wp:washu/card --></p><h5><st
 rong>Thursday\, October 16\, 2025</strong></h5><p><!-- wp:table {"hasFixedL
 ayout":false} --></p><figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>7
 :30 AM - 8:10 AM</td><td>Registration & Continental Breakfast</td></tr><tr>
 <td>8:10 AM - 8:15 AM</td><td>Welcome from Dineo Khabele\, MD\, Professor a
 nd Head of WashU OBGYN</td></tr><tr><td>8:15 AM - 9:00 AM<br /><strong>Jenn
 ifer Gilner\, MD</strong></td><td>ROY PETRIE MEMORIAL LECTURE: From Risk to
  Recovery: Surgical Innovation and Collaborative Care in Placenta Accreta S
 pectrum</td></tr><tr><td>9:00 AM - 9:15 AM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>9:1
 5AM - 10:00AM<br /><strong>Susan Mitchell-Derenksi\, APRN\, WHNP-BC</strong
 ></td><td>Vaginitis Demystified: A Clinical Update for Providers</td></tr><
 tr><td><p>10:00AM - 10:30AM<br /><strong>Amanda Zofkie\, MD</strong></p></t
 d><td>Things that Go Bump in the Night (or on the Belly): Trauma in Obstetr
 ic Patients</td></tr><tr><td>10:30 AM - 10:40 AM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><
 td>10:40 AM - 11:00 AM</td><td>Refreshment Break</td></tr><tr><td>11:00 AM 
 - 11:30 AM<br /><strong>Carolyn McCourt\, MD</strong><br /><strong>Molly Mo
 rton\, MD</strong></td><td>Debate: When to Stage Endometrial Cancers? Focus
  on Endometrial Hyperplasia</td></tr><tr><td>11:30 AM - 11:45 AM</td><td>Q&
 A</td></tr><tr><td>11:45 AM - 12:00 PM</td><td>Break to get lunch\, bring i
 n the auditorium</td></tr><tr><td>12:00 PM - 1:00 PM<br /><strong>Ronald C 
 Strickler\, MD</strong><br /><strong>Megan Gornet\, MD</strong><br /><stron
 g>Kenan R. Omurtag\, MD</strong><br /><strong>Valerie S. Ratts\, MD</strong
 ></td><td>Panel Luncheon Discussion: From Past to Present: Ask us Anything 
 - 4 Generations of REI Doctors</td></tr><tr><td>1:00 PM - 1:45 PM<br /><str
 ong>Jennifer Gilner\, MD</strong></td><td>Surgical Strategy Meets Systems T
 hinking: Core Team Integration in Complex Obstetric Surgical Care</td></tr>
 <tr><td>1:45 PM - 2:00 PM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>2:00 PM - 2:45 PM<br
  /><strong>Maggie Dwiggins\, MD\, MS</strong></td><td>Beyond the Ordinary: 
 Navigating Management of Patients with Complex Obstructive Gynecologic Anom
 alies</td></tr><tr><td>2:45 PM - 2:55 PM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>2:55 
 PM - 3:10 PM</td><td>Refreshment Break</td></tr><tr><td>3:10 PM - 3:40 PM<b
 r /><strong>Kathryn Thomas\, MD</strong></td><td>Contraception: Understandi
 ng the Latest Options and Tailoring Methods to Patient Goals</td></tr><tr><
 td>3:40 PM - 3:50 PM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>3:50 PM - 4:20 PM<br /><s
 trong>Lindsay M. Kuroki\, MD\, MSCI</strong></td><td><span data-olk-copy-so
 urce="MessageBody">Emerging Changes in the Management of Cervical Cancer</s
 pan></td></tr><tr><td>4:20 PM - 4:30 PM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>5:30 P
 M - 8:30 PM</td><td>Nelson Alumni Society Members' Dinner<br />Membership a
 nd Prior Registration Required</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p><!-- /w
 p:table --></p><p> </p><p><!-- /wp:table --></p><h5><strong>Friday\, Octobe
 r 17\, 2025</strong></h5><p><!-- wp:table {"hasFixedLayout":false} --></p><
 figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>7:30 AM - 7:55 AM</td><
 td>Check-in and Continental Breakfast</td></tr><tr><td>8:00 AM - 8:40 AM <b
 r /><strong>Saketh Guntupalli\, MD </strong></td><td>JAMES R. SCHREIBER LEC
 TURE: The Future of Surgical Education in Ob/Gyn: New Opportunities meets T
 raditional Values</td></tr><tr><td>8:40 AM - 8:50 AM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><
 tr><td>8:50 AM - 9:10 AM <br /><strong>Katherine de Souza\, MD</strong></td
 ><td>Preoperative Assessment</td></tr><tr><td>9:20 AM - 9:50 AM <br /><stro
 ng>Sara C. Wood\, MD</strong></td><td>Genital Hiatus Dynamics: The Perineum
  as a Key Pillar of Female Pelvic Floor Support</td></tr><tr><td>9:50 AM - 
 10:00 AM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>10:00 AM - 10:15 AM</td><td>Refreshme
 nt Break</td></tr><tr><td>10:15 AM - 11:00 AM <br /><strong>Saketh Guntupal
 li\, MD</strong></td><td>Programmatic Development in Ob/Gyn Departments: St
 rategies for Success</td></tr><tr><td>11:00 AM - 11:10 AM</td><td>Q&A</td><
 /tr><tr><td>11:10 AM - 11:50 AM <br /><strong>David Mutch\, MD</strong></td
 ><td>Shedding Light on Vulvar Disease: Progress and Possibilities in Women'
 s Health</td></tr><tr><td>11:50 AM - 12:00 PM</td><td>Refreshment Break</td
 ></tr><tr><td>12:00 PM - 1:00 PM</td><td>Luncheon</td></tr><tr><td>1:00 PM 
 - 4:00 PM</td><td><a href="https://obgyn.wustl.edu/join-the-add-on-surgical
 -skills-course/"><strong>Hands-On Surgical Skills Course in WISE Lab</stron
 g></a> (runs concurrently with lectures)</td></tr><tr><td><p>1:00 PM - 2:00
  PM<br /><strong style="font-family: inherit\; font-size: 1rem\;">Michael D
 ombrowski\, MD</strong></p><p> </p><p>1:30 PM - 2:00 PM <br /><strong>Sydne
 y M Thayer\, MD</strong></p></td><td><p>ECMO in Pregnancy</p><p> </p><p>Con
 siderations for the Pregnant Patient Undergoing Surgery</p></td></tr><tr><t
 d>2:00 PM - 2:15 PM</td><td>Q&A</td></tr><tr><td>2:15 PM - 3:15 PM <br /><s
 trong>Bree Goodman\, MD </strong><br /><strong>Jesse Vrecenak\, MD\, MPH Je
 nnifer Strahle\, MD</strong></td><td>Updates in Fetal Intervention: Fetosco
 pic MMC Repair and Management of Parvovirus B19</td></tr><tr><td>3:15 PM - 
 3:30 PM</td><td><p>Q&A</p></td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p><!-- /wp:ta
 ble --></p><p> </p>
CATEGORIES:Annual Meetings,Nelson Alumni Society Events,Residency
ORGANIZER;CN="Marcy":MAILTO:marcylivingston@wustl.edu
URL;VALUE=URI:https://obgyn.wustl.edu/events/event/50th-annual-obgyn-sympos
 ium/
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