Beyond the White Coat: Financial and Career Growth for Physicians (formerly Early Career Day) is a dynamic half-day symposium designed to empower physicians with the tools and knowledge essential for thriving at every stage of their career. Whether you're negotiating your first or even your second contract, advocating for protected time, or optimizing your clinic workflow, this program delivers practical insights that go far beyond clinical training. Join us to sharpen your clinical acumen, strengthen your professional voice, and boost your career trajectory because growth doesn't stop at the white coat.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize key findings from the top 6 articles of 2025 to enhance clinical practice.
Identify practical strategies to advocate for your professional worth and impact.
Explore options to improve clinical efficiency and office effectiveness.
Analyze and manage real-world complex interdisciplinary complex cases.
Beyond the White Coat: Financial and Career Growth for Physicians (formerly Early Career Day) is a dynamic half-day symposium designed to empower physicians with the tools and knowledge essential for thriving at every stage of their career. Whether you're negotiating your first or even your second contract, advocating for protected time, or optimizing your clinic workflow, this program delivers practical insights that go far beyond clinical training. Join us to sharpen your clinical acumen, strengthen your professional voice, and boost your career trajectory because growth doesn't stop at the white coat.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize key findings from the top 6 articles of 2025 to enhance clinical practice.
Identify practical strategies to advocate for your professional worth and impact.
Explore options to improve clinical efficiency and office effectiveness.
Analyze and manage real-world complex interdisciplinary complex cases.
What careers are available upon graduating from an Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery fellowship? What factors should one take into consideration when negotiating a contract? What does research look like during Fellowship and what are some of the tips for improving your writing skills for publication? Join us for informative lectures and dynamic panel discussions at this AUGS annual event! Registration includes lunch and a fun-filled evening reception open only to fellows and residents.
What careers are available upon graduating from an Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery fellowship? What factors should one take into consideration when negotiating a contract? What does research look like during Fellowship and what are some of the tips for improving your writing skills for publication? Join us for informative lectures and dynamic panel discussions at this AUGS annual event! Registration includes lunch and a fun-filled evening reception open only to fellows and residents.
Physicians and pelvic physiotherapists often express having knowledge gaps in clitoral anatomy, surgery and therapy. This hands-on workshop will specifically target this need and participants will leave feeling confident that they understand the superficial and deep anatomy, and its relation to other pelvic structures and common urogynecology procedures. Participants will also learn new skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of certain clitoral pathologies, including clitoral phimosis and how to treat this with either physiotherapy or an in-office or surgical procedure. Videos created by the workshop faculty will be used to highlight some of these treatments and participants can practice on a pelvic model. This will allow the participant to not only leave the session equipped to perform new techniques (physiotherapy) and procedures (lysis of adhesions, dorsal clitoral nerve block), but have the content and curricular background to teach this content at their home institution.
The learning objectives for this workshop are:
1. Understand why the clitoris has historically been omitted from medical education.
2. Build an anatomically correct model of the clitoral complex including the nervous and vascular systems.
3. Offer physiotherapy scar mobilization and/or 'clitoral lysis of adhesions' procedures in their clinical practice
4. Feel empowered to create change to their home institution's anatomy curriculum with novel curricular content garnered from this workshop.
Physicians and pelvic physiotherapists often express having knowledge gaps in clitoral anatomy, surgery and therapy. This hands-on workshop will specifically target this need and participants will leave feeling confident that they understand the superficial and deep anatomy, and its relation to other pelvic structures and common urogynecology procedures. Participants will also learn new skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of certain clitoral pathologies, including clitoral phimosis and how to treat this with either physiotherapy or an in-office or surgical procedure. Videos created by the workshop faculty will be used to highlight some of these treatments and participants can practice on a pelvic model. This will allow the participant to not only leave the session equipped to perform new techniques (physiotherapy) and procedures (lysis of adhesions, dorsal clitoral nerve block), but have the content and curricular background to teach this content at their home institution.
The learning objectives for this workshop are:
1. Understand why the clitoris has historically been omitted from medical education.
2. Build an anatomically correct model of the clitoral complex including the nervous and vascular systems.
3. Offer physiotherapy scar mobilization and/or 'clitoral lysis of adhesions' procedures in their clinical practice
4. Feel empowered to create change to their home institution's anatomy curriculum with novel curricular content garnered from this workshop.
The workshop will be divided in 2 sections: 1-hour lecture and panel discussion and a 2-hour dry lab session. The learning objectives for this workshop are:
1. Develop a deeper understanding of VNOTES applications in urogynecological procedures.
2. Compare and contrast vaginal vs. VNOTES approaches for uterosacral suspension.
3. Know standardized suture placement techniques to improve surgical outcomes.
4. Understand anatomical landmarks and their relationship based on histological and radiological reconstructions of pelvic organs.
5. Gain hands-on experience in uterosacral hysteropexy and vaginal vault suturing techniques.
The workshop will be divided in 2 sections: 1-hour lecture and panel discussion and a 2-hour dry lab session. The learning objectives for this workshop are:
1. Develop a deeper understanding of VNOTES applications in urogynecological procedures.
2. Compare and contrast vaginal vs. VNOTES approaches for uterosacral suspension.
3. Know standardized suture placement techniques to improve surgical outcomes.
4. Understand anatomical landmarks and their relationship based on histological and radiological reconstructions of pelvic organs.
5. Gain hands-on experience in uterosacral hysteropexy and vaginal vault suturing techniques.
Program Director: John A. Occhino, M.D., M.S. – Mayo Clinic
Program Director: Leslie M. Rickey, MD – Yale School of Medicine
Program Director: Cecile Ferrando, MD – University of California San Diego
Program Director: Marsha K. Guess, MD, MS – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Program Director: Amie Kawasaki, MD – Duke University
Program Director: Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, MD, FACOG, FACS – University of Chicago
Program Director: Lioudmila Lipetskaia, MD – Cooper Health University
Program Director: Olga Ramm, MD – University of California, San Francisco
Program Director: Megan Tarr, MD, MS – Atrium Health
Guest Speaker: Nancy Ringel, MD, MS – Yale School of Medicine
This workshop is designed to equip participants with advanced skills and knowledge necessary for performing complex urogynecologic surgeries. Emphasizing a case-based learning approach, the workshop will explore surgical techniques for managing complex patients, provide expert-guided decision-making frameworks, and address key management strategies to optimize surgical outcomes. Through an interactive format that includes real-world case discussions, high-yield surgical videos, and expert panel reviews, participants will gain practical insights and technical refinements to enhance their surgical proficiency and improve patient care.
This workshop is designed to equip participants with advanced skills and knowledge necessary for performing complex urogynecologic surgeries. Emphasizing a case-based learning approach, the workshop will explore surgical techniques for managing complex patients, provide expert-guided decision-making frameworks, and address key management strategies to optimize surgical outcomes. Through an interactive format that includes real-world case discussions, high-yield surgical videos, and expert panel reviews, participants will gain practical insights and technical refinements to enhance their surgical proficiency and improve patient care.
This interactive workshop will address the intersection of GSM, MSM and sexual health and how these conditions might effectively be addressed within the practice of urogynecology. We will address:
*Hormonal and non-hormonal treatments
*Current hormonal recommendations from national Societies
*The importance of the urogenital microbiome and how to leverage this information for UTI prevention
*MSM and its impact on patients commonly seen in the Urogynecology office
*The impact of the pelvic floor on the other systems of the body
*Suggestions for management of sexual health and function throughout the menopausal transition and beyond.
This interactive workshop will address the intersection of GSM, MSM and sexual health and how these conditions might effectively be addressed within the practice of urogynecology. We will address:
*Hormonal and non-hormonal treatments
*Current hormonal recommendations from national Societies
*The importance of the urogenital microbiome and how to leverage this information for UTI prevention
*MSM and its impact on patients commonly seen in the Urogynecology office
*The impact of the pelvic floor on the other systems of the body
*Suggestions for management of sexual health and function throughout the menopausal transition and beyond.
During this highly interactive, strongly video-based course, the faculty will present their latest detailed surgical techniques for laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance. The learning objectives are:
1. Describe techniques for routine laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance.
2. Describe techniques for complicated laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance.
3. Describe techniques for avoiding or dealing with surgical complications.
During this highly interactive, strongly video-based course, the faculty will present their latest detailed surgical techniques for laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance. The learning objectives are:
1. Describe techniques for routine laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance.
2. Describe techniques for complicated laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy with or without robotic assistance.
3. Describe techniques for avoiding or dealing with surgical complications.
This workshop will provide a comprehensive review of the neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of neurogenic bladder, helping clinicians develop a foundational understanding of how different neurological conditions impact bladder function. Participants will engage in a structured discussion of evaluation strategies based on the American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines, including the appropriate use of urodynamics and renal function monitoring.
A major focus of the workshop will be the management of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB) in neurogenic bladder patients, including a critical review of current therapeutic strategies such as behavioral therapies, pharmacologic management, third-line treatments (botulinum toxin injections, neuromodulation), and surgical interventions. Throughout these sessions, we will weave examples of urodynamics testing to improve interpretation of key changes on this exam that should impact clinical decision making. The session will culminate in case-based discussions of challenging clinical scenarios, allowing participants to apply knowledge to real-world patient care.
This workshop will provide a comprehensive review of the neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of neurogenic bladder, helping clinicians develop a foundational understanding of how different neurological conditions impact bladder function. Participants will engage in a structured discussion of evaluation strategies based on the American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines, including the appropriate use of urodynamics and renal function monitoring.
A major focus of the workshop will be the management of urinary incontinence and overactive bladder (OAB) in neurogenic bladder patients, including a critical review of current therapeutic strategies such as behavioral therapies, pharmacologic management, third-line treatments (botulinum toxin injections, neuromodulation), and surgical interventions. Throughout these sessions, we will weave examples of urodynamics testing to improve interpretation of key changes on this exam that should impact clinical decision making. The session will culminate in case-based discussions of challenging clinical scenarios, allowing participants to apply knowledge to real-world patient care.
It is critical for urogynecologists to understand how effective medical decision making (MDM) will now be a main factor when selecting which level of Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes to bill for visits performed in their practice. This workshop will educate attendees on these important documentation and billings changes.
It is critical for urogynecologists to understand how effective medical decision making (MDM) will now be a main factor when selecting which level of Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes to bill for visits performed in their practice. This workshop will educate attendees on these important documentation and billings changes.
This session will bring together Physiotherapists practicing pelvic health from across Canada for an engaging and interactive opportunity to network, learn, and collaborate on important topics in pelvic health Physiotherapy practice. Attendees will have the chance to explore a range of subjects pertinent to modern Pelvic Health Physiotherapy.
The forum will include two roundtables with informative discussions and a hands-on skills station, all facilitated by leading Physiotherapy educators and researchers in the field. These activities will encourage collaborative learning and the exchange of best practices, ensuring that participants gain practical, evidence-based insights that they can directly apply in their clinical settings.
This session will bring together Physiotherapists practicing pelvic health from across Canada for an engaging and interactive opportunity to network, learn, and collaborate on important topics in pelvic health Physiotherapy practice. Attendees will have the chance to explore a range of subjects pertinent to modern Pelvic Health Physiotherapy.
The forum will include two roundtables with informative discussions and a hands-on skills station, all facilitated by leading Physiotherapy educators and researchers in the field. These activities will encourage collaborative learning and the exchange of best practices, ensuring that participants gain practical, evidence-based insights that they can directly apply in their clinical settings.
Interested in merging data science and PFD research? Meet Leadership and Alumni from the R25 UrogynCREST Program and learn about this 2-year online program. Call for Applications opens in September.
