RPO also presented Dr. Soper with a generous donation for the Foundation for Women's Cancer, one of N.E.D.'s partner charities.

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This award affords an opportunity for the young investigator to become familiar with the organization and working of the GOG, thereby providing new opportunities for training young investigators to become group leaders in the future.

Twelve of our providers were named:

• Kim Boggess, MD
• John Boggess, MD
• Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD
• Wesley Fowler, Jr., MD
• Marc Fritz, MD
• Catherine Matthews, MD
• M. Kathryn Menard, MD
• John Soper, MD
• John Steege, MD
• John Thorp, Jr., MD
• Linda Van Le, MD
• Steven Young, MD, PhD

Nov 1, 2012 | Dr. Erica Levi's guest blog with ACOG.

Inside Scan: Are Common Medical Tests and Procedures Always Necessary?

Nov 6, 2012 | Dr. Wanda Nicholson quoted in Vogue magazine article.

Antidepressants During Pregnancy Carry Risks, Study Says

Nov 14, 2012 | Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody quoted in Huffington Post article.

Building a breastfeeding culture

Nov 16, 2012 | A very personal blog post by Dr. Alison Stuebe with Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

Medical Group: Sell the Pill Without Prescription

Nov 20, 2012 | Dr. David Grimes quoted in WebMD article.

• Fritz, MA
  Luteal Phase Deficiency: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Therapeutic Controversies.
  Invited Lecturer - Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health on November 9, 2012.
• Matthews, C.
  Gave AUGS sponsored patient lecture for "Break Free from PFD" event to bring awareness during Bladder Health Week.
  November 15, 2012 at Rex Women's Center
• O'Neill E, Tang J, Garrett J, Hubacher D.
  Characteristics of Kenyan women who continue subdermal contraceptive implants at 18 months. 
  North American Forum for Family Planning, October 2012.

Conference Presentations:

41st American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Global Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology November 5 through 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

• Outlet Constipation 1 Year after RSCP.
  Crane, AC, Geller, EJ, Matthews, CA.
• Mesh Exposure after RSCP with and without Hysterectomy.
  Crane, AC, Geller, EJ, Sullivan, S, Robinson, BL, Horton, C, Myers, EM, Matthews, CA.
• Education and Experience in Chronic Pelvic Pain and Associated Co-Morbid Pain Conditions Among AAGL/SRS Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellows.
  Findley A, Carey E, Siedhoff M, Zolnoun D, Steege JS.
• Impact of Robotic Operative Efficiency on Profitability.
  Geller, EJ, Bowling, JM, Matthews, CA.
• RSCP – CUSUM Analysis.
  Myers, EM, Geller, EJ, Connolly, AM, Bowling, JM, Matthews, CA.
• A Stepwise Approach to Efficient RSCP.
  Myers, EM, Matthews, CA, Geller, EJ, Robinson, BL.
• A Comparison of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence by Route of Hysterectomy: A Single Institution Cohort Study.
  Schuler KM, A Suri, R Waltner-Toews, AL Jackson, JF Boggess.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

• Implementing Robotics in Benign Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: Simulation vs Cadaver Training.
  Geller, EJ, Myers, EM, Matthews, CA.
• Evaluation of the Early Impact of the FDA Safety Communication on Use of Surgical Mesh.
  Myers, EM, Crane, AK, Geller, EJ, Robinson, Matthews, CA.

• Efficient use of early obstetric sonography in the emergency department setting.
  Goodman LR, Eichelberger KY, Wolfe H, Steiner AZ.
  J Ultrasound Med. 2012 Dec;31(12):1917-23.

• What is new in contraception?: best articles from the past year.
  Grimes DA.
  Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec;120(6):1477-8. doi: http://10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182755a1a.

• Risk of Uterine Rupture and Placenta Accreta With Prior Uterine Surgery Outside of the Lower Segment.
  Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Gilbert S, Landon MB, Spong CY, Rouse DJ, Varner MW, Caritis SN, Meis PJ, Wapner RJ, Sorokin Y, Carpenter M, Peaceman AM, Oʼsullivan MJ, Sibai BM, Thorp JM, Ramin SM, Mercer BM; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network.
  Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec;120(6):1332-1337.

• WNT4 Acts Downstream of BMP2 and Functions via β-Catenin Signaling Pathway to Regulate Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Differentiation.
  Li Q, Kannan A, Das A, Demayo FJ, Hornsby PJ, Young SL, Taylor RN, Bagchi MK, Bagchi IC.
  Endocrinology. 2012 Nov 9.
• Exploring a road map to counter misconceptions about the cervicovaginal microbiome and disease.
  Macklaim JM, Cohen CR, Donders G, Gloor GB, Hill JE, Parham GP, Ravel J, Spear G, van de Wijgert J, Reid G.
  Reprod Sci. 2012 Nov;19(11):1154-62. doi: 10.1177/1933719112446075. Epub 2012 May 21.
  PMID: 22614624

• Placental Villous Hypermaturation is Associated with Idiopathic Preterm Birth.
  Morgan TK, Tolosa JE, Mele L, Wapner RJ, Spong CY, Sorokin Y, Dudley DJ, Peaceman AM, Mercer BM, Thorp JM, Jo O'Sullivan M, Ramin SM, Rouse DJ, Sibai B; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network.
  J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Nov 6.

• Urinary Follicle-Stimulating Hormone as a Measure of Natural Fertility in a Community Cohort.
  Steiner AZ, Long DL, Herring AH, Kesner JS, Meadows JW, Baird DD.
  Reprod Sci. 2012 Nov 20.

• Characteristics associated with interest in long-acting reversible contraception in a postpartum population.
  Tang JH, Dominik R, Re S, Brody S, Stuart GS.
  Contraception. 2012 Nov 15. doi:pii: S0010-7824(12)00914-6. 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.10.014.

• Hormonal and intrauterine methods for contraception for women aged 25 years and younger.
  Tang JH, Lopez LM, Mody S, Grimes DA.
  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Nov 14;11:CD009805. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009805.pub2.