Individual:

• P. Gehrig
• Gynecologic Neuroendocrine Tumors
  North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Meeting in San Diego, California.

• Obesity and Gynecologic Oncology
  International Gynecologic Cancer Society in Vancouver, Canada.
• C. Matthews
• Robotics:  Urogynecology
  20th FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Rome, Italy on October 10, 2012.
• Multidisciplinary Approach to Vaginal Fistulas
  American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress in Chicago, Illinois on October 2, 2012.
• R. Mercier and J. Garrett
  Pregnancy intention and postpartum depression in a prospective pregnancy cohort
  Poster Presentation at ACOG District IV & V meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.
• J. Stringer
  Presentation on Global Health
  Chapel Hill School District teachers meeting.
• Matthew L. Zerden, Gretchen S. Stuart, Sarah B. Verbiest, Leslie A. deRosset, Jennifer H. Tang
  Family planning intentions and satisfaction with contraceptive care: A qualitative exploration of postpartum Latina women in North Carolina
  Poster Presentation at the North American Forum on Family Planning in Denver, Colorado on October 28, 2012.

Conference Presentations:

American Society for Reproductive Medicine in San Diego, California from October 20 - 24, 2012

Oral Presentations:

• K. Calhoun, E. Padilla-Banks, C. VandeVoort, P. Hunt, C. J. Williams.
  IN THE FETAL RHESUS MONKEY UTERUS, IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO BISPHENOL A (BPA) IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION AND ACCELERATED ADENOGENESIS.
• K. Calhoun, A. Z. Steiner, M. Wen, A. Calingo, K. Evenson.
  ASSOCIATION OF SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON IMPLANTATION IN IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) CYCLES.
• J Chan, M Rosen,  J Letourneau.
  A COMPARISON OF PATIENT-REPORTED SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER TREATMENT FOR GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS VERSUS NON-GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS.
  *Prize paper candidate
• K. E. Dillon, M. D. Sammel, J. P. Ginsberg, J. E. Mersereau, Y. Gosiengfiao, C. R. Gracia.
  PRE-TREATMENT ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE (AMH) LEVEL DETERMINES RATE OF POST-THERAPY OVARIAN RESERVE RECOVERY: ACUTE CHANGES IN OVARIAN RESERVE DURING AND AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY.
• K. E. Dillon, M. D. Sammel, J. P. Ginsberg, J. E. Mersereau, Y. Gosiengfiao, C. R. Gracia.
  ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE (AMH) IS DIMINISHED IN FEMALE LYMPHOMA PATIENTS EVEN BEFORE ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENT.
• E. Evans-Hoeker, S. L. Young, L. Yuan, B. Lessey, K. Caron, S. B. Ramos.
  ZINC FINGER PROTEINS 36 (ZFP36s) FAMILY AND LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR (LIF) EXPRESSION IN THE HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL CYCLE: A PROSPECTIVE CASE-CONTROL STUDY.
• J. M. Franasiak, O. Slayden, B. A. Lessey, L. Yuan, M. A. Fritz, S. L. Young.
  ENDOMETRIAL CXCL13 IS ABERRANTLY EXPRESSED IN HUMANS AND MACAQUES WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS.
• L. R. Goodman, A. M. Deal, H. I. Su, S. Bailey, FIRST Research Group, J. E. Mersereau.
  TO PRESERVE OR NOT TO PRESERVE: DECISIONAL CONFLICT ASSOCIATED WITH FERTILITY PRESERVATION.
• B. A. Lessey, M. Nagarkatti, J. Zhou, S. L. Young, M. K. Adur, R. A. Nowak.
  PERIPHERAL AND LOCAL CYTOKINES INCLUDING IL-8, IL-9 AND IL-17 ARE ELEVATED IN ENDOMETRIOSIS: AN IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ANALYSIS BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY SUGGESTS A MECHANISM FOR ENDOMETRIAL DYSFUNCTION.
• E Niemasik, J  Letourneau, A Katz, J Belkora, S Chan, M Rosen.
  FERTILITY PRESERVATION COUNSELING AT THE TIME OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS REDUCES DISTRESS AND ANXIETY.
• E Niemasik, J Letourneau, A Katz, J Belkora, S Chan,  M Rosen.
  TIME TO TREATMENT AND DEMOGRAPHICS PREDICT WHO WILL UNDERGO FERTILITY PRESERVATION ONCE PRESENTED TO A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINIC.
• M Shah, J Letourneau, E Niemasik, M Cedars, M Rosen.
  PREDICTORS OF REPRODUCTIVE CONCERNS FOR SURVIVORS OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE CANCERS: TARGETING POST-TREATMENT COUNSELING FOR HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS.

Poster Presentations:

• J. Kim, J. E. Mersereau.
  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY AND HORMONES AND BRCA MUTATIONS.
• J. Kim, S. B. Ramos, M. A. Fritz, J. E. Mersereau.
  SUCCESS OF OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION IN NON-DONOR IVF CYCLES: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF SIBLING OOCYTES.
• J. Letourneau, L. Diaz, E. Niemasik, J. Chan.
  SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES AFFECT ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COUNSELING AMONG REPRODUCTIVE AGE WOMEN UNDERGOING GYNECOLOGIC CANCER TREATMENT.
• E Niemasik, J Letourneau, A Katz, J Belkora, M Cedars, M Rosen.
  IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY: WHY WOMEN DECIDE NOT TO UNDERGO FERTILITY PRESERVATION.

Roundtable Discussion:

• ENDOMETRIOSIS AND PROGESTERONE RESISTANCE
  S. L. Young

American Urogynecologic Society 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Illinois from October 3-6, 2012

Oral Presentations:

• Evaluation of Pelvic Floor and Sexual Function in Women with Second Stage Arrest who Underwent Operative Vaginal Delivery Versus Cesarean Delivery.
  Crane AK, Geller EJ, Bane H, Ju R, Myers E, Matthews CA.

Poster Presentations:

• Outlet Constipation One Year after Robotic Sacrocolpopexy With and Without Concomitant Distal Posterior Repair.
  A.K. Crane, E. J. Geller, C. A. Matthews.
• Short-term Mesh Exposure after Robotic Sacrocolpopexy with and without concomitant hysterectomy.
  A.K. Crane, E. J. Geller, S. Sullivan, B. Robinson, C. Orton, E. Myers, and C. A. Matthews.

Courses:

• Postgraduate course on Robotic and Traditional Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy. 
  Chair:  Catherine Matthews.  Course Faculty:  Elizabeth Geller and Charles R. Rardin.
• Fellowship Program Directors’ Workshop: Preparing for and Complying with ACGME Accreditation. 
  Dr. AnnaMarie Connolly, et al.