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| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/31/2024 10:35 AM |
You are invited to participate in a statewide survey to provide valuable insights on maternal and child health in your communities.
The survey, from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Maternal and Child Health Program, is an opportunity for individuals and families in Wisconsin to influence the priorities and focus of maternal and child programs in the state, and is part of a comprehensive, statewide assessment the program conducts every five years as part of federal funding.
Wisconsin Title V provides the DHS with resources to conduct these assessments in order to take note of current strengths, partnerships and areas lacking quality care within the program.
The survey is available in English, Spanish, and Hmong, and will be open until September 2024.
Use the following link to participate! | Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/31/2024 10:25 AM |
Ryan Luellwitz, DO, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, joined HealthCentral for a recent story about sexually transmitted infections.
In “Can You Get Herpes From a Toilet Seat?” Luellwitz and other health care experts from around the United States clear up some myths surrounding herpes. Luellwitz specifically talked about how the STI is transmitted, reducing risk for herpes, and good public restroom hygiene tips in general:
“Getting herpes is more likely when you have skin-to-skin contact with someone who has active herpes lesions or symptoms, says Dr. Luellwitz, but it’s still possible to get herpes from skin-to-skin contact with a partner who currently has no noticeable symptoms.”
Read the whole article here! | Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/31/2024 10:18 AM |
The UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research will host a Dissemination and Implementation Short Course "Enriching Recruitment via Implementation Science" October 21-22, 2024. The course will take place in person at the Health Sciences Learning Center.
This course will feature Kristian Stensland, MD, MPH, MS, a urologic oncologist and health services researcher from the University of Michigan, and Shellie Ellis, PhD, MA, a health services research and implementation scientist.
Overall, the course will focus on recruiting participants from specific communities for research purposes.
More information regarding the agenda and registration to follow in August 2024.
Sign up to their newsletter to stay up to date! | Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/31/2024 10:11 AM |
Ellen Hartenbach, MD, chair of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, joined SpectrumNews for a recent story about clinical trials at UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center and the support it provided to a patient when her uterine cancer returned in her right hip.
In “Madison woman finds hope after recurrent uterine cancer,” Hartenbach talked about one of the clinical trials patient Judi Trampf was able to join at the Carbone Cancer Center that has helped her recovery.
“Patients who join prospective clinical trials, especially at the phase three level, generally do better than those who don’t,” Hartenbach said. “Being eligible for a phase three trial is actually a positive opportunity.”
Read the whole article here. | Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/31/2024 9:53 AM |
In the lecture, Pennycuff touched upon the epidemiology of pelvic floor disorders for women and the evidence surrounding the outcomes of pelvic floor surgeries after pregnancy. From this, Pennycuff discussed what this evidence means for delivery recommendations after having pelvic floor surgery.
Watch the full lecture here. | Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 7/8/2024 1:01 PM |
David Abbott, PhD, professor in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, recently co-authored a new article published in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. Co-authors include Beverly Hutcherson and Daniel Dumesic.
In “Anti-Mullerian Hormone: A Molecular Key to Unlocking Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?,” Abbott and co-authors evaluated the correlation between hormone levels and PCOS symptoms in hyperandrogenic (HA) female rhesus monkeys. They specifically focussed on testosterone and anti-mullerian hormones (AMH), finding that:
“Gestational or peripubertal exogenous T or dihydrotestosterone induction of PCOS-like traits in female mice, rats, sheep, and monkeys fails to elicit ovarian AMH hypersecretion; thus, AMH excess per se may lead to a distinct pathogenic contribution to hyperandrogenic PCOS origins.”
Read the full article here.| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/27/2024 10:14 AM |
Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the UW SMPH Department of Population Health Sciences, has been named the new Gloria E. Sarto, MD, PhD, Chair in Women’s Health and Health Equity Research. Given Dr. Sarto’s recent passing this is a bittersweet moment for Dr. Green and all of us in the obstetrics and gynecology community. Green’s appointment to this professorship begins July 1, 2024.
Green has been a member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2019 with her primary home in the Department of Population Health. Beginning July 1, 2024, she is moving her administrative home along with more time and effort to our department to enhance collaborations with clinical faculty. Green shared that she “is genuinely excited to think about how being more embedded in a clinical department can accelerate our mutual goals to achieve birth equity.”
The Gloria E. Sarto MD, PhD Chair in Women's Health and Health Equity Research honors an internationally recognized academic leader at the forefront of women's health research. The income from this endowment supports research and education programs, and services that further these scholarly activities.
Green is a nationally recognized economist, population health scientist, and science communicator whose mission is to reduce and eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in in reproductive health. Since joining the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2019, she has focused much of her research on understanding how and why Black people with the capacity for pregnancy experience the worst reproductive health access and outcomes of any racial/ethnic group—and what innovative solutions might ameliorate these persistent inequities.
As a science communicator and educator, Green is dedicated to making complex issues accessible to policymakers, the lay public, and the next generation of physicians and population health scientists. She has used her expertise to promote evidence-based policy via legislative testimony and has provided interviews for numerous local and national media outlets on reproductive equity and the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Green also developed “Race in American Obstetrics and Gynecology”, one of the first medical education courses in the United States to address the role of race in the development of American obstetrics and gynecology.
Green actively serves in local and state community organizations to address reproductive health disparities. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Maternal Mortality Review Team and proudly serves as inaugural Co-Chair of the Black Maternal & Child Health Alliance of Dane County—a coalition committed to ensuring that Black birthing people and babies are free to reach their highest potential.
Please help us congratulate Dr. Green on this well-deserved appointment! We are excited to see what such an already-accomplished, impressive researcher can do with the support from this endowed chair and the opportunity for more increased collaboration with our clinical faculty.
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/25/2024 9:22 AM |
Early summer is such a special time in our department, an opportunity to celebrate the progress and accomplishments of the residents and fellows who graduate from our department as well as welcome the new trainees who are just beginning their careers with us. We had a wonderful send-off on Friday, June 21, for our graduates. Learn more about what’s next in our residents’ careers, as well as what the future has in store for MFM fellow Dr. Erin Bailey, Gyn Onc fellow Dr. Lauren Montemorano, and Urogynecology fellow Dr. Kristina Warner!
Our newest class of residents arrived earlier this month, diving straight into a rigorous orientation process. Please offer them a warm welcome when you see them on service in the coming weeks! Fellows in our subspecialty programs will join us soon as well, including our first-ever Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellow. The growth in our training programs has just been outstanding!
In addition to trainees, we have several new faculty joining the department over the next couple of months, with hiring underway for several more. We’re growing and expanding in such exciting ways and I can’t wait to see what each new member of our department brings to their roles.
This time of year mostly fills me with a sense of renewal and excitement, but it is also important to acknowledge that June 24, 2024 is the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which was a seismic shift in our profession. This anniversary felt very heavy last year, as our training options and legal landscape were in a very different place. This year, I am glad to share that our trainees are once again receiving the full scope of reproductive health care training required by the ACGME, thanks to our academic partners in Illinois and the work that went into developing that partnership.
Making sure our trainees have access to the full scope of training is only part of the puzzle, however. Dobbs has major impacts on peoples’ lives around the country. In light of the two-year anniversary, the Guttmacher Institute shared a study outlining the decision’s impacts on people and policies. Closer to home, the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) is researching the impacts of abortion restrictions on individuals, families, and communities in Wisconsin; the economic realities of seeking abortion care in Wisconsin after Dobbs; and more. Please take a look at CORE’s update on the second anniversary of Dobbs for an overview of where abortion access currently stands in our state and what we know about the impacts of the decision on Wisconsinites so far.
I hope that better understanding the effects of these restrictions on our patients and communities will also help us reaffirm our commitment to reproductive autonomy for all.
With gratitude,
Ellen
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 11:49 AM |
This week, we say goodbye to the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Residency Class of 2024! Read more about where these brilliant physicians are headed after residency, what they’ll miss about Madison, and how their time here set them up for success in the future. Congratulations, Class of 2024!
India Anderson-Carter, MD:
Where will you be going and what will you be doing after UW Ob-Gyn?
I will be staying in Madison and joining UW's Ob-Gyn department faculty in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn.
What was your proudest accomplishment during residency?
My proudest accomplishment was being part of the resident DEI committee and getting our department to agree to fund/support resident representatives to attend conferences aimed at targeting our DEI initiatives!
How do you feel UW Ob-Gyn prepared you for success after residency?
They molded me into the amazing physician I am today. I have them to thank for my excellent surgical skills, my medical knowledge base and so much more.
Any special shout-outs or thanks to faculty, staff, other residents who really shaped your time here?
My Co-residents for their support, encouragement and making my time here great; the department for investing in me; nurses, PAs, and APPs for their role in teaching me; all the other staff for helping me provide the best care to patients over the years!
Alexandra Andes, MD:
Dr. Andes will depart for private practice at Association for Women's Health Care in Chicago, IL.
Gabrielle Avery, MD:
Where will you be going and what will you be doing after UW Ob-Gyn?
I will be starting fellowship in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at the University of California - Irvine!
What will you miss most about UW Ob-Gyn, Madison, and/or your time in residency?
Definitely the people! My co-residents, fellows, attendings, nurses, and support staff – you all made a huge difference in my experience and hold a special place in my heart! Thank you! From Madison and Wisconsin, I'll miss a good Friday Fish Fry, the best farmer's market in the country, and the changes of the seasons.
Any special shout-outs or thanks to faculty, staff, other residents who really shaped your time here?
Shout-out to my class of 2024 for becoming amazing doctors and surgeons, all while maintaining lives, relationships, and families outside of work. We did it!! Thank you to the URPS division for their unwavering support and cheerleading me through research and the fellowship application process. Thank you to the generalists and sub-specialist faculty for all your support, mentorship, insight, and commitment to making me better every day.
Kaley Gyorfi, MD:
Where will you be going and what will you be doing after UW Ob-Gyn?
I have accepted a general Ob-Gyn position at Kaiser Permanente in West Los Angeles.
How do you feel UW Ob-Gyn prepared you for success after residency?
I feel like this resident program prepared me very well in terms of obstetrics and benign gynecology. With our high surgical volume, I feel very ready to tackle difficult cases coming right out of residency.
What will you miss most about UW Ob-Gyn, Madison, and/or your time in residency?
I will miss my classmates and co-residents and fellows dearly, I will miss putting on a personal concert in any Swiftie attending's OR, and I will just miss this perfect city and the people in it. I feel extremely grateful to have trained here.
Any special shout-outs or thanks to faculty, staff, other residents who really shaped your time here?
Shout out to my classmates, I truly couldn't have picked a better group of 7 people to go through residency with. Thank you to ALL former and current co-residents as well, this group of people has felt like a second family for the last four years.
Margaret Harrison, MD:
Dr. Harrison will join the private practice Women's Health Care Associates in Littleton and Lone Tree, Colorado.
Jennifer Janik, MD:
Dr. Janik moves on to the private practice Grand Rapids Women's Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Awa Sanneh, MD:
Dr. Sanneh joins the University of Wisconsin Department of Ob-Gyn faculty in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn.
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 11:35 AM |
The University of Wisconsin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rural Residency Track, the first-ever ob-gyn residency track in the nation to support rural-specific training, received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant is part of an $11 million investment in rural residency programs by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the grant on June 13, 2024.
The three-year grant will support the development of a new OB-GYN Rural Track Program in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics (UW Health) and the Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) in Wood County. Future residents in the program would spend the beginning of their residency training in Madison and finish with more than two years in Marshfield, building skills in obstetrics, gynecologic surgery, and ambulatory medicine as they care for rural underserved patients and become comfortable providing this care in a rural community.
Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, associate professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and director of the rural residency track, led the application for this new grant, which scored a perfect 100 out of a possible 100.
The grant received media attention in the week since its announcement. Learn more about it on these stories:
New federal grant sends more ob-gyns to train in rural areas – Wisconsin Public Radio
UW receives federal grant to expand OB-GYN rural residency program – WBAY Green Bay
UW OBGYN rural track program receives $750,000 in funding – WKOW
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $11 Million to Expand Medical Residencies in Rural Communities – HRSA Press Release
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 11:11 AM |
Bala Bhagavath, MD, director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, joined American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) leadership in Washington, D.C. on June 12 in support of the Right to IVF Act.
Members of the organization, as well as families affected by IVF legislation, were at the Capitol on June 12 to share stories with legislators in advance of a scheduled vote on the act. You can read the ASRM’s statement on the outcome of the vote here.
Thank you for joining the advocacy efforts, Dr. Bhagavath!
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 10:52 AM |
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 10:22 AM |
Michael Beninati, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, talked to Parents about safety concerns when getting manicures during pregnancy.
In “Can I Get a Gel Manicure While Pregnant?”, Beninati and other experts talk about different aspects of manicure safety and how to choose whether nail services are right for you:
“Research on this topic can be scarce, so you and your health care provider can make a personal judgment call that feels right for you. "I would say that commercially available gel or acrylic polish should be considered safe in pregnancy and would ideally be applied in a well-ventilated space," says Dr. Beninati.”
Read the whole article here.
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 10:10 AM |
Congratulations to Shayla Schwingle, clinical research coordinator in the Department of Ob-Gyn, who received the following shout-out from colleague Kayla Kahler in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health newsletter In the Know:
Kayla Kahler says that Shayla Schwingle, clinical research coordinator II in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, embodies these Guiding Principles and Behaviors: Be Accountable: Act with Honesty, Integrity, and Fairness and Demonstrate Innovation and Excellence:
“I just wanted to shout out Shayla for all of the incredible work she does for the ob/gyn AND pediatric research teams! She provides so much excellent guidance and support to other coordinators and researchers so that we are able to be successful and confident in our work. She takes time to mentor other coordinators with her vast knowledge and is essential to so much of the foundational success of the studies we do. I'm always so impressed with her attention to detail, her brilliance in study execution, and her kindness in working with her patient population as well as with her coworkers. I'm very grateful to get to work and learn with her!”
—Kayla Kahler, clinical research coordinator II, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Share your messages of thanks to colleagues in Department and SMPH!
Every member of the Department of Ob-Gyn works so hard to support our department mission of improving reproductive health for people in Wisconsin and beyond. If a colleague has supported you or gone above and beyond in your work together, please consider sharing a message of thanks!
You can give someone in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn a shout-out here, and we’ll share the message in the UW Ob-Gyn newsletter! Consider submitting your shout-out to the SMPH shout-out page as well - this easy-to-use form is great for highlighting our amazing departmental colleagues to the whole SMPH, as well as sharing thanks with collaborators and colleagues in other departments.
| Posted By: | Askins, Jacquelyn | on | 6/21/2024 9:58 AM |
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