SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Andrew I. Sokol, MD, Chair Washington, DC

Angela Chaudhari, MD Chicago, IL

Jessica Opoku-Anane, MD New York, NY

Frank Tu, MD, MPH Evanston, IL

Honorary Chair

Charles E. Miller

Professional Education Committee

Mark W Dassel, Chair

Linda D. Bradley, Erin T. Carey, Vadim Morozov, Erinn

M. Myers, Amy J. Park, Harold Y. Wu, Linda Michels

Awards/Competitions

Golden Hysteroscope Award Committee

Chair: Christina Salazar

Sergio Haimovich, Luis Pacheco

Golden Laparoscope Award Committee

Chair: Suketu Mansuria

Jamal Mourad, Javier Magrina, Michelle Louie, Smitha Vilasagar

Robert B. Hunt Awards Committee:

Chair: Tommaso Falcone

Gary Frishman, Jason A. Abbott, David Boruta II, Rosanne Kho, Antonio Setubal, Mireille Truong, Jeffrey R. Wilson

Abstract & Video Review Committee

Mostafa Abuzeid, Nicole Afuape, Andrea Aguirre, Saar Aharoni, Lateef Akinola, Maryam Al Shukri, Antoinette Allen, Hanan Alsalem, Khalid Alsebai, Abraham AlvarezRosales, Farah Alvi, Ramiro Ampuero, Ted Anderson, Ronald Aparicio, Edison Arriagada, Jeffrey Arrington, Cynthia Arvizo, Radwan Asaad, Maria Avila-Olguin, Masoud Azodi, Adrian Balica, Elizabeth Banks, Elise Bardawil, Whitney Barnes, Kenneth Barron, Frances Batzer, Sadikah Behbehani, Kelly Benabou, Benjamin Beran, Jay Berman, R. Edward Betcher, Ramesh Bettaiah, Leonardo Bezerra, Bala Bhagavath, Asha Bhalwal, Megan Billow, Sanjay Biswas, Monica Bonin, David Boruta, Olga Bougie, Michael Breen, Andrew Brill, Douglas Brown, Elizabeth Brunn, Raffaele Bruno, William Burke, German Calonje, Jesus Canseco Lima, Erin Carey, Francisco Carmona, Jorge Carrillo, Jose Carugno, Bruno Casanova, James Casey, Maureen Cernadas, Megan Cesta, Serena Chan, Lisa Chao, Ioannis Chatzipapas, Angela Chaudhari, Joseph Chen, Krista Childress, Aarti Chitkara, Sarah Choi, Danny Chou, Linus Chuang, Maurice Chung, Ana Cisneros-

Cara Robinson King, DO, MS Cleveland, OH

Shailesh P. Puntambekar, MD, PhD Pune, India

Linda D. Bradley, MD, Medical Director Cleveland, OH

Nefertiti Dupont, Vladimir Durasov, Jon Einarsson, David Eisenstein, Isabel Eisner, Dana Elborno, Amro Elfeky, Scott Endicott, Joao Epprecht, Catalin Esanu, Pedro Escobar, Richard Farnam, Monique Farrow, Martin Farrugia, Antonio Fasolino, Soorena Fatehchehr, Afshin Fazel, Jessica Feranec, Ramon Fernandez Aranguren, Simone Ferrero, Tanaz Ferzandi, Aaron Fielden, Austin Findley, Nicole Fleming, Nicholas Fogelson, Christine Foley, Eduardo Fonseca, Courtney Fox, Mario Franchini, Antonio Francisco, Pamela Frazzini Padilla, Dmitry Fridman, Jaclyn Friedman, Thomas Fromuth, Amy Garcia, Luis Garcia Rodriguez, Nuria Garcia-Ruiz, Antonio Gargiulo, Jose Garza Leal, Arturo Garza-Cavazos, Paola Gehrig, Rache Gibbs, Julian Gingold, Daniel Ginn, Joseph Gobern, Daniel Gomez, Nadia Gomez, Julie Goodwin, Mike Gorostidi, Meenakshi Goyal, James Greenberg, David Griffiths, Terry Grogg, Xiaoming Guan, Ashley Gubbels, Frederick Guckes, Paulami Guha, Heather Guidone, Deepti Gupta, Anthony Gyang, Sergio Haimovich, Magdi Hanafi, Miriam Hanstede, Gerald Harkins, Lara Harvey, Rohan Hattiangadi, Nadim Hawa, Soyini Hawkins, Nicholas Hazen, Christine Helou, Stephanie Henderson, Fernando Heredia, Olivia Higgins, Matthews Hopkins, Joseph Hudgens, Eric Hurtado, Paul Indman, Keith Isaacson, Tiffany Jackson, Arun Jain, Manisha Jain, Nutan Jain, Barry Jarnagin, Khumbo Jere, Andreanne Jodoin, Deven Jogal, Bimal John, Christina Johnson, Michael Johnson, Bruce Kahn, Leslie Kammire, Julia Keltz, Susan Khalil, Hanif Khan, Zaraq Khan, Sami Kilic, Elizabeth Killebrew, Jin Hee Kim, Sara Kim, Cara King, Gurkan Kiran, Jordan Klebanoff, Nathaniel Klein, Christopher Kliethermes, William Kondo, Namita Kothari, Paraskevas Kotsonis, Tamisa Koythong, Jamie Kroft, Alka Kumar, Kumar Kunde, Caroline Kwon, Rachel LaMonica, Sandra Laveaux, Carlos Leal, Chyi-Long Lee, Daniel Lee, Ji Young Lee, Mario Leitao, John Lenihan, Mathew Leonardi, David Levine, Michael Lewis, Tobias Limperg, Paul Lin, Lori Liu, Lucy Liu, Sandra Lizarazo-Gutierrez, Franklin Loffer, Sandra Lopez, Jose Lopez-Jaramillo, Michelle Louie, Yolianne Lozada Capriles, Vincent Lucente, Danielle Luciano, Mohammad Luky Satria, Deirdre Lum, Rene Luna, Mohamad Mahmoud, Nichole Mahnert, Rahul Manchanda, Kiran Mandal, Adrienne Mandelberger, Martin Martino, Laura Matthews, Patricia Mattingly,

Mario Malzoni, MD Avellano, Italy

M. Johnathon Solnik, MD Toronto, Canada

Linda Michels, Executive Director Cypress, CA

Steve Mutiso, Erinn Myers, Samantha Nadella, Samar Nahas, Anjana Nair, Suyash Naval, Guillermo Navarro Naranjo, Jose Negron, Farr Nezhat, Amanda Nickles Fader, Kayle Nixon, William Nolan, Aldo Nunez, Maxwell Odiegwu, Zenobia Ofori-Dankwa, David Ogutu, Jude Okohue, Monika Oktaba, Luiz Oliveira Brito, Jessica Opoku-Anane, Laurence Orbuch, Megan Orlando, Patricia Overcarsh, Michelle Pacis, S. Padma, Ana Rita Panazzolo, Apurva Pancholy, Salvatore Paolillo, Amy Park, Beau Park, John Parry, Insiyyah Patanwala, Nima Patel, Kristin Patzkowsky, Kristen Pepin, Rafael Perez Vidal, John Petrozza, Regta Pichay, Elena Piskunova, Nikolaos Plevris, Kari Plewniak, Robert Pollard, Kenneth Poppen, Mark Preston, Christopher Pugh, Andreas Putz, Liliana Puycan Caceres, Hania Qutub, Steven Radtke, Mala Raj, Christina Ramirez, Vicente Ramos, Licia Raymond, Miguel Razo Osorio, David Redwine, Harry Reich, Eva Reina, Anna Reinert, Marie Claude Renaud, Duarte Ribeiro, Francisco Ribeiro Da Costa, Michael Ricardo, Kristin Riley, Mariona Rius, Radames Rivas, Naglaa Rizk, Erica Robinson, Cristobal Rodriguez Valero, Jose Roiz-Hernandez, Dario Roque, Peter Rosenblatt, Whitney Ross, Mariana Rossette, Alan Rothblatt, Timothy Ryntz, Tal Saar, Douha Sabouni, Andres Sacristan, Naghmeh Salamat-Saberi, Christina Salazar, Roopina Sangha, Sumit Saraf, Roger Scarborough, Stacey Scheib, Rachel Schillinger, Megan Schmidt, Geoffrey Schnider, Jed Schortz, Farinaz Seifi, Fatih Sendag, Mahmut Sert, Douglas Sherlock, Jessica Shields, Ja Hyun Shin, Marie Shockley, Michael Shu, Ghadear Shukr, Sherry Siarezi, Sohail Siddique, Matthew Siedhoff, Lauren Siff, Khara Simpson, Ken Sinervo, Amita Singla, Rooma Sinha, Alyssa Small Layne, Katherine (Katie) Smith, Rachael Smith, Thiers Soares, Eric Sokol, Eugenio Solima, Arleen Song, Yukio Sonoda, Carlos Sorondo, Jessica Sosa-Stanley, Julieta Sotelo Ortiz, Michael Sprague, Assia Stepanian, Kevin Stepp, Erica Stockwell, Mallory Stuparich, Michael Suen, Eric Surrey, Jenny Tam, Edward Tanner, Claire Templeman, Philip Thomas, Sara Till, Jennifer Travieso, Jessica Traylor, Jim Tsaltas, Audrey Tsunoda, Ralph Turner, Nichole Tyson, Dhiraj Uchil, Amanda Ulrich, M. Jean Uy-Kroh, Lindsey Valentine, Bruno van Herendael, Tara Van Leuven, Maria Vargas, Rodrigo Vasquez Garcia, Smitha Vilasagar, Annmarie Vilkins, Pablo Villalobos Candela, JD VillegasEcheverri, M.P.H. Vleugels, Corey Wagner, Elena Wagner,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2022

CONGRESS • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022

Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Target Audience

The AAGL is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAGL designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABOG MOC Credits: Diplomates who successfully complete this approved CME activity will receive 22.5 Part IV Practice Improvement credits for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ADA Statement: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact CMEsupport@aagl.org should you require any special assistance

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will recognize this educational activity. In order to apply for cognates, please fax a copy of your certificate to ACOG at (202) 484-1586.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ toward recertification requirements.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Continuing Medical Education

This symbol C indicates a postgraduate course or session that qualifies for CME credit.

By developing educational courses in minimally invasive gynecology (MIG) we hope to increase the use of MIG and reduce morbidity and complication rates associated with these procedures.

Practice Gap: At present in the United States, about 15 to 20% of the 600,000 hysterectomies are performed by laparoscopy and robotics, respectively. This is due to lack of training during their formal education and the multiple difficulties to acquire formal training once in medical practice.

Gap Analysis: MIG procedures are aimed at preserving the highest possible quality of life for women by using smaller and fewer incisions, reducing pain and trauma to the body, and enabling quicker recovery. Yet, the ability to perform these more patient-friendly procedures requires most gynecologists to commit to postresidency training since they are not routinely taught during formal training. This requires a commitment to lifelong learning because of the development of new technologies and instrumentation.

Planning the Intervention:

Summary: The goal of our intervention is that through continuing medical education (CME) gynecologists will attend activities organized into didactic and hands-on sessions to acquire and/ or advance their skills in MIG. An open forum will follow with discussion designed to stimulate faculty and participants in interaction.

Proposed Method:

I. Create awareness of the role MIG plays.

II. Hands-on laboratory that will allow each participant to practice MIG techniques on cadavers.

III. Transfer skill to course participants through didactic lectures, video presentations and demonstration and supervised wet lab surgery.

IV. Expectations are that future courses can be organized to spread awareness and transfer skills in MIG to other gynecologists, who are willing to commit to this lifelong process.

V. To maximize the return of this year’s Congress, upon completion participants will be requested to explain how their newly acquired knowledge and skills will impact their practice.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the course, the participant should be able to:

I. Apply the latest developments in minimally invasive healthcare for women.

II. Demonstrate the skills needed for proficiency.

III. Employ minimally invasive surgical techniques such as laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy, pelvic floor repair, treatment of endometriosis and advanced hysteroscopic techniques.

IV. Acquire hands-on experience in the anatomy laboratory as well as laboratories focused on laparoscopic suturing, hysteroscopy, robotic surgery, and single-port surgery.

V. Apply the latest advances in research and techniques in the field of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.

VI. Evaluate data presented to determine the best methods for practice of gynecologic medicine.

VII. Demonstrate and enhance their presentation and publication skills with a hands-on workshop.

VIII. Interpret and evaluate basic science techniques such as stem cell biology, cellular systems biology and pre-surgical planning.