Didactics Schedule

Journal Club

Once a month, articles TBD.

Grand Rounds

Once a month, delivered by faculty and invited speakers, fellows are expected to deliver presentations twice, annually. The presentations will encompass topics spanning benign gynecology and gynecologic surgery.

Pre-Op Conference

Every two weeks.

Morbidity & Mortality (M&M)

Every three months. 

MIGS Research

Once a month. Fellows will meet with the PD or APD on a monthly basis to review and discuss their research projects.
 

Fellowship Didactics

Once a month. Lectures delivered by attendings.

Block 1: MIGS

• Pelvic pain: Approach to work up and treatment
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Menopause: When and how to treat
• Infertility: causes, work up and treatment
• Surgery in special situations
• The role of fertility preservation in MIGS
• Congenital anomalies of the urogenital tract
• Research design, analysis and Interpretation

Block 2: MIGS/GYN ONC

• Work up of a pelvic mass
• Tips and tricks to laparoscopic suturing
• Hysterectomy for large uterus-morcellation risks
• Postmenopausal bleeding
• Abdominal and pelvic anatomy
• Acute pelvic pain
• Mastering the art of myomectomy
• Risk reducing surgery

Block 3: MIGS/Research

• Perioperative management
• Diagnosis and management of surgical complications
• Essentials of laparoscopy
• The role of office hysteroscopy in MIGS 
• Adnexal surgery
• Surgical treatment of congenital anomalies of reproductive tract
• Hysterectomy
• Retroperitoneal dissection
• Gastro-intestinal surgery
• Management of visceral injuries
• Professionalism and ethics