ACOG 2017 annual meeting promises academic feast of recent advances ,cutting edge research and innovations.

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Global experts and leading physicians will convene in San Diego, CA from May 6–9, 2017 for   ACOG 65th Annual conference. This year the focus is on globally improving women’s access to healthcare.

The meeting kicks off with ACOG President Thomas M. Gellhaus, MD, FACOG opening remarks. This will be followed by first speaker of the President’s program, Dr. Peterson who is Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research Evidence for Sexual and Reproductive Health based in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health. His lecture titled Health and Well-Being for All: Delivering on the Promise for Those We Serve. 

The second speaker in the President’s Program is Dr.Neel Shah, he will be talking about the complexities of American healthcare system and how to do best for the patients and the specialty you are into.

This will be followed by lecture by Dr. Winch, a psychologist and author, who will emphasize on physicians taking time off for themselves as nearly 300- 400 physicians commit suicide every year.

 “There is a lot of burnout and physician dissatisfaction, and it revolves around electronic health records and regulations and just the business of medicine,” Dr. Gellhaus said.

This year ACOG is offering 13 flipped classrooms sessions to take advantage of the format. Those who register will get the videos and interactive modules 4 weeks in advance, so that the knowledge base created can be used as a starting point in actual session.

This year debate topics include Robotic versus laparoscopic hysterectomy, USTSPF guidelines for breast cancer screening, Routine cystoscopy at the time of hysterectomy, Cosmetic gynecologic and vaginal rejuvenation, Abandoning the diagnosis of cervical insufficiency, Surgery versus medicine for pelvic pain.

ACOG received nearly 1000 abstracts for ePoster presentations this year, and about 700 of those will be presented during the meeting.The ePoster are also available in digital format to be viewed any time.

The third annual Nezhat Live Telesurgery 3-hour forum will telecast surgeries about best-practice examples of safe hysteroscopic and laparoscopic techniques from two separate locations. ACOG has also arranged a Film festival to showcase the videos of latest advances in the field.

The meeting is truly expected to cover the entire breadth and width of Ob and Gyn with over 300 speakers and various formats, videos ,ePosters and debates.

The CDC will cohost the maternal mortality session, along with a discussion of latest numbers and strategies to reduce maternal mortality.

ACOG Vice President of Education Dr. Sandra Carson said "But overall, I think our most important issue is to make sure that women have access to the total spectrum of reproductive health. This year, in particular, we are reminding our members that it's especially important to support their patients and try to help them gain access to care."

Richard Hansell, MD, chair of the scientific program for the meeting pointed out “We're obviously all at the meeting to be educated, but having the opportunity to see and meet people you haven't seen for years is special to me."