Surgical experts from Urogynecology and Colo-Rectal Surgery come together in one forum to provide expert advice on challenging patient scenarios. Using a case-based, interactive approach, this course is designed to offer practical clinical and surgical pearls for the management of women with complex pelvic floor disorders and complications. 

This course aims to impart, through its diverse faculty, clinical acumen that can otherwise take years to accumulate beyond fellowship training. Throughout this on-demand course, participants will be able to join multi-faculty sessions that include panel discussions and debates. 

In partnership with Latin American urogynecologists, the course also features sessions that provide perspectives in treatment of POP/UI in Latin America.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this meeting, attendees will be able to:

1. Recognize the techniques of native tissue vaginal repair for advanced pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
2. Apply methods that are used to manage surgical complications that occur during urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse procedures.
3. Explain advanced techniques in laparoscopic and robotic surgery that improve efficiency and outcomes.
4. Understand different approaches to the surgical correction of POP that in the past some clinicians would have repaired with transvaginal mesh.
5. Identify evidence-based research on synthetic and non-synthetic materials used in the operative management of pelvic floor prolapse and urinary incontinence.
6. Describe management strategies for intra- and post-operative complications.
7. Recognize the medical and surgical management strategies for colo-rectal disorders including fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, and obstructive defecation syndromes.
8. Identify techniques by which practitioners can diagnose and treat recurrent urinary tract infections, myofascial pelvic and bladder pain syndromes.
9. Identify cost-effective strategies for practice building.

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

Designation
AUGS designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• Olivia Chang, MD – Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology and OB/GYN, University of California, Irvine
• Kathleen Connell, MD – Division Chief and Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Omar Duenas, MD – Director of Ultrasound of the OBGYN Department, West Virginia University | School of Medicine
• Sean Francis, MD – Department Chair and Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine
• Roger Goldberg, MD, MPH – Director of the Division of Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Surgery, NorthShore / University of Chicago
• Jerry Lowder, MD – Professor, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine
• Arnulfo Martinez, MD, FACS, FACOG
• Miles Murphy, MSPH – Co-Medical Director for the Institute of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
• Deborah Myers, MD, FACOG – Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• Holly Richter, PhD, MD – The Endowed Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Amir Shariati, MD – Physician, Florida Minimally Invasive Urogynecology
• Heather van Raalte, MD – Medical Director for Princeton Urogynecology in Princeton, New Jersey and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Pennsylvania, Penn Princeton Medical Center
• William Winkelman, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. – Physician and Instructor, Mount Auburn Hospital and Harvard Medical School