2023 CUCOG Chairs Course Program

Wednesday, May 17th - Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
Carroll Meeting Room - 3rd Floor

Program

07:30 – 08:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
08:00 – 08:10 AM Opening Remarks and Introductions
  Section 1: Now That You’re A Chair
08:10 – 08:55 AM Panel Discussion: Chair How-to Panel – Leadership Structure, Department Communications and more
Eve Espey, MD, MPH, CUCOG President, Chair, University of New Mexico
Tony Ogburn, MD, Chair, UT Rio Grande Valley
08:55 – 09:30 AM Panel Discussion: Managing Up – How to Interface and Negotiate with Senior Leadership on OB/GYN Issues
Nancy D. Gaba, MD, Chair, George Washington University School of Medicine
Abimbola A. Famuyide, MBBS, Chair, Mayo Clinic
09:30 – 10:30 AM Show Me the Money! Managing Budgets and More
Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA, Chair, Vanderbilt University
10:30 – 10:50 AM BREAK
10:50 – 11:20 AM The OB/GYN Chair Role in Advocacy 
Eve Espey, MD, MPH, Chair University of New Mexico
Stephanie B. Teal, MD, MPH, Chair Case Western University
  Section 2: Managing Your Team
11:20 – 11:50 AM Panel Discussion: Promoting Wellness in the OB/GYN Department
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MS, FACOG, Chair, UC San Diego
Carrie L. Wieneke, MD, Chair, Kansas University Medical Center 
11:50 – 12:30 PM Panel Discussion: OPPE-FPPE – Credentialling and Competency Challenges
Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA, Chair, Vanderbilt University
12:30 – 01:30 PM LUNCH and Networking Activity
01:30 – 02:30 PM Managing the Challenging Faculty Member
Donna D. Johnson, MD, Chair, Medical University of South Carolina
Judette M. Louis, MD, Chair, Morsani College of Medicine
02:30 – 03:10 PM Panel Discussion: Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Donna D. Johnson, MD, Chair, Medical University of South Carolina
Judette M. Louis, MD, Chair, Morsani College of Medicine
03:10 – 03:30 PM BREAK
  Section 3: BTW Academics Are Important
03:30 – 04:05 PM UME and GME OB/GYN Challenges and Opportunities
Nancy D. Gaba, MD, Chair, George Washington University School of Medicine
Mark B. Woodland, MD, MS, Chair, Drexel University School of Medicine
04:05 – 04:45 PM Developing Research in an OB/GYN Department
Nanette F. Santoro, MD, Chair, University of Colorado Denver
04:45 – 05:00 PM Wrap Up & Adjournment