Unmute the Muted
Recently, my hospital, the Cleveland Clinic required that all health care staff complete an on-line module on the topic of “Becoming a High Reliability Organization, (HRO). I moaned. Mentally, I said, “not another survey...
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From Impossible to Possible
What do we believe? How do miraculous things occur? Can we move our novel ideas, personal pet projects, and organizations ahead with ideas that seem to be impossible? Are we change agents? Can we...
Patient and Physician Advocacy: Do You Hear Me? Can We Talk?
Recent statistics demonstrate that many patients are allotted only six seconds to describe their symptoms, clinical history, and voice concerns to their physician. Another study found that physicians interrupted after a median of only...
Patient Advocacy and Education at AAGL22
Our annual AAGL Global Congress is a mere few weeks away. Of course, it will be a great time to reconnect with old friends, make new friends, and learn cutting edge surgery and emerging...
Passing the Baton
During high school, my son participated in numerous sports: ice hockey, cross-country, a little basketball, and he ran track. Of all the competitive varsity sports that he participated in, the most gut wrenching to...
Metamorphisis!
Is it the beginning of the end of the pandemic? Are we evolving to the point that Covid-19 becomes endemic? We’ve learned that perhaps there are 50 new mutations of the virus and for...
We Came Together in 2021!
We have all heard the quote that says, “There is no I in the word TEAM.” Together we are one. Another memorable quote quips, “there is only one letter separating can from can’t—and learning bridges that gap.”...
Forward Together!
This year, the AAGL celebrates 50 years as an organization. We blinked and new horizons have unfolded before us. An explosion in technology has impacted and jettisoned all aspects of surgery. Gynecologists are now...
All Hands On Deck!
Some say that we are experiencing, “D” Day from the impact of the Delta COVID-19 variant on our lives, families, workplace, personal relationships, and national/international meetings. We know about the uncertainties and tolls that...
An Exciting Path Forward
It is spring where I live. It signals rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, and regrowth. Emerging from the bleakness of winter, filled with the coldest, shortest days and the longest nights, a new season emerges. For...
Let’s Reconnect – In Person!
Our AAGL executive board and scientific planning committee are very optimistic that we will see you for our 50th Global Congress in Austin, Texas. We have planned something for everyone. Thought provoking panels, lectures...
Special Interest Groups: Quite A Year
The purpose of the AAGL SIGs is to allow those AAGL members with special areas of interest and talent to collaborate together to help advance the AAGL’s overall mission and vision: to elevate the...
The Secret Sauce for Success for the #AAGL20 Virtual Global Congress
Sometimes nothing happens in a decade, then everything happens in a week. All of us have changed our office practices to now include virtual visits. It is incredible that worldwide there have been one...
Ordinary People Living in Extraordinary Times
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichi sums it up well, “This is an unprecedented moment. It’s important that we approach it with a sense of calm and responsibility—because we have many people counting on us.” As...
The Power of Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Important for the AAGL
The joy of giving is captured frequently in literature: It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. —Ralph Waldo Emerson...
2nd Global Congress on Hysteroscopy: Where Education Creates Transformation
I was able to participate in the Global Congress of Hysteroscopy (CGH) as a speaker. My lectures included: “My Hysteroscope is My Stethoscope and Hysteroscopy Findings after Uterine Fibroid Embolization.” I was happy to...
AAGL’s New Medical Director’s Vision Statement: The “Secret Sauce” of the AAGL
What is the secret sauce of the AAGL? Without a doubt, it is taking care of the “woman at the end of the speculum.” It is our shared educational vision with our diverse international...
