Tagged: Volume 34 – Issue 2

Ordinary People Living in Extraordinary Times

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2328″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]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...

Doctors Most Challenging Case: Stage 4 – Endometriosis

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2247″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]In the last issue of NewsScope, we launched a new series called “Doctors Most Challenging Case.”   We’ve asked the chairs from our six Special Interest Groups (SIG) for articles, videos and information...

Robotic Surgery for Endometriosis

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2375″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease affecting up to 15% of women of reproductive age, 40% of women with infertility, and 80% of women with chronic pelvic pain (1). Women with symptomatic...

AAGL’s Newly Organized Ethics Committee

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2366″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Ethics is a core requirement in all medical schools, so we are all familiar with basic principles – to one degree or another. As professionals, we are expected to adhere to a...

Letter from the President of the Foundation of the AAGL

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2378″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]These are new and unprecedented times.  As we embark on a new year of galvanizing support for the Foundation of the AAGL, it is a privilege to lend my energy to the...

The Journey of An Endometriosis Advocate

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2337″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Every now and then one encounters a person who lives their life according to their core values and inspires others to as well.  Shannon Cohn is one of these people.  She is...

Evolution of AAGL’s Patient Information Sheets

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2335″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Over the past year, the AAGL Practice Committee, under the guidance of Dr. Kimberly Kho, developed AAGL Patient Information Sheets which are now available for download. These peer-reviewed materials provide a patient-centered...

SurgeryU: Virtual Learning in the Era of COVID

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2372″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, SurgeryU’s Editorial Board and staff hope all of our members and their family are safe and healthy.  This pandemic has taken us completely by surprise and...

Telehealth – A New Reality

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2384″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Telehealth has become the preferred communication to protect patients and providers and allow for healthcare to continue within the current context of essential trips and surgery as well as social distancing.  Telehealth...

Welcome New Members

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2201″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]AAGL represents more than 7,000 members from around the world and we welcome new members to the association each day!   New Member Listing – 3/13/2020 to 4/15/2020 Annam Abbasi, MD – USA...