Meeting Program

Sunday, March 22, 2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SGS Fellows/Young Attending Course (Non-CME)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium (Non-CME)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Postgraduate Course 1: Sharpening Skills, Shaping Practice: Advances in Teaching Gynecologic Surgery (separate registration required)
Course Director: Sara Wood, MD, MHPE
Faculty: Katherine de Souza, MD & Rajiv Gala, MD
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Postgraduate Course 2: Billing & Coding in Urogynecology (separate registration required)
Course Director: Marc Toglia, MD
Faculty: Jon Hathaway, MD, PhD, FACOG, FACS & Mitch Schuster, MD
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SRG Meeting (Non-CME)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Monday, March 23, 2026
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Senior Members Engaging with Young Learners (SMEYL) Breakfast (Non-CME)
7:30 AM - 7:45 AM
Welcome and Recognize New SGS Members
7:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Scientific Session 1
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
PAG Update
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
TED Talk - AI
Speaker: CT Lin, MD
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 12:20 PM
Scientific Session 2
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
SRG Update
11:30 AM - 11:35 AM
Introduction Mark D. Walters Lecture
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Mark D. Walters Lecture
Speaker: Sharon Malone, MD
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM
Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium (Non-CME)
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM
Lunch Break
1:20 PM - 3:05 PM
Scientific Session 3
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM
CoRPS Update
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM
Panel Discussion - Contemplating Workforce Shortages, Access to Care, and Surgical Deserts in Gynecologic Specialty Care
Moderator: Kimbery Kenton, MD
Speakers: Rajiv Gala, MD, Denise Howard, MD, MPH, Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH & Fidel Valea, MD
3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
FPRN/CoRPS FMIGS Subgroup (Non-CME)
3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
FPRN/CoRPS AUGS Subgroup (Non-CME)
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
Rapid Oral Posters
3:10 PM - 5:10 PM
Videofest
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
FPRN Session (Non-CME)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium (CoRPS) Meeting (Non-CME)
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
SGS Equity Council Presentation and President’s Awards Ceremony (Non-CME)
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Equity Council Presentation
Speaker: Sandra Brooks, MD, MBA, FACS, FACOG
6:15 PM - 6:45 PM
President’s Awards Ceremony
6:45 PM - 8:00 PM
President’s Reception
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Innovation Simulation Room with Breakfast (Non-CME)
7:30 AM - 9:20 AM
Scientific Session 4
7:30 AM - 7:35 AM
Announcements
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Distinguished Surgeon Award (Non-CME)
Moderator: Kris Strohbehn, MD, FACS, FACOG
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM
Presidential Address (Non-CME)
Moderator: Star Hampton, MD, FACOG
Speaker: Kris Strohbehn, MD, FACS, FACOG
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
Coffee Break
9:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Scientific Session 5
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
TED Talk - Surgical Coaching
Speaker: Cara King, DO
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM
TeLinde Lecture - True Confessions of a Surgeon-Scientist
Speaker: John Delancey, MD
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium (Non-CME)
12:15 PM - 12:55 PM
Scientific Session 6
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM
SGS Business Meeting
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Golf, Pickleball (separate registration required)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SHARE FUNdraising Event (separate registration required)
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Yoga (separate registration required)
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:55 AM
Scientific Session 7
7:30 AM - 7:35 AM
Announcements
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
FPRN Update
9:45 AM - 9:50 AM
Passing of the Gavel (Non-CME)
Speakers: Rebecca Rogers, MD & Kris Strohbehn, MD, FACS, FACOG
9:50 AM - 9:55 AM
President’s Message (Non-CME)
Speaker: Rebecca Rogers, MD
9:55 AM - 10:25 AM
Coffee Break
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM
Scientific Session 8
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM
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