Residency alumnae Janice Wong, MD, MS ('25), and Elizabeth Howell, MD ('24) at the AUGS meeting. Both currently are URPS fellows; Dr. Wong at the University of California, San Diego and Kaiser Permanente, and Dr. Howell at Duke.
Duke Ob/Gyn faculty (past and present), trainees, researchers and alumni gathered at the American Urogynecologic Society annual meeting in Denver, Colorado earlier this month during Pelvic Floor Disorder (PFD) Week. The meeting’s theme was "Innovations and Practice Changing Science," and the department presented scholarly work, including:
- Pre-Conference Workshop — Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: A Comprehensive Approach to Menopause Transitions, featuring Duke faculty Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc ("Bugs vs Drugs: Incorporating the Microbiome when Treating Postmenopausal UTIs"); MargEva Cole, MD, MSCP ("Navigating the Hype: An Overview of Evidence Based Menopausal Therapy"); and Ingrid Harm-Ernandes, PT, WCS, formerly of Duke University Health System ("The Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause and Beyond").
- Rapid Fire Session — Mechanisms to Care Models: Advancing Function, Quality and Value at All Ages (“Outcomes of an Implantable Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulator at a Single Center”). Presenter: Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) fellow Rodrigo D. Muñoz Dayaa, MD; co-authors: Elizabeth Howell, MD (URPS fellow); Cindy Amundsen, MD (faculty); Annika Sinha, MD (URPS fellowship alumna).
- Oral Presentation — Rethinking Refractory Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ("Molecular Diagnostic Testing for Complex Urinary Symptoms in Urogynecology"). Presenter: Elizabeth Howell, MD (URPS fellow); co-authors: Stephanie Li, BS; and Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc (faculty).
