Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Continuing Education
Deliver practical, results-focused education on the latest advances in obstetrics and gynecology, helping women’s health providers integrate cutting-edge clinical guidance into everyday practice. Customize learning through expert-led lectures, interactive discussions, and skills sessions across obstetrics, minimally invasive gynecology, and reproductive endocrinology.
- Live Online or In Person
This course is taught Live Online and In Person.
Fairmont Copley | 138 St James Ave, Boston, MA 02116
$1,160
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
43.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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Six Days
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Overview
Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology provides comprehensive reviews of the most important advances in obstetrics and gynecology as well as guidance to incorporate them into general practice. Education is practical and results focused, designed to help providers of women’s health optimize the management of clinical situations that occur throughout the female lifecycle.
Lectures, interactive discussions, and skills advancement sessions are taught by the most respected leaders in OB/GYN. Attendees can customize their learning experience to align with their practice needs, opting to participate in one, two, or all three programs that comprise this course:
- Clinical Obstetrics
- Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Urogynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Participants will have ample time with faculty for discussion and questions
Learning Objectives
- Outline the role that obstetricians play in adverse neonatal outcomes.
- Outline the role that obstetricians play in adverse neonatal outcomes and Develop treatment plans for the management of antepartum complications, including obstetric emergencies, cervical incompetence, and preterm labor.
- Discuss practical tips in minimally invasive gynecology surgery.
- Explore the historical transition of abdominal and vaginal surgery to minimally invasive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.
- Recognize the major health concerns of menopausal women.
- Incorporate and analyze new management strategies and other advances in the field as they apply to patients with endocrine and fertility disorders.
- Develop and implement evaluation and management plans for pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, and endocrine disorders across the reproductive lifespan.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Friday, March 6, 2026
Welcome - Clinical Obstetrics
7:55-8:00 am
Induction of Labor
8:00-8:45 am
Management of the second stage
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
Complex cesarean sections
9:40-10:25 am
Optimizing timing and delivery for multiple gestation
10:25-11:10 am
OB Panel
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
Anemia in pregnancy
1:00-1:45 pm
Perinatal depression
1:45-2:30 pm
Break
2:30-2:40 pm
Medical management of abortion and early pregnancy loss
2:40-3:25 pm
Pregnancy of unknown location
3:25-4:05 pm
OB Panel
4:05-4:55 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Welcome - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
7:55-8:00 am
Genetic Testing: What Every OB/GYN Should Know
8:00-8:45 am
Should Fetal Anatomy Be Surveyed in the First Trimester?
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy: A Practical Approach
9:40-10:25 am
Update of STIs and Management of Special Clinical Situations
10:25-11:10 am
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Panel
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
Managing Diabetes in Your Office Practice
1:00-1:45 pm
Obesity in Pregnancy: Modern Approaches to Obstetric Risk and Weight Loss
1:45-2:30 pm
Break
2:30-2:40 pm
Hypertensive Disease in Pregnancy From Prediction and Prevention to Management
2:40-3:25 pm
Placenta Accrete Spectrum and Obstetric Hemorrhage: What Every Provider Should Know
3:25-4:10 pm
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Panel
4:10-4:55 pm
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Welcome - MIGS
7:55-8:00 am
Specimen Extraction in Laparoscopic Surgery - Tips/Tricks
8:00-8:45 am
Gynecologic Pelvic Pain – General Assessment, Tips and Tricks, Novel Therapies
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
Robotic Surgery in Benign Gynecology; Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting
9:40-10:25 am
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: 10 Steps Toward a Successful Procedure
10:25-11:10 am
Open Forum with MIGS Faculty
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
Welcome - Urogyn
1:00-1:05 pm
Postpartum Pelvic Floor Disorders
1:05-1:40 pm
Management of Urinary Tract Injuries During GYN Surgery
1:40-2:20 pm
Break
2:20-2:30 pm
Vaginal Hysterectomy: Best Practices
2:30-3:10 pm
Updates on Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Cystitis
3:10-3:50 pm
Open Forum with Urogynecology Faculty
3:50-4:30 pm
Monday, March 9, 2026
Welcome - Gyn Onc
7:55-8:00 am
Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Testing
8:00-8:45 am
Should you “guess” the lesion?? How to differentiate, treat or refer
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
End’o the line: Orchestrating the battle against endometrial neoplasia
9:40-10:25 am
Contemporary approaches to the management of GTN
10:25-11:10 am
Gyn/Onc Panel Discussion
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
Adnexal Mass Observe, Remove or Refer
1:00-1:45 pm
What’s my risk? Counseling women about screening, testing, and risk-reduction strategies for ovarian and uterine cancers.
1:45-2:30 pm
Break
2:30-2:40 pm
Challenges to the Care of Women with Gynecologic Cancers in Resource Limited Regions
2:40-3:25 pm
Weight Matters The Impact of Obesity on Gynecologic Oncology Care
3:25-4:10 pm
Gyn/Onc Panel Discussion
4:10-5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Welcome - Infertility, Menopause, and Reproductive Endocrinology Part II
7:55-8:00 am
Important Updates for the Infertility Workup
8:00-8:45 am
Navigating Expanded Options for Ovulation Induction
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
The Role of IVF in Contemporary Practice
9:40-10:25 am
The Role of the Genetic Counselor in the Infertility Evaluation
10:25-11:05 am
Open Forum with REI Faculty
11:05 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
Welcome - Infertility, Menopause, and Reproductive Endocrinology Pt. II
1:00-1:05 pm
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
1:05-1:50 pm
Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
1:50-2:35 pm
Break
2:35-2:45 pm
Cases in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
2:45-3:30 pm
Care of Non-Binary or Trans Patients
3:30-4:15 pm
Open Forum with REI Faculty
4:15-5:10 pm
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Welcome - REI Part III: Midlife & Menopause
7:55-8:00 am
Reducing Fracture Risk After Menopause: Who? When? How?
8:00-8:45 am
Strategies to Empower the Aging Brain
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
Sexual Dysfunction in Women: Optimizing Care
9:40-10:25 am
Menopause Hormone Therapy: Update for 2026
10:25-11:10 am
Open Forum Midlife & Menopause
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-1:00 pm
An Update on Uterine Fibroids
1:00-1:45 pm
Current Issues in the Management of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
1:45-2:30 pm
Open Forum with REI Faculty
2:30-3:15 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Nawal Nour
Course Director
Maureen Achebe, MD
Mobolaji Ajao, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Division Chief, Minimally Invasive Gynecolgic Surgery, Massachusetts General Brigham
Stephanie Alimena, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Rachel Ashby, MD
Sarah Berstein, MD
Carolina Bibbo, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Adeline Boatin, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director of Global Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kari Braaten, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Fish Center for Women’s Health, Associate Director, Fellowship in Complex Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sharlay Butler, MD
Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniela Carusi, MD, MSC
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Michelle Davis, MD
Lori Dobson, MS, CGC
Director of Genetic Counseling, Center for Fetal Medicine and Reproductive Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Katherine Economy, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Division Chief, Center for Fetal Medicine, Division of Reproductive Genetics
Division Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Massachusetts General Brigham
Michaela Farber, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Colleen Feltmate, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Janis Fox, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Alisa Goldberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Family Planning Division and CFP Fellowship Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Frances Grimstad, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Stephanie Guseh, MD
Mark D. Hornstein, MD
Neil Horowitz, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Division Chief, Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Brigham
Tara Iyer, MD
Edward Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Louise King, MD, JD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Research and Associate Fellowship Program Director, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sarah Lassey, MD
Marc Laufer, MD
Jessica St. Laurent, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin Leder, MD
Taymaa May, MD
Jeannine Miranne, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Golnaz Namazi, MD
Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Marie Pasinski, MD
John Petrozza, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Camille Powe, MD
Julianna Schantz-Dunn, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Jan Shifren, MD
Vincent Trustees Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women's Health Center
Nicole Smith, MD
Marti Soffer, MD
Joy Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Victoria Wang, MD
Zev Williams, MD
Barbara Wilkinson, MD
Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Chloe Zera, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Interim Chief, Division of MFM
Director, Obstetrics Population Health and Quality Improvement, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Yu Zheng, MD
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| Role | Course Fee |
|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $1,160.00 |