ObGProject CORExchange

Join us as we host Dr. Jeffrey Sperling and Dr. Josh Dahlke, both MFMs, to highlight their unique prowess in reviewing a clinical topic by compiling the different standards and guidelines and distilling it into one beautiful and efficient document. Today, they take on the evidence-based techniques behind cesarean sections and discuss the case for creating a more standard operating procedure. We also touch upon their comparison of 4 national guidelines for the prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage and what drives their clinical-based research.

This episode features Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Dr. Fitzgerald is a life-long Pittsburgher with research expertise in a myriad of topics including patient-centered outcomes in pelvic reconstructive surgery, surgical innovation in pelvic reconstructive surgery, equity in medicine, the role of social media in medicine. Listen in on Dr. Fitzgerald's contribution to the AAGL White Paper on the Enhanced Recovery and Surgical (ERAS) Optimization Protocol for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: An AAGL White Paper – both as the physician research AND her recent experiences as a patient!

Switching gears to gynecology, come join us for a discussion with Gyn Oncologist Dr. Haley Moss, MD, MBA (@haleyarden1) and clinical fellow Dr. Benjamin Albright (@benalbrightmd) on how states’ rights to adopt Medicaid expansion inadvertently lent itself to a public health experiment as well as their motivation and passion for research centered on public policy.

Hosted by Dr. Nancy Chescheir and Dr. Ashley Comfort, come hear us talk to Dr. Nathan Fox and Dr. Mackenzie Naert as they join us to discuss their research on subchorionic hematomas and pregnancy outcomes. Listen to how Dr. Naert researched her research mentors until she found the right one and how Dr. Fox shaped his research questions from clinical practice.

Our inaugural podcast features Dr. Katherine Hartmann. Dr. Hartmann is a highly renowned rare mix of Ob/Gyn AND epidemiologist as well as Vice President for Research Integration at Vanderbilt University. She has published extensively on a number of topics, including fibroids and fertility. She is a self-described “no-nonsense purveyor of evidence-based mentoring and dedicated disruptor of dogma” and joins us on the podcast to discussEdge for Scholars [http://edgeforscholars.org/], a website comprised of “senior faculty, early-career trainees, productive scientists, opinionated curmudgeons, passionate advocates, experienced writers, grant reviewers, and dedicated mentors who are hard at work providing more fuel for your intellectual fire”.