ACOOG

05/29/2026

Today is your last chance to submit nominations for Outstanding Resident of the Year American Osteopathic Foundation. Nominations close tonight at 11:59pm CDT. ➡️ bit.ly/oroty26

LAST CHANCE to nominate your Outstanding Resident of the Year at the American Osteopathic Foundation!

** Nominations close this Friday, May 29 at 11:59 PM (CDT). ➡️ bit.ly/oroty26 **

Last year, Alesha S. Foster, DO was the resident who embodied the best of osteopathic medicine, whose clinical instincts, leadership, and commitment to patient-centered care set the tone for everyone around her.

The winner receives:

• $5,000 travel stipend (for OMED + 1 specialty conference)

• Ticket to the AOF Honors Gala in Las Vegas, Oct 23, 2026

• Feature in AOF and ACOOG publications

• Invited to receive the award in spring 2027 at the ACOOG 94th Annual Conference in Utah

Requirements Include:

• Must be a candidate member of ACOOG

• Must have completed at least 1 year of residency

• Self-nominations are not accepted

05/26/2026

LAST CHANCE to nominate your Outstanding Resident of the Year at the American Osteopathic Foundation!

** Nominations close this Friday, May 29 at 11:59 PM (CDT). ➡️ bit.ly/oroty26 **

Last year, Alesha S. Foster, DO was the resident who embodied the best of osteopathic medicine, whose clinical instincts, leadership, and commitment to patient-centered care set the tone for everyone around her.

The winner receives:

• $5,000 travel stipend (for OMED + 1 specialty conference)

• Ticket to the AOF Honors Gala in Las Vegas, Oct 23, 2026

• Feature in AOF and ACOOG publications

• Invited to receive the award in spring 2027 at the ACOOG 94th Annual Conference in Utah

Requirements Include:

• Must be a candidate member of ACOOG

• Must have completed at least 1 year of residency

• Self-nominations are not accepted

05/19/2026

Meet 1 of only 5 maternal fetal medicine (MFM) specialists in Alaska, where the next level of specialty care is some 1,500 miles away in Seattle.

Dr. Corinna Muller runs a solo MFM practice in Anchorage, serving patients who fly in from rural villages and off-grid communities across the state.

In this episode of Women’s Health Minutes, she shares:

✈️ Real-time calls on OB flights across Alaska

🙋🏻‍♀️ The honest realities of solo private practice

📗 The book she wrote on self-coaching through anxiety, professional goals, stress, and burnout

Guest: Corinna Muller, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), MBA

Host: Rupesh Patel, DO, FACOOG (Dist.)

05/13/2026

𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐌𝐎𝐒.

After a global consensus process led by 56 academic, clinical, and patient organizations — published May 12, 2026 in The Lancet — polycystic o***y syndrome (PCOS) will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).

“[PCOS] is inaccurate and misleading, obscuring the condition’s multisystem endocrine and metabolic features, reinforcing stigma, delaying diagnosis, and hindering effective clinical care, research, and policy alignment,” for the 170 million women affected globally, published The Lancet Group.

Up to 70% of people with the condition are undiagnosed for what is actually 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡-𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞-𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Karen Tang, MD, MPH commented, “It’s in the family of diabetes. Diabetes gets so much funding and research and innovations every year, PCOS gets virtually nothing. So, maybe people will take it more seriously if they don’t think of it as just a lady disease.”

♾️ 85% of people with PCOS, now PMOS, have insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes

♾️ BMI is higher in these patients and contributes to severity, but lean women (BMI ≤25 kg/m2) can have PMOS

♾️ PMOS presents with metabolic, cardiovascular, reproductive, psychological, and even dermatological features

Diagnosis still requires two of three criteria: ovulatory dysfunction, hyperandrogenism (high testosterone, acne, hirsutism), and polycystic-appearing ovaries on ultrasound.

05/08/2026

Register now for ACOOG's Summer Virtual Symposium!

Led by Emmie Strassberg, DO, Beyond the Clinic is a 1-day live CME event to explore the expanding OB-GYN role outside of the clinical exam room.

📌 June 13

⏰10a - 5p ET

🩺 16 physician leaders

🔀 6 pathways

✅ 6 CME credits

👏 Discounted rate for members

🎓 $0 for students and residents

Save Your Seat Now! >> bit.ly/acoogsummer

05/06/2026

Howdy Y'all! You're invited to our hometown for the 2026 Advances in Women's Health.

Point your wagon toward Fort Worth, Texas this October 1-4.

Add your name to be the first to know when early bird registration opens on ACOOG’s new website–coming soon!

🤠 👉 https://bit.ly/AcoogYall

05/02/2026

It’s gonna be a very good weekend for women’s healthcare as our ACOOG leadership attends ’s ACSM meeting! 💚♾️ 🥳

04/27/2026

Marydonna Ravasio, DO, MS, FACOOG (Dist) has had a one-of-a-kind path to OBGYN — from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to active duty US Army OB to global health missions in Kenya and Ghana.

In this episode, she joins Rupesh Patel on the Women’s Health Minutes podcast to reflect on what military service taught her about resourcefulness, why she went back for robotics training a decade into practice, and what keeps her passionate about teaching the next generation of physicians.

She even reflects on a unique experience as past ACOOG president, when her tenure fell during the COVID pandemic.

🎧 Listen at the links below:

04/22/2026

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week, with the theme, . It reminds us that every person navigating infertility is more than a diagnosis and more than a journey.

For osteopathic physicians, that framing isn't new, it's the entire foundation of practice.

The first tenet of osteopathic medicine states that "the body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit." Applied to infertility care, that means looking beyond a single organ system and considering the patient's entire interconnected story.

A few realities worth considering this week, as they represent the very people NIAW advocates for:

→ 1 in 6 people globally experience infertility in their lifetime (WHO, 2023)

→ Male factor contributes to 40–50% of cases in heterosexual couples (ACOG)

→ Depression prevalence among women experiencing infertility ranges from 28% in high-income countries to 44% in low- and middle-income countries (Kiani et al., 2021)

→ Infertility has been formally classified as a disease by the WHO and AMA since 2009

And a few realities that give us hope:

→ IVF births in the U.S. surpassed 100,000 in 2024 — a milestone that reflects both growing demand and improving care (SART)

→ 1 in 38 babies born in the US in 2023 was an IVF baby.

04/17/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 honorees recognized at ACOOG's 93rd Annual Conference!

Our ACOOG community came together last week in Orlando to celebrate this remarkable group of physicians, educators, and leaders who have made indelible marks on the practice and continue to shape the future of osteopathic obstetrics and gynecology.

2026 Distinguished Service Award: Michael J. Geria, DO, MS, FACOOG (Dist), CS

2026 Distinguished Fellows Honorary Presentation: Theodore Jones, MD

2026 MEFACOOG Fellow Honorary Presentation: Laura Espy-Bell, MD

2026 ACOOG Board of Trustees Service Awards:
- William Bradford, DO, FACOOG (Dist)
- Eav Lim, DO, FACOOG (Dist)
- Jeannine McMahon, DO, FACOOG (Dist)
- DeEtte Vasques, DO, FACOOG (Dist)

2026 Commendation for Meritorious Service:
- Marydonna Ravasio, DO, MS, FACOOG (Dist), FACOG
- Rupesh Patel, DO, FACOOG (Dist)

93rd Annual Conference Program Chairs:
- Mary Joy Hyde, DO, FACOOG
- Dennis DeSimone, DO, FACOOG

2025 Advances in Women's Health Program Chairs:
- Shania J. S. Seibles, DO, JD, FACOOG
- Mary Joy Hyde, DO, FACOOG

2025 Outstanding Resident of the Year Award: Alesha Sands Foster, DO (with American Osteopathic Foundation and MEFACOOG)

Thank you for your leadership and unwavering commitment to advancing women's health. Your work inspires our entire osteopathic OBGYN community and sets the standard for excellence in our field.