The 28th Annual Dr. David Rothman Resident Research Day was held today and the results were outstanding. Below is a list of the presenters this year along with the title of their research projects. Meghan Valentine R2, "SurgiQuest versus Traditional Insufflation: A Retrospective Cohort Study" Lindsay Kuroki R4, "Disclosing a Diagnosis of Cancer: Considerations Specific to Gynecologic Oncology Patients" Jessica Rosenstock R4, "Moving Towards Personalized Care for Endometrial Cancer: Does minimally invasive surgery facilitate selective use of lymph node dissection" Amanda Spitalnik R4, "Placental Pathology, First-Trimester Biomarkers and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes" Matthew Weis R4, "Natural History of Placenta Previa in Twins" Natalia Grindler R3, "Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Lead to Earlier Age of Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the US Population-based NHANES Database" Callie O'Neil R3, "Two-Year Continuation of Reversible Contraception: A Comparison of LARC versus non-LARC methods" Maureen Schulte R3, "Inhibitory Effect of Glucosamine on Endometrial Stromal Cell Decidualization In Vitro: Janine Spain R2, "Normal First Stage of Preterm Labor" Juliana Verticchio R2, "The Effects of Degree of Obesity on Risk for Post-caesarean Wound Complications" Special thanks to Dr. Thomas Mooore for being our guest speaker and presenting the "Use and Abuse of the Amniotic Fluid Index". Great job everyone! TS

Match Day 2013!

Two days left before Match Day 2013! We were so impressed by the candidates that came through this year and wish all of them the best - though we will be partial to the 9 that we are lucky enough to get. There are great things on the horizon in the new year: Surgical training, Robotics, iPads! Good luck to all.

Happy New Year!

and Happy Halfway point of the Resident Year. Those 6 months went by pretty quickly. Interns are now savvy residents knowing exactly which fridges house the best ice cream treats. (Hint: APU.) We had a great group of candidates this past interview season and match day is right around the corner. We've had some fun on match day with our special suitcase and Pi pizza and we hope to have something even better planned this year. Special shoutout to Kenan Omurtag (REI) who is assisting me with creating an ACOG Course in Medical Apps for the Annual Meeting in May. That should be a lot of fun (though New Orleans may not be ready for KO). A new year's resolution will be to make better use of the blog. We hope to have residents have their voices heard as well as post recent articles that they publish. Any comments are welcome. Thanks! TS