2nd Quarter Newsletter (10/1/2022 - 12/31/22) -Vol 3, Issue 2 | |
Spring is here! Many of us are traveling to national meetings to present our work. Others have taken time on Spring Break with family and friends.
We continue to engage with our hospital and community partners and are excited to celebrate the upcoming Black Maternal Health Week (April 11 – 17, 2023).
Please find highlights of our 2nd quarter (FY23) below. In addition, our 2nd Annual Chair’s Report is linked.
With gratitude,
Dineo Khabele, MD, FACOG, FACS (she/her/hers)
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor and Chair
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(Internal) Department Town Hall - Today at 12:15!
Black Maternal Health Week - April 11-17 - See events
Rothman Research Symposium - April 26
OBGYN Symposium - Save the Date! October 19-20
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New Digital Interpreter Service Offers Equitable Care & Higher Patient Satisfaction | After more than a year in the making, This fall our department successfully launched a video (iPad) interpreter through LAMP services. After recognizing a need for improved processes, both from a patient and business facing aspect. | |
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Racial disparities in menopause | Dr. Makeba Williams talks with KMOV's Paige Hulsey about the relationship between menopause and racial disparities. Watch below. | |
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Clinical Spotlight: Fertility & Reproductive Medicine | |
Raghuraman Selected as a Member of the Academy of Educators! | Congratulations to Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS, who was selected as a member of the Academy of Educators! | |
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Mutch Receives Presidential Achievement Award | We celebrated Dr. David Mutch on his announcement as the 2022 President's Achievement Honoree The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital hosted a celebration honoring our partnership and Dr. Mutch! | |
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SLOCA/Families ROC Run makes a big impact | We celebrated our team and supporters, "Shake Your Teal Feathers" on October 9th. Thank you to everyone who came out! We had beautiful weather, a positive team, and the best encouragement we could ask for! Research + clinical care + community + peer support = Amazing! This is how we make a difference. | |
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Pink Ribbon Good 2022 Ignite the Fight Gala | Gyn Onc faculty and Nurse Coordinators enjoyed an evening of fundraising for a program near and dear to their hearts. Thank you to everyone who came out! | |
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We are so excited to share our faculty attending March of Dimes 2022 in St. Louis at the Four Seasons! | |
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National Latin Physician Day | National Latin Physician Day took place on October 1st, which falls during National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15). During the month, we honor the histories, cultures and contributions of citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. | |
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It is nurse practitioner week! We are thankful for all of our women's health nurse practitioners and all they do for their patients. Kelly Amerson Kelly Ball Katie Drennan Anna Geiger Julie Hake Stacy Selbert Nancy Tecu Danielle Turnbull Yvette Van Hook | |
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Odibo named Lang endowed chair in OB-GYN | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
Anthony Odibo, MD, an internationally recognized expert in maternal-fetal medicine, has been named the Virginia S. Lang Endowed Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
More pictures here
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While healthcare is a basic human right, it is rife with inequities that reach far beyond the doctor's office. For women - and particularly women of color - the equity gap continues to show up nationally in our healthcare systems; and intersect locally in our communities, education systems, and even our workplaces. | |
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Department participates in The First Ladies Of St. Louis Health Equity Seminar | Our department was proud to partner with The First Ladies of St. Louis who held a day health and wellness Saturday, November 5th at the Greater Grace Church. | |
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Featured Articles
Community access to primary care is an important geographic disparity among ovarian cancer patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery. Zamorano AS, Mazul AL, Marx C, Mullen MM, Greenwade M, Stewart Massad L, McCourt CK , Hagemann AR, Thaker PH, Fuh KC, Powell MA, Mutch DG, Khabele D, Kuroki LM. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2022 Oct 3;44:101075. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2022.101075. PMID: 36217326; PMCID: PMC9547182.
One-Step Compared With Two-Step Gestational Diabetes Screening and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Re-view and Meta-analysis. Brady M, Hensel DM, Paul R, Doering MM, Kelly JC, Frolova AI, Odibo AO, Barry VG, Powe CE, Raghuraman N, Tuuli MG, Carter EB. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Nov 1;140(5):712-723. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004943. Epub 2022 Oct 5. PMID: 36201772.
The Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court Decision-Concerns, Challenges, and Consequences for Health Care. Schreiber CA,
Khabele D, Gehrig PA. JAMA Surg. 2022 Nov 1. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.5714. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36318215.
Vaginal cleansing before unscheduled cesarean delivery to reduce infection: a randomized clinical trial. Temming LA, Frolova AI, Raghuraman N, Tuuli MG, Cahill AG. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Nov 30:S0002-9378(22)02206-2.doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11. 1300. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36462539.
Reduced expression in preterm birth of sFLT-1 and PlGF with a high sFLT-1/PlGF ratio in extracellular vesicles suggests a potential biomarker. Hussein S, Ju W, Pizzella S, Flory M, Chu C, Wang Y, Zhong N. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Dec 22;13:1024587. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1024587. PMID: 36619545; PMCID: PMC9814499.
CCNE1 and survival of patients with tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: An Ovarian Tumor Tissue Anal-ysis consortium study. Kang EY, … Khabele D, …Kobel
M. Cancer 2022 Dec 26. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34582. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36572991.
Association between Maternal Serum Lipids and Intra-partum Oxytocin Requirements during Labor Induction and Augmentation. Frolova AI, Prifti KK , Raghuraman N, Carter EB, England SK, Stout MJ. Am J Perinatol. 2022 Dec 27. doi: 10.1055/a-1979-8577. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36384236.
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ICTS makes an impact in Dr. Kuroki's research journey | Life doesn't move in a straight line and neither does a career in clinical and translational research. Such is the truth for ICTS investigator Lindsay Kuroki, MD, MSCI, associate professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology. | |
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BMES Annual Meeting - Research Announcements | Research reveals happening! Clinical researchers under the direction of PI Yong Wang, PhD, have poster/oral presentations at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual meeting 10/13-15; OBGYN engineering collaborator Dr. Christine O'Brien also presenting! | |
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Toasting to a successful grant submission | Toasting to successful submission of #U54 grant for The SMART (Severe MAternal morbidity ReducTion) Center, a phenomenal team of community collaborators, scientists, & clinicians (all toasting on zoom!) | |
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REI Divisions has a little #ASRM2022 fun ✨ | Our REI division had a blast as ASRM this year! | |
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November 16, 2022 was our Annual PGY-2 Research Retreat. We talked study design, mentorship, data analysis, IRB, instit and dept resources, scientific presentations, & had a fun interactive career panel discussion | |
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March of Dimes Awards Two Scientists the Basil O'Connor Research Grant for Advancing Maternal and Infant Health | Dr. Toni Frolova’s research, titled “Role of sphingosine-1-phosphate (“S1P”) in preterm birth” has earned a 2022 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from March of Dimes. The award is for $150,000 over two years. | |
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Multi-scale imaging technique may enable objective assessment of myofascial pain | | | |
Maternal Morbidity After Double Balloon Catheter Management of Cesarean Scar and Cervical Pregnancies | | | |
Santi Lab receives funding to further develop non-hormonal female contraceptives | | | |
A Rooted History: Dr. Halley Staples, Resident | Halley Staples submitted a personal perspectives article to Obstetrics & Gynecology | |
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Resident Wellness - Pure Barre | A big thanks to the "Feurstein Wellness grant" for sponsoring our October event! Attendance was opened to the first 21 residents (of all different specialties!) to sign up for a private 1-hour barre class followed by 1-hour of social time with snacks provided. "It was a wonderful time!" | |
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First Residency/Fellow Retreat | We wanted to send a huge thank you to everyone who attended our resident-fellow mixer (significant others, small humans, and furry friends included!)! It was really great to spend some time getting to know all the amazing people we have in our trainee cohort outside the hospital. | |
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Sonn wins 2022 APGO Humanism in Teaching Award | Congratulations Dr. Sonn for receiving the 2022 APGO Humanism in Teaching Award! Read more about the award here. | |
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WashU MIGS Meet Up at AAGL! 📸 | WashU meet up at AAGL in Denver! WashU attendings Dr. Bardawil and Dr. de Souza, past residents Jenny Travieso, Jessica Putman, Angelina Carey-Love, Hannah French, and Lulu Yu, and current residents Tamara Cameo, Alison Kosmacki, and Caroline Min! So many generations of WashU MIGS! 📸 | | | |
WashU OBGYN on Instagram: "A snapshot from DEIA event last night where we discussed "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and related articles. Residents, fellows, staff, attendings all joined! Thank you to the @vinecafe for catering! #Gynecology #Gynecologist #medicine #doctor #womenshealth #gyno #obgynlife #obgynresidentlife #obgynresident #obgyn #deia #residentdeia" | A snapshot from DEIA book club where attendees discussed "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and related articles. Residents, fellows, staff, attendings all joined! Thank you to the @vinecafe for catering! | | | |
WashU CFP Meet Up at the Baltimore conference! | WashU ObGyn CFP meet up at the Baltimore conference! Do you see any familiar faces? 🤔 | | | |
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