Friday, April 24, 2026

Ad Astra Room, Health Education Buildling

Keynote Speaker:

Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota

"Bridging Language, Evidence & Clinical Decision-Making: Lessons from Perinatal Diabetes"

Agenda

1:00 pm    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sarah Wernimont

2:00pm      Dr. Ariana Rangel : A Comparison of Outcomes: VNOTES Hysterectomy for Gender-

Affirming Care versus Cisgender Care – Meredith Gray, MD Mentor

2:15pm      Dr. Ellie Pryor: Disparities in the Delivery Room: A Retrospective Review of Cesarean

Birth in NTSV Pregnancies - Kelli Krase, MD and Kelly Gorman, MD Mentors

2:30pm     Dr. Cassidy Stiles: Confidence in the Era of NIPT: How Comfortable are Residents

Counseling Patients? – Brian Brost, MD Mentor

2:45pm      Dr. Autumn Biers: Perioperative Use of GLP-1 RA Medications in Overweight and

Obese Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Scoping Review - Melanie Meister, MD Mentor

3:00pm       Posters and Pastries

3:30pm      Dr. Jordyn Dolan: Simulation Based Interprofessional Training for Cesarean

Management – Lindsay Nordwald, MD Mentor 

3:45pm      Dr. Kassidy Sheedy: Ultrasound Predictors of Shoulder Dystocia in the Antepartum

Period – Brian Brost, MD Mentor

4:00pm      Dr. Nikita Peramsetty – Developing an In Vitro Culture of Ovarian Granulosa Cells –

Dr. Mohammed Rumi Mentor

4:15pm      PGY-4 QI Project – Think Before You Swab: A QI Initiative in OB Triage –

Dr. Madhuri Reddy