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Forward50th Annual Magee-Womens Alumni Day
For this year’s Magee Alumni Day program, we have an exciting line up of speakers consisting of past and current faculty and former residents. The program will feature updates on clinical care over the entire age spectrum of our patients. We expect the program to present topics that pose challenging clinical, technical, ethical, and financial issues that today’s OB/GYN often faces, whether in practice or in an academic career. The program features endowed lectures – the Cohen, McCall, OB/GYN Legacy, Katz Minimally Invasive Surgery, the Alan Kunschner Memorial and Dr. Steve N. Caritis lectures.
Target Audience
This program is focused on health care practitioners in obstetrics and gynecology as well as in other primary care specialties.
Learning Objectives
Discuss what you can do to improve communication in your OR.
List three ways you can increase your confidence in providing care to low risk pregnant women.
|Identify opportunities to improve clinical practice for survivorship care.
Discuss the integration of patients’ reproductive goals into treatment planning, balancing symptom control with fertility preservation or enhancement.
Summarize the current evidence on the safety and efficacy of direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C treatment in pregnancy, including key clinical trials and ongoing research gaps.
Recognize signs and symptoms of decompensation related to rheumatic heart disease during pregnancy.
Magee Alumni Day Program Schedule
7:30 am Registration
8:00 am Welcome - Richard Guido, MD
8:05 am OB/GYN Legacy Lecture: Why Did Childbirth Change from a Natural Process to a Medical Procedure?
Daniel Edelstone, MD
8:45 am Drs. Mortimer and Harold Cohen Lecture: Miscommunication in the OR: How to Improve Your Teaching and Prevent Surgical Errors
Gary Sutkin, MD
9:25 am Announcements/Break
9:40 am Dr. Steve N. Caritis Lecture:“Tales of the South Pacific”: Rheumatic Heart Disease & Hansen’s Disease During Pregnancy
Janet M. Burlingame, MD
10:20 am Dr. Alan Kunschner Memorial Lecture: Grace, Grit(s), and Gynecology: Navigating the Gynecologic Survivorship Journey
Taylor Orellana, MD
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Dr. Elizabeth Sagan Remembrance
Pamela A. Moalli, MD PhD
11:30 am OB/GYN Alumni Remembrance
Richard Guido, MD
11:40 am Dr. David Katz Minimally Invasive Lecture - Advances in Endometriosis Care: Integrating Reproductive Goals into Modern Therapy”
Michelle Louie, MD, MSCR, FACOG
12:20 am Dr. Milton McCall Lecture: “Hepatitis C Virus in Pregnancy: An Opportunity to Test and Treat”
Catherine A. Chappell, MD MSc
1:00 pm Adjournment
***Program Schedule is subject to changes.***
The Alumni Program will take place at Drs. Hutchinson & Hayashi Auditorium, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Zero Level, at 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The program will be an in person only event this year.
Parking
Parking is on your own.
Hotel Accommodations
There is a block of rooms being held for Alumni Day at the Residence Inn, directly across the street from the hospital for anyone who wants to stay close by. Please contact the Residence Inn Pittsburgh Oakland/University Place at (412) 621-5600.
Course Director
Richard Guido, MD
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Guest Faculty
Gary Sutkin, MD, FACS
Associate Dean and Victor and Caroline Schutte Chair
in Women’s Health
Vice Chair for Education, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship Director, Urogynecology and Reconstructive
Pelvic Surgery
Professor with Tenure, University Missouri Kansas City
School of Medicine
Michelle Louie, MD, MSCR, FACOG
Department of Medical and Surgical Gynecology
Senior Associate Consultant | Associate Professor
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Janet Burlingame, MD
Founder and Director of Women’s Specialty Care
MFM specialist
Women’s Specialty Care
Kailua, Hawaii
Taylor Orellana, MD
Assistant Professor
Gynecologic Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
Daniel Edelstone, MD
Professor (retired)
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Local Faculty
Richard Guido, MD
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Catherine A. Chappell, MD MSc
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
The local faculty is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, unless specified otherwise.
Faculty Disclosure:
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated
Michelle Louie, MD consultant with Hologic, Inc.
Janet Burlingame, MD speakers bureau with Natera.
Richard Guido, MD consultant with Pinnon pharmacuticals.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME) — The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE) — The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.
Physician Assistant (AAPA) — The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance
Price
Registration Information
Registrations are due by September 19, 2025. After September 19, 2025, we cannot guarantee space in the program or any program inclusions for those registrations received after this date.
Registration Types and Rates—Alumni Day
$75 for non-UPMC physicians $40 for non-UPMC residents, nurses and OHCP
Registration includes:
• Continuing education credit
• Lunch and refreshment for registered participants
Onsite Registrations
As of September 19, 2025, registrations will only be accepted at the conference site if space allows.
The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences reserves the right to cancel this program if sufficient registrations are not received. In the event of cancellation, the department will fully refund registration fees.