About this Event
Join us in-person for our state-wide annual educational event! (If you are looking for the virtual meeting registration, please go .) This year includes a variety of engrossing topics including fighting misinformation, cerclage, and cervical and vaginal cancer screening. This is a must-attend meeting for those committed to providing exceptional obstetric and gynecologic care.
MN ACOG Annual Clinical Meeting 2026
December 4, 2025
McNamara Alumni Center
Exhibit Hall, registration and breakfast open at 7am
Lunch at 11:20AM
Mix and Mingle at 4:40pm.
This year’s special topics include:
- Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Screening, Dr. Deanna Teoh
- Tying It All Together: A Decade of Robotic Abdominal Cerclage, Dr. Melissa Geller and Dr. Stephen Contag
- PAG - adnexal masses in adolescents, Dr. Akua Afriyie-Gray
- Beyond TikTok, Instagram, and Dr. ChatGPT: Infertility Facts and Myths In Your Patient’s Algorithm, Dr. Jani Jensen
- MMRC
- The Fight Against Misinformation in OB/GYN, Emily Oster PhD
- ACOG Presentation on New Labor and Delivery Codes, Taylor Platt
- Research Grant Awardees, Dr Garret Garbo and Jessica Weng
This event is eligible for 5 CME credits.
Vendor bingo and massages will be returning!
Agenda
🕑: 07:00 AM - 07:50 AM
Registration, exhibits and breakfast
🕑: 07:50 AM - 08:00 AM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks – Dr. Kristen Fried & Dr. Leslie Carranza
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:55 AM
The Fight Against Misinformation in OB/GYN, Dr. Emily Oster (includes Q&A)
🕑: 08:55 AM - 09:15 AM
Panel on Managing Misinformation
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Break
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:35 AM
Adnexal Masses in Adolescents, Dr. Akua Afriyie-Gray (includes Q&A)
🕑: 10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
Maternal Mortality Review Committee Review
🕑: 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC) updates
🕑: 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
MN ACOG Research Grant Awardees
🕑: 11:20 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Legislative Update, Dr. Erin Stevens and Megan Verdeja
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
ACOG Presentation on New Labor and Delivery Codes, Taylor Platt (includes Q&A)
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:35 PM
Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Screening, Dr. Deanna Teoh (includes Q&A)
🕑: 02:35 PM - 02:55 PM
Break
🕑: 02:55 PM - 03:35 PM
Infertility Facts/Myths In Your Patient’s Algorithm, Dr. Jani Jensen (Q&A)
🕑: 03:35 PM - 04:15 PM
Robotic Abdominal Cerclage, Dr. Melissa Geller & Dr. Stephen Contag (Q&A)
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:40 PM
Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
🕑: 04:40 PM
Research Posters / Mix and Mingle Reception
Event venue & nearby stays
McNamara Alumni Center, 200 SE Oak Street, Minneapolis, United States