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He was one of the founding members of the International Pelvic Pain Society as well as past president of that society. His love for teaching has inspired him to lead both patient and provider education programs around the world as well as author multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. He has moderated a number of post graduate programs on the subject of various pelvic pain disorders for the last 20 years with such organizations as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction, and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL).

Wisconsin-Madison, residency training at Duke University Medical Center, and fellowship training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

His research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of uterine leiomyoma development, a common and highly symptomatic malady in women, which results in infertility, miscarriage, and symptoms significant enough to warrant surgical intervention in up to 20% of women. Dr. Catherino is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and earned subspecialty board certification in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in 2007. He is a board examiner as well. In addition to being a full professor, he does clinical work at NIH.

medical degree from New York University. Following her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University, she completed an American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL)-accredited fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Chronic Pelvic Pain at the University of Michigan, also earning her master’s degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis. The fellowship provided Dr. Kim with specialized training and expertise in the field of advanced laparoscopy and robotics. Dr. Kim favors a minimally invasive approach to the care of her patients, understanding that this approach leads to faster recovery, less pain, shorter hospital stays, improved cosmesis, and greater patient satisfaction.

In addition to providing routine gynecologic care, Dr. Kim specializes in gynecologic endoscopy, including robotic surgery, advanced laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, and the treatment of women with chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), and vulvar pain. Dr. Kim regularly presents at national and international conferences and led the establishment of a laparoscopic training program in Ghana.

She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology and completed a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain.

Dr. Lamvu began her clinical practice at UNC Health as an assistant professor, and she completed an NICHD Triangle Clinical Research Fellowship in Reproductive Health. Her clinical practice and research focused on gynecologic care of women with chronic pelvic pain disorders including vulvodynia. She served as Director of the National Vulvodynia Registry from 2009-2016, and she is also a past President and current Chair of the Board for the International Pelvic Pain Society. Dr. Lamvu is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and she is a Certified Pain Educator by the American Society of Pain Educators. Her research and publications encompass a variety of study designs, including randomized clinical trials focusing on postoperative pain and other surgical outcomes in women.

degree from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, his resident training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Western and the University of British Columbia, and training in Gynecologic Oncology at the Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia. He is certified by both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Munro’s clinical and research interests are oriented to the physical, medical, and minimally invasive approaches to gynecological disorders, with interests in surgical education and training as well as the issue of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), including investigation, medical, and procedural interventions. He was a founding co-chair of the FIGO Committee for Menstrual Disorders, which was responsible for the development and publication of the two FIGO AUB systems: one for nomenclature and symptoms, and the other for the classification of causes of AUB in the reproductive years, known by its PALM-COEIN acronym. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed literature, 27 chapters, and five books, including Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, released by Cambridge University Press in 2010, and Reproductive and Reconstructive Surgery in Gynecology, published in 2019. Dr Munro is also on the editorial board or a frequent reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed specialty journals.

and Education in OB/GYN at Tawam Hospital in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine in Al Ain, UAE. Prior to this, she was Director of Robotic Surgery Education at the Cleveland Clinic OB/GYN & Women’s Health Institute from 2012-2015, specializing in robotic surgery in benign gynecology. There she developed and oversaw the minimally invasive surgery curriculum for the Gynecology residents at the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Orady is actively involved in teaching medical students and residents and advancing MIS surgery education with involvement on the Robotic Special Interest Group (SIG) at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) and most recently serving as an active board member of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons (SLS). After completing a Bachelor of Science degree from McMaster University and a medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in 2001, she completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2007, she is a current Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG). She was trained in robotic surgery in 2009, completing more than 1000 complex cases to date. Her research focus is benign hysterectomy and robotic surgery applications.

Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama and completed an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Northwestern University. Postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina included a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Pelvic Pain Management and a simultaneous master’s degree in Public Health (Epidemiology).

His clinical research interests include clinical and pelvic musculoskeletal pain disorders, diagnostic test evaluation, outcomes assessment, and physician surgical education. His group’s work is funded by an R01 grant (CRAMPP) from the NIH/NIDDK, and he is currently co-investigator on three other U and R series grants to investigate visceral pain conditions. Dr. Tu is former President of the International Pelvic Pain Society and past International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Chair for the Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Special Interest Group (SIG). He continues to do peer review for several journals and speaks periodically in front of national and international workshops on pain and endoscopic surgery.