Selected Presentations & Appearances
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Service to the Profession
Service to Duke
Multi-disciplinary task-force created to increase support for faculty/staff/trainee
Caregivers, chartered to create a tiered child/elder care program. I served as department chair of the task-force and liaised amongst other departments in the Duke system.
Taskforce created to construct compensation models for academic and nonacademic groups within the Department of Ob/Gyn during the process of PDC dissolution.
Multi-disciplinary task-force created to increase support for faculty/staff/trainee
Caregivers, chartered to create a tiered child/elder care program. I served as department chair of the task-force and liaised amongst other departments in the Duke system.
Taskforce created to construct compensation models for academic and nonacademic groups within the Department of Ob/Gyn during the process of PDC dissolution.
Academic & Administrative Activities
Quality Improvement:
Barriers to Breastfeeding, Duke Department of Ob/Gyn, 2015.
QI training - Mayo Clinic Bronze (2018) and Silver (2021) Quality Fellow Training
Ob/Gyn Trainee Handbook for Standardization of Onboarding, Mayo Clinic Ob/Gyn, 2019.
Video Library for Teaching Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic Ob/Gyn, 2021.
National Meeting Leadership Opportunities
Moderator, Chronic Urologic Pain, K12 Urologic Research Symposium, 04/2022
Moderator, Therapeutic Approaches to Mitigating Inflammation, AUGS/IUGA Annual Meeting, 06/2022
Moderator, Experimental Models to Study Inflammation, AUGS/IUGA Annual Meeting, 06/2022
Planning Committee, Basic Science Day, AUGS/IUGA Annual Meeting, 06/2022
Academic Career and Skills Development
Clinical Research Coordinator Training, Duke Office of Clinical Research
2-week course teaching the foundations of IRB compliance, clinical trials, and research coordinator responsibilities
Durham, NC
07/2012 - 08/2012
DaVinci Robotic Certification
Completed online modules, wet labs, and sufficient proctored operating room cases to achieve certification
12/2015 - 12/2016, Recertification 2018
Writing Winning Grant Proposals
1-day course directed at creating a competitive grant to submit for extramural funding
Rochester, MN
11/2018
Writing for Biomedical Publication
1-day course directed at improving preparation of scientific work for publication, assessing appropriate target journals, and avoiding common pitfalls in scientific publication
Rochester, MN
03/2019
Sponsorship and Mentorship: How to Move Women from the Pipeline to Positions of Leadership
Goal-directed seminar on how to engage sponsors and mentors and advance up the academic ladder
Society for Gynecologic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Tucson
03/2019
Regenerative Medicine and Surgery Course
Week-long course offered by the Graduate School, pertaining to regenerative technologies in medicine, regulatory processes, and how to funnel therapies down the pipeline
Rochester, MN
04/2019
American Urogynecologic Society Robotics Course
2-day course led by Urogynecology experts, intended to optimize robotic skills and provide didactics.
Norcross, GA
06/2021
Executive Career Coaching.
1-hour bi-monthly sessions focused on career building, leadership skills, and interpersonal skills.
Durham, NC
08/2021 - Present
Community of Scholars (CoS) K-Cohort
Multi-disciplinary peer group for researchers on K awards. Includes quarterly workshops, peer support, and networking.
Durham, NC
8/2021 – 8/2023
Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER) Program
Multi-Disciplinary 6-month program directed at building leadership skills, accepted as 1 of 23 researchers, through the Office of Faculty Development.
Durham, NC
1/2023 - 6/2023
Clinical Activities
Clinically, I treat a variety of pelvic floor disorders including, but not limited to, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, postpartum pelvic floor disorders, and defecatory dysfunction. I have a particular interest in treating women with post-surgical mesh complications, complex fistulae, and congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract. I have led efforts to build a Genitourinary Congenital Anatomic Differences (GU CARES) Program at Duke, which is a multi-disciplinary program involving Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Urogynecology, Pediatric Urology, and Colorectal Surgery.