2026 Minnesota ACOG Annual Meeting: IN PERSON

Join us for the MN ACOG Annual Meeting, a must-attend event for those committed to providing exceptional obstetric & gynecologic care.
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
• Small Patients, Big Questions: A Practical Approach to Childhood Adnexal Masses, 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
Childhood Adnexal Masses, 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