• 2014 AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting
• Advanced registration now open
• Pre-order patient education items for pick-up at the meeting
• June is pelvic organ prolapse awareness month
• OAB webinar series part 2 of 2 on June 25
• Find a urogynecologist tool now available
• Facebook© photo contest
• Mentorship Registry

Advanced registration now open
Advanced registration is now open. This is the first-ever joint meeting between AUGS and IUGA, so it’s sure to deliver the best of both organizations! Don’t miss out on exciting debates, innovative presentations during the scientific program, a fun new twist on the typical Friday night closing celebration and so much more. To view the various registration rates and types, please click here.  Advanced registration will close on June 30, at which time rates will increase.

IUGA members will be required to enter a key code during the registration process to identify them as members. The code and instructions for using it were sent via e-mail  on April 11th. You can also find the code on your profile page by logging in at www.iuga.org and selecting ‘Profile Home’ from the menu options on the left-hand side of the page.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN YOUR REGISTRATION

Please send all registration questions to info@augs.org.

Pre-order patient education items for pick-up at the meeting
If you’ve been hesitating to order IUGA’s patient education items because of shipping costs, now is your chance to purchase them. Order items for pick-up at the meeting from our online store through July 7th and avoid hefty shipping fees. IUGA now has 28 patient brochures available with translations in various languages, illustration pads, posters and more. IUGA’s most popular item, the Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Anatomical & Surgical Chart, an 8.5 x 14” full color chart and stand containing many of the surgical and anatomical images used in the popular IUGA patient leaflets, is selling out fast so make sure you reserve your copy.  For more information and to place your order, please click here.

June is pelvic organ prolapse awareness month
For the second year in a row, the Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support is declaring June POP Awareness Month to  encourage early screening and detection and provide guidance and support to the women who are navigating pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse educational and support events for women are pivotal to generating POP awareness and enabling women to find the female pelvic health practitioners who provide treatment for POP. Thank you to all of our members who continuously educate patients and the general public about POP and the support available for those who are suffering.

OAB Webinar Series Part 2 of 2: “Botox and Sacral Neuro-Modulation: Treating Refractory OAB”
June 25, 2014 at 3:00pm EDT
On Wednesday, June 25 at 3:00pm (early June 26 in Asia and Oceania) IUGA will offer the final installment of a two part OAB webinar series.  This day and time is equivalent to:

12:00pm in Los Angeles
4:00pm in Sao Paolo
8:00pm in London
9:00pm in Amsterdam and Cape Town
10:00pm in Riyadh
12:30am in New Delhi (on Thursday, June 26, 2014)
2:00am in Bangkok (on Thursday, June 26, 2014)
3:00am in Singapore and Bejing (on Thursday, June 26, 2014)
5:00am in Sydney (on Thursday, June 26, 2014)
7:00am in Auckland (on Thursday, June 26, 2014)

If your city is not listed above, please consult this link to see the time difference between your local time and 3pm EDT: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html 

As with previous webinars, this session will be recorded and will be available to members via the IUGA website.  This session will feature the following speakers and topics:

Moderator – Zeelha Abdool (South Africa)

Karl Tamussino (Austria)
Management of refractory OAB and the mechanism of action for Botulinum toxin, indications for use, and its efficacy and complications.

Kristine Whitmore (USA)
Sacral neuromodulation: method of preliminary and permanent implantation and its mode of action; full range of its potential benefits for both urinary and fecal incontinence.

Zeelha Abdool (South Africa)
Case scenarios submitted by IUGA members will be discussed. If you would like to have your OAB case discussed by the panel of experts, send a short paragraph of your clinical scenario to webinar@iuga.org by Friday, June 13 to be considered for inclusion.

If you think you will attend this webinar, it is strongly advised that you visit the IUGA website at: http://www.iuga.org/?page=webinar and review the webinar tools that are posted.  This webinar will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.  Information regarding connecting to the webinar will be distributed to members a couple of days before the event.

To view recordings of the previous part 1 of the OAB series as well as the 3 part mesh webinar series, click here and find the section at the top labeled “Previously Recorded Webinars”. The recordings are available to members only. If you are not already logged-in to the IUGA web site, you will be prompted to log-in.

Find a urogynecologist tool now available online
The find a urogynecologist tool was created for patients seeking treatment for pelvic floor disorders in their respective country. Patients can search by name, country and/or specialty to help them find the right provider. There are currently about 300 IUGA members who have submitted their contact information for the tool, but with members in over 80 countries we are hoping to increase that number significantly. Click here to access the tool.

This is an IUGA member’s only benefit. If you are a member interested in adding your name to the database, please log-in to the web site select “manage profile” then “edit bio”. Complete the requested information in the “Work info. (For the find a urogynecologist tool)” section. Since updates are made to the tool manually by IUGA staff, please allow two weeks for your update to appear in the directory.
E-mail membership@iuga.org if you have questions about this tool or need further assistance.

Enter the IUGA Facebook© photo contest to win prizes
IUGA’s members work, and, in many cases, volunteer to make an impact on women’s health. Show the urogyn community, in a photo, what you and those you work with are doing to have a positive effect on the lives of women, in your community and around the world. Whether it’s performing fistula surgery in sub Saharan Africa or leading a patient education group in the middle of a bustling city like London, we want to hear about and see it! You could win one of three prizes including a Fitbit wireless or an iPod Touch. Click here for more information.

Mentorship registry
The IUGA mentorship registry is a collaborative initiative of the Research & Development and Fellows Committees to encourage mentor/mentee relationships between IUGA members. There are 17 mentors in the database eager to be matched up with mentees. Visit http://www.iuga.org/?page=mentorship for more information and to find a mentor who can help you build your career.