Committees

Fellowship Committee

The AGOS Fellowship Committee is responsible for reviewing membership applications and recommending new candidates for membership to the AGOS Council. Evaluation of a candidate is based on the totality of their contributions during their career in Obstetrics and Gynecology and women’s healthcare.

 

Chair:

Ola Famuyide, MBBS


Members:

Stephanie Teal, MD, MPH

Marcelle Cedars, MD

Leslie Appiah, MD

David Kushner, MD

Alison Cahill, MD, MSCI

Anthony Visco, MD

Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA

Sarah Prager, MD, MAS

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee advises the Council in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities with respect to audit activities, the annual Society budget and any major impacts on financial planning and shall ensure the accuracy and timely filing of IRS Form 990.  The committee makes recommendations to the Council for the selection of the investment advisor and maintains the Society’s investment policy, as approved by the Council. The Assistant Treasurer is responsible for the annual audit.

Chair:

Paola Gehrig, MD


Members:

Nazema Siddiqui, MD

Anthony Sciscione, MD

Donna Johnson, MD

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is responsible for preparing a list of nominees for each position in which an individual is completing a term of service on the AGOS Council.

 

Chair:

Ronald Alvarez, MD

Members:

Christos Coutifaris, MD

Vanessa Barnabei, MD

Sarah Adams, MD

Jeffrey Peipert, MD

Samantha Butts, MD

Leslie Appiah, MD

Gena Dunivan, MD

Torri Metz, MD

Program Advisory Committee

The Program Advisory Committee is appointed at the discretion of the President and assists the President in planning the format and content of the annual meeting.

Chair:

Marcelle Cedars, MD


Members:

Mostafa Borahay, MD

Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD

Eve Feinberg, MD

Warner K. Huh

Warner K. Huh, MD, MSHA is Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and holds the Charles E. Flowers, Jr. Endowed Chair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is also Professor in the Department of Surgery and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health. He was previously the Division Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Vice Chair of Gynecology, and Chief Medical Officer of the UAB Cancer Service Line/O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research interests include screening and prevention of HPV related diseases as well as novel immunotherapeutic approaches for pre-invasive disease of the cervix as well as cervical cancer. He has authored or co-authored over 300 articles in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (h-index: 70). Dr. Huh serves as co-PI (MPI) of the Johns Hopkins-UAB-University of Colorado Cervical Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) program (2P50CA098252-06A1) – one of the most enduring SPORE programs in the NCI. Further, he is PI on a cervical cancer prevention R01 grant through the NCI (5R01CA279021). Dr. Huh serves as a Deputy Editor of Gynecologic Oncology and serves as an Associate Editor of The Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. He is on the steering committee for the ASCCP treatment guidelines and was co-chair of the ASCCP colposcopy standards effort. He is Past President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) and ASCCP. He is currently serves on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Division of Gynecologic Oncology. He recently completed the Executive Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) Program at UAB (2022-2024). He co-leads OPERATION WIPEOUT- the only state-based cervical cancer elimination effort in the United States.