🎓 Congratulations to our 2026 ob-gyn graduating residents and fellows — a group of talented people who have, over the past few years, honed remarkable people skills. 💐 🔗: Read grad ceremony recap, see award winners, and view photos: uoft.me/cu- #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🖐️ A high-five to the five faculty members who have received promotions in the ob-gyn department! Pictured, clockwise: Drs. Roopan Gill, David Rojas, John Snelgrove, Danielle Vicus, and Dini Hui. 🎉 Congratulations to all! 🔗 Read full citations: uoft.me/cun #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🇨🇦 Bill S-243, currently in the Senate, aims to establish a national framework for women’s health. 🎙️ Dr. Jennifer Blake, a professor in department, talked to the TVO podcast “(MIS)Treated” about the framework and gaps that currently exist. 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/ctH #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🎲 Good things come in 3s! Third-year medical student Gabrielle Trépanier has won three oral presentation awards for her research. 💬 "We showed that an elevated maternal uric acid relative to gestational age was strongly associated with preeclampsia" 🔗 Q&A: uoft.me/csj #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🏆 Dr. Ellen Greenblatt has won the May Cohen Award for Women Mentors from the Canadian Medical Association! Dr. Greenblatt is a recognized leader in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI). 👏 Well-deserved, Dr. Greenblatt! 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/cqE #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🔬The department marked its 42nd Research Day in May with over 120 presentations of innovative trainee research. Dr. Wendy Whittle, an associate professor and the MC, said, “I think it’s a good day when you learn something new." 🔗 Recap, photos & awards: uoft.me/cqd #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🤐 There are some persistent myths circulating online about hormonal birth control. Dr. Julie Thorne, assistant professor in the ob-gyn department, stopped in at CTV News recently to talk about them. 🔗: uoft.me/cpp #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🩺 When it comes to reproductive care, people with developmental disabilities are an underserved population. Dr. Ornstein, an associate professor, has spent decades doing her part to change that—and advocating for more education in this area. 🔗 Story: uoft.me/cov #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

📈 A just-published study found there’s a slight increase in the risk of birth defects when the mother has endometriosis. 💬 Dr. Olga Bougie, associate professor in the department and a specialist in endometriosis, spoke to CTV News about it. 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/co4 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

📹 A surgical video by Dr. Kevin Kuan made a case for the use of robots to remove benign tumours in a patient with severe endometriosis—and won the second-year resident a Top Video Abstract award for young investigators at a conference in Germany. 🎉 🔗: uoft.me/cnR #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🗓️ Obstetrician Dr. Sterling, a mother of two, was working right up to the delivery of her first child: “I was literally in the operating room the day before.” She and Dr. Simpson spoke to CTV News about obstacles facing pregnant physicians. 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/cn5 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🌍 Drs. Rosa Lakabi and Caroline Leps knew from the start of med school that they wanted to pursue global health. In the fifth year of residency, they got their opportunity in Kenya through the ob-gyn department’s partnership with AMPATH. 🔗 Read Q&A: uoft.me/clV #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

⏰ One week to go! The ob-gyn department’s annual Research Day is almost here, and we’re excited for May 1. 🙏 A big shout-out to our sponsor organizations for supporting innovative obstetrics and gynaecological research. 🔗: uoft.me/cfB #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🧫 One in six Canadians encounter fertility challenges. These second-year MHSc students give us hope for the future. Check out this spotlight on their research for Canadian Fertility Awareness Week: uoft.me/ckA #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

⏱️ A new app could potentially cut the time to diagnose endometriosis by 80 per cent by reducing the number of specialists a woman will see. It was developed in part by ob-gyn faculty, who spoke to CTV News about its potential. 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/cjH #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🚦 Medicine is a self-regulated profession. Is there a way to make the system more efficient across the several medical educational accreditation bodies? Dr. David Rojas, an assistant professor, has received a grant from Temerty Medicine to find out. 🔗: uoft.me/cjb #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🥼 They say not all heroes wear capes. How about white coats? The Master of Health Science students received their white coats at a traditional ceremony before their clinical rotations, where they will work with real patient samples in lab settings. 🔗: uoft.me/ci9 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🎬 On March 23, Dr. Aditi Sivakumar, a second-year ob-gyn resident, spoke to CTV’s Your Morning show about the short documentary she produced, “Positive Journeys: Pregnancy, Strength and Living Well with HIV.” 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/cgL #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

📈 Probiotic supplements, cleansers, moisturizers, creams—products for the vulvovaginal area are multiplying. Faculty members Drs. Selk and Kirkham spoke to CBC News about these products and how the brands are benefitting from a knowledge gap. 🔗 Summary: uoft.me/cgs #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🌱 Spring is almost here! And that means the ob-gyn department’s annual Research Day is not far behind — this year on May 1, 2026. 🙏 A big thank you to our sponsoring organizations, who will have exhibits on the day of the event. 🔗 Register by April 17! uoft.me/cfB #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

⚖️ Pelvic radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that works quite well on the cancer itself — but how does it affect quality of life? Ob-gyn resident Dr. Javier Mejia-Gomez has been awarded funding to study its effects on the sexual health of women. #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn 🔗 Q&A: uoft.me/cer

🎆 A remarkable 11 ob-gyn faculty members, across half a dozen projects, received CIHR funding! “As a department, we take great pride in driving innovation in health care,” says Chair Dr. Kellie Murphy. #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn 🔗 Read project summaries: uoft.me/cd0

⁉️ PCOS and endometriosis can be confounding conditions. CBC’s “Just Asking” podcast invited Dr. Olga Bougie, associate professor, to answer caller questions. 🎙️ ““We need to be attuned to listening to women sharing the symptoms they’re having,” she said. 🔗: uoft.me/cce #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

Ramadan Mubarak! If you are pregnant, you may have some questions about fasting during Ramadan. Assistant professor Dr. Kinshuk Kumar and her team at Trillium Health Partners (Credit Valley Hospital) have put together a guide for pregnant patients. #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn 🔗 : bit.ly/4b4S2Ai

Black History Month is marking its 30th year. Ruth Habte, a fellow in our gynaecologic reproductive endocrinology and infertility program, joined others from Temerty Medicine to reflect on this. 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/cau #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🩺 Resident Doctor Appreciation Week is nearing an end, and we want to send another shout out to our rock-star residents. 🤩Thanks to all residents for everything you do! ❤️ 🙏 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🎥 From behind the scenes to in front of the camera! Dr. Stéphane Laframboise, assistant professor, was Olympian Piper Gilles's gynaecologic oncologist and appeared in Ep. 3 of Netflix's "Glitter and Gold." 🇨🇦 ❤️ Go, Piper! More: uoft.me/c9K #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

✅The good news from ob-gyn researchers is that a taking penicillin allergy test while pregnant is safe and effective. ✅✅ The better news? Nearly 95 per cent of pregnant patients who believe they’re allergic to penicillin are not actually allergic. 🔗 More: uoft.me/bYQ #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🩺 ❤️ Happy Resident Doctor Appreciation Week! “We appreciate more than you know and are so grateful for all that you do! We are so proud of you and are grateful to play a small role in your journey to becoming OBGYNs.” —Dr. Carmen McCaffrey, Head of PGME Wellness #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

👀 #1 most-read in 2025! A paper on substances used in vaginal packing, co-authored by researchers from the ob-gyn department, was The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology’s most-read publication last year. 🎉 Congrats to the team! 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/c5v #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

Dr. Nucelio Lemos, professor in the ob-gyn department, talked to CBC News about a rarely performed pelvic-neurosurgery that a woman received at The Ottawa Hospital. 🏥 He called for improved accessibility for endometriosis care in Canada. 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/c4C #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

In 2009, Dr. Barry Rosen learned of the severity of the cancer situation in East Africa. By 2012, through a U of T partnership with U.S.-based AMPATH, he helped launch the first gyn-onc fellowship program in the sub-Saharan outside of South Africa. 🔗 More: uoft.me/c32 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🧭 This year’s Faculty Professional Development Day had attendees looking both outward as well as inward, participating in talks and workshops that explored purposeful advocacy and personal growth. 🔗 Read event recap, see award winners and more photos: uoft.me/c2q #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

⚠️ Dr. Amanda Selk, professor in the department, spoke to the CBC about the concerning report that the rates for cervical cancer have plateaued. Canada’s goal is to eliminate cervical cancer in the country by 2040 through screening and HPV vaccination. 🔗 uoft.me/b-- #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🐇 Faster learning is better learning, says a new ob-gyn study. Dr. Brenna Swift, an assistant professor, won a Best Paper award for a study that looked at whether video-based coaching could help surgical residents. 🎉 Congrats, Dr. Swift! 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/b-9 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🏆 x 🏆 CanSAGE? Can do! Faculty members Dr. Carmen McCaffrey and Dr. Ally Murji won national awards from the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Gynecologic Excellence (CanSAGE) for their achievements in minimally invasive gynaecology. Read Q&A: uoft.me/bYQ #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🧭 “You’re thinking in the right direction” is something Kenyan med student Faith Kiprop heard from her instructors when she was close to an answer. She and fellow student Ubah Bishar were hosted by the ob-gyn dept through the AMPATH-U of T partnership: 🔗 uoft.me/bWZ #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🧫 Egg-freezing, once considered experimental, has become more “patient-friendly” over the years, says Dr. Claire Jones, associate professor, to @theglobeandmail.com. 🔗 Read more about how technology is giving women better insight into their fertility: uoft.me/bVy #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

✈️ Riva Patel, a 4th-year medical student who participated in the ob-gyn department’s Summer Student Research Program, is lead author on a paper in the AJOG—and was awarded a travel grant to speak about the team’s work in Quebec City! 🎉 Well done, Riva! #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn 🔗 uoft.me/bUT

🌿 Cannabis use may harm fertility in women undergoing IVF, suggests a new study published in Nature Communications. The research team is led by Dr. Cyntia Duval and includes Dr. Clifford Librach, a professor in the ob-gyn department. 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/bSL #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

One year, two scholarships! 👏 👏 Recent ob-gyn residency grad Dr. Corey Sermer will be talking a one-year fellowship in gynaecologic advanced imaging at University College Hospital in the UK with funding from two (count ‘em) scholarships. 🎉 Fantastic, Corey! uoft.me/bPK #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🏠 Dr. Marie Christakis, an assistant professor in the ob-gyn department, spoke to Everyday Health about at-home menopause tests, which she says are unnecessary "and can result in either undertreatment or use of unproven approaches.” 🔗 Read story: bit.ly/45StVlY #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🎉 Congrats to our faculty members who head into the new academic year with promotions. Three cheers for (pictured l-r) Drs. Amanda Selk, Ally Murji and Deborah Robertson for their contributions to their field and to the department. 👏 👏 👏 Bravo all! 🔗 uoft.me/bO0 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

One expert is good. Many multidisciplinary experts coming together? That is demonstrably better, says visiting maternal-fetal medicine fellows Drs. Kays Omambe Esialimba and Tonia Mutindi Kakuti. 🔗 Read the Q&A on the Kenyans' six-week observership: uoft.me/bLY #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

✌️ Two for…one award! Two former division heads of gynaecologic oncology in the department, Drs. Barry Rosen and Professor Allan Covens, have received the 2025 IGCS Global Humanitarian Award. 🎉 Congratulations x2! 🔗 Read the IGCS citation: bit.ly/4mmq862 #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

💉 Researchers in the ob-gyn department are using the novel placental growth factor (PlGF) blood test to revolutionize screening, diagnosis and management of preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure. 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/bLi #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🧬 An embryologist and an ob-gyn professor introduce a technique new to Canada called ovarian tissue cryopreservation, to help young cancer patients preserve their chance of having biological children. 🔗 Read more: uoft.me/bJY #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

We’re excited for our first-year residents, and they’re excited to be here. 🤩 That enthusiasm was on display at our welcome session, when they met the leadership team, and later on at the pizzeria where they met faculty and senior residents. Welcome, PGY1s! ❤️ #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🫶 Dr. Heather Millar, an assistant professor in the ob-gyn department, spoke to the Canadian Press about a trauma-informed approach to obstetrics and gynaecological care in light of the rise in complaints to Ontario’s patient ombudsman. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4lpgYFf #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn

🎓 The 2025 graduating class of fellows and residents are a resilient bunch. Last week, family and friends, faculty and staff came together to celebrate all that they have overcome and all they have accomplished. 👏 👏 👏 🔗 Read more, see list of graduates, award winners, and photos: uoft.me/bFM