UCSF Controversies in Women’s Health 2025

UCSF Controversies in Women’s Health 2025

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Target Audience: family physicians, internists, gynecologists, physician assistants, pharmacists
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Controversies in Women’s Health 2025 December 11 – 12, 2025 Hotel Nikko • San Francisco, CA

Increasing appreciation of the unique needs of women patients and women health care providers has created a need for innovative educational programs on women’s health. Increasingly difficult management decisions must be made in diverse ambulatory environments and via telemedicine. Attention to health disparities and the care of vulnerable patients and close collaboration with diverse specialists is essential for quality care for all women.

This innovative program will provide a practical update on a full range of common but controversial issues in women’s health. Emphasis will be placed on new developments in preventive care for women, issues in reproductive health, clinical strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of common gynecologic and medical disorders of women. Interactive questions will amplify learning and ample time will be provided for questions and discussion. This course, taught by UCSF’s best teachers, is presented by the Division of General Internal Medicine, in close collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences. The course is sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.

TARGET AUDIENCE 

This course is designed for family physicians, internists, gynecologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and all others involved in providing quality health care for women.

Objectives

• The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in women’s health. We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to:
• Discuss and implement new guidelines for prevention and early detection of cancer in women;
• Discuss and implement new vaccine guidelines to prevent common infections in women;
• Prevent, diagnose, and treat common and controversial problems in women’s health including heart disease, osteoporosis, STIs, HIV, common cancers, incontinence, menopause, and obesity;
• Diagnose and treat common skin conditions in women;
• Counsel patients about best practices in contraception and abortion;
• Understand the clinical implications of adverse pregnancy outcomes on future cardiovascular risk;
• Address common clinical issues of older women;
• Manage sexual issues in women;
• Optimize patient communication and shared decision making;
• Develop best practices to address health disparities and care for vulnerable patients;
• Improve interprofessional teamwork and collaboration;
• Advocate for quality health care services for all women.

 

 Topics:

Date/Time	Credit Type	Title	Speaker(s)
Thursday, December 11, 2025
7:30 AM		Continental Breakfast and Course Registration
8:10 AM		Course Webinar Opens
8:20		Welcome and Announcements	Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Moderator: Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
8:30	G	Updates and Controversies in Breast Cancer Screening	Karla M. Kerlikowske, MD
9:10		Discussion
9:20	RxG	Current Strategies for Vaccinations: Preventing Infections in a Changing Environment	Lisa Winston, MD
10:00		Discussion
10:10		Coffee Break
10:30	RxG	Updates in Cervical Cancer Screening and HPV-Based Screening	George Sawaya, MD
11:10		Discussion
11:20	RxG	PCOS Management 2025: New Approaches for Clinical Practice	Heather Huddleston, MD
12:00 PM		Discussion
12:10 PM		Lunch (On Your Own)
Moderator: Katherine Julian, MD
1:30	RxG	Treatment and Prognosis of Common Cancers in Women	Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd
2:10		Discussion
2:20	RxG	Best Practices in Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disease in Women	Phoebe Ashley MD, MS, FACC
3:00		Discussion
3:10		Coffee Break
3:30	Rx	Quality Family Planning	Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
4:10		Discussion
4:20	RxG	Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2025: New Guidelines and Best Practices	Paul Nadler, MD
5:00		Discussion
5:10 PM		Adjourn
Friday, December 12, 2025
8:00 AM		Continental Breakfast
8:20 AM		Course Webinar Opens
Moderator: Judith M. E. Walsh, MD, MPH
8:30	RxG	What’s New in Management of Menopause and Peri-Menopausal Symptoms?	Judith M. E. Walsh, MD, MPH
9:10		Discussion
9:20	RxG	Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis: What’s New and Controversial in 2025?	Anne Schafer, MD
10:00		Discussion
10:10		Coffee Break
10:30	RxG	Best Practices in the Care of Older Women	Stephanie E. Rogers, MD, MS, MPH
11:10		Discussion
11:20	RxG	Obesity in Primary Care: Optimizing the New Treatment Options	Diana Thiara, MD
12:00 PM		Discussion
12:10 PM		Lunch (On Your Own)
Moderator: Rebecca Jackson, MD
1:30	RxG	Hot, Wet, and Dry: Gynecologic Conditions in Older Women	Rebecca Jackson, MD
2:10		Discussion
2:20	RxG	Current Controversies in HIV and Covid-19 in Women	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
3:00		Discussion
3:10		Coffee Break
3:30	RxG	Dermatology Update: What’s New in Women’s Skin Care	Lindy P. Fox, MD
4:10		Discussion
4:20	Rx	Abortion Access in 2025	Daniel Grossman, MD
5:00		Discussion
5:10 PM		Course Adjourns