Advocacy | Obstetrics and Gynecology | UC Davis Health

UC Davis Resident, Fellow, Faculty, and Alumni Advocacy Roles

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District IX
  • Outgoing Chair: Kelly McCue (UC Davis OB-GYN Alumni)
  • Junior Fellow Vice Chair: Simone Thibault (current resident)
  • Junior Fellow Past Chair: Tali Pomerantz (UC Davis Gynecologic Oncology fellow, UC Davis OB-GYN Alumni)
  • Section I Chair: Kathleen Rooney (UC Davis OB-GYN Alumni)
  • Section I Vice Chair: Jocelyn Glassberg (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty)
  • Section I Junior Fellow Chair: Simone Thibault (current resident)
  • Section I Junior Fellow Vice Chair: Nimerta Sandhu (current resident)
  • DEI Delegate: Claudia L. López, MD (current UC Davis Maternal Fetal Medicine fellow, UC Davis OB-GYN Alumni)
  • DEI Committee Co-chair: Catherine Cansino (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty, APD)
  • DEI Committee Junior Fellow Co-chair: Jayla Watkins (current resident)
  • Global Health Committee Junior Fellow Co-chair: Sarah Pfeil (UC Davis OBGYN Alumni)
  • State Legislative Committee Co-chair: Juliana Melo (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty)
  • Residents, fellows, and attendings also sit on almost all of our ACOG District IX committees: Legislative, Global Health, DEI, Health Care for Underserved Women and Gender Diverse Individuals, Public Health, Physician Wellness
• World Association for Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynecology Representative: Patrice Trowbridge (current resident)
• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Safe Abortion Committee, General Member: Patrice Trowbridge (current resident)
• ACOG Clinical Practice Guidelines in Gynecology Vice Chair: Catherine Cansino (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty, APD)
• Society of Family Planning
  • Board of Directors Member-at-Large Catherine Cansino (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty, APD)
  • DEI Advisory Group Co-Chair: Catherine Cansino (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty, APD)
  • Governance Committee member: Catherine Cansino (UC Davis OB-GYN faculty, APD)
• Committee of Interns and Residents Elected Union Delegate: Kayla Meadows (current resident)
• FIGO, Past President: Jeanne Conry
• Founder of Environmental Health Leadership Foundation: Jeanne Conry
• Council on Resident Education in OB-GYN (CREOG) Region 5 National Representative: Véronique Taché (UC Davis OB-GYN Alumni, UC Davis OB-GYN faculty; PD)

ACOG Congressional Leadership Conference (CLC)

ACOG National holds an annual congressional leadership conference where residents and faculty attend to participate in advocacy with congresspeople on capitol hill in Washington DC. It is lobby day on much a larger scale.