Andrew I. Brill, MD

 Hi, I’m Dr. Bill Parker from Santa  Monica, California. I am here with Dr. Andrew Brill from Chicago. I am a past  President of the AAGL, the Laparoscopy Organization. Dr. Brill is just coming  off the Board as a year removed from being President. We are going to ask him  about some of the new directions that the organization is taking. 
 
 

 I am glad you brought that up Bill. For the longest  time the AAGL has taken the lead throughout the world in training laparoscopy  and hysteroscopy. But in fact in the last several years they have been very  inclusive in realizing that this agenda is not just laparoscopy, it is not just  hysteroscopy. It is giving physicians and patients options for less invasive  treatments in gynecology, which of course includes many things besides  laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. 
 
 

 This morning we had an interesting session talking  about the Women’s Health Initiative, which is something that the AAGL has not  really done before, taking about hormones and risks and benefits. What were the  Board’s thoughts about doing that?
 
 

 Well, I think we have to address the needs of  physicians today, and they surely extend beyond simply doing surgical procedures  on patients. Also, everyone has questions as to this particular topic, and  therefore it was of great use to the members. 
 
 

: The other thing that has been interesting is the  journal, which was The Journal of the AAGL. It has changed its name; do you want  to tell us a little bit about that?
 
 

 Well change comes slowly, and sometimes painfully. But  I think with grace the journal name has been changed. It used to be 

Journal of Minimally  Invasive Gynecology

, again reflecting the fundamental shift in providing  education in all areas of less invasive gynecology. 
 
 

 Well, thank you very much for talking to us today. It  has been nice having you. We look forward to much better and bigger things for  the AAGL, internationally.
 
 

 It is great to see you and I hope to see many  physicians at our meetings in the future.

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From the 34th Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - November 2005

New Directions of the AAGL

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Andrew I. Brill, MD

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