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in April as Editor-in-Chief, Catherine Y. Spong, MD has gracefully and skillfully led our team through a year no one saw coming.

Thank you to our Deputy Editor, Jon I. Einarsson, MD, MPH, PHD, for his continued support and valuable contributions.

Thank you to the esteemed members of our 

; We appreciate all of the work you do. We would also like to recognize the Board’s newest members who joined with enthusiasm, despite a global pandemic: Yalda Afshar, MD, PHD, Christine Isaacs, MD, and Laura Riley, MD. Welcome to the team!

Thank you to former Editorial Advisory Board member Sharon T. Phelan, MD, for her keen insights and expertise, and to Judith M. Orvos, long-time editorial consultant, whose contributions have helped shape the magazine into what it is today.

We are excited to begin another year with such a distinguished team behind us, and with you, our readers, to join the conversation as learners, practitioners and educators. We are eager to begin another wonderful year with you.

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As the year comes to a close, we would like to recognize all of the people who have contributed to the growth and continued success of Contemporary OB/GYN. 

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The September issue of Contemporary OB/GYN discussed sensitive subjects, such as racism, implicit bias, mental health, sexism, and representation. Below is a recap of those featured on the cover:

Any professional who is exposed to high levels of stress is at risk. Physicians are especially vulnerable. e characteristics that are emphasized and rewarded during medical training are the same ones that make a physician vulnerable to burnout.

The virtual well-woman visit is an ideal opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles, ensure appropriate screening for various conditions, and counsel patients on risk-reducing behavior. Successful adoption and uptake of telehealth may allow for interventions and care of patients at an unprecedented rate. 

The breathtaking physiology of reproduction may go astray in any facet and result in infertility. Evaluation for that aberration, followed by diagnosis-specific treatment, is perhaps the most cost-e effective way to help a couple conceive. is is an opportune time to add antenatal screening to the basic diagnostic evaluation of the infertile couple.

Driven by the cost-effective introduction of next-generation sequencing, prenatal screening for fetal genetic disease has dramatically expanded. Although noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for the common aneuploidies (trisomy 21, 18, and 13) has had the greatest uptake and gained the most attention, fetal Mendelian disorders actually affect more pregnancies.

View the September Digital Edition for more peer-reviewed content. 

Highlights from articles featured in the September issue of Contemporary OB/GYN. 

September issue roundup: Vol 65 No 09

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Using Your Platform for Racial Justice & Health Equity, By Washington Clark Hill, MD, FACOG

“In the past 55 years since I became a physician, progress has been made but we still have so much more to do and a long way to go.”

Overcoming Racism & Unconscious Bias, By Vanessa L. Rogers, MD, & Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD, MS

Drs. Rogers and Nesbitt discuss what obstetricians and gynecologists can do to reduce racism and unconscious bias in their practice.

Equality versus Equity: What’s the difference?

Gynecologic care considerations for transmasculine people

By Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC

Transgender and non-binary people face discrimination and stigma, along with other barriers, in accessing health care.

Terminology for ob/gyns to use when treating transgender patients

Addressing inequalities in women’s health research

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August issue roundup: Vol 65 No 08

“Healthcare practitioners are displaying significant rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, insomnia, and depression, according to new NIH research,” Ely says.

In a recent interview from Medical Economics, Thomas Ely, DO, discusses how the pandemic is affecting physicians. 

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September issue roundup: Vol 65 No 09

August issue roundup: Vol 65 No 08

Physician burnout during the pandemic