Jon I. Einarsson, MD, PhD, MPH

Learn how obstetrician-gynecologists can use artificial intelligence to improve their practice.

For a medical device start-up to be successful, it needs a talented team, decisive implementation, and adequate funding. Without resources for prototype development, patent filing, regulatory work, and more, the best ideas will die on the vine because running out of funds is a common reason for failure.

The reality is that traditional laparoscopic surgery provides excellent outcomes, great surgical exposure, and the flexibility to tackle almost any clinical situation. As such it is a high bar to overcome—vNOTES is essentially single port vaginal surgery.

Contemporary OB/GYN® held a panel discussion in September with 4 renowned minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons (MIGS) who discussed vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES).

Introducing Contemporary OB/GYN®'s Deputy Editor, Jon I. Einarsson, MD, MPH, PhD.

Three esteemed surgeons discuss technology, weighing the pros and cons of existing and newly developed platforms.

Three esteemed surgeons discuss technology, weighing the pros and cons of existing and newly developed platforms.

The actual pursuit of the idea is what is important, and this pursuit is complex, time consuming and expensive.

The Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) held its 46th Annual Scientific Meeting virtually in July, in much the same way that all other associations are holding meetings or conferences these days.

As artificial intelligence increases its presence in medicine, ob/gyns are welcoming the technology with both excitement and trepidation.

Jon I. Einarsson, MD, PhD, MPH, and Nisse V. Clark, MD, discuss their novel technique for Essure reversal in this video.

With the impending withdrawal of Essure from the US market, ob/gyns should know how to remove the device. The authors describe the traditional technique and their new approach.

Innovation is a major component of gynecologic surgery and surgeons at all levels play a role in progressing the specialty

Many ob/gyns will have ideas for novel medical devices, but most have no idea what is involved in bringing products to market. Jon Einarsson, MD, PhD, MPH, discusses some considerations when evaluating whether or not to turn an idea into something more.