Certificate Tracks and Menopause Education Take Center Stage at ACOG 2026

The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists convened its 75th Anniversary Annual Clinical Meeting to what organizers described as the largest attendance in the conference's history, with approximately 5000 participants. In the first segment of this 4-part program, Maryam Siddiqui, MD, vice chair for clinical affairs and section chief for general obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago Medicine, and Katrina Lee, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago Medicine, reflect on the energy and scale of an event that drew clinicians from across the country and abroad.

A key structural addition highlighted by Lee was the introduction of certificate tracks—focused educational pathways in 3 clinical areas: menopause, emergency obstetrics, and perinatal mental health and obstetrics and gynecology practice. These tracks were designed both to deepen clinical expertise and to fulfill Part 4 requirements of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology's Continuing Certification program. Siddiqui noted that the menopause track in particular generated exceptional demand, with sessions drawing overflow crowds and additional breakout rooms required to accommodate attendees.

The menopause programming featured evidence-based presentations paired with case-based learning, covering topics including vasomotor and non-vasomotor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, and management considerations for patients with breast and gynecologic cancers. Siddiqui and Lee agreed that the depth and clinical applicability of these sessions distinguished them as a conference highlight, and that the strong audience response reflected a genuine and growing appetite for structured, subspecialty-level education within general obstetrics and gynecology.