September brought a strong slate of expert video interviews, panel discussions, and podcast content to Contemporary OB/GYN, spanning gynecologic oncology, maternal immunization, obstetric safety, menopause, endometriosis, sexual medicine, and the debut of a new series. See a full recap of our top expert interviews from September 2026.

Top videos and podcasts from September 2026

David Shalowitz, MD, on strengthened evidence behind salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention

On September 3, 2026, David Shalowitz, MD, MSHP, Director of Cancer Care Delivery at Corewell Health and co-author of ACOG’s updated salpingectomy guidance, explained what drove the organization’s strengthened recommendation to routinely perform bilateral salpingectomy at the time of hysterectomy and other surgeries.¹ Shalowitz pointed to a British Columbia cohort study reporting a 78% relative reduction in lifetime ovarian cancer risk (HR 0.22; 95% CI, 0.05–0.95) and emphasized that adding salpingectomy to an otherwise indicated surgery generally adds fewer than 10 minutes without significant additional perioperative risk.¹

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Kevin Ault, MD, on the clinician’s role in maternal COVID-19 vaccine counseling

On September 9, 2026, Kevin Ault, MD, FACOG, co-author of ACOG’s 2026–27 respiratory virus immunization guidance, emphasized that obstetric clinicians remain the most trusted source of vaccine information for pregnant patients, making evidence-based COVID-19 counseling a high-value opportunity.² Ault noted that while only 11.1% of pregnant women received a COVID-19 vaccine in the 2025–26 season — down 25.7% from the prior year — survey data consistently shows patients are more likely to vaccinate when their ob-gyn or midwife recommends it directly.²

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Amber Watters, MD, on emergency preparedness and building a version program

On September 11, 2026, Amber Watters, MD, MS, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, addressed emergency preparedness for external cephalic version (ECV), noting that emergent delivery during or after ECV is exceedingly rare — occurring in just 0.2%–0.7% of cases — and falls within existing labor and delivery escalation protocols without requiring a new mobilization framework.³ Watters also outlined how to build a version program, recommending that centers new to ECV convene key stakeholders to align on the benefits of anesthesia collaboration before coordinating logistics.³

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Reviewing the evidence about testosterone in women

On September 16, 2026, Maria Uloko, MD, and Bruce Dorr, MD, FACOG, launched a 4-part Special Report series on testosterone therapy in women, opening with a clear-eyed review of what the evidence does and does not establish.⁴ Uloko drew a sharp line between the population the data supports — postmenopausal women with low sexual desire, who show measurable benefit — and the populations where the evidence base remains incomplete, including premenopausal women and those seeking musculoskeletal or cognitive benefits, framing the evidence gap as a practical tension clinicians must navigate in the exam room.⁴

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PMOS Awareness Month: Watch our expert panel discussion on PMOS

In recognition of PMOS Awareness Month, Contemporary OB/GYN, Contemporary Pediatrics, and Patient Care Online spotlighted a 5-part video Special Report on the global consensus renaming of PCOS to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), published September 22, 2026, moderated by Heather Appelbaum, MD, FACOG, and featuring Melanie Cree, MD, PhD, and Michelle M. Maresca, MD.⁵ The series, still available to watch in full, covers adolescent diagnosis, clinical workup, laboratory testing, GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy, and what the rename means for cross-specialty care.⁵

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Sameena Rahman, MD, on bias, dismissed diagnoses, and the vulvar vestibule

On September 23, 2026, Sameena Rahman, MD, FACOG, MSCP, IF, discussed her new book — which reclaims the dismissive clinical term “brown girls’ disease” as a lens for examining how diagnostic dismissal shapes care for all women in sexual medicine — and called attention to the underfunding and underrepresentation of vulvovaginal and sexual health in research and training.⁶ Rahman noted that less than 1% of women’s health research funding goes to vulvovaginal and sexual medicine, and described an ob-gyn resident who had completed 4 years of training without encountering the term “vestibulodynia” or a clear anatomical understanding of the vulvar vestibule.⁶

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Hugh Taylor, MD, discusses first- and second-line medical therapy for endometriosis

On September 24, 2026, Hugh Taylor, MD, Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine, outlined a stepwise approach to endometriosis pharmacotherapy, noting that while oral contraceptives remain first-line, clinicians should expect approximately one-third of patients to be progestin-resistant and should plan to follow up within 6–8 weeks.⁷ For resistant patients, Taylor described oral GnRH antagonists — relugolix combination therapy and elagolix — as a transformative second-line option and flagged danazol as an effective, low-cost but underused alternative.⁷

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Missed & Dismissed: The diagnostic gap starts in childhood

On September 28, 2026, Contemporary OB/GYN published the debut episode of Missed & Dismissed: Closing the Diagnostic Gap in Women’s Health, in which host Calbeth C. Alaribe, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, CPCHE, spoke with Charis Chambers, MD — known as The Period Doctor and chief medical officer at Clue — about why PMOS diagnostic delays so often begin in adolescence, how race and age shape whose symptoms are taken seriously, and how fear-based, pregnancy-focused messaging to young girls can obscure menstrual symptoms worth clinical attention.⁸ Chambers also discussed her work at Clue on menstrual tracking data and its potential to close research gaps in underrepresented populations.⁸

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References:

1. David Shalowitz, MD, on strengthened evidence behind salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 3, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/david-shalowitz-md-strengthened-evidence-behind-salpingectomy-cancer
2. Kevin Ault, MD, on the clinician’s role in maternal COVID-19 vaccine counseling. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 9, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/kevin-ault-md-the-clinician-role-maternal-covid-19-vaccine
3. Amber Watters, MD, on emergency preparedness and building a version program. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 11, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/amber-watters-md-on-emergency-preparedness-version-program
4. Reviewing the evidence about testosterone in women. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 16, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/reviewing-the-evidence-about-testosterone-in-women
5. PMOS Awareness Month: Watch our expert panel discussion on PMOS. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 22, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/pmos-awareness-month-watch-our-expert-panel-discussion-on-pmos
6. Sameena Rahman, MD, on bias, dismissed diagnoses, and the vulvar vestibule. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 23, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/sameena-rahman-md-on-bias-dismissed-diagnoses-and-the-vulvar-vestibule
7. Hugh Taylor, MD, discusses first- and second-line medical therapy for endometriosis. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 24, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/hugh-taylor-md-discusses-first--second-medical-therapy-endometriosis
8. Missed & Dismissed: The diagnostic gap starts in childhood. Contemporary OB/GYN. Published September 28, 2026. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/missed-dismissed-diagnostic-gap-starts-childhood