559: Lectures From Around The Globe: Global Voices and Smarter Systems: Accountability, Equity, and De-escalation

Sunday, November 15, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Room: BALLRM-ABC

Moderators: Richard Farnam, Grace Liu
Faculty: Luis F. Garcia, Amani Harris, Sari Kives, Akshara Shyamsunder

Description: Perspectives from Australia, Italy, Mexico, and Canada examine how women's voices and technological progress can produce safer, more equitable, outcomes-driven care. The session connects advocacy and surgical accountability with technology-enabled therapeutic de-escalation, standardized systems, and a patient-centered model for women facing barriers to minimally invasive treatment.

Learning Objectives: After attending this session, the participant will be able to: 1) Explain how women's lived experiences and advocacy can shape health policy, informed consent, and outcomes measurement in endometriosis care; 2) Compare surgical coaching, video review, and borderless mentorship as mechanisms for transparency and continuous improvement; 3) Evaluate how technological innovation can support evidence-based therapeutic de-escalation and individualized treatment; and 4) Identify system-level strategies to standardize MIGS excellence and deliver equitable, respectful care to patients facing treatment barriers.

Course Outline

2:00 PM Welcome, Introduction and Course Overview

2:05 PM Beyond Awareness: When Women Are Finally Heard - How Women's Voices Are Reshaping Endometriosis Care, Surgical Accountability, and Health Policy
A. Harris

2:15 PM Would You Operate Differently If the World Were Watching? Surgical Coaching, Video Review, and Borderless Mentorship
A. Shyamsunder

2:25 PM  Technological Innovation and Therapeutic De-escalation: When Less Is Better
TBD

2:35 PM From Expert Surgeons to Expert Systems: Standardizing Excellence In Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
L. Garcia

2:45 PM Beyond the Scale: Equitable, Patient-Centred Gynecologic Care for Women with Obesity and Atypical Hyperplasia or Endometrial Cancer
S. Kives

2:55 PM Discussion Questions & Answers

3:00 PM Adjourn