President’s Perspective: Presidential Focus for 2026

Dear friends and colleagues, Happy New Year! I am excited to begin 2026 as your new AUGS President and truly look forward to all that we will accomplish together. I am deeply grateful to our 64 new volunteers, including the new Board members: Tina Mahajan, MD (Vice President) Gena Dunivan, MD (Director-at-Large) Miles Murphy, MD […]

President’s Perspective Dec. 2025

Dear Colleagues,   As we approach the end of another remarkable year, I want to extend my gratitude to each of you for your ongoing commitment to our subspecialty and to AUGS. Your dedication as volunteers to the society, providing clinical excellence to our patients, promoting research efforts, serving as educators and leaders – continues […]

President’s Perspective: AUGS Advocacy Alerts and Updates

Dear friends and colleagues, And we are off to a running start in 2025! We have some important updates on policy, coding, and staffing. There is a lot of information here, but we feel it is an important summary. As of this January, AUGS brought on a new consulting firm, McDermott . McDermott exclusively serves the health […]