Glasgow Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society

We are an educational and social society made up of O&G doctors from across the west of Scotland.

The Society meets on a monthly basis between October and May. The current session has recently ended and was recorded as GOGS’ 199th.

Each year there will be a joint meeting with the West of Scotland Obstetric Anaesthetists, a trainee evening and a combined meeting with the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society.

The trainee evening is an excellent opportunity for trainees to present their work to an expert audience in both oral and poster format. This meeting normally takes place in March, although in 2020 it was postponed to June as a result of COVID disruption. There are prizes awarded for best oral and best poster presentation. The call for abstracts is usually advertised in December or January.

Meetings usually take place on a Wednesday evening with most meetings taking place in the New Lister Building on Alexandra Parade. There is a buffet dinner available from 6pm and members are encouraged to talk to the sponsors present. The formal presentation of the evening starts at 7pm.

It is unclear what impact COVID restrictions will have on the 200th session but details will be released in the autumn of 2020. It is possible that more meetings will be held virtually after the great sucess of the first virtual trainee night in June 2020.

The atmosphere at meetings is friendly and relaxed with interaction between attendees encouraged. It is a great way to meet colleagues from other hospitals and for trainees to engage with each other.

2021-22 Meeting Schedule – 201st session of GOGS

Date	Title	Speaker	Venue & Session Sponsors
Tuesday 2nd November 2021	Virtual Educational Update	Hosted by Dr P Owen and Dr C Summerhill	Virtual meeting Sponsors TBC
Tuesday 7th December 2021	“Pregnancy and Covid-19: experience and new developments”	Joint meeting with the West of Scotland Obstetric Anaesthetists	Virtual meeting
Tuesday 18th January 2022	“Clinical guidelines: more than less than 0.05”	Dr M A Ledingham and Dr B Magowan	Virtual meeting
Tuesday 15th February 2022	“Perinatal genomics – targeted or univeral testing”	Prof. M Kilby	Hybrid meeting
Tuesday 22nd March 2022	“The evolution of surgery for endometrial cancer in Scotland: rise of the robots?”	Dr K Burton	Hybrid meeting
Friday 22nd April 2022	Trainee Night (Abstract submission open)		Hybrid meeting
Wednesday 25th May 2022	Joint meeting with Edinburgh Obstetrical Society		Edinburgh

GOGS is not just for the O&G consultants of the West of Scotland. We welcome membership applications from O&G trainees, clinical fellows, foundation doctors and medical students. If you are interested in joining us, we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for membership, please complete the application form and send either a physical or scanned copy to the GOGS Treasurer. Their details can be found on the application form.

You will be proposed for membership by members of the GOGS committee and your membership will commence from the next meeting after your first membership payment is made.

Payment is by annual standing order and the annual fee is as below.

Level of membership	Annual fee (via standing order)
Consultant	£40.00
Trainee	£30.00
Associate or retired member	£10.00

Standing orders can be set up in one of two ways: either by completing the form and sending/handing it to your bank or by setting one up online through internet banking. Regardless of which way you set it up, please send a copy of the standing order mandate (second page of the membership application form) to the GOGS Treasurer.

President	Dr Phil Owen
Senior Vice-president	Dr Chris Hardwick
Junior Vice-president	tbc
Senior Secretary	Dr Colin Malcolm
Junior Secretary	Dr Carla Summerhill
Treasurer	Dr Marco Gaudoin
Ordinary Members	Dr Ros Jamieson Dr Mahesh Perera
Junior Members	Dr Catriona Barlow
Previous President	Dr Stewart Pringle