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Call for Member Engagement

Expand your engagement with IGCS as we unite the globe to transform gynecologic cancer care worldwide.With the release of the IGCS Strategic Pillars, it’s increasingly important for the IGCS to cultivate an inclusive and diverse organizational culture that engages and empowers our members to drive the mission forward. We call upon you, our members, to consider further engaging with the IGCS.   Enhance Member and Guest ExperienceAdvance Equitable Patient-Centered CareIncrease IGCS’ Impact WorldwideEngaging with IGCS offers many benefits, including making a meaningful impact to advance patient care and global health, sharing and expanding your skills and knowledge, shaping the future of IGCS with innovative ideas, and collaborating with global colleagues. Complete the IGCS Member Engagement Interest FormOur society is engaged in ongoing programs and projects where member expertise and passion are needed. Some projects may only require a few hours of time, while others may require a longer commitment. Our goal is to provide opportunities for our members to contribute to the IGCS mission at whatever level of commitment they desire.    Engagement opportunities are available in IGCS Programs, and detailed opportunities within these programs may be found when completing the engagement interest form.   Annual Global Meeting The largest global meeting dedicated to women’s cancer, the Annual Meeting offers multidisciplinary education on gynecologic cancers and networking opportunities.  Education360 Education360 is our society’s year-round, online…

Meghan Anderson

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IGCS Board Defines Strategic Goals

As a rapidly growing international society with great ambitions and endless potential, it’s incredibly important that we establish strategic goals and set priorities to guide our decisions and ensure the sustainability of our great organization.  We are so pleased to share the enhanced pillars with their ambitious goals.

Meghan Anderson

· CEO Message

Board of Directors Election Results

The results are in – please join us in congratulating the newly elected IGCS Board Members. For each position, the candidate receiving the most votes was elected. Regional Board Members were elected by IGCS Members residing in the corresponding region.

Debbie Leopold

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IGCS and Globe-athon Join Forces

Earlier this year, Dr. George Larry Maxwell, the founder of Globe-athon, approached the IGCS with a proposal to unify their network of physicians and advocates focused on gynecologic cancers worldwide by blending and integrating our programs.

Strategic Alliance Highlight - Kazakhstan

IGCS is proud of our strategic alliance partnership with the Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan and excited to highlight this flourishing partnership which also includes Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Dicey Celebrates 25th Survivorship Year

In honor of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, we’d like to take this opportunity to highlight some of our advocacy programs and celebrate Dicey Scroggins, the IGCS Director of Global Outreach & Engagement who celebrated her 25th ovarian cancer survivorship anniversary on September 19th.

Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology Partners with IGCS

We are pleased to announce that the Gynecologic Oncology Branch of the Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology has joined the IGCS Strategic Alliance Partner Program. BSSO is a nonprofit organization that supports its members in a wide range of activities including education, research, and leadership in multidisciplinary cancer care.

Nominations for Distinguished Advocacy Award

The Annual IGCS Distinguished Advocacy Award recognizes advocates and/or advocacy organizations that provide active, dedicated service to patients-survivors, families, caregivers, and communities—at a local, regional, or international level. The nomination deadline has passed.

Gynecologic Oncology of Canada Partners with IGCS

We are pleased to announce that The Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada (GOC) has joined the IGCS Strategic Alliance Partnership. IGCS and GOC are aligned in many ways including the GOC’s purpose, to improve the care of women with or at risk of gynecologic cancer by raising standards of practice, encouraging ongoing research, promoting innovation in prevention, care and discovery, and advancing awareness.

Education Highlight: Palliative Lecture

Login to the IGCS Education Portal to access a recently recorded didactic focusing on palliative medicine and end of life care by Dr. Michael Pearl. The lecture provides an overview of palliative medicine, including end-of-life care, ethics, and communication with a Q&A segment after.

Education Highlight: Ask a Pathologist

Members, log in to the Education Portal for the latest pathology resources and send your pathology questions to pathology@igcs.org. “Ask a Pathologist” is available to IGCS Members thanks to our Strategic Alliance Partnership with the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists.

Global Health Equity

Consistent with this mission and our focus on benefit to women and given the current heightened global awareness of and attention to social and health inequity, IGCS is issuing the following statement outlining its position on these important matters. Most succinctly put, IGCS supports all who espouse social and health equity around the globe.

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