District IX

• Show Your Love Preconception Care Show Your Love this Valentine's Day! Visit the CDC's Show Your Love campaign web site for resources to help you promote preconception health to women in your community....

• 2013 Medical Student Essay Contest Attention medical students considering the ob/gyn specialty! ACOG-District IX (California) is proud to announce its 6th annual medical student essay contest....

• Coding Workshop Want to ensure you get paid correctly for what you do? Attend the ACOG coding workshop March 8-10, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ....

• <39 Weeks Program Speakers Bureau The Speakers Bureau consists of 20 obstetric leaders from across California trained to address non-medically indicated deliveries before 39 weeks through in-person hospital and regional trainings and...

• Recent Update on Ernie Bodai Dr. Bodai has been re-nominated for a Congressional Gold Medal...

• Less Than 39 Weeks Toolkit In order to support hospitals in eliminating non-medically indicated deliveries before 39 weeks, the March of Dimes, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative & the California Department...

• Environmental Toxicants Resource Center ACOG-IX's new portal aims to assist the organization's ongoing efforts to improve access to quality and accurate health information, particularly among underserved and vulnerable populations....

• The Ob‐Gyn Workforce: Current Challenges & Future Directions The Ob‐Gyn speciality will be challenged in the coming years with an impending workforce shortage. Dr. William Rayburn outlines the current landscape of the Ob‐Gyn workforce and future challenges mem...

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Ob-Gyns ACOG advocates for reform of the health care system with a focus on policies that advance women's health. Click here for a practical guide to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are likely...

• CMQCC OB Hemorrhage Toolkit In order to provide a resource for health care providers to improve readiness, recognition, response and reporting of hemorrhage, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative OB Hemorrhage Expe...

• ACOG-IX Events Calendar 2013 Committee on State Legislation Meeting: LAX Hilton, Los Angeles, CA March 15, 2013    10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Interim Meetings: LAX Hilton, Los Angeles, CA March 16, 2013 &n...

• Betty Tu Award District IX is establishing a new scholarship designed to support and cultivate future ACOG leaders - Junior Fellows. Additional information is available here....