• Supporting Patients Navigating Congenital CMV
    Dec 23 2025

    In the tenth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc, FACOG and Gail Demmler Harrison, MD discuss congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV). They explore how healthcare professionals can support prospective parents through CMV diagnosis, provide compassionate care, and help families navigate caring for children with congenital CMV.


    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Astellas for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series.

    ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    13 mins
  • Quality of Life and Menopausal Changes in Sexual Health
    Dec 16 2025

    In the ninth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Stacey Ammerman, DO, FACOG, NCMP, DABOM, Judith Volkar, MD, MBA, FACOG and Sara Cichowski, MD, FACOG take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss the connection menopause symptoms and sexual health with their patients in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We’ll focus on how to have mindful conversations with patients on their managing their changes in anatomy, desire, libido and more as well as ways to discuss needs with partners.


    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Astellas for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series.

    ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    23 mins
  • Discussing Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause and Impacts on Sleep
    Dec 12 2025

    In the eighth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Karen Adams, MD, DO, FACOG, NCMP, DABOM and Kerri Anthony, MD, FACOG, MSCP take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss the vasomotor menopause symptoms and sleep with their patients in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We’ll focus on how to have mindful conversations with patients on their managing their vasomotor symptoms and subsequent impacts on sleep.


    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Astellas for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion

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    24 mins
  • Managing Menopause Symptoms and Maintaining Quality of Life
    Dec 12 2025

    In the seventh episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Kerri Anthony, MD, FACOG, MSCP and Stacey Ammerman, DO, FACOG, NCMP, DABOM take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss the skills and strategies for maintaining quality of life while managing menopause symptoms with their patients in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We’ll focus on how to have mindful conversations with patients on their lifestyle goals and how to treat their menopause symptoms.
    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!
    We are grateful to Astellas for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion

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    16 mins
  • Understanding the Impact of Postpartum Depression on Bonding and Relationships
    Sep 18 2025

    In the sixth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA and Amina Mohamed-Saleh will take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss the impacts of postpartum on infant bond and family relationships with their patients in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We’ll focus on how to have mindful conversations with patients and how to integrate inclusive language and the role of culture on postpartum depression and bonding.

    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Sage Therapeutics and Biogen for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    19 mins
  • Postpartum Depression: Diving Deeper into Support Networks
    Sep 15 2025

    In the fifth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd; and Jaclyn Nuziato, MD will take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss the importance of support networks and how providers can assist their patients access social supports during the postpartum period. Tune in for empathetic discussion techniques on postpartum depression.

    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Sage Therapeutics and Biogen for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    19 mins
  • Communicating Endometrial Cancer Risk and Diagnosis
    Sep 5 2025

    In the fourth episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Kari Ring, MD; Shawn Smith; and Wenora Johnson will take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss endometrial cancer risks with their patients in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We’ll focus on how to have mindful conversations with patients and how to integrate emotional and mental health support as patients navigate diagnosis and receiving cancer treatment.

    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to biopharma company, GSK, for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection. All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    20 mins
  • Discussing Mental Health During Infertility and Perinatal Loss
    Nov 26 2024

    In the third episode of our Compassionate Conversations podcast series, Dr. Ponnila Marinescu and Kay Matthews will take a deeper dive into how health care professionals can discuss mental health with their patients experiencing fertility or perinatal loss in an empathetic, sensitive manner. We'll focus on how to have culturally mindful conversations with patients and how trauma can impact your approach to patient care.

    To hear more about Compassionate Conversations, check out our website!

    We are grateful to Sage Therapeutics and Biogen for its support of ACOG’s Compassionate Conversation series. ACOG is solely responsible for all content including speaker and facilitator selection.

    All opinions discussed by the moderator and panelists are their own and not reflective of ACOG opinion.

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    16 mins