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Becoming A Member of SGS

Prospective members must be Diplomates of a member Specialty Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties and must be interested in and actively involved in female pelvic and abdominal surgery. By approval of the Executive Committee, distinguished physicians and surgeons who hold membership in foreign societies equivalent to the American Boards may be proposed for membership. Application for membership can only be made after the applicant has attended an Annual Meeting of the Society and requires the proposal and endorsement of members of the Society who are in good standing.

Acceptance for membership in the Society occurs via a three–stage process: Application for membership by the prospective member, acceptance for candidate membership following review of the application by the Membership Committee and the Executive Committee, and induction into the Society by affirmative vote of the Society following presentation by the candidate of a scholarly work at an Annual Meeting of the Society.

                    APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
  1. The PROPOSER instructs the applicant to obtain the SGS membership instructions and the surgical case list spreadsheet from the SGS website, www.sgsonline.org. After preparing the case list, the APPLICANT will complete the web application form and submit it along with a copy of his/her CV and the surgical case list. The PROPOSER assists the APPLICANT in completion and submission of the application file.
  2. The APPLICANT completes the following steps:
    1. Prepares a current curriculum vitae.
    2. Prepares a surgical case list (Click Here to view the Case List Form) - The case list should span one year’s activities and include all: patients for whom the applicant has primary operative responsibility. Minor surgeries (e.g., cone biopsy, dilation and curettage, diagnostic laparoscopy) should not be included. The case list should not include patient identification information except date of surgery. The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology format (found on ACOG website) should be followed. The following information should be included: Date of Surgery, Preoperative Diagnosis, Surgical Procedure(s) performed, Pathologic Diagnoses, and Complications.
    3. Completes the web application form (Click Here to view the Application Form).
    4. The APPLICANT submits the completed web application to the PROPOSER with the CV and surgical case list attached. (The PROPOSER will receive an email with the 3 attached documents. The APPLICANT will receive an email with an attachment of the completed application which can be printed.)
  3. The PROPOSER obtains a letter of endorsement from a member of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons to be included in the application materials. This letter should speak to the APPLICANT’S teaching endeavors, surgical practice and research.
  4. The PROPOSER prepares an explicit and thoughtful letter outlining the APPLICANT’S teaching endeavors, surgical practice and research, and attesting to the APPLICANT’S moral and ethical standards.
  5. The PROPOSER submits the complete file by electronic means to the Chair of the Membership Committee:
Marc Toglia,MD
Urogyn Associates of Philadelphia
Suite 3404, OP
1098 W. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
610-627-4170 (Phone)
610-627-4224 (Fax)
togliam@verizon.net

The file must include the following:
a. The completed membership application
b. A current curriculum vitae of the APPLICANT
c. The surgical case list
d. The letter of support from the PROPOSER
e. The letter of support from the ENDORSER

In order for applications to be considered by the Executive Committee at the Annual Meeting of the Society, the application file must be submitted prior to December 31 of the preceding year.