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Faculty of Health Sciences

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Greg O’Connell Lectureship

The objectives of the Lectureship are to acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Greg O’Connell to the delivery of excellent clinical and psychosocial gynecologic cancer care to women in Southern Ontario; to enhance the gynecologic cancer education of practicing community and academic physicians and obstetrics and gynecology residents; and, to provide a forum to discuss gynecologic cancer issues for the lay public.

Who was Greg O’Connell?

Greg O'Connell

Greg was a gynecologic oncologist at the former Juravinski Regional Cancer Centre and Henderson Hospital. He advocated for excellence in gynecology and oncology.

His interest in novel therapies was developed as he led the gynecologic site group of the National Cancer Institute of Canada. His concern for the psychosocial well-being of the patients and her family unit were epitomized as he and his wife Maureen O’Connor co-founded Wellwood. This annual visiting lectureship recognizes Greg’s tremendous energy, medical expertise, delight in people and love of fun. The two-day visiting lectureship in Dr. O’Connell’s memory is an initiative of the division of gynecologic oncology in conjunction with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McMaster University.

Past Lectureships

  • 2020 – Dr. Danielle Vicus: Quality Improvement in GYN Oncology
  • 2019 – Dr. Alon Altman:  Eat, Run And Save the bed, right? ERAS implementation in Gynecologic surgery
  • 2018 – Dr. Ida Ackerman: Serous Cancer of the Uterus-Does Adjuvant Therapy Work?
  • 2017 – Dr. Laura Hopkins: Evening Sugar Cravings
  • 2016 – Dr. Sarah Ferguson: Gynecologic Cancer in Women with Lynch Syndrome: Screening and Prevention
  • 2015 – Dr. Marie-Hélène Mayrand: Controversies in HPV-related disease prevention
  • 2014 – Dr. Jessica McApline: Opportunistic Salpingectomy: Impact of a Regional Program for Ovarian Cancer Prevention
  • 2013 – Dr. Janice Kwon: The Ob/Gyn’s role in hereditary cancer syndromes: How to save a life
  • 2012 – Dr. Gavin Stuart: Practice-changing Clinical Trials in Gynecologic Cancer
  • 2011 – Dr. Allan Covens: Fertility Preserving Surgery for Early Stage Cervical Cancer
  • 2010 – Dr. David G. Huntsman: Is personalized cancer control finally possible? Viewing cancer genomes at base pair resolution. Ovarian carcinoma sub-types are distinct diseases. When will we start treating them that way?
  • 2009 – Dr. Peter Grigsby: FDG-PET in Cervical Cancer
  • 2008 – Dr. Karen Glass: The Ins and Outs of Laparascopy
  • 2007 – Dr. Peter Bryson: HPV and Vaccines
  • 2006 – Dr. Diane Miller: Current Approaches to HPV Testing
  • 2005 – Dr. M. Roy: Vulvar Diseases: What you thought you knew — The evolution of minimally invasive surgery in gynecologic oncology
  • 2004 – Dr. D. DePetrillo: Sexuality in Cancer