Greg O'Connell Lectureship - 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 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