Navigating Challenging Patient Conversations: What to Do When Women’s Health Interventions Don’t Go According to Plan

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

10:25 AM - 11:55 AM ET

Facilitator(s)

Nicole Lamparello, MD

Associate Professor
New York-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical College, United States
Claire Kaufman, MD

Associate Professor
OHSU, United States

Panelist(s)

Kimberly L. Scherer, DO

Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian, United States
FK

Francis Kang, MD

Attending Physician
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, United States

Description of the session: The majority of women have an improvement of symptoms(menorrhagia and bulk symptoms) following UAE. But, what does an interventionist say, or offer, when patient outcomes are unchanged following a procedure? How do you deal with a challenging patient whose procedure is complicated by POF?

This compelling conversation will dive into the difficult patient scenarios after unexpected outcomes. Will also address other women’s interventions such as pelvic venous disease where women have persistent chronic pelvic pain following ovarian vein embolization or iliac vein stenting.