We are pleased to announce the Sixth International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (IEGSC) (2026 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery) jointly held by AME Publishing Company and the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, after the great success of the previous five competitions respectfully in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025 (Figure 1-6). And we cordially invite you to participate in the 2026 competition and submit your videos before March 20, 2026. The competition results and the surgical video/articles of the previous competitions are available in the special column Masters of Gynecologic Surgery on the journal website.
This competition is open to all practicing gynecologists, and the competition includes all of the operations in the field of gynecology. Participants must be the primary surgeon in the submitted video. The contest will be held based on the submission of videos via the Internet, and the review process will be performed online. The video expert judges will be editorial board members from the journal Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (GPM). The winners of the competition who distinguish their surgical videos from a bunch of other entries will have the opportunity of publishing their surgical video articles in GPM. All winners will be invited to attend the award ceremony, tentatively scheduled for May 29, 2026, in Chengdu during the “2026 West China International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Gynecologic Oncology and Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.”
We eagerly await your submission of the videos!
Figure 1. Awards ceremony of the First IEGSC held in December 2019
Figure 2. Awards ceremony of the Second IEGSC held in December 2020
Figure 3. Awards ceremony of the Third IEGSC held in June 2023
Figure 4. Awards ceremony of the Fourth IEGSC held in June 2024
Figure 5. Awards ceremony of the Fifth IEGSC held in May 2025
Figure 6. The judge panel of the Fifth IEGSC
1. Competition Schedule
Stage 1. Video Collection: February 5, 2026 – March 20, 2026 (Deadline)
Stage 2. Video Review: March 21, 2026 – April 20, 2026
Stage 3. Competition Results: April 30, 2026 (Email Notification)
Stage 4. Article Writing: May 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026
Stage 5. Award Ceremony: May 29, 2026 (Tentative)
2. Participants
This competition is open to all practicing gynecologists. Participants must be the primary surgeon in the submitted video.
3. Enrollment
(1) Participants should prepare their video and complete Attachment 1 (Participant Information Form) and Attachment 2 (Video Information Form) before submission.
(2) Submit the video and both forms via WeTransfer (www.wetransfer.com) to gpm@amegroups.com (Recipient: Mira Wu).
- Email Subject: 2026 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery – Participant’s Full Name
- Attachments: Download the required forms from the bottom of this page.
(3) Submission Deadline: March 20, 2026.
4. Entry Requirements
(1) Thematic range: operations in the field of gynecology.
All videos must be original works and neither published nor submitted to other surgical video contests.
(2) Video Requirements：
- Video Length: within 15 mins. Chinese characters or any information relative to the participants are not allowed in the video. English narration would be recommended.
- Video Format: MP4、Flash video (.flv), MPEG, DVD video format, MOV, AVI, and WMV. H.264/mp4 for the video codec and AAC for the audio codec is recommended.
- Screen Ratio: 4:3 or 16:9.
- Resolution: no less than 960×720 (no less than 1280×720 in widescreen format)
- The corresponding author must confirm in the Copyright Transfer Agreement that he/she has received a signed release form from each patient recorded on the submitted video. Ideally, patients should not be identifiable in these videos.
- No background music should be inserted into the video. All materials submitted should be by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and be original unless appropriate permission is obtained.
Video Example：https://gpm.amegroups.org/article/view/10374/html
(3) Illustrating text (attachment 2) ：
It is recommended that the video be accompanied by a descriptive text in English. The text includes the following information:
- Title for the video.
- Author(s): limited to 6 authors, including full name, education level, and affiliation.
- Corresponding author: full name, email, and phone number.
- Abstract: summary of the video, limited to 350 words.
- Video description: detailed descriptions of the surgical operation procedures in a step-by-step format.
- Comments：comments and discussions on the operative techniques, possible pitfalls and the comparison of the described procedure with other methods are encouraged.
- Conflict of interests: anything that needs to be disclosed.
- Corresponding author of the video should sign the “Copyright Transfer Agreement” in the attachment 2.
5. Judging Process
(1) Judge Panel: Editorial Board Members from GPM
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Name |
Affiliation |
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Olivia H. Chang |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA |
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Fabrice Lécuru |
Georges Pompidou European Hospital, France |
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Rudy Leon De Wilde |
University Medicine Oldenburg, Germany |
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Jose Carugno |
University of Miami, Miami, USA |
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Yoo-Young Lee |
Samsung Medical Center, South Korea |
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Renato Seracchioli |
Bologna University, Italy |
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Alessandro Favilli |
University of Verona, Italy |
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Alexander Popov |
Moscow Regional Scientific Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Russia |
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David G. Mutch |
Washington University School of Medicine, USA |
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Ervin Kocjancic |
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
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Gokhan S. Kilic |
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA |
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Andrea Tinelli |
Veris delli Ponti Hospital, Italy |
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Federico Ferrari |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Neonatology of ASST Spedali Civili, Italy |
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Anna Myriam Perrone |
University of Bologna, Italy |
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Vito Andrea Capozzi |
University of Parma, Italy |
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Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo |
University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy |
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Simone Ferrero |
Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Italy |
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Hooman Soleymani Majd |
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
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Ludwig Kiesel |
University Hospital of Münster, Germany |
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Julio Cesar Rosa-e-Silva |
São Paulo University, Brazil |
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Ahmad Sayasneh |
King’s College London, UK |
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Omer Lutfi Tapisiz |
Guven Hospital, Turkey |
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Charles E. Miller |
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, USA |
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Lisa C. Hickman |
The Ohio State University, USA |
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Sharad Ghamande |
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, USA |
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William T. Creasman |
Medical University of South Carolina, USA |
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Susie Lau |
McGill University, Canada |
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Giovanni Pecorella |
Ospedale Veris delli Ponti, Scorrano, Italy |
(2) Judging Criteria：
Videos will be judged based on how effective the videos are in promoting gynecologic surgery techniques by the editorial board member from GPM following the 5 standards below (100 points total):
- Operative Difficulty (20 points)
- The standardization and the fluency of the operation (20 points)
- Originality (20 points)
- Quality of the video (20 points)
- Educational values of video demonstration (20 points)
6. Awards
There will be a total of ten winners: one first-prize winners, two second-prize winners, and three third-prize winners.
(1) The first-prize winners will be invited to attend the “2026 West China International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Gynecologic Oncology and Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction” and participate in academic communication. The round-trip travel (economy-class air ticket or second-class seat of the high-speed train), food and accommodation will be sponsored by the organizers.
(2) All the winners will be awarded the certificate “2026 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery”.
(3) All the winners will be sponsored by the organizers to attend the award ceremony tentatively scheduled for May 29, 2026. The sponsor will cover the round-trip travel (economy-class air ticket or second-class seat of the high-speed train), food and accommodation.
(4) All the winning videos will stand a chance to be published in Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (GPM, http://gpm.amegroups.org). See the previous collections below:
- Award-Winning Videos from the First International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2019 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery)
- Award-Winning Videos from the Second International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2020 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery)
- Award-Winning Videos from the Third International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2022 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery)
- Award-Winning Videos from the Fourth International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2024 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery)
- Award-Winning Videos from the Fifh International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2025 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery)
7. Term of Confidentiality
All information and materials collected for this contest will not be used for any non-academic purpose. We reserve all the rights for the final explanation of the competition and all the videos.
8. Contact us
For any inquiry, please contact us at gpm@amegroups.com.
9. Attachments