It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Fifth International Elite Gynecologic Surgery Competition (2025 Masters of Gynecologic Surgery). The competition was jointly hosted by AME Publishing Company and the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University on an international background. All the videos for the competition were judged on the basis of how effective the videos are in promoting gynecologic surgery’s techniques. Specifically, video clips were assessed based on the five important criteria outlined below.
1. Operative Difficulty (20 points)
2. The standardization and the fluency of the operation (20 points)
3. Originality (20 points)
4. Quality of the video (20 points)
5. Educational values of video demonstration (20 points)
The competition here comes to a conclusion with the final scoring from the panel of judges. Selected winning videos will receive priority consideration for publication in Gynecology and Pelvic Medicine (GPM; gpm.amegroups.com) later.
The winners are:
- First Prize
Lulu Wang (Chengdu Women’s and Children’s Central Hospital, China)
Pingping Zhou (Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child Care Hospital, China) - Second Prize:
Siping Mo (West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, China)
Ping Cheng (Urumqi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, China)
Lingyun Yang (West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, China) - Third Prize:
Dingxian Gu (Chengdu Women’s and Children’s Central Hospital, China)
Xinyan Yan (Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child Care Hospital, China)
Xiaqin Huo (Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child Care Hospital, China)
Yuanqin Gou (First People's Hospital of Chengdu, China)
Huabing Wei (Leshan Women and Children Hospital, China)
The winners of the competition will receive invitations to attend the awards ceremony tentatively scheduled for May 24, 2025, in Chengdu, Sichuan. Furthermore, the first-prize winners will be sponsored for a one-week study tour at the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University.
Panel of Judges:
1. Andrea Tinelli, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Veris delli Ponti Hospital, Scorrano, Lecce, Italy
2. Diama Bhadra Vale, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
3. Susie Lau, MD
Department of Gynecology Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
4. Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD
Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
5. Daniela Angerame Yela, MD, PhD
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
6. Antoine Naem, MD
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Senology, Bethesda Hospital Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany
7. Giovanni Pecorella, MD
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, U.O.C. Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Ospedale Veris delli Ponti, Scorrano, Lecce, Italy
8. Walter H. Gotlieb, MD, PhD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
9. Ping Wang, MD, PhD
Department of Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
10. Xiaoyu Niu, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
11. Yossi Tzur, MD
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Congratulations to all the winners! We would also take this opportunity to thank all the participants and judges for your valuable support and great efforts devoted to the competition. We look forward to having your participance in the next year’s competition!