Speaker Profile

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	Biography Dr. Laura Weins grew up in Regina, SK, and completed her medical school (2008) and residency (2013) in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Saskatchewan. After completion of residency, she pursued a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery under the mentorship of Dr. John Thiel in Regina, SK in 2014. She has lived in Saskatoon, SK for the past 5 years, where she has a generalist practice focusing on advanced laparoscopy/hysteroscopy, endometriosis, fibroids, and chronic pelvic pain. Dr. Weins is an assistant professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the U of S. She is the director of resident simulation education for the Obs-Gyne program there. She also sits on the Medical Council of Canada QEII Test Committee.In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with her puppy Pearl. Disclosure I have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose: - Direct financial payments including receipt of honoraria: Hologic (have done education/presentations, honoraria), Abbvie (honoraria) - All other investments or relationships that could be seen by a reasonable, well-informed participant as having the potential to influence the content of the educational activity: Have stocks in Fire & Flower Cannabis Co. I intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).

Biography
Dr. Laura Weins grew up in Regina, SK, and completed her medical school (2008) and residency (2013) in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Saskatchewan. After completion of residency, she pursued a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery under the mentorship of Dr. John Thiel in Regina, SK in 2014. She has lived in Saskatoon, SK for the past 5 years, where she has a generalist practice focusing on advanced laparoscopy/hysteroscopy, endometriosis, fibroids, and chronic pelvic pain. Dr. Weins is an assistant professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the U of S. She is the director of resident simulation education for the Obs-Gyne program there. She also sits on the Medical Council of Canada QEII Test Committee.In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with her puppy Pearl.
Disclosure
I have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose: - Direct financial payments including receipt of honoraria: Hologic (have done education/presentations, honoraria), Abbvie (honoraria) - All other investments or relationships that could be seen by a reasonable, well-informed participant as having the potential to influence the content of the educational activity: Have stocks in Fire & Flower Cannabis Co. I intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).