Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

What Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics does

The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1963, headquartered in Crofton, Maryland, that represents academic obstetrician-gynecologists across the United States and Canada. The organization serves faculty, clerkship directors, clerkship coordinators, residents, and medical students at AAMC/LCME- and AACOM-accredited institutions, operating a portfolio that includes longitudinal faculty development programs (the 15-month Academic Scholars and Leaders program running 27+ years, the 18-month Surgical Education Scholars program, and the three-part Clerkship Directors' School), annual meetings (the Martin L. Stone, MD Faculty Development Seminar and the joint CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting), and a national awards and grants program including the Excellence in Teaching Award (1,500+ recipients since 1992) and the Medical Education Endowment Fund Grant Program.

APGO's core technology is a web-based educational platform comprising the APGO eLearning Portal (powered by BenchPrep analytics), APGO uWISE (NBME-style self-assessment for medical students), APGO PrepforRes (ACGME Milestones 2.0-mapped resident assessment), and—since 2024—a specialty-specific ob-gyn residency application platform (ResidencyCAS) developed in partnership with Liaison International. The organization also produces the Medical Student Educational Objectives (12th edition, 2025), Basic Science Videos, Teaching Scripts, Clinical Skills Checklists, the Health Systems Science Teaching Modules, the Bias Awareness Management Series, the Modern MedEd podcast, the APGO Connections webinar series, and the Ob-Gyn Educator newsletter. All proprietary content is copyright-protected and explicitly barred from use in AI system training.

APGO's business model is multi-stream nonprofit: recurring individual and department membership dues (membership year July 1–June 30), separate annual eLearning Portal subscriptions for uWISE and PrepforRes, conference and seminar registration fees, tax-deductible donations and endowment contributions, program application fees (e.g., the $75 Surgical Education Scholars application fee), and corporate funding through the Corporate Liaison Council. The organization also benefits from a $1.75 million, five-year AMA Reimagining Residency grant (2021) funding the RRR (Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One) UME-to-GME transition project. A small professional staff of approximately 5–17 employees, headquartered in Crofton, MD, supports operations, with a volunteer Board of Directors drawn from major U.S. and Canadian academic medical centers.

Name

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Legal name

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Website

https://apgo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APGO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association founded in 1963 that represents academic obstetrician-gynecologists in the U.S. and Canada, delivering faculty development programs, assessment tools (uWISE, PrepforRes), curriculum resources, and the ResidencyCAS ob-gyn residency application platform to medical schools and teaching institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Crofton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from individual members, department members, international members, resident members, and lifetime members. Membership year runs July 1 - June 30.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations to Medical Education Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Fund, and other giving programs. APGO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Tax ID #47-6057648).
3. Conference and Meeting Registrations: Registration fees for Faculty Development Seminar, CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, Clerkship Directors' School, and other educational events
4. eLearning Portal Subscriptions: Subscription fees for APGO uWISE and APGO PrepforRes online self-assessment tools. Subscriptions must be purchased separately from membership.
5. Program Application Fees: Non-refundable application fees for programs such as the Surgical Education Scholars program ($75 application fee)
6. Corporate Funding and Sponsorships: Corporate funding through the Corporate Liaison Council and corporate funding opportunities for organizations aligned with APGO's mission

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

APGO is a professional membership association that sells membership subscriptions, longitudinal faculty development scholar programs (ASL and SES), annual conferences and faculty seminars, web-based student and resident self-assessment tools (uWISE and PrepforRes), curriculum resources and teaching modules, and a dedicated ob-gyn residency application platform (ResidencyCAS) to academic ob-gyn departments, faculty, residents, and students in the US and Canada.

Product overview

APGO is a professional membership organization offering a comprehensive suite of educational programs, assessment tools, and learning resources for ob-gyn medical education. The core portfolio includes faculty development programs (ASL 15-month program, SES 18-month program), annual meetings (Faculty Development Seminar, CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting), assessment tools (APGO uWISE for medical students, APGO PrepforRes for residents), and curriculum resources (Medical Student Educational Objectives, teaching modules, and clinical skills checklists). APGO also manages a new dedicated residency application platform (ResidencyCAS) in partnership with Liaison International, operates the RRR Grant transforming UME to GME transitions, and provides member benefits including career center, webinars, podcast, and newsletter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APGO Individual and Department Membership
• Academic Scholars and Leaders (ASL) Program
• Surgical Education Scholars (SES) Program
• Martin L. Stone, MD Faculty Development Seminar
• Susan M. Cox, MD Clerkship Directors' School
• APGO uWISE (Undergraduate Web-Based Interactive Self-Evaluation)
• APGO PrepforRes (Preparation for Residency Knowledge Assessment Tool)
• Dedicated Residency Application Platform for Obstetrics and Gynecology (ResidencyCAS)
• CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 physician educators recognized through Excellence in Teaching Award since 1992
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPGO co-organizes the annual CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting with ACOG's Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG). Both organizations are committed to transforming the culture of the ob-gyn profession through DEI initiatives.
• CREOG (Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint annual meeting organizer with APGO for the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting (CAAM). CREOG represents ACOG's residency education initiatives and collaborates on residency application reform through the RRR initiative.
• Liaison InternationalcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner developing the new specialty-specific residency application platform (ResidencyCAS) for obstetrics and gynecology. Liaison International has over 25 years of experience developing application services in over 31,000 programs across 31 health professions.
• Corporate Liaison Council MembersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating council of industry representatives and the ob-gyn medical education community. Industry partners meet with APGO Board members to discuss common goals and develop initiatives to ensure a bright future for ob-gyn health care education.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Systems Science Teaching Modules developed with support from an educational grant from the 2018 APGO Medical Education Endowment Fund Grant Program. Project team included faculty from Cedars-Sinai.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAMC supported APGO's statement on teaching pelvic exams to medical students, endorsing APGO's recommendations for appropriate teaching of pelvic exam skills including explicit consent, supervision, and patient safety protocols.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): ACOG is the broader professional society for ob-gyn physicians; it co-runs the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting with APGO and partners on ResidencyCAS. Highly comparable as the umbrella organization whose CREOG council handles residency education, overlapping heavily with APGO's academic-ob-gyn member base.
• Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG): SASGOG is a similarly sized ob-gyn academic professional society serving specialist-track faculty. Highly comparable in mission (academic ob-gyn faculty development) and overlapping membership pool with APGO.
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM): STFM is a family-medicine academic society offering faculty development, clerkship resources, and assessment tools. Directly comparable in mission (academic family medicine educators) and product categories to APGO's ob-gyn academic portfolio.
• Association of University Radiologists (AUR): AUR is a similarly structured academic-specialty society that develops radiology clerkship and residency education resources. Comparable in scale, structure, and product mix (curricula, faculty development programs, annual meetings) to APGO.

Broad incumbents

• American College of Surgeons (ACS): ACS operates Division of Education programs and surgical-skills curricula analogous to APGO's SES program and Basic Science Videos. Comparable as a specialty society that runs faculty development and surgical education products for academic surgeons.
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): AAP runs pediatrics clerkship and residency educational resources with a similar membership-and-content business model to APGO. Comparable as a large specialty society that bundles clinical guidelines, education, and assessment tools for academic pediatricians.
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME): ACGME sets the Ob-Gyn Milestones 2.0 framework that APGO PrepforRes is mapped to. Comparable as the accreditation authority whose evolving competency standards APGO's residency-prep products must track.
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS): CMSS is the convener of U.S. medical specialty societies and operates across all specialties. Comparable as a peer-of-peers: APGO is a member society of CMSS, and CMSS shares the membership-association, professional-education, and advocacy mission at a multi-specialty scale.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): AAMC represents medical schools and teaching hospitals nationally and endorses APGO's pelvic-exam teaching guidelines. Comparable as the academic-medicine ecosystem host whose accreditation frameworks and curricular standards APGO's products implement.
• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME): NBME produces the U.S.MLE and NBME-style assessments that APGO uWISE is modeled on. Comparable as the assessment-standards anchor whose question style and shelf-exam blueprint drive APGO's product design and curriculum mapping.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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