Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Dr. Hal Lawrence, Executive Vice President and CEO of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, to the program. Dr. Lawrence describes the clinical and administrative experiences that helped prepare him to assume the chief executive leadership role for ACOG since 2011. He then overviews the integral role for ACOG in clinical, economic, and political spheres of the national healthcare environment, and how the voices from this organization can help shape the future of American medicine.