Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Michael Belfort, MD, PhD, FACOG
Director, HCA Perinatal Research
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Cornelia R. Graves, MD
Conference Chairperson
Medical Director, Tennessee Maternal Fetal Medicine
Director of Obstetrics
Baptist Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee

Michael G. Gravett, MD
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Tekoa L. King, CNM, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Deputy Editor, Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

Stephanie R. Martin, DO
Assistant Director and Section Chief
Pikes Peak Maternal Fetal Medicine
Memorial Health System
Colorado Springs, Colorado

David A. Miller, MD, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
USC Perinatal Group
CHLA-USC Institute for Maternal and Fetal Health
Los Angeles, California

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. This policy is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about material presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th

7:00am Conference Registration/Check-In During Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome and Conference Introduction
Connie Graves, MD

8:15 Contemporary Management of Preterm Labor (Rx = 30 minutes)
Connie Graves, MD

9:00 Infectious Causes & Consequences of Preterm Birth (Rx = 15 minutes)
Michael Gravett, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Management of Bradycardias
Tekoa King, CNM

10:30 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

11:00 Preeclampsia: Management & Complications (Rx = 20 minutes)
Stephanie Martin, DO

11:30 Shoulder Dystocia: Pathophysiology and Management (and its Relationship to Flying Airplanes)
Michael Belfort, MD, PhD

12:15 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:45pm Lunch Break

2:00 Fetal Lung Maturity Testing - Why Do It?
Stephanie Martin, DO

2:45 Break

3:00 Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring- The Evolution of Consensus
David Miller, MD

4:30 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

5:00 Adjourn for the Day

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy
Stephanie Martin, DO

8:45 Deep Venous Thrombosis: New ACOG Guidelines (Rx = 25 minutes)
Connie Graves, MD

9:30 Break

9:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 Current Management of Gestational Diabetes
(Rx = 35 minutes)
Michael Belfort, MD, PhD

11:00 Post-Term Pregnancy: An Evidence- Based Approach
David Miller, MD

11:45 Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Placenta Accreta & Percreta (Rx = 20 minutes)
Michael Belfort, MD, PhD

12:30pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Current HIV/AIDS Patient Management
Michael Gravett, MD

8:45 Operative Vaginal Delivery
Michael Belfort, MD, PhD

9:30 Break

9:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 Minimizing the Adverse Effects Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Rx = 25 minutes)
Tekoa King, CNM

11:00 Life Threatening Puerperal Infections: Septic Shock and Soft Tissue Infections (Rx = 15 minutes)
Michael Gravett, MD

11:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:15pm Lunch Break

1:30 The Short Cervix: The Myth and the Evidence
Connie Graves, MD

2:15 What is the Relationship Between Perinatal Events and Cerebral Palsy?
Tekoa King, CNM

3:00 Break

3:15 Maternal Mortality: Causes and Prevention
Connie Graves, MD

4:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

4:45 Conference Adjourns

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions