Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Haywood L. Brown, MD, FACOG
Conference Co-Chairman
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Michal Elovitz, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Suzanne McMurtry Baird, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor in Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
CEO Consult - ED Associates, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
President, Perinatal Risk Management & Education Services
Certified Nurse-Midwife
Saint Anthony Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth J. Moise, Jr.
Conference Co-Chairman
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

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.

Wednesday, October 15

7:00am Registration & Check-in
Continental Breakfast

8:00 Conference Introduction
Haywood Brown, MD

8:15 Pregnancy Complications in the Obese Gravida
Haywood Brown, MD

9:00 Preeclampsia: Are We Any Closer to Understanding?
Michal Elovitz, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy (Rx = 20 minutes)
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, MSN, RN

11:15 Hemorrhage in Pregnancy: What Every Clinician Should Know
Kenneth Moise, Jr., MD

Noon Getting Your Pregnant Patient to Stop Smoking (Rx = 15 minutes)
Haywood Brown, MD

12:45pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception

Thursday, October 16

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Evaluation & Treatment of Thrombophilic Conditions in Pregnancy (Rx = 20 minutes)
Haywood Brown, MD

8:45 Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Michal Elovitz, MD

9:30 Break

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

10:15 Interactive Session on Fetal Monitoring: Standardizing Interpretation and Management
Lisa Miller, CNM, JD

11:45 Exacerbations of Asthma in Pregnancy: Management Concerns (Rx = 15 minutes)
Haywood Brown, MD

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

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, October 17

3:00pm ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS - Session One

Swimming with the Sharks: Surviving a Deposition
Lisa Miller, CNM, JD

Let's Talk about Preterm Labor!
Michal Elovitz, MD

The Good & Bad of Cord Blood Collection
Kenneth Moise, Jr., MD

Issues Related to Uterine Hyperstimulation
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, MSN, RN

4:30 Break (Participants Change Rooms)

4:45 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS - Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:15 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, October 18

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 The Fetal Implications of Maternal Disease (Rx = 15 minutes)
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, MSN, RN

8:45 Respiratory Failure and the Pregnant Patient (Rx = 20 minutes)
Michal Elovitz, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel Check Out, If applicable)

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Modern Management of Isoimmunization (Rx = 20 minutes)
Kenneth Moise, Jr., MD

11:15 Creating a Circle of Safety: A New Approach to Risk Management
Lisa Miller, CNM, JD

Noon Critical Thinking: Case Studies in Obstetrics (Rx = 15 minutes)
Suzanne McMurtry Baird, RN, MSN

12:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Conference Adjourns

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