Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Haywood L. Brown, MD, FACOG
Roy T. Parker Professor & Chair
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Andrew W. Helfgott, MD, MHA
Professor and Chief
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Section
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia

Washington C. Hill, MD, FACOG
Conference Chairman
First Physician Group of Sarasota
Medical Director of Labor and Delivery
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of South Florida,
College of Medicine, Tampa
Clinical Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
OB-GYN Clerkship Director Ð Sarasota Campus
Florida State University, College of Medicine
Sarasota, Florida

Michael K. Lindsay, MD, MPH, FACOG
Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
The Luella Klien Associate Professor
Chief, Gynecology & Obstetrics Services
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH
Upjohn Distinguished Professor and Vice Chairman of Obstetrics
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Maternal and Infant Health
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Roger B. Newman, MD, FACOG
Professor and Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Women's Health Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Judith H. Poole, PhD, RNC
Nurse Manager
Birthing Care/Special Maternity Care
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte, North Carolina

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, NOVEMBER 19

7:00am Registration & Check-In / Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome and Conference Introduction
Washington Hill, MD

8:15 Crew Resource Management (CRM) in Labor and Delivery
Washington Hill, MD

9:00 Diabetes in Pregnancy (Rx = 20 minutes)
M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH

9:45 Break

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

10:30 Operative Vaginal Delivery (Rx = 15 minutes)
Roger Newman, MD

11:15 Prevention of Late Preterm Births (Rx = 15 minutes)
Judith Poole, PhD, RNC

Noon Anticoagulation of Your Pregnant Patient (Rx = 15 minutes)
Michael Lindsay, MD, MPH

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

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Advances in Diagnosis & Management of Preterm Labor (Rx = 20 minutes)
Andrew Helfgott, MD, MHA

8:45 Using Progesterone for Prevention of Preterm Birth (Rx = 20 minutes)
Roger Newman, MD

9:30 Break

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

10:15 Induction of Labor When the Cervix is Unfavorable (Rx = 20 minutes)
M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH

11:00 Maternal Mortality: Why Obstetric Patients Still Die!
Washington Hill, MD

Noon Adverse Effects of Obesity in Pregnancy (Rx = 10 minutes)
Michael Lindsay, MD, MPH

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

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

2:30pm Afternoon Refreshments

3:00 Cesarean Delivery Techniques: Evidence to Guide Practice (Rx = 10 minutes)
M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH

3:45 Rapid HIV Testing: Who, When, Why? (Rx = 20 minutes)
Andrew Helfgott, MD, MHA

4:30 Break

4:45 Obstetrical Litigation: Hot Topics
Michael Lindsay, MD, MPH

5:30 Sexuality in Pregnancy
Haywood Brown, MD

6:15 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

7:00 Adjourn for the Day

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Challenges of the Adolescent Pregnancy
Haywood Brown, MD

8:45 Thrombophilias: What You Need to Know (Rx = 15 minutes)
Andrew Helfgott, MD, MHA

9:30 Break (hotel check-out, if applicable)

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

10:30 Caring for the Multiple Gestation Patient (Rx = 10 minutes)
Roger Newman, MD

11:15 Second Stage Labor Management (Rx = 20 minutes)
Judith Poole, PhD, RNC

Noon The Hypertensive Pregnant Patient (Rx = 20 minutes)
Haywood Brown, MD

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

1:30 Conference Adjourns

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