Description

In it’s 45^th year, this course covers current issues in antepartum and intrapartum assessment and clinical management in obstetrics. The course is designed for physicians, midwives, obstetric nurses, and trainees. The faculty instructors are internationally known through their clinical and basic research, scholarly articles, and texts.

ObjectivesUpon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Counsel patients regarding prenatal carrier screening and aneuploidy screening;
Manage and treat headaches in pregnancy;
Appropriately manage category II fetal heart rate tracings in labor;
Describe and apply the new ACOG antenatal testing guidelines;
Describe and manage appropriate follow up of gestational diabetes postpartum;
Manage and treat selected maternal medical complications of pregnancy and delivery using evidence-based guidelines.

Course Outline

Thursday, June 2, 2022
7:00AM	On-site Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45	Live Stream Webinar Opens
8:00AM	Introduction	Mary E. Norton, MD
MODERATOR: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, PhD
8:15	Aneuploidy Screening: A Rational Approach	Mary E. Norton, MD
8:45	Carrier Screening: An Update for 2022	Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS
9:15	Common Ultrasound Findings: When to Worry?	Brian L. Shaffer, MD
9:45	Questions and Answers
10:05	Coffee Break
10:25	Advocating for Evidence-based Obstetric Practice	Amy (Meg) Autry, MD
10:55	P	Headaches in Pregnancy	Morris Levin, MD
11:25	Medicaid Policy and Reproductive Health Equity	Maria I. Rodriguez, MD, MPH
11:55	Questions and Answers
12:15PM	Lunch (individually arranged)
MODERATOR: Mary E. Norton, MD
1:30	Gestational Surrogacy	Kate Swanson, MD
2:00	Prediction Tests for Pregnancy Complications: Do They Work?	Nasim C. Sobhani, MD
2:30	Supporting Vaginal Birth and Preventing the First Cesarean – Lessons from California	Melissa G. Rosenstein, MD, MAS
3:00	Questions and Answers
3:20	Coffee Break
3:40	Embedded Mental Health Services in the Obstetric Home: A Stepped-Care Approach	Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD, PMH-C
4:10	Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy, 2022: We Can Do Better	Deirdre J. Lyell, MD
4:40	P	Buprenorphine Induction in Pregnancy	Dominika Seidman, MD, MAS
5:10	Questions and Answers
5:30PM	Adjourn
Friday, June 3, 2022
7:00AM	Continental Breakfast
7:50	Live Stream Webinar Opens
MODERATOR: Rebecca H. Amirault, CNM
8:00	What’s New with IOL?	Robyn A. Lamar, MD, MPH
8:30	Update on Cholestasis	Erika F. Werner, MD
9:00	How High is Too High? HTN in Pregnancy	Martha Tesfalul, MD
9:30	Questions and Answers
9:50	Coffee Break
10:10	P	The ABCs of Hepatitis	Stephanie L. Gaw, MD, PhD
10:40	Preterm Birth Prevention, What Now?	Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MS
11:10	CA Maternal Mortality CMQCC	Maurice L. Druzin, MD
11:40	Questions and Answers
12:00PM	Lunch (individually arranged)
MODERATOR: Tekoa L. King CNM, MPH
1:30	F	Category II Fetal Heart Tracings – What to Do – No More O2?	Aaron B. Caughey, MD, PhD
2:00	F	Improving FHR Monitoring: Is it Possible?	William M. Gilbert, MD
2:30	F,P	“What’s the Pit at?”	Meghan Duck, RN, CNS
3:00	Questions and Answers
3:20	Coffee Break
3:40	F	Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Interactive Session with Faculty Panel
Moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, PhD	Panelists:
Erika F. Werner, MD
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MS
Rebecca H. Amirault, CNM Maurice L. Druzin MD
Brian L. Shaffer, MD
William M. Gilbert, MD
Meghan Duck, RN, CNS
5:10	Questions and Answers
5:15PM	Adjourn
Saturday, June 4, 2022
7:00AM	Continental Breakfast
7:50	Live Stream Webinar Opens
MODERATOR: Brian L. Shaffer, MD
8:00	ALPS: Still a Good Idea?	Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, MS
8:30	From Home to Hospital: Improving Safety for Homebirth Transfers	Rebecca H. Amirault, CNM
9:00	Follow-Up of Gestational Diabetes	Erika F. Werner, MD
9:30	Questions and Answers
9:50	Coffee Break
10:10	Update on Antenatal Testing Guidelines	Marya G. Zlatnik, MD, MMS
10:40	Update on Alloimmunization	Juan M. González-Velez, MD, PhD
11:10	Postpartum Hemorrhage	Frederico Rocha, MD, MS
11:40	Questions and Answers
12:00PM	Adjourn