Kaiser Permanente
National OB/GYN Conference 2008 - Education Design, Program
Sunday 3/23/08 National OB/GYN Conference
1:00 - 1:15 pm WELCOME from the Planning Group Tracy Flanagan, MD
Debbie Postlethwaite, RNP MPH
on behalf of the Conference Planning Committee
1:15 - 2:15 pm

Keynote Session:
Fetal Monitoring: What does the Latest Research Show?

Julian Parer, MD MFM (UCSF)
2:15 - 3:15 pm Obstetrical Emergencies: Responding as a Team Paul Preston, MD
3:15 - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break  
3:30 - 4:30 pm Crash C-section: How fast is fast enough? Julian Parer, MD MFM (UCSF)
4:30 - 5:30 pm Labor and Delivery Critical Events Simulation Training (practicum) Paul Preston, MD TPMG
and team
5:30 - 7:30 pm

WELCOME RECEPTION

  • All family & guests invited to attend
  • Light appetizers will be served
  • Location TBD on Hyatt Property
Monday 3/24/08 National OB/GYN Conference
7:30 - 8:30 am Moving Minimally Invasive Procedures from the OR to the Office Mark Glasser, MD (KPNC, retired)
8:30 - 8:30 am Anesthesia for Office Gyn Surgery: Making You and Your Patient Comfortable Mark Glasser, MD (KPNC, retired)
9:30 - 10:00 am Refreshment Break / Exhibit Hall  
10:00 - 11:00 am Incontinence Evaluation and Treatment: What Works and What's New Marie Paraiso, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
11:00 - 12 noon Chronic Pelvic Pain:
Multifactorial Condition, Multidisciplinary Approach
Jennifer Gunter, MD (KPNC)
Tuesday 3/25/08 National OB/GYN Conference
7:30 - 9:30 am

Current Controversies About Cesarean Births:

Primary Elective - The Case for Informed Consent

VBACs - Are They Too Risky?

 

Naomi Newhouse, CNM MS (KPNC)

Aaron Caughey MD, PhD (UCSF)

9:30 - 10:00 am Refreshment Break/ Exhibit Hall

 

10:00 - 11:00 am Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy: Effective Screening and Management

Aaron Caughey, MD PHD (UCSF)

11:00 - 12 noon Meeting the Challenges of Creating a Positive Maternity Experience

Multidisciplinary pa (KPNC)nel:
Tracy Flanagan, MD
Naomi Newhouse, CNM MS (KPNC)
Paul Preston, MD (KPNC)
Aaron Caughey, MD PhD (UCSF)

12 noon Chiefs luncheon:
Best Ideas in Ob/Gyn


Wednesday 3/26/08 National OB/GYN Conference
9:00 - 12 noon Free Day



Thursday 3/27/08 National OB/GYN Conference
7:30 - 8:30 am Pesky Obstetrical Ultrasound Abnormalities: Which to Worry About

Mary Norton, MD MFM (KPNC)

8:30 - 9:30 am Peripartum Depression: A Growing Epidemic?

Katherine L. Wisner MD MS Psychiatry (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

9:30 - 10:00 am Refreshment Break / Exhibit Hall



10:00 - 11:00 am Pelvic Floor Defects: Recognition and Treatment

Marie Paraiso, MD (Cleveland Clinic)

10:00 - 12 noon So You Thought You Knew How to do a Pelvic Exam?
Examining for Defects and Pelvic Pain (practicum)

Jennifer Gunter, MD (KPNC)
Marie Paraiso, MD (Cleveland Clinic)

Friday 3/28/08 National OB/GYN Conference
7:30 - 8:30 am What's New in Prenatal Testing and How to Talk to Your Patient

Mary Norton, MD MFM (KPNC)

8:30 - 9:30 am Prenatal Testin Decisions - Racial and Ethnic Differences

Mary Norton, MD MFM (KPNC)

9:30 - 10:00 am Refreshment Break / Exhibit Hall



10:00 - 10:45 am Keynote Closing Session: Mood, Libido, and Hormones in Midlife - 2008

Katherine L. Wisner MD MS Psychiatry (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

10:45 - 11:30 am Heart, Bones and Hormones - 2008

Ruth Shaber MD (Care Management Institute)

11:30 - 12 noon Ask the Experts

Katherine L. Wisner MD MS Psychiatry (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

Ruth Shaber MD (Care Management Institute)

 
Faculty Disclosure: Kaiser Permanente requires that faculty participating in National CME activities disclose to the audience any relationship with a pharmaceutical or industrial concern that might pose a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest with regard to each faculty's contribution to the program.