Nation's Ob-Gyns To Meet In Washington For 59th Annual Clinical Meeting

Obstetrician-gynecologists from across the US and around the world will convene April 30-May 4 at The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 59th Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM) in Washington, DC, at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The preliminary program is available online.


The ACM is one of the largest gatherings of ob-gyns in the US. The meeting, attended by thousands of experts in the field, will host scientific plenary sessions, symposia, postgraduate courses, new research posters, paper presentations, and current issue updates. Controversies in ob-gyn, new STD screening and treatment recommendations, and advancements in gynecologic treatments are among the many topics on the agenda at this year's meeting.


Some conference highlights include:


Monday, May 2


1st Plenary Session-President's Program

8:45-10:30 am

Samuel A. Cosgrove Memorial Lecture

Moderator: Richard N. Waldman, MD, ACOG President


Exceptional Opportunities in Biomedical Research

Francis S. Collins, MD, Bethesda, MD

Subclinical Intrauterine Infection/Inflammation as a Cause of Preterm Labor and Cerebral Palsy

Roberto J. Romero, MD, Detroit, MI, and Bethesda, MD

Misogyny and Women's Health

David A. Grimes, MD, Chapel Hill, NC


Clinical Seminars

10:45 am-Noon

Contraception for Adolescents and Young Women

Melissa L. Gilliam, MD, Chicago, IL; Amy K. Whitaker, MD, Chicago, IL


New STD Recommendations

Bernard Gonik, MD, Detroit, MI; Linda O. Eckert, MD, Seattle, WA


2:30-4 pm

The Great Mimic of Presumed Gynecologic Pelvic Pain-Interstitial Cystitis and Myofascial Pain

Mary T. McLennan, MD, St. Louis, MO; Fah Che Leong, MD, St. Louis, MO


Managing Infertility Without IVF: The Old Fashioned Way

Michael F. Thomure, MD, St. Louis, MO


4th Plenary Session-The March of Dimes Lecture

3:45-4:45 pm

VBAC or ERCD? Risks vs. Benefits to Mother and Infant

F. Gary Cunningham, MD, Dallas, TX


Tuesday, May 3


Symposia

11:15 am-12:30 pm

7th Symposium-Donald F. Richardson Lecture

Moving Forward: Pregnancy in Women with Physical Disabilities

Caroline C. Signore, MD, Bethesda, MD
1:30-3 pm

8th Symposium-Howard Taylor International Symposium

Maternal Mortality

Moderator: Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran


Maternal Mortality in the USA

Jeffrey C. King, MD, Louisville, KY

Saving Mothers Lives in the UK-The Impact of the UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths
and Near Miss Reviews

Professor Gwyneth Lewis, London, England


Clinical Seminars

2:30-4 pm

Inherited Breast and Gynecologic Cancer: What You Need to Know in 2011

Noah D. Kauff, MD, New York, NY


Wednesday, May 3


Symposia

11th Symposium-The John and Marney Mathers Lecture

Fertility Preservation Before Chemotherapy
Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, Chicago, IL


Source:

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists