Women's Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress
March 26-28, 2010
Washington, DC
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Crystal City Metro stop
(Arlington, VA)
One mile from Reagan National Airport
Presented by Journal of Women's Health and VCU Institute for Women's Health
PROGRAM 2010
Pre-Conference Activities*
Thursday, March 25
AMWA/Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill - All Congress attendees invited
7:00-9:30 Continental Breakfast & Advocacy training
10:00-3:30 Meetings with Legislators & Tours or Gallery Observation
4:00 Debriefing
5:00-8:00 Conference Registration
6:00-7:30 Opening Reception in Partnership with the AMA
Reaching Equity, Closing the Gaps
Rebecca Patchin, MD
Chair, American Medical Association Board of Trustees
PLENARY
Friday, March 26
6:15 Yoga (optional)
7:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Tobacco Cessation in Women: Treatment Challenges and Opportunities
Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
9:00 Update on the Management of Osteoporosis
Susan Greenspan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
9:45 Break and Posters
10:15 Shedding Light on Vitamin D
Michael Holick, PhD, MD
Professor of Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics
Boston University School of Medicine
11:00 Lipid Management in Women: An Evidence-Based Approach
Emma Meagher, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
11:45 Luncheon Presentation
New Concepts in Breast Cancer Biology and Treatment
Larry Norton, MD
Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1:15 Trudy Bush Lecture
Hormones and Cognition: A Scientific Update
Pauline Maki, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
2:00 Family Planning: Public Health & Private Lives
David Grimes, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
2:45 Break and Posters
3:15 Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy & Postpartum
Lee Cohen, MD
Director, Perinatal & Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
4:00 Contraception: News You Can Use
Patricia Sulak, MD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Scott & White Hospital & Clinic
4:45 For Her Eyes Only: Ocular Diseases in Women
Janine Austin Clayton, MD
Deputy Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
National Institutes of Health
5:45 Congress Poster Reception
7:30 Leaders in Women's Health Research Keynote
Women and Heart Disease: Advances in Diagnosis & Management
Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Director & Endowed Chair, Women's Heart Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Saturday, March 27
6:15 Yoga (optional) - embrace the day with yoga
7:00 Breakfast Symposium
Menopausal Symptoms: Challenges in Treatment
Anne Moore, MSN, RNC, FAANP
Professor of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
8:30 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Clinical Pearls
Patricia Sulak, MD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Scott & White Hospital & Clinic
9:15 Caring for Women in Pain: A Practical Approach
Leanne Yanni, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
10:00 Break and Posters
10:30 Using Health Literacy to Improve Women's Health: The Clinician's Role
Ruth Murphy Parker, MD
Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
11:15 Caring for the Older Woman: Less is More
Michele Bellantoni, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
12:00 Luncheon Presentation
Breastfeeding: A Clinical Imperative
Michelle Brenner, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
E. Stephen Buescher, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
1:30 Current Concepts in PCOS & Metabolic Syndrome
John Nestler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
2:30 Preventive Health in Women: Missed Opportunities
Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Chief, Section of Women's Health
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3:15 Break and Posters
3:45 Fibromyalgia: Old Myths, New Directions
Daniel Clauw, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine & Psychiatry
Director, Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center
University of Michigan Medical School
4:30 Fibroid Management in 2010
Catherine Matthews, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
5:30 Adjourn
Yoga (optional)
5:30 AMWA Student Mentoring Reception
7:00 AMWA 95th Anniversary and Awards Gala
Guest Speaker: Vivian Pinn, MD
Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
National Institutes of Health
Sunday, March 28
AM
6:15 Yoga (optional)
7:00 Breakfast Symposium
Pelvic Floor Disorders: What You Need to Know
Catherine Matthews, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
8:30 Spells, Swoons & Syncope: Evaluating Dizziness & Palpitations
Fred Kusumoto, MD
Director, Electrophysiology & Pacing Service
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
9:25 Partner Violence Against Women: Prevention & Intervention
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anna D. Wolf Chair & Professor of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
10:15 Break
10:45 Infertility: The ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) & the Science
Marcelle Cedars, MD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
University of California, San Francisco
11:35 HPV: Fundamentals of Prevention, Testing, and Treatment
Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Magee-Women's Hospital
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
12:30 Adjourn
*Please note that all pre-conference activities are non-CME/CNE.
Please note that the schedule may be subject to change.