Women's Health 2012: The 20th Annual Congress

March 16-18, 2012
Washington, DC

PROGRAM 2012

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Thursday, March 15th

Pre-Conference Activities


Pre-Conference Workshop—A series of lively panel discussions*


2:30  Women's Health Research and Clinical Practice: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Session presented by the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
*Non-CME

2:40  Successful models of women's health interdisciplinary research programs

Women's Health Reproductive Research, NICHHD
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)
Specialized Centers of Interdisciplinary Research (SCOR)
Interdisciplinary Women's Health Residencies & Fellowships

3:50  Strategies for NIH Grant Success

Overview of the review process
Sex differences in NIH application, success, and funding rates
Race, ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
Strategies for grant success

5:00  Adjourn

5:00 - 8:00 PM  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION


PLENARY SESSION

Friday, March 16th

Up to 24.5 credit hours will be available for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, family physicians and allied health care professionals.

6:15  Yoga (optional) - embrace the day with yoga*


7:00  REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST*


8:00   STDs: Essentials for the Clinician

Kimberly Workowski, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
Emory University

8:45  Hypertension in Women: What's Different?

Emma Meagher, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania Health System

9:30  Lupus in Women: Emerging Strategies

Susan Manzi, MD, MPH
Vice Chair and Professor of Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine

10:10  Break*

10:40  The Woman at Risk for Blood Clots: Guidelines for Screening & Management

Thomas DeLoughery, MD
Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University

11:20  Menopause Management: 2012 Update

Ivy Alexander, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Yale University School of Nursing

12:00  Luncheon Special Session
Osteoporosis Management: The Art & the Science

Robert Lindsay, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Chief of Internal Medicine, Helen Hayes Hospital

1:30  The Vivian Pinn Women's Health Research Keynote Lecture
The Women's Health Initiative: What Have We Learned?

Marcia Stefanick, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine

2:15  Challenging Cases in Contraception

Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

3:00  Break*

3:30   Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Women's Health

Josephine Briggs, MD
Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health

4:10   Substance Abuse in Women

Elena Volfson, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Behavioral Health Lab
Philadelphia VA Medical Center

4:50   Evidence Based Care of Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

5:30  Adjourn


7:00  20th Anniversary Gala*
National Museum of Women in the Arts


*Non-CME


Saturday, March 17th


6:15  Yoga (optional) - embrace the day with yoga*


7:00  Breakfast Special Session
Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer

Lee P. Shulman, MD
Anna Ross Lapham Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Cancer Genetics Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Myriad

8:45  Managing Vulvovaginal Disorders

Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

9:30   Best Practices in Lesbian Health

Patricia Robertson, MD
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

10:15  Break*

10:45  Bone Health in the Reproductive Years

Robert Lindsay, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Chief of Internal Medicine, Helen Hayes Hospital

11:30  Care of the Cancer Survivor

Eva Grunfeld, MD, DPhil, FCFP
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Giblon Professor of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto

In collaboration with National Cancer Institute

12:15  Luncheon Special Session
CVD in Women: Evidence Based Care

Karol Watson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine / Cardiology
Co-Director, UCLA Center for Cholesterol and Lipid Management
UCLA School of Medicine

2:00  The Trudy Bush Lecture
Understanding Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Margaret McCarthy, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine

2:45  Management of Obesity in Women: Current Strategies

Robert Kushner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

3:30  Break*

4:00  Depression in Women: Improving Outcomes

Katherine Wisner, MD, MS
Director, Women's Behavioral HealthCARE
Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Sciences, and Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

4:45  Don't ASCUS, Don't Tell: Nuances of Cervical Cancer Screening

Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh

5:30  Adjourn

5:30 - 7:00  Congress Poster Reception

6:15  Yoga (optional)*


*Non-CME

 

Sunday, March 18th


AM

6:15  Yoga (optional) – embrace the day with yoga*


7:00  Breakfast Special Session
Overactive Bladder in Women: Strategies for Improving Patient Outcomes

Catherine Matthews, MD
Director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

8:30  Preventive Women's Health Services & Health Care Reform: Closing the Gaps*

Presented by the DHHS Office on Women's Health
*Non-CME

Nancy Lee, MD
DHHS Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Women's Health
Director, Office on Women's Health

9:15  Women's Health & Sex Differences Research
Scientific Poster Session Awards *

9:30  Ovarian Conservation with Hysterectomy: Current Controversies

Catherine Matthews, MD
Director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:10  Break*

10:40  Thyroid Disease in Women: Common Dilemmas

David Gardner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

11:20  GI Disorders in Women: Clinical Pearls

Amy Oxentenko, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic

12:00  Headaches in Women: Diagnosis & Management

Deborah Friedman, MD, MPH
Director, Headache and Facial Pain Program
Professor of Neurology, Neurotherapeutics and Ophthalmology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

12:45 Adjourn


*Non-CME

Please note that the schedule may be subject to change