Women's Health 2015: The 23rd Annual Congress
April 16-19
Grand Hyatt • Washington, DC
PROGRAM 2015
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, April 16th
2:30-5:00pm The Health of Women of Color: A Critical Intersection at the Corner of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Session presented by the NIH, Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
2:30pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
Janine A. Clayton, MD
Associate Director for Research on Women's Health,
Director, Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH
2:40pm Cancer Disparities in Women of Color - Global and in the United States
Worta McCaskill-Stevens, MD
Chief, Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute
3:00pm Advances and Challenges in the Clinical Translation of Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
Lauren Wood, MD
Staff Clinician, Vaccine Branch
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
3:20pm Cardiovascular Risk and Treatment at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Nakela Cook, MD, MPH
Chief of Staff
Immediate Office of the Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3:40pm Genome-Wide Analysis of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Among African Americans
Salman Tajuddin, MD, PhD, MPH
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Health Disparities Research Section, National Institute of Aging
4:00pm Sexual Violence and the Biomedical Risk for HIV Infection in Women
Gina Brown, MD
Coordinator of Women and Girls and Microbicides Research
Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health
4:20pm Disability Outcomes: Data from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
Tamara Harris, MD, MS
Chief, Interdisciplinary Studies of Aging Section
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science, National Institute of Aging
4:40pm Discussion
4:55pm Closing Remarks
Terri L. Cornelison, MD, PhD
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
6:00-8:00pm Conference Registration
FRIDAY, April 17th
6:15am Yoga: Embrace the day
7:00am REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:45am Welcome Opening Remarks
8:00am The Worsening Health of American Women:
Emerging Evidence
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine
VCU Center on Society and Health
8:45am Breast Cancer Staging: Current Strategies
Elisa Port, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
9:30am Evaluation & Management of Premenopausal Women with Low Bone Density
Elizabeth Shane, MD
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
10:15am Posters (CME); Networking Break; Exhibit Hall
10:45am Diabetes in Women: Improving Outcomes
Kristen Gill Hairston, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Joslin Diabetes Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
11:30am News You Can Use: Recent Studies That Have
Changed My Practice
Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Chief, Women's Health
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
12:15pm LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Women's Health During Deployment: Engaging the Women's Health Task Force
COL Lori L. Trego, PhD, CNM, ARNP
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
1:30pm Trudy Bush Lecture:
Using Progestins in Clinical Practice
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
2:15pm HPV Risk & Cervical Cancer Screening: Making Sense of the Guidelines
Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH
Medical Officer and Associate Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3:00pm Networking Break, Exhibit Hall
3:30pm Sex & Gender in Cardiac Testing: Choosing Wisely
Harmony Reynolds, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
NYU Langone Medical Center
4:15pm Another V Word: Vulvodynia
Susan Hoffstetter, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP
Associate Professor of Nursing, Section of Urogynecology
St. Louis University School of Medicines
5:00pm PMS & PMDD: Therapeutic Approaches
C. Neill Epperson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
6:00pm Academy of Women's Health – Member Reception
SATURDAY, April 18th
6:15am-7:00am Yoga: Embrace the Day
6:30am Sign-in and Breakfast Opens
7:00am Breakfast Symposium
Novel Approaches to Hypertriglyceridemia:
Clinical Face-Off
Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Preventive Cardiology
New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University
Richard L. Nemiroff, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Gregory Pokrywka, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Baltimore Lipid Center
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Amarin Pharma Inc.
8:30am The Calcium Supplement Controversy: Now What?
Douglas Bauer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
9:15am Sex & Gender Differences in Stroke
Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Wake Forest Baptist Stroke Center
Wake Forest Baptist School of Medicine
10:00am Posters (CME); Networking Break; Exhibit Hall
10:30am Interstitial Cystitis & Painful Bladder Syndrome: Clinical Strategies
Susan Hoffstetter, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP
Associate Professor of Nursing, Section of Urogynecology
St. Louis University School of Medicine
11:15am Weight Management in Women
Ann Smith Barnes, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medical Director, Weight Management Services and Disease Prevention
Baylor College of Medicine
This session is supported, in part, by an independent educational grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. U.S. Region
12:00pm LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Contraception: Where We are Now and Where are We Going
Mitchell Creinin, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director of Family Planning
University of California, Davis Health System
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Medicines360
1:30pm Vivian Pinn Women's Health Research Keynote Perimenopause: From Research to Practice
Nanette Santoro, MD
Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2:15pm Managing Thyroid Disorders in Women:
Common Dilemmas
Douglas Bauer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
3:00pm Posters (CME); Networking Break; Exhibit Hall
3:30pm Common Musculoskeletal Problems in Women
Sheila Dugan, MD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rush Medical College
4:15pm Lactation & Maternal Health: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis
This session is supported, in part, by an independent educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition
5:15pm Posters Reception; Congress Awards; Exhibit Hall
SUNDAY, April 19th
6:15am Yoga: Embrace the day
7:00am Breakfast Symposium: Current Approaches to Bladder Control *Non-CME
Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN
Adjunct Professor of Urology in Surgery and Co-Director of the Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Perelman School of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
This activity is supported by Astellas US LLC
8:30am Hysterectomy: Current Controversies
Catherine Matthews, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology;
Chief, Division of Urogynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:15am Bariatric Surgery: Pearls & Pitfalls
Lucy Faulconbridge, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director of Research, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
10:00am Posters (CME); Networking Break; Exhibit Hall
10:30am Managing Contraceptive Side Effects:
Clinical Insights
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
11:15am Acute Pelvic Pain: A Practical Approach
Christine Isaacs, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
12:00pm Adjourn