1. family and parenting
2. motherhood
3. pregnancy

Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
PRETERM LABOR SYMPOSIUM, OB & MFM
THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH
7-7:45am Breakfast and Registration
7:45- 7:50am Welcome and Overview
7:50 - 8:20am Preterm Birth: Risk Factors and Their Prevention – The
8:20 - 8:55am
8:55 - 9:35am
9:35-10:15am
10:15 - 10:35am
10:35-10:55am
10:55 - 11:35am
11:35- 12:15pm
12:15 - 1:15pm
1:15 - 2:10pm
2:10 - 3:00pm
3:00 - 3:45pm
3:45- 4:00pm
4:00 - 4:45pm
4:45- 5:30pm
Asymptomatic Patient
Preterm Labor - Diagnosis & Management of The
Symptomatic Patient Evidence Based Prevention of Preterm Birth With
Cervical Length Screening: Clinical Guide
Emerging Concepts for the Prevention of Preterm Birth
Break
My Preterm Delivery & Baby: A Patient Perspective
What Happened Later? In The NICU
Case Presentation & Panel Discussion - Questions & Answers
Lunch (Included)
ACO’s the ACA and Adidas: A History of the Future
Approach to Reinventing Healthcare
Stillbirth: Assessment, Management and Prevention
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Screening, Diagnosis & Management
Break
Managing the Pregnant Patient with Hemoglobinopathies
Management of Antiphopholipid Syndrome in Pregnancy
OBSTETRICS & MFM
7:45-7:50am Welcome and Overview
7:50 - 8:30am National Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality:
PRENATAL ULTRASOUND, PLENARY SESSION
7:45 - 7:50am Welcome And Overview
7:50 - 8:35am Prenatal Diagnosis in Multiple Gestations - How Many
Sindhu Srinivas, MD, MSCE
Vincenzo Berghella, MD
Michal Elovitz, MD
Melissa Lenihan, MS, CGC
Jay Greenspan, MD
Faculty
Stephen Klasko, MD
Uma Reddy, MD
Michael Greene, MD
Farzana Sayani, MD
Howard Carp, MD
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST
8:35 - 9:10am
9:10- 9:45am
9:45- 10:20am
10:20-10:35am
10:35-11:05am
11:05- 11:30am
11:30-12:00pm
12:00- 12:30pm
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Anthony Gregg, MD
2:00- 2:40pm
2:40- 3:05pm
8:30 - 9:05am The Long Road of Cervical Ripening
Deborah Cruz, MSN, CRNP
9:05 - 9:45am Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Management & Treatment
Howard Carp, MD
3:45 - 4:20pm
Anthony Gregg, MD
4:20- 5:00pm
3:30-3:45pm
5:00- 5:30pm
Janet Ober Berman, MS,
CGC, Stuart Weiner, MD
Mark Evans, MD
Michael Greene, MD
Lawrence Platt, MD
Mark Evans, MD
Nadav Schwartz, MD
Anthony Gregg, MD
Vinay Kandula, MD
Eric Marsh, MD
Lawrence Platt, MD
Ultrasound Diagnosis
Ultrasound Evaluation in The First Trimester: Old Questions,
New Answers
Placenta Accreta - Ultrasound Diagnosis?
What Is New in 3D/4D Ultrasound ?
Break
An Ultrasound Approach to Adnexal Masses in Pregnancy
The Cervix -Sonographic Guide to Measuring Cervical Length
Panel Discussion, Questions & Answers
Leslie Scoutt, MD
Nadav Schwartz, MD
Lawrence Platt, MD
Leslie Scoutt, MD
Harish Sedave, MD
Faculty
10:20-10:35am Break
10:35- 11:15am Maternal Obesity - Physician & Patient Challenges
Sherry Blumenthal, MD
11:15 - 12:00pm Advance Genomics & Genetic Screening - A Guide for
Susan Klugman, MD
the Obstetrics Provider
12:00-12:30pm Panel Discussion Q & A
Faculty
12:30- 1:30pm Lunch (Included)
PRENATAL ULTRASOUND, BREAKOUT SESSION
7:50 - 8:20am
1:30- 2:00pm Fetal Monitoring: The Challenges of Category II Tracings Deborah Cruz, MSN, CRNP
8:20 -8:50 am
2:00- 2:35pm Multiple Sclerosis & Other Neurological Disorders in
Mercedes Jacobson, MD
8:50 - 9:20am
Joan Stoler, MD
9:50-10:20am
Pregnancy
2:35 - 2:55pm Fetal/Neonatal Impacts of Anticonvulsants
9:20 - 9:50am
2:55-3:30pm The Clinical Approach to The Pregnant Patient With HIV Ellen Tedaldi, MD
10:20- 10:35am
3:30- 3:45pm Break
10:35 - 11:05am
3:45- 4:30pm Common Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnant Women
Deborah Kim, MD
4:30- 5:00pm The Truth About Exposure to Alcohol During Pregnancy Joan Stoler, MD
5:00-5:30pm Panel Discussion, Questions & Answers
Faculty
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND AM
7-7:45am Breakfast And Registration
7:45-7:50am Welcome & Introduction
11:05-11:45am
11:45- 12:15pm
12:15- 1pm
PRENATAL ULTRASOUND, PLENARY SESSION
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND PM
Stuart Weiner, MD
Subtle & Transient Fetal Anatomic Findings – What Do Beryl Benacerraf, MD
They Mean? The Elements of The Basic Fetal Heart Study
Dennis Wood, RDMS
Early Gestation Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging
Jack Rychik, MD
Abnormalities of The Cardiac Four-Chamber View
Shuping Ge, MD
Abnormalities of The Cardiac Outflow Tracts
Jack Rychik, MD
Break
Maternal/Fetal Disorders Affecting The Fetal Heart
Dennis Wood, RDMS
The Sherlock Holmes Approach to Skeletal Dysplasia
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
Interactive Moderated Panel (Q&A)
Faculty
Lunch (Included)
PRENATAL GENETICS, PLENARY SESSION
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST AM
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
7:00 - 7:50am Breakfast and Registration
1:15 - 1:50pm Towards An Improved Understanding of The Fetal Uri-
Anthony Gregg, MD
7:45 - 7:50am Welcome and Overview
Janet Ober Berman, MS,
CGC, Stuart Weiner, MD
7:50 - 8:30am Prenatal Diagnosis in Multiple Gestations - How Many
Mark Evans, MD
nary Tract
1:50 - 2:30pm The Sherlock Holmes Approach to Syndromes Involving
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
The Fetal Face
2:30 - 3:05pm Syndromes Involving The Fetal Face - Implications for
Joan Stoler, MD
Scanning And Counseling
3:05 - 3:40pm Prenatal And Postnatal Diagnosis of Cleft &
Jesse Taylor, MD
Craniofacial Anomalies
Normal First Trimester Screening
4:30 - 5:30pm Interesting Ultrasound Cases & Images
Stuart Weiner, MD & Beryl
Benacerraf, MD
Leading speakers in the field
of Fetal Echocardiography &
ultrasound diagnosis.
PRENATAL ULTRASOUND, HANDS-ON SESSION
”
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND PM
1:30 - 5:00pm Fetal Echo , Fetal Anatomy, 3D & 4D & Doppler Studies Dennis Wood, RDMS
Five Stations:
A- Fetal ECHO
B- Fetal ECHO
C- Fetal Detailed Anatomy
D - 3D & 4D ultrasound techniques
E - Fetal Doppler Studies & Late Anatomy
Jack Rychik, MD
Stuart Weiner, MD
Shuping Ge, MD
Cecelia Dang, RDMS
Denise Johnson, RDMS
Peggy McCann, RDMS
Debbra Soffer, RDMS
Expert Sonographers in
Fetal ECHO &
Fetal Anatomy
9:45- 10:20am Integrating New Molecular Testing & Ultrasound
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND AM
7:45-7:50am Welcome & Overview
Elena Ashkinadze, MS,
CGC
7:50- 8:50am Expanded Carrier Screening - Taxing or Telling
Anthony Gregg, MD/
Adele Schneider, MD
8:50- 9:25am Clinical Utility of Rh Genotyping
Dan Belissimo, PhD
Michael Greene, MD
9:25- 10:20am Prenatal Counseling: Genetic Dilemmas & Dialogues
Disease - Diabetes
9:10- 9:45am The First Trimester Genetic Ultrasound
3:50- 4:30pm Screening for Down Syndrome: Ultrasound Markers After Beryl Benacerraf, MD
“
Are Too Many?
8:35 - 9:10am Congenital Malformations Associated With Maternal
PRENATAL GENETICS, BREAKOUT SESSION
7-7:45am Breakfast and Registration
1:00 - 1:15pm Ambiguous Genitalia - Images Only
3:40 - 3:50pm Break
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST PM
1:30- 2:00pm Fifty Shades of White & Gray - Optimizing Your
3:05 - 3:30pm
Evidence
Are Too Many?
Congenital Malformations Associated With Maternal
Disease - Diabetes
The First Trimester Genetic Ultrasound
Integrating New Molecular Testing & Ultrasound Technology
Into Clinical Practice
Break
The Median View - The Key to Identifying Brain Anomalies
Microcephaly in The Next Generation Era
Brain MRI - Normal & Abnormal
Genetic Syndromes Involving The Brain - Implications in
Prenatal Diagnosis
Lunch (Included)
PRENATAL ULTRASOUND, BREAKOUT SESSION
Ossie Geifman-Holtzman, MD
Hemorrhage First - The Strategies
9:45 - 10:20am Thrombophilia in Pregnancy - Challenging Dictum or
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST AM
7 - 7:45am Breakfast And Registration
Ossie Geifman-Holtzman, MD
Vincenzo Berghella, MD
Prenatal Genetics
Prenatal Ultrasound
Lawrence Platt, MD
Mark Evans, MD
Technology Into Clinical Practice
With Critical Review
10:20-10:35am Break
10:35- 11:05am Reproductive & Fetal Impact of Advanced Paternal Age Elena Ashkinadze, MS,
CGC
10:20-10:35am Break
10:35-11:05am The Median View - The Key to Identifying Brain
Nadav Schwartz, MD
Anomalies
11:05- 11:30am Microcephaly in The Next Generation Era
Anthony Gregg, MD
11:30-12:00pm Brain MRI - Normal & Abnormal
Vinay Kandula, MD
12:00- 12:30pm Genetic Syndromes Involving The Brain - Implications
Eric Marsh, MD
in Prenatal Diagnosis
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch (Included)
PRENATAL GENETICS, BREAKOUT SESSION
1:30- 2:15pm Aneuploidy, Gender, Deletion Syndromes - Does Cell
FRIDAY, MAY 1ST PM
Lorraine Dugoff, MD
Free Fetal DNA Tell Us All?
2:15-2:55pm Understanding Clinical Variability in Copy Number
David Ledbetter, PhD
Variant (CNV) Disorders
2:55-3:30pm Improving The Interpretation of Genomic Variants – The Christa Martin, PhD
ClinGen Project
4:20-4:50 pm Panel Discussion
Patients
11:40- 12:15pm Understanding Ambiguous Genitalia & Congenital
W. Andrew Faucett, MS,
LGC
Maria New, MD
Adrenal Hyperplasia
12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch (Included)
“
Faculty
Internationally renowned
experts in prenatal genetics & ultrasound
diagnosis...
PRENATAL GENETICS, PLENARY SESSION
”
SATURDAY, MAY 2ND PM
1:00 - 1:15pm Ambiguous Genitalia - Images Only
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
1:15 - 1:50pm Towards an Improved Understanding of The Fetal
Anthony Gregg, MD
Urinary Tract
1:50 - 2:30pm The Sherlock Holmes Approach to Syndromes Involving Beryl Benacerraf, MD
The Fetal Face
Joan Stoler, MD
Scanning and Counseling
Anthony Gregg, MD
Faculty
•Should Low-Risk Patients Be Offered NIPT?
•Should NIPT Replace Traditional Ultrasound and
Biochemical Screening?
•Benefits and Drawbacks of NIPT for Fetal Gender
•Reliability of NIPT in Twins and Rare Cytogenomic Variants
•Impact of Fetal Fraction on NIPT Reliability
•Should Microarray Be Performed on All Prenatal Tests?
•Should Expanded Screening Be Routinely Offered and
to All?
4:50-5:30pm Prenatal Genetic Testing: Sorting Out The Options
11:05-11:40am Sharing Data – Empowering Genetic Counselors and
2:30 - 3:05pm Syndromes Involving The Fetal Face - Implications for
3:30-3:45pm Break
3:45 - 4:20 pm NIPS – The Value Proposition
Lynn Bush, PhD, MS, MA
Ronald Wapner, MD
Faculty
3:05 - 3:40pm Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Cleft &
Jesse Taylor, MD
Craniofacial Anomalies
3:40 - 3:50pm Break
3:50- 4:30pm Screening for Down Syndrome: Ultrasound Markers
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
After Normal First Trimester Screening
4:30- 5:30pm Interesting Prenatal Genetic Cases
Ronald Wapner, MD
“
Elena Ashkinadze, MS, CGC
Lorraine Dugoff, MD &
Susan Klugman, MD
Best group of speakers in the field
of Prenatal Genetics
”
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Thursday, April 30
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Hands On & Conference
Ultrasound - Hands On Fetal Echo & Anatomy
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Summarize expert management of medical and obstetrics complications and labor & delivery
management.
Outline basic genetic concepts and prenatal management care in obstetrician offices.
Incorporate new techniques of prenatal diagnosis and screening by molecular testing and by
ultrasound.
Demonstrate improved knowledge on techniques of prenatal ultrasound, fetal MRI & fetal
ECHO.
Disclosures: Faculty disclosure information will be made available in the conference materials and
syllabi. Faculty members are also expected to disclose to participants any discussion of off-label and/
or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or devices within their presentation.
Accreditation and Designation of Credit
ACCME Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Es-
sential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the
joint providership of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The Philadelphia
Pregnancy Center. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this live activity for a maximum
of 25.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.
College Cognate Credit(s)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this live activity for a maximum
of 25.25 Category 1 College Cognate Credits. The College has a reciprocity agreement with the AMA
that allows AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to be equivalent to College Cognate Credits.
The breakdown of the number of credits for each day of the meeting is as follows:
Thursday, April 30 = 8.5 credits, Friday, May 1 = 8.5 credits, Saturday, May 2 = 8.25
Applications for CEU credits for Genetic Counselors are currently pending through the NSGC and
for sonographers through SDMS. An application for nursing credits is currently pending through the
PA State Nurses Association.
Cancellation Policy: The sponsors of this conference reserve the right to cancel or postpone any
activity due to unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation or postponement, the Philadelphia Pregnancy Center will refund registration fees, but will not be responsible for related costs or
expenses to participants, including cancellation fees assessed by hotels, airlines, or travel agencies. In
order to process refunds, cancellations must be received in writing no later than April 1st, 2015. No
refunds will be issued thereafter.
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registrations will be confirmed by email if your registration form and fee are received by April 25th,
2015. Late fees for all registrations received on or after April 28th, 2015.
Meeting Location and Meals: This conference will be held at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, 4200
City Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131. Breakfast, lunch and snack breaks will be provided for all
three days of the conference. Limited hotel rooms at conference rates will be available until 4/1/2015.
Medical Director & Associate Professor
Philadelphia Pregnancy, Genetics
& Ultrasound Center
Drexel University College of Medicine
Fels Institute
Temple University School of Medicine
Stuart Weiner, MD
Professor & Director,
Division of Reproductive Imaging & Genetics
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Lynn Bush, PhD, MS, MA
Faculty, Pediatric Clinical Genetics
Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics Columbia University Medical Center
Howard Carp MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tel-Aviv University
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Deborah A. Cruz MSN, CRNP
Scientific Committee & Faculty
Perinatal Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse
Specialist
Labor and Delivery/High Risk Obstetrics
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Elena Ashkinadze, MS, LCGC
Michal Elovitz, MD
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Supervisor, Perinatal Genetics
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Janet Ober Berman, MS, LCGC
Assistant Director, Perinatal Genetics
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Temple University School of Medicine
Amanda Carré, MS, LCGC
Drexel Center of Genetics
Fetal and Maternal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Lorraine Dugoff, MD
Chief, Reproductive Genetics,
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Laird Jackson, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Owen Montgomery, MD
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Jack Rychik, MD
Professor& Director
The Fetal Heart Program
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Adele Schneider, MD, FACMG
Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College
Director, Clinical Genetics &
Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
Cheryl Selden-Klein, RNC-OB, MSN, CCE
Associate Director, Labor & Delivery
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Temple University Hospital
Dennis Wood, Jr., BA, RDMS, RDCS, RCPT
Director, Fetal Cardiology Education,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thomas Jefferson University
Nemours Cardiac Center, AI DuPont Hospital
for Children
Faculty
Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD
President-Elect, AIUM
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Clinical Professor Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Daniel Bellissimo, PhD, FACMG
Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Vincenzo Berghella, MD
President, SMFM
Professor & Director
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Thomas Jefferson University
Sherry Blumenthal, MD, MS Ed., FACOG
Womencare OB/GYN, P.C.
Past Chair, PA Section,
American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists
Obstetric Trustee, Board of Trustees, PA
Medical Society
Associate Professor & Director
Maternal & Child Health Research Program
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Prematurity Prevention Program
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Mark I. Evans, MD
President, Fetal Medicine Foundation of
America
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
W. Andrew Faucett, MS, LCGC
Melissa Lenihan, MS, CGC
St. Luke’s University Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Eric D Marsh, MD, PhD
Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Neurology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Christa Lese Martin, PhD, FACMG
Director and Senior Investigator (Professor)
Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute
Geisinger Health System
Peggy McCann RDMS
Senior Fetal Cardiac Sonographer
Fetal Heart Program
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Maria I. New, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Director, Adrenal Steroid Disorders Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Pediatrics
Lawrence D. Platt, MD
Director of Policy and Education
Office of the Chief Scientific Officer
Geisinger Health System
Past President, AIUM
Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Center for Fetal Medicine andWomen’s Ultrasound
Shuping Ge, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE
Uma Reddy, MD, MPH
Michael F. Greene MD
Farzana Sayani MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Fetal Cardiology
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Drexel University College of Medicine
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology
& Reproductive Biology
Chief of Obstetrics
Vincent Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Anthony R Gregg, MD, FACOG, FACGM
Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Director,
Penn Comprehensive Adult Thalassemia Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Nadav Schwartz, MD
Clinical Director,
Outpatient Maternal- Fetal Medicine Services
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor & Director
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Director, Obstetrics UF Health Shands
Hospital
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Leslie M. Scoutt MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU
Jay Greenspan, MD, MBA
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Prenatal Diagnosis & Testing Unit
Pennsylvania Hospital
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
Nemours, AI. DuPont Hospital for Children
Thomas Jefferson University Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Surgery
Chief, Ultrasound Section
Associate Program Director,
Diagnostic Radiology
Yale School of Medicine
Harish M. Sehdev, MD
Senior Fetal Cardiac Sonographer
Fetal Heart Program
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Vinay VR Kandula, MD
Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE
Neuroradiologist
Department of Radiology
Nemours, AI DuPont Hospital for Children
Deborah Kim, MD
Chief of the Perinatal Division
Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Stephen K. Klasko, M.D., M.B.A.
President and CEO
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson
Health System
Susan Klugman MD, FACOG, FACMG
Associate Professor & Director
Reproductive Genetics
Program Director, Medical Genetics Residency
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
David H. Ledbetter, PhD, FACMG
Professor, Executive Vice President
Chief Scientific Officer
Geisinger Health System
Thursday - Friday , April 30 - May 1, 2015
Obstetrics & Maternal - Fetal Medicine
Debbra Soffer, RDMS
Professor, Department of Neurology
Temple University School of Medicine
Mercedes Jacobson, MD
Director of Obstetrical Services,
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Joan Stoler, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Division of Genetics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Jesee Taylor, MD
Co-director of the Cleft Lip and Palate
Program
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Ellen M Tedaldi, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine,
Director,Temple HIV Program,
Temple University School of Medicine
Ronald Wapner, MD
Professor,Vice Chair of Research
Director of Reproductive Genetics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University Medical Center
“Best group of speakers in prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, obstetrics, maternal-fetal
medicine, & fetal ECHO”
Address (home or office)______________________________________________________________________________
Ossie Geifman-Holtzman, MD
7th Philadelphia Ultrasound, Prenatal
Diagnosis, Obstetrics & MFM Conference
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Course Directors
PERMIT NO. 7377
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This three-day conference is aimed at improving health care for women by concentrating on different
areas to include: Two days focusing on Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Two days focusing on
Prenatal Diagnosis – Prenatal Ultrasound & Two days focusing on Prenatal Genetics. The conference
is geared towards Obstetricians & Gynecologists, MFM Specialists, Radiologists & any interested
physicians, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Midwives, Genetic Counselors, Ultrasonographers, Pediatrics
Cardiologists and all professionals who care for women. Updates on current screening and testing
recommendations as well as cutting edge technology and research will be presented. We will discuss
management of common obstetrics and medical complications of pregnancy and the advance fields
of prenatal diagnosis in prenatal genetic & ultrasound. We will also have a comprehensive preterm
labor session, Fetal ECHO and fetal anatomy Hands- On session to be presented & taught by leading
experts in the field.
PRSRT STD
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue • 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Program Overview
Prenatal Diagnosis Institute
PO Box 188
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Conference Registration Form
Friday - Saturday, May 1 - 2, 2015
Prenatal Ultrasound
Prenatal Genetics
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue • 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Genetic Syndromes • Prenatal Ultrasound • Skeletal Dysplasia • Prenatal Genetics
Gestational Diabetes • Preterm Labor Symposium • Pregnancy Complications • Twins
IUGR • Obstetrics Emergencies • HIV in Pregnancy • Evidence-Based Labor & Delivery
Pregnancy Loss • Hemoglobinopathies • Ambiguous Genitalia • Maternal Obesity
Stillbirth • Placenta Accreta • Prenatal MRI • Fetal ECHO • NIPT • Array CGH
Carrier Screening • Fetal DNA • Fetal Rh • The Fetal Brain • 3D/4D Ultrasound