Current Issues in Antepartum and Intrapartum Assessment and Clinical Management in Obstetrics

This comprehensive course, now in its 46th year, is specifically designed for physicians, midwives, obstetric nurses, and trainees. The esteemed faculty instructors are internationally renowned for their clinical and basic research, scholarly articles, and texts.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Counsel patients regarding prenatal carrier screening and aneuploidy screening
• Manage and treat hypertension postpartum
• Appropriately manage fetal heart rate tracings in labor
• Describe and manage thyroid disease in pregnancy
• Describe and manage appropriate follow-up of gestational diabetes
• Manage and treat selected maternal medical complications of pregnancy and delivery using evidence-based guidelines

Course Outline

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Morning Sessions

• 7:00 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 7:50 AM – Zoom Webinar Opens
• 8:00 AM – Introduction (Moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, PhD)
• 8:05 AM – Genetics Made Easy: A Practical Approach to Genetic Screening (Mary E. Norton, MD)
• 8:35 AM – Common Genetic Disorders in the Family (Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS)
• 9:05 AM – Advocating for Evidence-based Obstetrics in 2023 (Amy (Meg) Autry, MD)
• 9:35 AM – Questions and Answers
• 9:55 AM – Coffee Break

Afternoon Sessions

• 10:15 AM – First Trimester Bleeding: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment (Suzanne Seger, RN, MTS, CNM and Sheri L. Foote, CNM)
• 10:45 AM – Vaping and Marijuana in Pregnancy (Tricia Wright, MD, MS)
• 11:15 AM – Outcomes and Management of IVF Pregnancy (Katherine A. Connolly, MD)
• 11:45 AM – Questions and Answers
• 12:05 PM – Lunch (individually arranged)
• 1:30 PM – Moderator: Mary E. Norton, MD
• 1:30 PM – Progesterone: Preterm Birth Prevention or Placebo? (Martha Tesfalul, MD)
• 2:00 PM – Management of Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy (Nasim C. Sobhani, MD, MAS)
• 2:30 PM – Management of Incidental Transaminitis (Roxanna Irani, MD, PhD)
• 3:00 PM – Questions and Answers
• 3:20 PM – Coffee Break
• 3:40 PM – Recognizing and Responding to Trauma in the Perinatal Period (Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD, PMH-C)
• 4:10 PM – Decarbonizing Your Clinical Practice (Marya G. Zlatnik, MD, MMS)
• 4:40 PM – Reimagining Pregnancy Care (Malini Nijagal, MD, MPH)
• 5:10 PM – Questions and Answers
• 5:30 PM – Adjourn

5:30-6:30 pm – Julian T. Parer Wine and Cheese Reception

Friday, June 2, 2023

• 7:00 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 7:55 AM – Zoom Webinar Opens
• 8:00 AM – Update on Timing of Induction of Labor After the ARRIVE Trial (Aaron B. Caughey, MD, PhD)
• 8:30 AM – Quality and Safety Update – How Are We Being Evaluated? (Christian Pettker, MD)
• 9:00 AM – Management of Physical Trauma in Pregnancy (Deirdre J. Lyell, MD)
• 9:30 AM – Questions and Answers
• 9:50 AM – Coffee Break
• 10:10 AM – Choosing Wisely 2023 – SMFM Recommendations (Melissa G. Rosenstein, MD, MAS)
• 10:40 AM – The Next Step in California’s Cesarean & Quality Improvement Journey: Integrating Midwives, Doulas, and Community-Based Birth Care (Holly Smith, CNM, MPH)
• 11:10 AM – Protocols for Induction of Labor (Robyn A. Lamar, MD, MPH)
• 11:40 AM – Questions and Answers
• 12:00 PM – Lunch (individually arranged)
• 1:30 PM – Moderator: Tekoa L. King CNM, MPH
• 1:30 PM – Non-pharmacologic Management of Pain in Labor (Rebecca H. Amirault, CNM)
• 2:00 PM – Second Stage Fetal Heart Rate Management Pearls (Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE)
• 2:30 PM – Management of OP Position – Considerations for Labor Management and Mode of Delivery (Juan M. Gonzlez-Velez, MD, PhD)
• 3:00 PM – Questions and Answers
• 3:20 PM – Coffee Break
• 3:40 PM – Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Interactive Session with Faculty Panel
• 5:10 PM – Questions and Answers
• 5:15 PM – Adjourn

Saturday, June 3, 2023

• 7:00 AM – Continental Breakfast
• 7:55 AM – Zoom Webinar Opens
• 8:00 AM – Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Why What We Measure Matters (Divya Mallampati, MD, MPH)
• 8:30 AM – Diagnosis and Management of Gestational Diabetes (Jennifer Duffy, MD)
• 9:00 AM – Incorporating Anti-racism into M&Ms (Christian Pettker, MD)
• 9:30 AM – Questions and Answers
• 9:50 AM – Coffee Break
• 10:10 AM – Innovative Approaches to Detection and Management of Postpartum Hypertension (Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE)
• 10:40 AM – Fetal Growth Restriction – Update for 2023 (Brian L. Shaffer, MD)
• 11:10 AM – Future of Abortion Care After Roe (Daniel Grossman, MD)
• 11:40 AM – Questions and Answers
• 12:00 PM – Adjourn