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Reproductive Health 2006

Agenda

Wednesday, September 6th

1:00 – 5:00 PM: Concurrent Pre-conference Sessions

  • Making Change Work: New Approaches to Early Pregnancy Loss Service Delivery
    Rivka Gordon, PA-C, MHS, Suzanne Poppema, MD and Grayson Dempsey
  • Making Sense of Medical Literature: A Primer of Research Methods
    David Grimes, MD and Kenneth Schulz, PhD, MBA
  • Options for Managing Early Pregnancy Loss: Focus on MVA
    Emily Godfrey, MD, MPH and Michelle Forcier, MD
  • Parent Communication in the Family Planning Setting
    Pam Kitagawa and Melanie Ridley
    Sponsored with the California Family Health Council
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Update for Women’s Health Providers
    Heidi M. Bauer, MD, MS, MPH and Sarah Guerry, MD
    Sponsored with the CA STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

5:00 – 7:30: ARHP Board Meeting and dinner

7:30 – 8:30: Welcome Reception
Reception will include cocktails, networking with peers, and a book signing with Chris Mooney

8:15 – 9:15: Movie Screening of A Doula Story: On the Front Lines of Teen Pregnancy

Thursday, September 7th

7:00 – 7:45: Continental Breakfast

7:45 – 8:00: Welcome Remarks
Vanessa Cullins, MD, MPH, MBA, Phil Darney, MD, MSc and Wayne Shields

8:00 – 8:45: Cushner Lecture
Wanda K. Jones, DrPH (invited)

9:00 – 9:30: Microbicide Update: What’s New, What’s Next
Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE and Christine Mauck, MD, MPH

9:30 – 10:00: Oral Abstract Presentations

10:00 – 10:30: Break

10:30 – 12:30: Oral Abstract Presentations

12:30 – 2:00: Lunch & Learn Sessions

  • Emergency Contraception Update
    James Trussell, PhD
  • Adolescent Health
    Scott Spear, MD
  • State of Abortion Training in the United States
    Eve Espey, MD
    Marji Gold, MD
    Jody Steinauer, MD

  • Curriculum Reform Working Group
    Shana Brown, MPH

  • Sex and Sexuality
    Lee Shulman, MD
  • Comprehensive Medical Care Management for the Sexual Assault Survivor
    Ashlesha Patel, MD

12:30– 2:00: Poster Presentations Author Question and Answer Session

12:30 – 2:00: ARHP Corporate Advisory Board Lunch

2:00 – 3:15: Oral Abstract Presentations

3:15 – 4:00: Preserving Core Values in Science Award
Science Friction: When Science and Politics Collide
Chris Mooney book signing immediately following session

4:00 – 5:30: Awards Reception

5:00 – 6:30: PPFA National Patient Service Council reception

6:00, 6:30 and 7:00: Transportation to downtown La Jolla from hotel

9:00, 9:30 and 10:00: Transportation back to hotel from downtown La Jolla

Friday, September 8th

7:00 – 8:00: continental breakfast with exhibitors

7:00 – 7:30: SFP Executive Board Meeting

7:30 – 8:00: SFP Board Meeting

8:00 – 9:00: Burnhill Lecture: Shades of Gray in Health Care Diversity
Byllye Avery

9:00 – 10:00: The HPV Vaccine: A New Era in Cervical Cancer Prevention
Cosette Wheeler, PhD (invited)

10:00 – 10:30: Break/Exhibits

10:30 – 11:30: Clinicians and Patients: What You Say, What They Hear
Lorraine Wallace, PhD

11:30 – 12:30: Explaining Contraceptive Risk to Patients
David Grimes, MD

12:30 – 2:00: Lunch & Learn Sessions

  • Menarche, Midlife, and Menopause: The Psychological Journey in a Fertile New World
    Diane Ehrensaft, PhD
  • Reproductive Health Issues: What Can We Expect from the Courts?
    Margaret C. Crosby, JD
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Latinas
    Anne Driscoll, DrPH, CHES
  • Advanced Practice Clinicians as Abortion Providers
    Susan Yanow, MSW
  • Who’s an IUD Candidate Now?
    Nancy Stanwood, MD, MPH

12:30 – 2:00: Poster Presentations Author Question and Answer Session

12:30 – 2:00: Wyeth New Leaders Award Luncheon

12:30- 2:00: PPFA NMC members/ liaisons lunch (NMC members/ liaisons only)

2:00 – 2:50: Concurrent Sessions

  • New Directions in STD Treatment: Highlights of the 2006 National STD Treatment Guidelines
    Gail Bolan, MD
  • A New Look at Post Abortion IUD Insertion
    Eleanor Drey, MD, and Sarah Prager, MD
  • Contraception for High Risk Women: Case Studies
    Jody Steinauer, MD

2:50 – 3:10: Break

3:10 – 4:00: Concurrent Sessions

  • Reproductive Health Care and the HIV/AIDS Patient
    Joanne Hayes, PA-C, MPH
  • Reproductive Health Care and Muslim Women: Breaking Down Barriers
    Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD
  • Don’t Drink the Water, Don’t Breathe the Air: The Truth and Fiction of Endocrine Disruptors
    Kirtly Parker Jones, MD

2:00 – 4:00: PPFA Clinical Issues Discussion

4:15 – 5:15: ARHP Membership Meeting

4:00 – 6:00: Medical Directors’ Council (MeDC)

6:30 – 8:30: SFP Business Meeting

7:30: MeDC Dinner (off site; leave hotel at 7:00)

Saturday, September 9th

7:00 – 8:00: Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00: Guttmacher Lecture: The Future of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: It’s Time to Move Forward
Leon Speroff, MD

9:00 – 10:00: Recommendations for Testing for Fetal Abnormalities
Lee Shulman, MD

10 – 10:30: Break

10:30 – 12:30: Concurrent Sessions

  • Pregnancy in Women with High-Risk Medical Conditions
    Elizabeth Harleman. MD
  • Diagnosing and Treating Vulvar Conditions: Tricks of the Trade
    Michael Policar, MD
  • PCOS and Endometriosis: New Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies
    Jeffrey Chang, MD

10:30 – 12:30: PPFA National Medical Committee (NMC) Subcommittee Meetings

12:30: ARHP/SFP Meeting Concludes

12:30 – 2:00: PPFA Lunch (open to Planned Parenthood Staff/Volunteers only)

2:30 – 4:00: NMC Subcommittee Meetings (continued)

4:00 – 5:30: New Medical Directors’ Orientation (open to all Planned Parenthood Medical Directors)

6:00 – 7:30: PPFA National Medical Conference Reception (open to all Planned Parenthood Staff/Volunteers)

Sunday (PPFA National Medical Conference only )

7:00 – 8:00: Breakfast for NMC Members/Liaisons only

8:00 – 11:00: PPFA National Medical Committee Business Meeting (open to all Planned Parenthood Staff/Volunteers)