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Wednesday, September 26th

1:00 – 5:00

Concurrent Pre-Conference Sessions with Hands-On Workshops

  • A Clinical Update on Intrauterine Contraception
    Kirtly Parker Jones, MD, Katie Morgan, MS, NP
    Moderator: Eve Espey, MD, MPH
  • Focus on Health Literacy: Skills for Effective Communication with Patients
    Lorraine S. Wallace, PhD
    Moderator: Emily Godfrey, MD, MPH
  • Sorting through Sensationalized Headlines with Confidence: An In-depth and Evidence-Based Approach
    David Grimes, MD, Ken Schulz, PhD, MBA, Lawrence Finer, PhD
    Moderator: Beth Jordan, MD
  • The Connection Between Environmental Factors and Reproductive Health
    Charlotte Brody, RN, Dori Gilels, MEd, Ted Schettler, MD, MPH
    Moderator: Rivka Gordon, PA-C, MHS
5:00 – 7:30 ARHP Board Meeting and Dinner
7:30 – 8:30 Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 27th

Exhibits all day in Grand Ballroom Foyer
Poster Session 1 set up all day in Salon E
7:00 – 7:45 Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:25 – 7:45 Late-breaking Update: New gonorrhea treatment guidelines
Scott Spear, MD
7:45 – 8:00 Welcome Remarks
Vanessa Cullins, MD, MPH, MBA, Mitchell Creinin, MD, Henry Gabelnick, PhD, & Wayne Shields
Plenary Session I
Moderator: Henry Gabelnick, PhD and Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH
8:00 – 9:00 Cushner Lectureship: Women’s Reproductive Health: Domestic and International Challenges
Henry Foster, Jr, MD
9:00 – 10:00

Oral Abstracts

  • The Impact of Altering the Hormone Free Interval on Bleeding Patterns In Users of a 91-Day Extended Regimen Oral Contraceptive
  • An Open-Label, Randomized, Multi-Center Trial To Evaluate Continuation Rates, Side Effects And Acceptability Of The Contraceptive Ring Versus The Contraceptive Patch In Women Previously Using Combined Oral Contraceptives
  • Smoking And Oral Contraception Continuation
  • Self-Screening For Contraindications To Oral Contraceptive Use: Evidence For The Safety Of Over-The-Counter Provision
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:30

Oral Abstracts

  • Early Molar Pregnancy: Experience in A Large Abortion Service
  • Reproductive Health Realities And Cyber (Mis)Representations: A Systematic Review Of Residency Program Websites
  • Who Opts for Voluntary Counseling and HIV Testing When Offered in an Urban Clinic?
  • A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study of Mifepristone in Midtrimester Termination of Pregnancy
  • Randomized Study of Sublingual and Oral Misoprostol Following 200 Mg Mifepristone for Abortion Up to 63 Days Gestation in Moldova
  • Knowledge And Understanding Of Menses Inhibition Or Reduction In Women And Physicians
  • Unintended Pregnancy And Associated Perinatal Behaviors And Outcomes
  • The Cost of Inaction: The Economic Consequences of Denying Underinsured Women Post Partum Sterilization
12:30 – 2:00

Box Lunch with Exhibitors and Posters

  • Poster Presenters Available for Discussion/Questions
  • Lunch and Learn Session:

    Religion and Sexuality
    Reverend Meg Riley

    Exploring the Use of Misoprostol for Self-Induced Abortion Worldwide: Observations, Reflections, and Discussion
    Melanie Zurek, EdM, Angel M. Foster, DPhil, MD, AM, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, MPA, Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH

    Abortion Values Clarification
    Melissa Werner, MPH, MAT

    Politics, Profit, and Science: The Insider’s Guide to Federal and Local Sex Education
    James Wagoner, Lisa Turnham, MPH, Lynn M. Bretl, MPP

    Healthcare Provider Advocacy: Creating Change in Reproductive Health
    Carlie Steen, Esq., Kaiyti Duffy, MPH

  • Exhibits Open
12:30 – 2:00 ARHP Corporate Advisory Board Luncheon

Plenary Session II
Moderator: Mitchell Creinin, MD

2:00 – 2:30 Explaining Contraceptive Risk to Patients
Vanessa Cullins, MD, MPH, MBA
2:30 – 3:15

Oral Abstracts

  • Emergency Contraception Services for Adolescents: A National Survey of Children’s Hospital Emergency Department Directors
  • Dispensing Plan B In London, Ontario One Year After Schedule II Status
  • Women Seeking Emergency Contraceptive Pills Via the Internet: A Mixed Methods Study
3:15 – 4:00 Preserving Core Values in Science Award
The Sea Around Us: The Environment in Us
Charlotte Brody, RN
Introduction: Wayne Shields
4:10 – 5:00 ARHP Membership Meeting
5:30 – 6:30

National Patient Service Council Reception (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only)

Friday, September 28th

Exhibits set up all day in Grand Ballroom Foyer
Poster Session II set up all day in Salon E

7:00 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00 – 8:00 Clinical Correspondents’ Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 SFP Board Meeting
7:40 – 8:00 Late-breaking Update: Diaphragm and Replens gel for HIV prevention
Kelly Blanchard, MS
Plenary Session III
Moderators: Jeffrey Waldman, MD and Elizabeth Talmont, NP, MSN
8:00 – 9:00 Burnhill Lectureship: Lessons in Low Tech
Paul Blumenthal, MD, MPH
9:00 – 10:00

Clinical and Policy Update on Abortion
Eve Gartner, JD, Eleanor Drey, MD, Mary Fjerstad, RN, NP, MA

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30

Managing HPV: A New Era in Patient Care
Nancy Berman, MSN, APRN, BC

11:30 – 12:30 Evidence-Based Hormone Therapy Decision Making
JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH
12:30 – 2:00 Box Lunch with Exhibitors and Posters
12:30 – 2:00 Wyeth New Leaders Lunch
2:00 – 2:50 Concurrent Breakout Session I
  • I Can’t Believe You Said That: Talking with Patients about Difficult Subjects
    Barbara Malat, CNP, PA-C
    Moderator: Katie Morgan, MS, NP
  • Domestic Violence & Abuse Screening
    Pam Glenn, CNM
  • Taking Control: Halting HIV Infection among Women of Color
    Victoria A. Cargill, MD, MSCE
    Moderator: Beth Jordan, MD
2:00 – 4:00

PPFA Clinical Issues Discussions (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only)

2:50 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 4:00

Concurrent Breakout Session II

  • Speaking Science 2.0: The Road to 2008 and Beyond
    Chris Mooney, Matthew C. Nisbet, PhD
    Moderator: Beth Jordan, MD
  • Screening, Treatment, and Management of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
    Rob Moldwin, MD
    Moderator: Ram Parvataneni, MD, MPH
  • Emergency Contraception Update
    James Trussell, BPhil, PhD
    Elizabeth Westley, MPH
    Moderator: Kathleen Hill Besinque, PharmD, MSEd, FCSHP
4:00 – 5:30

Ortho and Stewart Awards Reception and Book Signing

5:00 – 7:00

Medical Directors Council (MeDC0) meeting (Planned Parenthood medical directors only)

6:30 – 7:30

SFP Business Meeting (SFP Fellows and Junior Fellows only)

7:30 – 9:00 SFP Dinner (SFP Fellows and Junior Fellows only)
7:30 MeDC Dinner (off site; meet in lobby at 7:30) (Planned Parenthood medical directors only)

Saturday, September 29th

7:00 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast
7:40 – 8:00 Late-breaking Update: Quick-start research update
Carolyn Westhoff, MD

Plenary Session IV
Moderator: Henry Gabelnick, PhD

8:00 – 9:00

Guttmacher Lectureship: People, Their Contraceptives and Their Dreams: Women Hold Up More than Half the Sky
Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH

9:00 – 10:00

New HIV Prevention Technologies: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Microbicides
Ward Cates, MD, MPH, Sharon Hillier, PhD, Anna Forbes, MMS

10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:30 Concurrent Breakout Session III
  • Single Rod Implant
    David Archer, MD, Vivian Brache, Lic.
    Moderator: Patricia Murphy, CNM, DrPh, FACNM
  • Causes, Evaluation, and Treatment for Women with Recurrent Miscarriage
    Heather Huddleston, MD
    Moderator: Wayne Shields
  • Sorting Through the Sensationalized to Find the Facts
    David Grimes, MD
    Moderator: Beth Jordan, MD
10:30 – 1:00 PPFA/NMC Subcommittee Meetings (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only)

12:30

ARHP/SARC/SFP meeting concludes

1:00 – 2:15

PPFA Lunch and Sylvia Clark Award Presentation (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only)

2:15 – 4:00 PPFA NMC Subcommittee Meetings (continued)
4:00 – 5:30 New Medical Directors’ Orientation (Planned Parenthood medical directors only)
6:00 – 7:30 PPFA National Medical Conference Reception (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only)

Sunday, September 30th (PPFA NMC sessions only)

7:00 Continental breakfast
7:30

Presentations (Planned Parenthood staff/volunteers only )

9:30 NMC subcommittee reports and final discussions
11:00 PPFA National Medical Conference concludes


















 
 

 

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