Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

James G. Garrick, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Director, Center for Sports Medicine
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
San Francisco, California

Jay Goldberg, MD, MSCP
Conference Co-Chairperson
Associate Professor
Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Jefferson Fibroid Center
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jane L. Murray, MD
Conference Co-Chairperson
Family Physician
Medical Director
Sastun Center of Integrative Health Care
Overland Park, Kansas

David Plourd, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Naval Medical Center, San Diego
OB/GYN Hospitalist
Scripps Hospital
Encinitas, California
Tri-City Medical Center
Oceanside, California

Julia A. Shaw, MD, MBA, FACOG
Assistant Clinical Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Department of OB/GYN
Medical Director
Yale-New Haven Hospital Women's Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. Additionally, Symposia Medicus Board, Planning Committee, and Staff members have disclosed that they have no significant financial relationships that could pose a conflict of interest to the planning of this conference. This information is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about content presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28

7:00am Registration & Check-in

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Jane Murray, MD

8:15 The Active Woman & Arthritis: Management of a New Epidemic
James Garrick, MD

9:00 Integrative Approaches to Common Women's Health Problems
Jane Murray, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Is it PMS or Depression?
David Plourd, MD

11:15 Contraception Update: From A to Z (Rx = 45 minutes)
Julia Shaw, MD, MBA

Noon A Pragmatic Approach to the Office Management of Back Pain (Rx = 15 mintues)
James Garrick, MD

12:45pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-6:30pm Group Reception (Faculty, Participants, & Guests)

THURSDAY, JULY 29

8:00 Update and Treatment Options for Uterine Fibroids (Rx = 15 minutes)
Jay Goldberg, MD, MSCP

8:45 Current Update on Menopausal and Hormone Therapy Controversies (Rx = 45 minutes)
David Plourd, MD

9:30 Break

9:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 New Thinking About Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue
Jane Murray, MD

11:00 Osteoporosis: The Bare Bones of the Matter (Rx = 15 mintues)
David Plourd, MD

11:45 Exercising in Pregnancy: Do's, Don'ts & What to Tell Your Patients
Jay Goldberg, MD, MSCP

12:30pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

FRIDAY, JULY 30

3:30pm Round Table Discussions - Session One

OB/GYN Risk Management Case Studies
Jay Goldberg, MD, MSCP

Dilemmas in Contraception
David Plourd, MD

Managing the Adolescent GYN Patient
Julia Shaw, MD, MBA

Common Injuries in the Exercising Woman
James Garrick, MD

5:00 Break

5:15 Round Table Discussions - Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:45 Adjourn for the Day

SATURDAY, JULY 31

8:00 Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Abnormal Pap Smears
Julia Shaw, MD, MBA

8:45 Office Management of Gradual Onset (Overuse) Injuries
James Garrick, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel Check-out if applicable)

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Non-Pharmacologic Management of Cardiovascular Disease
Jane Murray, MD

11:15 The Approach to Female Sexual Dysfunction (Rx = 30 minutes)
Julia Shaw, MD, MBA

Noon Safeguarding the Sphincter: Intrapartum Strategies
Jay Goldberg, MD, MSCP

12:45pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Conference Adjourns

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions