Advances in Fetology Conference
2008 Advances in Fetology Agenda
Controversies in Fetal Intervention: Prenatal Options and Postnatal Outcomes
Our third annual conference led by the Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati. This unique educational opportunity will include presentations from national experts, special breakout sessions and panel discussions.
Agenda and Registration
Friday, September 5, 2008
8 – 9:30 am: Registration / Exhibits
9:30 – 11 am: Breakout Sessions
Attendees will be able to attend one of the following breakout sessions. All faculty are from the Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati.
Sonographic Unknowns
Constance Bitters, RN, RDMS; Jeffrey Livingston, MD
- Challenging Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis
Sara Knapke, MS, CGC;William Polzin, MD - Challenging Prenatal Management of the Fetus with Structural Anomalies
Kimberly Burton, MSN, RNC; Judith Hostiuck MSN, RNC; Steven Imhoff, RN, MSN; Nancy Issak, RN; Jennifer Mason, RN, BSN; Karen McGirr, MSN, CNM; Michelle Ritter, RN; Dana Tucker, RN
11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Ethical Implications of Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Treatment - Robert Nelson, MD, PhD
12:15 – 1:15 pm: Lunch / Exhibits
- 1:30 – 4 pm: Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Cincinnati Staging System for TTTS: The Role of Echocardiographic Assessment - Erik Michelfelder, MD
- Fetoscopic Treatment of TTTS -Yves Ville, MD Is There a Role of Therapy (AR, SFLP, RFA) in TTTS? -Timothy Crombleholme, MD
- Neonatal Co-morbidities in TTTS: Results from the NIH TTTS Trial - Istvan Seri, MD, PhD
4:30 – 5:30 pm: Tour of Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati (limited and optional)
6 pm: Conference dinner and baseball game Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs
Saturday, September 6, 2008
7:30 – 8 am: Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8 – 10 am: CCAM/CPAM
Fetal Imaging for Fetal CPAM: Prognostic Evaluation - Carol Barnewolt, MD
Airway Obstruction as a Unifying Theory of CPAMs, Lobar Emphysema, BPS - Russell Jennings, MD
Fetal Medical and Surgical Therapy of High Risk CPAMs - Shinjiro Hirose, MD
10 – 10:30 am: Break / Exhibits
10:30 am – 12:30 pm: EXIT Procedure
Anesthetic Challenges during EXIT Procedures -Anne Boat, MD
EXIT-to-Airway and EXIT-to-Resection for Fetal Neck and Chest Masses - Holly Hedrick, MD
Novel Indications for EXIT Procedures: Micrognathia and HLHS - Foong-Yen Lim, MD
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch / Exhibits
1:30 – 4 pm: CDH
Prenatal Prognostic Evaluation in CDH: LHR, PPLV,TLV - Carol Barnewolt, MD
Fetoscopic Trachael Occlusion: NIH and Eurofetus Trial - Shinjiro Hirose, MD
EXIT to ECMO in High Risk CDH - Foong-Yen Lim, MD
Long-term Outcomes in CDH - Holly Hedrick, MD
4 pm: Closing remarks -Timothy Crombleholme, MD
Agenda is subject to change.
