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Agenda

7:30AM – 8:30AM     Registration/Breakfast

8:30AM – 8:40AM     Welcome

Richard Miller, MD, FACOG

Chairman, Department of Obstetrics

and Gynecology

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

8:40AM – 9:30AM     Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the

Genetics of Preterm Birth

Jerome Strauss, MD, PhD

Dean, Virginia Commonwealth

University School of Medicine

9:30AM – 10:15AM   Epigenetics: Linking Early Life Exposures

and Disease Susceptibility

Francine Einstein, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Montefiore Medical Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

10:15AM – 10:45AM Break

10:45AM – 11:30AM The Influence of Infant Nutrition on Outcome

Deborah Campbell, MD, FAAP

Director, Division of Neonatology

Department of Pediatrics

The Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

11:30AM – 12:15PM Panel Discussion

Richard Miller, MD, FACOG

Chairman, Department of Obstetrics

and Gynecology

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

12:15PM – 1:15PM   Lunch

1:15PM – 1:30PM     Introduction

Timothy Yeh, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

1:30PM – 2:15PM    Systems-Based Initiatives to Reduce

Infant Mortality

Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA

Executive Director, Goldberg Center

Community and Pediatric Health

Children’s National Medical Center

Center for Clinical and Community

Research

2:15PM – 3:00PM    Pitfalls, Opportunities & Racial

Disparity

John Thorp, MD

Division Director, Professor

North Carolina Hospital

3:00PM – 3:45PM    Panel Discussion

Timothy Yeh, MD, FAAP, FCCM

Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

3:45PM – 4:00PM   Closing Remarks and Evaluation

Target Audience

Neonatologists, Obstetricians/Gynecologists, Pediatricians,
Perinatologists, Family Practice Physicians, Nurses, and others
interested in perinatal medicine.

Conference Goal

To present recent research findings from the clinical and scientific
community to enhance physician knowledge about perinatal health
disparities.

Learning Objectives

*   Identify the scope of racial disparities in infant mortality
*   Identify key genetic, nutritional, and biologic factors that may
contribute to racial disparities in infant mortality
*   Ascertain appropriate system implementation of important
components of prenatal and neonatal care in regard to racial disparities
in infant mortality

Parking:

Free parking in SBMC Visitor Lot.

Continuing Medical Education:

Saint Barnabas Medical Center designates this educational activity for a
maximum of (6.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only
claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity. Saint Barnabas Medical Center is accredited by the Medical
Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) to provide continuing education for
physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance
with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Medical Society of New
Jersey (MSNJ) through the sponsorship of Saint Barnabas Medical Center.

Contact:
Please register using the links provided.  If you have questions, please
contact:
Tanya Giro
(201) 843-7400
tgiro@nnjm-chc.org

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The National Perinatal Association’s (NPA) Annual Meeting at Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, DC is scheduled for November 4-6, 2010. Among this year’s highlighted themes are: Social issues of missing dads, single moms; babies, birth, and the media; positive advances in neonatology and perinatology; parents sharing their experiences of raising a child with special needs; proactive palliative care; stress and coping mechanisms that work for family and staff; ethical and cultural issues; maternal mortality and safe motherhood; new findings on late-preterm birth risks; new insights on vaginal birth after cesarean; maternal mortality and safe motherhood initiatives; and many others. The mix of speakers draws from the community of parents, the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development at NIH, Capitol Hill, the medical/nursing/public health/social work communities, universities, the media, and hospitals from around the country and abroad. To learn more about submitting a poster abstract, or to take advantage of early registration benefits, go to National Perinatal Association’s  Website

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