2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

13th Annual Scientific Assembly of the IIRRM

July 27, 2016     8am-5pm

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending

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                                                      Schedule

7:45-8:30a      Registration

8:30a               Welcome and Opening Remarks  Lynn Keenan, MD

8:40a               Scientific Articles of the Past Ten Years, Noteworthy for the IIRRM Kyle Beiter, MD, CFCMC

9:30 a              Navigating the Tube Amie Holmes, MD, CFCMC

10:20a             Networking Break 

10:50a   `        Abstract Presentation: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Through Stress Management  Presenter: Christine Silverstein, EdD, RN
Dr. Silverstein has over twenty years of experience as a performance coach, behavioral health nurse, wellness educator, and clinical hypnotherapist, with a  specialty working with children, teens, young adults, and women with fertility challenges

11:10a             When NFP Fails Anthony Caruso, MD
Dr. Caruso was a private practitioner in Reproductive Medicine and an Assistant Professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago, before leaving the field of Reproductive Endocrinology in 2010, to practice medicine in line with the teachings of the Catholic Church. He is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, the Society for Reproductive Surgeons, American Association for Gynecological Surgery, the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine, the Catholic Physicians Guild of Chicago, and the Catholic Medical Association.

Noon               Lunch

1p                    Abstract Presentation: Creighton Model System: Brazilian Preliminary Experience Presenter: Carolina Delage Beltran, MD, CFCMC         
Other Authors: Bianca Tissa Bagatim Siqueira, Tatiana Machado Miliante de Melo  and Ana Carolina Beltran Cagne
Dr. Beltran has a Post Graduate degree in Clinical Gynaecologic Endocrinology from Santa Casa de Misericórdia São Paulo, a fellowship in Gynaecologic Laparoscopic Surgery at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC in 2010, and certified as Natural Family Planning Medical Consultant through The Pope Paul VI Institute in 2014, and is the only Ob-Gyn NaPro MD in Brazil.

1:20p              Abstract Presentation: Systematic Evaluation of Fertility Apps for Avoiding Pregnancy Presenter: Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP
Other Authors: Alison Contreras, Elizabeth Jensen, Amina White
Dr. Duane, a board certified family physician, is co-founder and Executive Team Leader of FACTS – the Fertility Appreciation Collaborative to Teach the Science, project under the umbrella of the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC), and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown.  

1:40p               Noninvasive methods to improve embryo implantation and the knowledge of implantation can lead to novel treatments for medical disorders.  Jerome Check, MD, PhD              Dr. Check is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division Head of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ.  He is board certified in Endocrinology and Metabolism, a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), a fellow of the American College of Clinical Endiicrinology (FACE), an associate fellow of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FACOG), a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society. He has published over seven hundred fifty manuscripts in medical journals, and regularly presents his research at medical conferences worldwide.  

2:30p               Networking and Nutrition Break 

3p                    IIRRM Research Update   Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH, CFCMC       

3:50p               Vision 2020 IIRRM Board of Directors

4:50p               Closing Remarks / Evaluations   Board