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Clinical Approaches to
Obstetrics and Gynecology

June 27-29, 2008

Westin Savannah Harbor Resort
Savannah, Georgia

Purpose
This course, designed primarily for obstetricians, gynecologists and other health professionals who treat women, will cover information related to treating and managing adult female patients. Topics will include first trimester screening, fetal monitoring, amniotic fluid, gestational diabetes, common benign breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy.

Objectives
The obstetrics portion should prepare participants to:

• Discuss first trimester ultrasound screening
• Review new rapid HIV testing
• Explain advances in the diagnosing of preterm labor
• Discuss advances in intrapartum fetal monitoring
• Evaluation and manage adnexal masses in pregnancy
• Assess the elective cesarean section

The gynecology portion should prepare participants to:

• Evaluate prolapse and the pelvic floor anatomy
• Evaluate and treat menstrual abnormalities
• Analyze IVF vs. tubal surgery
• Diagnose urinary incontinence
• Manage a cost-effective approach to evaluating infertility
• Explain insights into the new HPV vaccine
• Evaluate dysplasia and dystrophies for diagnosing lesions of the vulva
• Discuss preinvasive cervical cancer
• Explain the link between breast and ovarian cancer
• Manage the obese surgical patient

Presented By

Medical College of Georgia Division of Continuing Education and School of Medicine

Accreditation
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cognate credit has been applied for through the American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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

Location
All sessions will be held in the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, 1 Resort  Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31421.

Program Schedule

Course Director
Sean L. Francis, M.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology and Chief of the Section of Urogynecology and Pelvic Surgery. He completed a three-year fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and specializes in laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Francis is one of the few gynecologists with formal training in laparoscopic and minimally invasive pelvic surgery.

GUEST FACULTY
Franklyn H. Geary, Jr., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and the Residency Program Director for Morehouse
School of Medicine. Dr. Geary is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His interests include domestic violence, preeclampsia, HIV in pregnancy, preterm labor and prenatal diagnosis.

Robert D. Moore, M.D., is Director of Advanced Pelvic Surgery and Co-Director of Urogynecology at the Atlanta Center for Laparoscopic Urogynecology. He is internationally recognized in Urogynecology and treats patients worldwide. Dr Moore is board certified and a Fellow of the American College of Ob/Gyn and the International College of Surgeons. He is member of the American Association of Gyn Laparoscopists, American Urogynecology Society,  International Urogynecology Association and the American Urologic  Association.

Medical College of Georgia Faculty

Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D., is the former Chairman of the MCG Department of Ob/Gyn. He is President of the South Atlantic Ob/Gyn Association and Chief Editor of the Journal of Reproductive Medicine. He has been a primary investigator in the STAN trials developing a cutting-edge fetal monitoring system and helped develop the original fetal monitoring systems.

Adelina M. Emmi, M.D., is a professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is board certified in reproductive endocrinology and obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Emmi is the medical director of the Reproductive Labs of Augusta.

Daron G. Ferris, M.D., former president of the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, is Director of the MCG Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center. He has been a primary investigator in HPV vaccine studies.

Sharad Ghamande, M.D., is an Associate Professor and Chief of Gynecologic Oncology section in the Department of Ob/Gyn. Dr. Ghamande completed his fellowship in gynecological oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. He founded the MCG/CSRA cancer support group. His research is in ovarian and cervical cancers.

Philip J. Hanes, D.D.S., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Periodontics in the School of Dentistry. He is an American Board of Periodontology certified periodontist with more than 20 years of experience in periodontics and dental implant treatment. He has conducted clinical trials testing dental implant devices and the use of locally administered, sustained release anti-microbial agents to treat periodontitis.

Erin Z. Holsten, M.D., is an Assistant Professor and the Student Clerkship Director of the Department of OB/GYN. Dr. Holsten completed her medical education and residency at MCG. She received an American Medical  Association Scholarship and is a member of the American College of  obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Ana Murphy, M.D., is the Brooks Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Murphy is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is board certified in reproductive endocrinology and obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Murphy’s interests include reproductive endocrinology and infertility, endometriosis and fibroids. She is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the surgical and  medical therapy of endometriosis, uterine fibroids and laparoscopic/hysteroscopic surgery and pelvic adhesions.

Nicole P. Yost, M.D., is board certified in obstetrics/gynecology and maternal
fetal medicine. She completed a fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Yost's interests include evaluating modalities for predicting preterm birth, investigating interventions aimed at reducing the incidence of preterm birth and researching medical complications of pregnancy such as sickle cell disease.

Registration Information
The registration fee includes a course syllabus containing supplemental
material and abstracts of the presentations. Early registration is encouraged to ensure your enrollment and lodging reservation. The registration fee, less a $75 administrative charge, is refundable if notification of cancellation is received by June 13, 2008.

Past participants are urged to identify peers who might be interested in attending this course. Conference attendees are eligible for a $20 discount on their registration fee for each additional registration they refer to the program. In order for the discount to be given the referred registration(s) must be listed and registered for the entire conference by the 6/20/08 discount cut off date.

The Medical College of Georgia Division of Continuing Education reserves the right to cancel this educational activity due to unforeseen circumstances.

Send Registration Form (available online) to:
Division of Continuing Education, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912.

Phone 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967

Fax registrations with payment by credit card to 706-721-4642.

Westin Savannah Harbor Resort
The AAA Four Diamond Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa uniquely blends the amenities of a world-class resort with the capabilities of a contemporary  meeting place. Set on Hutchinson Island just a few  hundred yards across the Savannah River from Savannah's bustling River Street, this Four Diamond resort features the full-service Greenbrier Spa, four lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, a Troon Golf managed championship 18-hole golf course designed by Robert Cupp and Sam Snead, a 400-foot deepwater dock, exercise room and a riverfront outdoor pool. You can video-conference with colleagues in the morning, and play a round of PGA quality golf afterward.

Experience the healing treatments and pampering accommodations of The Westin Savannah's Greenbrier Spa. Enjoy local seafood specialties in our riverfront restaurant and a 90-second ferry ride into the largest Landmark Historic District in the United States. Savannah is filled with sights and sounds you don't want to miss. The Westin Savannah Harbor offers the perfect blend of business and pleasure so you can experience it all.

Lodging
Sleeping room rates: single or double, $235/night plus tax, plus daily resort fee of $13 and occupancy tax of $1.75 per room night. Daily resort fee includes in room high-speed Internet access, toll-free calls, local telephone calls up to 60
minutes, incoming faxes, daily delivery of morning newspapers, on-resort
shuttle transportation, Greenbrier Spa fitness club access including steam room and sauna, use of tennis racquets and courts, golf club storage, use of the
chipping, putting green and driving range including the use of complimentary
rental clubs at golf driving range, outdoor pool and jacuzzi, and access to the
private beach at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head Island. The resort service fee is taxed at 7%. Additional persons per room are $25 each.

To make a lodging reservation, contact the Reservations Department, The
Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, One Resort Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31421 or register online through Starwood, a customized reservation system allowing group attendees to book hotel reservations on the Internet.

You may also fax your reservation by credit card to 912-201-2059. If calling in your reservation, 800-228-3000, please identify your group as Medical College of Georgia.

Deadline for making reservations is May 13, 2008. Reservations received after this date will be filled on a space-and-rate-available basis.

Reservation cut off date is May 13, 2008. Check in time is 4 p.m.

Special Needs
The Division of Continuing Education of the Medical College of Georgia complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you require special services, facilities or dietary considerations (vegetarian or otherwise) to support your participation in this continuing education activity, contact the conference coordinator at 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967.

Comfort Zone
Although every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room, we realize individual comfort zones are different. Please bring a jacket or light wrap in case the room is too cool for your comfort.