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The 95th Anniversary Annual Meeting of

American Medical Women’s AssociationThe Vision and Voice of Women in Medicine since 1915

Women’s Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress

March 26–28, 2010Crystal Gateway Marriott

Washington, DC

Collaborating OrganizationsAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

American College of Physicians, Virginia Chapter

American Medical Association

American Thyroid Association

Arthritis Foundation

DHHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

National Cancer Institute

National Women’s Health Resource Center

The North American Menopause Society

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

Congress ChairWENDY KLEIN, MDSenior Deputy Director EmeritusVCU Institute for Women’s HealthDeputy Editor, Journal of Women’s Health

Congress Co-ChairSUSAN KORNSTEIN, MDExecutive DirectorVCU Institute for Women’s HealthEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Women’s Health

AMWA Co-Chairs ELIZA LO CHIN, MD, MPHLAUREL WATERS, MD, FCAP, FASCP

Presented by

V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h U n i v e r s i t yA National Center of Excellence

Women’s HealthInstitute for

Journal of Women’s Health

This activity is sponsored by

PIM Postgraduate Institute for Medicine

In collaboration with National Cancer Institute

Institute for Professional Education

Conference Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of the program, participants will be able to:• Identify evidence-based approaches to address the management of

reproductive health issues such as evaluation and treatment of infertility, management of abnormal uterine bleeding, treatment of menopausal symptoms, prevention and management of HPV, treatment of fibroids, and contraceptive prescribing

• Identify recent advances in the understanding of vitamin D physiology and its role in health maintenance and disease prevention

• Explain current evidence and approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease and hyperlipidemia in women, including the impact of reproductive outcomes on cardiovascular risk

• Describe risk assessment for osteoporotic fractures & therapeutic strategies for management of osteoporosis

• Review management strategies for palpitations and syncope in women

• Describe recent advances in the understanding and management of pain in women

• Review management strategies for psychiatric disorders in the pregnant and peripartum woman, including treatment with pharmacologic agents

• Cite recent evidence regarding the benefits of breastfeeding for mother and child

• Describe the mechanisms by which estrogen affects memory function

• Review the prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in women with PCOS, including the therapeutic implications

• Define new concepts in the biology of breast cancer including ways in which new biologic mechanisms will alter management

• Formulate why health literacy needs to be on the agenda for improving women’s health

• Describe the mechanisms and treatments of eye diseases most common to women

• Review how multiple sclerosis (MS) can be differentiated from other common neurolologic problems in women

• Define the evidence-based role of lifestyle changes, behavioral intervention and pharmacologic agents in tobacco addiction and cessation

• Review state of the art approaches to the evaluation and management of fibromyalgia

• Describe the public health impact of the federal population planning policies

• Describe evidence-based strategies for prevention, assessment and intervention for partner violence in health care settings

Women’s Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress & Annual Meeting of AMWAT H E L E A D I N G C L I N I C A L W O M E N ’ S H E A LT H C O N G R E S S

THURSDAY, MARCH 25PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES*

AMWA Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill All Congress attendees invited

($30 registration fee includes box lunch)

8:00-9:30am Tour of US Capitol

10:00am- Working Together for the Future of Women’s 12:00pm Health: Advocacy Training Workshop

12:00-1:00pm Lunch

1:00-4:30pm Meet with Legislators

6:00-7:30pm OPENING RECEPTIONIN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMABeing a Woman, Being a Physician

Rebecca Patchin, MD

FRIDAY, MARCH 266:15am Yoga (optional)

7:00am Continental Breakfast

8:00am Tobacco Cessation in Women: Treatment Challenges and Opportunities

Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA

9:00am Update on the Management of Osteoporosis Susan Greenspan, MD

9:45am Break and Posters

10:15am Family Planning: Public Health & Private Lives David Grimes, MD

11:00am Lipid Management in Women: An Evidence-Based Approach Emma Meagher, MD

11:45am LUNCHEON PRESENTATION New Concepts in Breast Cancer Biology

and Treatment Larry Norton, MD

1:15pm TRUDY BUSH LECTURE Hormones and Cognition: A Scientific Update Pauline Maki, PhD

Women’s Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress & Annual Meeting of AMWAT H E L E A D I N G C L I N I C A L W O M E N ’ S H E A LT H C O N G R E S S

2:00pm Shedding Light on Vitamin D Michael Holick, PhD, MD

2:45pm Break and Posters

3:15pm For Her Eyes Only: Ocular Diseases in Women Janine Austin Clayton, MD

4:00pm Contraception: News You Can Use Patricia Sulak, MD

4:45pm Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy & Postpartum

Lee Cohen, MD

5:45pm CONGRESS POSTER RECEPTION

7:30pm LEADERS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH KEYNOTE

Women and Heart Disease: Advances in Diagnosis & Management

Noel Bairey Merz, MD

SATURDAY, MARCH 27 6:15am Yoga (optional)

7:00am BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM Menopausal Symptoms:

Challenges in Treatment Anne Moore, MSN, RNC, FAANP

8:30am Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Clinical Pearls Patricia Sulak, MD

9:15am Caring for Women in Pain: A Practical Approach Leanne Yanni, MD

10:00am Break and Posters

10:30am Using Health Literacy to Improve Women’s Health: The Clinician’s Role

Ruth Murphy Parker, MD

11:15am Neurologic Symptoms in Women: Is it MS? Frederick Munschauer III, MD

12:00pm LUNCHEON PRESENTATION Breastfeeding: A Clinical Imperative Michelle Brenner, MD

1:30pm Current Concepts in PCOS & Metabolic Syndrome John Nestler, MD

2:30pm Preventive Health in Women: Missed Opportunities

Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH

3:15pm Break and Posters

3:45pm Fibromyalgia: Old Myths, New Directions Daniel Clauw, MD

4:30pm Fibroid Management in 2010 Catherine Matthews, MD

5:30pm Adjourn Yoga (optional)

5:30pm MENTORING RECEPTION

7:00pm AMWA 95TH ANNIVERSARYAND AWARDS GALA

SUNDAY, MARCH 286:15am Yoga (optional)

7:00am BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM Sexual Health in Women Catherine Matthews, MD

8:30am Spells, Swoons & Syncope: Evaluating Dizziness & Palpitations

Fred Kusumoto, MD

9:25am Partner Violence Against Women: Prevention & Intervention

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN

10:15am Break

10:45am Infertility: The ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) & the Science

Marcelle Cedars, MD

11:35am HPV: Fundamentals of Prevention, Testing, and Treatment

Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman, MD

12:30pm Adjourn

Please note that the schedule may be subject to change.

*Please note that all pre-conference activities are non-CME/CNE

Women’s Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress & Annual Meeting of AMWABook now!

Last year’s hotels were completely sold out.The Congress will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. A block of rooms is being held at the conference rate of $119 per night.

Hotel room reservations for the Congress can be made, changed, or modified online via our dedicated booking website:

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/womenshealth

You may also reserve your hotel room using the following dedicated reservation phone line: 1-800-266-9432. Please be sure to mention that you are attending the Women’s Health 2010 18th Annual Congress.

Reservations must be received on or before 5:00 PM, Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

On-site parking is available for a fee of $10 USD per night.

Marriott Hotel Crystal Gateway 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway • Arlington, Virginia 22202 Phone: 1-703-920-3230 • Fax : 1-703-271-5212

Area Airports: Reagan Washington National – (DCA) Approximately 1 mile from the hotel. Courtesy phone for Crystal Gateway Marriott available for Complimentary Airport Shuttle service. Alternate transportation: Metro (Subway) or Taxi.

Dulles Airport (IAD) Approximately 28 miles from the hotel. Taxis available.

Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Approximately 55 miles from the hotel. Taxis available.

Please call our official travel agent, Wayne Coven, at Empress Travel, (800) 933-9054 or (212) 410-9990 for flight information.

Driving Directions: Please visit the Marriott Hotel Crystal Gateway website for directions: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/wasgw-crystal-gateway-marriott/

Other Transportation: Subway Station: Crystal City (0.1 miles East of the Crystal Gateway Marriott).

VCU is in full compliance with the ADA. If special physical or dietary accommodations are needed, please contact the conference organizer.

VCU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action university.

Physician Continuing Medical EducationAccreditation StatementThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), BioConferences International, Inc., and Institute for Professional Education. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit DesignationPostgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing EducationCredit DesignationThis educational activity for 26.5 contact hours is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.

Accreditation StatementsPostgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

California Board of Registered Nursing Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13485 for 31.8 contact hours.AAFP AccreditationThis activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 24.0 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

AANP AccreditationThis program is approved for up to 26 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes up to 15 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.  Program ID 0908285.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and will be mailed to you within three weeks.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.

Hotel and Travel Information

Accreditation

The VCU Institute for Women’s Health is one of only 20 National Centers of Excellence. It was established in 1999 to promote standards of excellence in women’s health care, to advance cutting-edge research, foster community outreach and regional collaboration, enhance women’s leadership, and provide training and education towards the goal of improving the health of women. Please visit our website at www.womenshealth.vcu.edu

V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h U n i v e r s i t yA National Center of Excellence

Women’s HealthInstitute for

The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) is an organization of women physicians, medical students and other persons dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women’s health and the advancement of women in medicine. AMWA functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health, by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education,  expertise, mentoring, and through building strategic alliances. AMWA empowers women to lead in improving health for all within a model that reflects the unique perspective of women.

American Medical Women’s AssociationThe Vision and Voice of Women in Medicine since 1915

Target AudienceThis activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, midwives, and other allied health professionals with an interest in women’s health.

PurposeThe purpose of this activity is to provide a broad range of topics relevant to women’s health across the lifespan.

Support the Congress!There are many fine opportunities to support this year’s Congress. For more information, contact Karla Shepard Rubinger, Vice President and Executive Director, Institute for Professional Education at (914) 740-2230 or krubinger@instituteforprofessionaled.org

T H E L E A D I N G C L I N I C A L W O M E N ’ S H E A LT H C O N G R E S S

Our Distinguished Faculty

Journal of Women’s Health is a monthly, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed MEDLINE journal focusing on the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women. The Journal presents cutting-edge research and therapeutic options for the management of disease in women, as well as findings from gender-based biology that explain many of the known gender differences in disease, epidemiology, and health outcomes. The Journal is published both in print and online.

Editor-in-Chief: Susan G. Kornstein, MD, VCU Institute for Women’s HealthDeputy Editor: Wendy S. Klein, MD, VCU Institute for Women’s Health

Visit our website at www.liebertpub.com/jwh

The Official Journal of AMWA

SEE THE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR CONGRESS REGISTRATION FORM

Congress ChairWENDY KLEIN, MD, FACPAssociate Professor Emeritus of Medicine,

Obstetrics & Gynecology Virginia Commonwealth University

School of Medicine Senior Deputy Director Emeritus,

VCU Institute for Women’s Health Deputy Editor, Journal of Women’s Health

Congress Co-ChairSUSAN KORNSTEIN, MDProfessor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & GynecologyVirginia Commonwealth University

School of Medicine Executive Director, VCU Institute for Women’s HealthEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Women’s Health

AMWA Co-ChairsELIZA LO CHIN, MD, MPHAMWA President-Elect LAUREL WATERS, MD, FCAP, FASCPAMWA Board of Directors

NOEL BAIREY MERZ, MD Director & Endowed Chair, Women’s Heart CenterCedars-Sinai Medical CenterProfessor of MedicineDavid Geffen School of Medicine,

University of California, Los Angeles

MICHELLE BRENNER, MDAssociate Professor of Clinical PediatricsEastern Virginia Medical School

JACQUELYN CAMPBELL, PHD, RN, FAANAnna D. Wolf Chair & Professor of NursingJohns Hopkins University School of NursingNational Program DirectorRobert Wood Johnson Foundation

Nurse Faculty Scholars 

MARCELLE CEDARS, MD Professor of Obstetrics & GynecologyDirector, Division of Reproductive EndocrinologyDirector, Center for Reproductive HealthUniversity of California, San Francisco

DANIEL CLAUW, MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine & PsychiatryDirector, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research CenterUniversity of Michigan Medical School

JANINE AUSTIN CLAYTON, MD Deputy Director, Office of Research

on Women’s HealthOffice of the Director, National Institutes of HealthUS Department of Health and Human Services

LEE COHEN, MD Director, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry

Clinical Research ProgramMassachusetts General HospitalAssociate Professor of PsychiatryHarvard Medical School

MICHAEL FIORE, MD, MPH, MBAProfessor of MedicineDirector, Center for Tobacco Research & Intervention University of Wisconsin

School of Medicine & Public Health

SUSAN GREENSPAN, MD Professor of MedicineDirector, Osteoporosis Prevention

and Treatment CenterUPMC Senior Care-Benedum Geriatric CenterUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center

DAVID GRIMES, MD Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & GynecologyUniversity of North Carolina School of MedicineDistinguished Scientist, Family Health International

MICHAEL HOLICK, PHD, MD Professor of Medicine, Physiology & BiophysicsDirector, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research

LaboratoryBoston University School of Medicine

FRED KUSUMOTO, MD Director, Electrophysiology & Pacing ServiceAssociate Professor of MedicineCollege of MedicineMayo Clinic

PAULINE MAKI, PHD Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Psychology Department of PsychiatryCenter for Cognitive Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago

CATHERINE MATTHEWS, MD Associate Professor of Obstetrics & GynecologyDivision of UrogynecologyVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

KATHLEEN MCINTYRE-SELTMAN, MD Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive

SciencesMagee-Women’s HospitalUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

MELISSA MCNEIL, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology

& Reproductive SciencesChief, Section of Women’s HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

EMMA MEAGHER, MD Associate Professor of Medicine & PharmacologyDirector, Translational Research EducationInstitute of Translational Medicine & TherapeuticsUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System

ANNE MOORE, MSN, RNC, FAANP Professor of NursingVanderbilt University School of Nursing

FREDERICK MUNSCHAUER III, MD Irvin & Rosemary Smith Professor & Chair

of NeurologyChief, The Jacobs Neurological InstituteState University of New York at Buffalo

JOHN NESTLER, MD Professor of MedicineChair, Division of Endocrinology & MetabolismVirginia Commonwealth University

School of Medicine

LARRY NORTON, MD Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer ProgramsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterProfessor of MedicineWeill Medical College of Cornell University

RUTH MURPHY PARKER, MD Professor of MedicineEmory University School of Medicine

REBECCA PATCHIN, MD Chair, Board of TrusteesAmerican Medical Association

PATRICIA SULAK, MD Professor of Obstetrics & GynecologyTexas A&M University Health Science CenterScott & White Hospital & Clinic

LEANNE YANNI, MD Associate Professor of MedicineVirginia Commonwealth University

School of Medicine

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Women’s Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress

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