9th Annual March of Dimes Prematurity Summit 2012

Thursday, November 01, 2012
Time: 7:30 AM
Registration Time: 7:00 AM
Women & Infant's Hospital of Rhode Island
101 Dudley St.
Providence, RI 02905

Featuring keynote grand rounds presentation by:

ROBERT L. GOLDENBERG, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Columbia University School of Medicine

For more information, please contact Nichole Aguiar at (401) 228-1933

The summit is a professional education opportunity for physicians, nurses, social workers and other allied health professionals and community partners. The program includes a medical grand rounds presentation followed by a panel discussion that will incorporate clinical, public health and policy perspectives. This year, the focus of the Summit is Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes. We are proud to welcome Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg of the Depatrment of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University School of Medicine as our keynote speaker and look forward to hearing from our panel of local experts.

AGENDA:

• 7:00 - 7:30 Breakfast and Registration
  • Welcome Remarks by Maureen G. Phipps, Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital
• 7:30-8:30 Grand Rounds*
  • Robert L. Goldenberg, MD, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University School of Medicine
• 8:30-9:30 March of Dimes Prematurity Summit Panel Discussion
  • Angelleen Peters-Lewis, RN, PhD, Senior Vice President/Chief Nurse Officer Patient Services, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
  • Michael Fine, MD, Director, Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Elizabeth Burke Bryant, JD, Executive Director, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
• 9:30-9:45 Annual Report of the Rhode Island Task Force on Preterm Birth
  • Edward Chien, MD, Program Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
• 9:45 - 10:00 Perspective from the Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Michael Fine, MD, Director, Rhode Island Department of Health

*Continuing education credits for physicians, nurses and social workers are pending.

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