Congress Reporting

9th World Congress on Perinatal Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Professor Joachim Dudenhausen, Germany
  • Comparative values of tocolytic options
  • Overview of the 9th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine
    
• Professor Emeritus Kazuo Maeda, Japan
  • Interpartum Surveillance; Past, Present and Future
    
• Erich Saling "Father of Perinatology"; The Life, the Man
• Professor Wolfgang Henrich
  • Life Threatening Hemorrhages Due to Invasive Placental Implantation
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean VBAC; Good idea or bad idea?
    
• Frank A. Chervenak, M.D., President, World Association of Perinatal Medicine
  • "Women and Children First:" Past, present and future of perinatology and Maternal Fetal Medicine
    
• Professor Emeritus John Sciarra M.D.
  • The Global Library of Women's Medicine: www.GLOWM.com
    
• Professor Ronnie Lamont
  • Antibiotics, Infections and Preterm Birth
  • Comparative values of tocolytic options
    
• Professor Gian Carlo di Renzo
  • Invitation to XXII European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Grenada Spain May 26-29 2010
  • Comparative values of tocolytic options
  • New Bio Markers for Diagnosing Preeclampsia; Are we closer to a cure?
    
• Professor Roberto Romero
  • New Biomarkers in Preeclampsia; Diagnosis is now possible--where does that take us?
  • Comparative values of tocolytic options
    

7th World Congress on Controverseries in Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Tocolysis efficacy - what is the evidence?
  Professor Khalid Khan
• Medico-Legal Controversies in the Management of Preterm Labour: “Off-Label” Medicines
  Mr. Saj Shah
• Diagnosis of Preterm Labour-how to confirm someone is in preterm labour
  Professor Anthony M. Vintzileos
• Preterm labour in early gestational ages <28 weeks
  Professor Virgilio P Carnielli
• Case studies of unresolved issues in preterm birth: normal pregnancy & spontaneous preterm labour at 32 weeks
  Professor Gian Carlo Di Renzo
• Session summary
  Professor Gian Carlo Di Renzo

2nd International Preterm Labour Congress, Montreux, Switzerland, August 2004

Faculty Interviews

• Professor Steve Caritis

• Dr. Jerry Chan

• Professor Olaf Dammann

• Professor Herman P van Geijn

• Professor Hanns Helmer

• Professor Ingemar Ingemarsson

• Dr. Stavros Petrou

• Professor James Grant Thornton

19th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology

• Recurrent miscarriage after giving birth to a boy
  Ole Bjarne Christiansen, MD PhD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke MD PhD

4th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Infertility

• PGD in recurrent pregnancy loss
  Yuri Verlinski, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• An update on tocolytics
  Herman P. van Geijn, MD, PhD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• The Expanding World of Multiple Gestations  
  Professor Isaac Blickstein, MD & Professor Louis Keith, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• The safety of new drugs in pre-term labour with multiple pregnancies  
  Gian Carlo di Renzo, MD, PhD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Head to Head: Nifedipine versus Atosiban  
  Nick Fisk, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• The term breech: is it still a controversy?  
  Mary Hannah, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Steroids in pre-term labour: to repeat or not? 
  Mary Hannah, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD

23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, 2003

• Inflammation and Risk for Prematurity
  by Amy P. Murtha, MD, Duke University Medical Center
• Prevention of Prematurity
  Vincenzo Berghella, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Do Tocolytics Really Help?
  Vincenzo Berghella, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• The Role of Proteinomics in the Prevention of Prematurity
  Irina Buhimschi, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Factors for Pre-Term Birth – Amy Murtha, MD [ interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Fibronectin in Singleton Versus Twin Pregnancies
  Sylvia Pilpel, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Low Birth Weight Babies of Different Gestational Age
  Tom Garite, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD
• STANN for Foetal Monitoring
  Karl Rosen, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD
• The use of cervical cerclage in threatening preterm labour
  Vincenzo Berghella, MD interviewed by Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD
• Monitoring uterine contractility: mechanisms of the beginning of labour
  Bob Garfield, MD, PhD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD

World Congress on Perinatal Medicine, Barcelona 2001

• Fetal Monitoring
  Marita Kuhnert, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Fetal Monitoring by ECG and Fetal Defense Mechanisms
  Roberto Luzietti, MD, PhD interviewed by Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD - audio/video only
• Diagnosing and Treating PreTerm Labor (German)
  Dr. Hans Helmer interviewed by M. Kuhnert, MD audio/video only
• New Aspects and Dimensions in Fetal Monitoring
  Professor Domenico Arduini, MD interviewed by Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD
• Perinatal Journal:  Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine
  Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD interviewed by Roberta Speyer

XVII European Congress on Perinatal Medicine, 2000

• Multiple Child Birth: Developmental Dilemmas
  Hugo C. Verhoeven MD interviews Elizabeth Bryan, MD, President of the International Society for Twin Studies
• The Responsibility of the Reproductive Endocrinologist: The View of the Neonatologist
  Hugo C. Verhoeven MD interviews Professor Manuel Carrapato, President of the EAPM
• Multiple Pregnancy after ART: The View of the Guru
  Hugo C. Verhoeven MD interviews Professor Louis Keith, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University in Chicago and president of the Center for the Study of Multiple Birth
• Multiple Pregnancy after ART: The Importance of an Early Diagnosis
  Hugo C. Verhoeven MD interviews Dr. Alexandra Matias, Assistant Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Porto University
• Multiple Pregnancies after ART: The View of the Obstetrician
  Hugo Verhoeven, MD interviews Professor Isaac Blickstein, Editor-in-Chief of the Israel Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

ACOG 1999

• Reducing Maternal Mortality Rate
  Roberta Speyer interviews Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla from Egypt
• Constipation & Pregnancy
  Roberta Speyer interviews Dr. Mary Powderly

AIUM 2000

• FIRST and FASTER Trials for Genetic Markers in First Trimester
  Joshua Copel, MD and Dr. Beryl Benacerraf
• Ultrasound to Detect Fetal Anomalies
  Terry Dubose, MS with Dr. Beryl Benacerraf
• Down’s Syndrome Screening Using Ultrasound
  Terry Dubose, MS, with Greggory R. DeVore, MD
• International Registry of Fetal Anomalies
  Terry Dubose, M.S., with Dr. Shraga Rottem
• Sonoelastography and Nuchal Translucency
  Martin Necas, RDMS, RVT and James S Smeltzer, MD
• Doppler Ultrasound in Detecting Fetal Anomalies
  Terry Dubose, MS, Chairman, with Yan Zalel of Israel
• The Prenatal Ultrasound Assessment for the Risk of Down's Syndrome
  Allen Worrall, MD and Art Fougner, MD
• The Use of Ultrasound for Screening for Down's Syndrome
  Art Fougner, MD interviews David Nyberg, MD from the Swedish Medical Center

COGI 1999

• Pros and Cons of C-Section on Demand in Low Risk Patients  Part 1
  Professor Richard Paul, MD and Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, MD, UK, engage in a two-part discussion on Caesarean Section
• Vaginal Delivery Following Previous C-Sections Part 2
  Professor Richard Paul, MD and Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, MD, UK engage in a two- part discussion on Caesarean Section
• Gestational Diabetes"
  Mark Perloe, MD interviews Professor Moshe Hod
• Twins and Multiple Births
  Howard Carp, MD interviews Dr. Dan Farine
• Twins
  Howard Carp, MD interviews Dr. Louis Keith

ISIS 1999

• The US Trials of Fetal Pulse Oximetry
  Hans van der Slikke MD, PhD and Gary A. Dildy, III, MD. Dr. Dildy also spoke at the meeting on The American Multicentre Trials.
• Italian Multicentre Trials of Fetal Pulse Oximetry
  Hans van der Slikke, MD, PhD and Gian Carlo DiRenzo, MD. Prof DiRenzo also spoke to the conference on the same subject

ISUOG

• Prenatal Testing
  Josh Copel, MD and Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD
• Prenatal Testing
  David Nyberg, MD, ISUOG Editorial Board Member, interviewed by Josh Copel, MD

Misc Interviews

• 'SalEst' Test for Preterm Labor
  Ada Popek, Biex Phil Sales Rep, interviews James McGregor, MD, Clinical Trial Investigator for BIEX
• Complexity of Diagnosis in IUGR & Contemporary Pregnancy
  Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS interviews Dr. Wolfgang Moroder