NASPAG
ACRM 2013

North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

April 18 - 20, 2013

Manchester Grand Hyatt
One Market Place
San Diego 92101

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Main Registrations


NASPAG Registration
NASPAG members must be current with 2013 dues to register at the member fee - contact the NASPAG administrative office or visit website to pay member dues.

$670.00


Non Member Registration

$670.00


New Member Registration
Fee includes new members dues, newsletter and journal.

$820.00


In-Training Registration
Official letter from Program Chair on official letterhead must be included.

$510.00


Allied Heath Professional Registration

$410.00


Thursday, One Day Registration

$355.00


Friday, One Day Registration

$355.00


Saturday, One Day Registration

$355.00

Program Selections

Select your first choice for the following sessions. There is NOT an additional charge for these as they are part of the program, but space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Thursday, 18 April, 2013 - 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM


AA1 - Session I Concurrent Session
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Update in Diagnosis, Management, & Long Term Consequences Valerie Ratts, MD and Amber Cooper, MD This session will review the latest evidence regarding diagnosis and treatment of PCOS in adolescents as well as discuss risk factors for development and associated comorbidities.

$ 0.00 


AA2 - Session I Concurrent Session
Basic Sexual Abuse Evaluation Marilyn Kaufhold, MD This session will outline the components of the history, physical examination, and examination, and evaluation of pediatric and adolescent patients for sexual abuse.

$ 0.00 


AA3 - Session I Concurrent Session
Taking Care of the Adolescent Patient with Special Needs Elisabeth Quint, MD and Susan Ernst, MD This session will review the special issues related to the care of the patient with development disabilities. The discussion will include screening and management of the complex issues around sexuality, puberty, menstruation, contraception and abuse in teens with disabilities.

$ 0.00 


AA4 - Session I Concurrent Session
PAG an Tech = BFFs! How Bedsider, Pink Pad and Other Electronic Resources Can Integrate Into & Enhance Your Practice Rebekah Williams, MD; Alyce Overton, NP and Laura Lloyd This session will review provider resources for the PAG patients and their families.

$ 0.00 


AA5 - Session I Concurrent Session
Review of Female Genital Cutting Nancy Sokkary, MD and Crista Johnson, MD This session will outline the history (including cultural and religious significance), procedure types as well as physical, psychosocial and reproductive consequences of this practice. Advocacy and policy concerns around this issue will also be addressed.

$ 0.00 


AA6 - Session I Concurrent Session
Sexually Transmitted Infections, Focused on Virally Transmitted Conditions Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, FAAP

$ 0.00 

Thursday, 18 April, 2013 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM


HT1 - Hot Topics Luncheon
The Top 3 Papers of the Past Year in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
The Top 3 Papers of the Past Year in Adolescent Medicine.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL1 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
I object! Providing Patient Care When Learners Conscientiously Object to Reproductive Health Services Jennifer Woods, MD, MS The learner will be able to establish professional boundaries with providers and learners and be able to discuss available policy statements for educators/learners.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL2 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Am I Infertile? Measures of Ovarian Function in PAG Akilah Weber, MD The learner will be able to understand and review methods for estimating ovarian function, including antral follicle counts and anti-mullerian hormone and discuss the application of these tests in adolescent oncology patients.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL3 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Adolescent Gynecology in the Oncology Patient: Sex and Contraception Katie Debiec, MD The learner will understand the importance of discussing safe sex and contraception in patients with cancer. Participants will also have a better understanding of the pros and cons of different contraceptive options among adolescent oncology patients.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL4 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Adolescent Thyroid Disease Ellen Connor, MD The learner will understand common thyroid tests and how to interpret thyroid testing results in adolescent patients. Learners will also be able to diagnose hypo and hyperthyroidism and discuss treatment and further evaluation, including, identification of patients who need thyroid imaging and diagnose euthyroid states including sick euthyroid and drug effects.

$ 0.00 


AL5 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
I Think My Patient Has An Eating Disorder: Now What? Sara Handschin, PA-C The learner will be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder during a routine gynecology visit, understand screening, initial management, and common problems encountered with diagnosing and discussing eating disorders with patients and families.

$ 0.00 


AL6 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Providing Reproductive Health Care to Incarcerated Teens Ann Giesel, MD The learner will better understand the characteristics and reproductive health care needs of incarcerated teens, discuss challenges in deliver of reproductive health care to this population. In addition the learner will be able to identify resources for provision of delivery of reproductive health services to incarcerated teens.

$ 0.00 


AL7 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Reaching Out to Your Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Patients Through Telemedicine Yolanda Evans, MD, MPH The learner will learn the challenges and access to service for pediatric and adolescent gynecology patients in rural and underserved areas and understand the definition and role of telemedicine as a resource for providing PAG care. Learners will be able to discuss strategies for incorporating telemedicine into PAG, including reimbursement, scheduling logistics, and identifying appropriate patients for telemedicine visits.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL8 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Pediatric Laparoscopy Pearls Kathy Graziano, MD The learner will be able to discuss useful approaches, tips and tricks for laparoscopic methods in PAG surgery.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL9 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
When the Itching Won't Stop: Management of Persistent Vulvovaginitis Geri Hewitt, MD The learner will be able to review common causes of persistent vulvovaginitis and discuss difficult cases, evaluation and treatment strategies.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL10 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Running on Empty - The Female Athlete Triad Jean Feldman, MD, MPH The learner will be able to recognize and diagnose female triad patients and discuss treatment modalities and comorbidities in the female athlete triad.

$ 0.00 


AL11 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
8 Days a Week - How To Manage My Career and My Life Veronica Gomez Lobo, MD The learner will be able to share strategies for finding balance between professional and personal responsibilities to reach career goals and life satisfaction.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL12 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Troubleshooting LARC's Aparna Sridhar The learner will be able to discuss strategies for LARC counseling, patient selection, LARC insertion, and common complaints among adolescents.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL13 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Centering Pregnancy for Teen Patients Caryn Hanrahan The learner will be able to identify adolescent specific logistics, benefits and challenges of centering for pregnant adolescents and understand the platform for centering pregnancy.

$ 0.00 


AL14 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
HPV Vaccination: Improving Provider Buy-In Nneka Holder, MD The learner will understand the impact of the provider on HPV vaccination uptake and list strategies for improving provider buy-in for HPV vaccination.

$ 0.00 


AL15 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Whose Records Are They Anyway? Electronic Medical Records and Threats to Adolescent Confidentiality Chuck Wibblesman The learner will be able to discuss proprietary and legal issues around medical records and how this is being addressed during system transitions to electronic medical records. Learners will also be able to identify strategies for protecting privacy in electronic systems.

$ 0.00 


AL16 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Real World Issues in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: A Nursing Perspective Vicki Burke, RN The learner will be able to have an interactive discussion of issues that arise daily in our practices such as confidentiality, religious and cultural issues and share strategies for management of real world issues in a group setting.

$ 0.00 


AL17 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Curbside Consult in Spanish Jose Enrique Pons, MD The learner will be able discuss issues around PAG that may be unique for Spanish-speaking patients and staff. Learners will also be able to pose questions about challenging clinical scenarios and discuss in Spanish.

$ 0.00 


AL18 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
Growing Up, Moving On: Transitioning PAG Patient to Adult Care Hatim Omar, MD The learner will be able to identify common issues in transitioning patients from PAG to adult medical care. Additionally, learners utilize existing resources for transitioning patients.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL19 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
How to Talk So Your Patient Will Listen, and Listen So Your Patient Will Ellen Rome, MD, MPH The learner will be able to discuss strategies for working with non-adherent, non-communicative, and otherwise challenging adolescent patients.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

AL20 - Food for Thought Luncheon Roundtables
AEDs and Contraception Cynthia Holland-Hall, MD, MPH The learner will be able to describe the current understanding of the interaction between epilepsy and the menstrual cycle; counsel an adolescent with epilepsy on the potential risks of pregnancy related to her diagnosis and medication use. Additionally, learners will be able to choose appropriate contraceptive methods for users of anti-epileptic drugs.

$ 0.00 

Thursday, 18 April, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM


AP1 - Session II Concurrent Session
When the Pelvic Pain Doesn't Go Away: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Adolescent with Chronic Pelvic Pain Jane Broecker, MD and S. Paige Hertweck, MD This session will review the evaluation and treatment of the complicated adolescent patient with chronic pelvic pain.

$ 0.00 


AP2 - Session II Concurrent Session
Bone Health: Eating Disorders and Hormone Replacement Therapy Neville H. Golden, MD This session will review bone health in children and the adolescent patient. In particular, a number of conditions known to affect bone mineral density such as chronic illness and eating disorders will be reviewed. Interpretation of bone densitometry results in young patients and how to assess increased fracture risk will be discussed as well as various management and treatment protocols.

$ 0.00 


AP3 - Session II Concurrent Session
There's Blood in my Daughter's Underwear! Sari Kives, MD This session will review the evaluation of the pediatric patient with genital bleeding.

$ 0.00 


AP4 - Session II Concurrent Session
Promoting Healthy Relationships: Prevention and Intervention for Adolescent Relationship Abuse in the Clinical Setting Elizabeth Miller, MD This session will review how to discuss healthy relationships, assess for relationship abuse, and offer brief interventions to prevent and intervene with adolescents in unhealthy and abusive relationships.

$ 0.00 


AP5 - Session II Concurrent Session
Karyotyping is Not Enough- Emerging Options with Disorders of Sex Development Eric Vilian, MD This session will review Disorders of Sexual Differentiation, testing, counseling, and long term implications.

$ 0.00 


AP6 - Session II Concurrent Session
Genital Surgeries in PAG Rachel Miller, MD and Amy Vallerie, MD

$ 0.00 

Friday, 19 April, 2013 - 10:45 AM to 12:00 PM


BA1 - Session III Concurrent Session
There's a Bump Down There! Common Findings in Vulvar Dermatology (Dazzle Room) Joyce Adams, MD and Sheila Friedlander, MD This session will review common vulvar findings in the pediatric and adolescent girl, with an emphasis on appropriate evaluation and treatment.

$ 0.00 


BA2 - Session III Concurrent Session
Teaching Health Advocacy in Post Graduate Medical Training Programs. The Why and How. Amanda Black, MD, MPH, FRCSC and Nathalie Fleming, MD This session will review the role of teaching Health Advocacy in medical training programs.

$ 0.00 


BA3 - Session III Concurrent Session
Kids, Gender, and Hormones: Opportunities for Care & Better Outcomes Michelle Forcier, MD,MPH and Dafna Wu, MSN, FNP This session will discuss the evaluation and management of gender nonconformity.

$ 0.00 


BA4 - Session III Concurrent Session
What is Happening in an Operating Room Near You? Debra Millar, MD This session will provide a case-based visual review of innovative surgical procedures. Participants are encouraged to submit 10 minute videos to the Elsevier website.

$ 0.00 


BA5 - Session III Concurrent Session
Growing Up with the Media: Understanding the Media's Influence on Adolescents' Self Image Bobbie Eisenstock, Ph.D. This session will demonstrate to learners the potential negative effects of media on adolescents.

$ 0.00 


BA6 - Session III Concurrent Session
Long Acting Reversible Contraception for Teens: An Update from the Contraceptive CHOICE Project Tessa Madden, MD This session will review long acting reversible contraceptive methods in adolescents and will present data from the contraceptive CHOICE project.

$ 0.00 

Friday, 19 April, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM


Stump the Professor Luncheon
Moderator: Lisa Allen, MD Panelists: Diane Merritt, MD; Frank Biro, MD and Robert Brown, MD This session will focus on the diagnosis of three cases, selected from attendee submissions, and the attempt to stump the panel with these cases.

$ 0.00 

Friday, 19 April, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM


BP1 - Session IV Concurrent Session
Help My Outflow Track is Obstructed! Kathleen Graziano, MD and Hather Appelbaum, MD This session will review embryology of the mullerian system, outline diagnostic modalities and review management techniques for obstructive mullerian anomalies.

$ 0.00 


BP2 - Session IV Concurrent Session
Child Pornography: Do We Know It When We See It? Carol Berkowitz, MD This session will review the limitations of assessing an individual's age using photographs or videos, the relationship between country of origin and age of menarche and describe the physical findings other than breast and genitalia to assess age in photos being assessed for child pornography.

$ 0.00 

FULL 

BP3 - Session IV Concurrent Session
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency … It's Not Menopause Beth Rackow, MD This session will describe the differential diagnosis, evaluation, and medical and psychological care of the patient with premature ovarian insufficiency.

$ 0.00 


BP4 - Session IV Concurrent Session
My Jeans are Soaked - Adolescents Who Bleed Too Much. Lessons Learned From a MultidisciplinaryApproach Jennifer Dietrich, MD, MSc, Paula James, MD, Maryanne Jamieson, MD, and Lakshmi Venkateswaran, MD This session will review the multidisciplinary model of care for adolescents with heavy menses.

$ 0.00 


BP5 - Session IV Concurrent Session
Quality Improvement Research and Practice in PAG Jill Huppert, MD This session will describe how to include quality improvement both in research and in a busy PAG practice.

$ 0.00 


BP6 - Session IV Concurrent Session
Relationship Dynamics and Effects on Reproductive Health Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, MD This session will describe how the dynamics of the adolescent relationship influence decision making and reproductive health outcomes.

$ 0.00 

Saturday, 20 April, 2013 - 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM


D1 - Session V Concurrent Debate Session
Evaluation and Management of Large Ovarian Masses in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population Edurado Lara Torre, MD and Anne Marie Oelschlager, MD Upon completion of this lecture, the learner should be able to: 1. Understand the need for oophorectomy in certain cases in children and adolescents. 2. Illustrated the decision making process needed to perform an oophorectomy. 3. To understand the complications associated with cystectomy when performed instead of an oophorectomy. 4. Understand the benefits of ovarian cystectomy versus oophorectomy for large ovarian cysts. 5. Identify the short term and long term risks and consequences of oophorectomy versus ovarian cystectomy. 6. Understand different surgical approaches for management of large ovarian cysts.

$ 0.00 


D2 - Session V Concurrent Debate Session
Evaluation, Monitoring and Management of Vitamin D Levels in Adolescents Susan Coupey, MD and Barbara Cromer, MD Upon completion of this lecture, the learner should be able to:1. Increase their understanding of the futility of measuring serum 25 (OH) Vitamin D levels. 2. Enhance their ability to counsel their patients on safe sun exposure as the optimal approach to boost circulating levels of Vitamin D. 3. Increase their skills in counseling their patients on how to boost their dietary intake of Vitamin D.

$ 0.00 

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Activities


NASPAG Inaugral Fun Run
This is meant to be a fund raising activity for NASPAG.

$25.00


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