Program scedule
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019
| 7:00 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 7:20 am | Welcome / Opening Remarks |
| MICROBIOME, PREGNANCY, AND PRETERM BIRTH | |
| 7:30 am | The Study and Management of the Human Microbiome Thomas M. Schmidt, PhD |
| 8:10 am | KAMRAN S. MOGHISSI, MD FEATURED LECTURE Cervicovaginal Microbiome and Preterm Birth Michal A. Elovitz, MD |
| 8:50 am | Vaginal Microbiome in Pregnancy and Preterm Birth Gregory A. Buck, PhD |
| 9:30 am | Assessment of Vaginal Microbiota-Host Interactions in Preterm Birth David A. MacIntyre, PhD |
| 10:10 am 10:30 am BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS | |
| MICROBIOME OF THE UPPER REPRODUCTIVE TRACT | |
| 10:30 am | Is There a Placental Microbiota? Kevin R. Theis, PhD |
| 11:10 am | Ralstonia Insidiosa: A Black Swan at the Maternal Fetal Interface? Indira U. Mysorekar, PhD |
| 11:50 am | The Endometrial Microbiota and Its Importance in Reproductive Success Carlos Simón, MD, PhD |
| 12:30 pm 1:30 pm LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS | |
| INTRA-AMNIOTIC INFECTION / INFLAMMATION | |
| 1:30 pm | Treatment of Intra-Amniotic Infection in Preterm Labor, Cervical Insufficiency and Preterm PROM Roberto Romero, MD, DMed, Sci |
| 2:10 pm | Intra-Amniotic Inflammation and Infection: Clinical Diagnosis and Significance Marian Kacerovsky, MD, PhD |
| 2:50 pm 3:05 pm | AFTERNOON BREAK |
| BACTERIAL INFECTION IN PREGNANCY | |
| 3:05 pm | Infectious Vaginitis in Pregnancy Jack D. Sobel, MD |
| 3:45 pm | The Vaginal Microbiome and Group B Streptococcal Pathogenesis: Insights from a Mouse Model Amanda L. Lewis, PhD |
| 4:25 pm | Group B Streptococcus Infection in Pregnancy David M. Aronoff, MD |
| 5:05 pm | Syphilis in Pregnancy Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA |
| 5:45 pm 6:15 pm CLOSING QUESTIONS PROGRAM EVALUATION | |
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019
| 7:30 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 7:50 am | Welcome / Opening Remarks |
| VIRAL INFECTIONS IN PREGNANCY | |
| 8:00 am | The Immune Response to Viruses and Its Importance in Pregnancy Complications Gil G. Mor, MD, PhD |
| 8:40 am | Preventing Perinatal HIV Infection: From Good to Great Theodore B. Jones, MD |
| 9:20 am | Hepatitis B & C in Pregnancy Elizabeth J. May, MD, PhD |
| 10:00 am | Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy Suresh B. Boppana, MD |
| 10:40 am | Overview of TORCH Infections Karen E. Johnson, MD |
| 11:20 am 11:40 am BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS | |
| CLINICAL ASPECTS OF INFECTION IN PREGNANCY | |
| 11:40 am | Lethal Maternal Infections: Group A Streptococcus with Necrosis, Necrotizing Fasciitis David A. Eschenbach, MD |
| 12:20 pm | Maternal Sepsis: Diagnosis and Management Muhammad Jaffar, MD |
| 1:00 pm | Vaccination during Pregnancy: A Powerful Method to Prevent Infection Bernard Gonik, MD |
| 1:40 pm 2:00 pm CLOSING QUESTIONS PROGRAM EVALUATION | |