Regional Perinatal Forum Conference:
“Obesity, Preconception Health, Pregnancy and Lactation: The Impact of Bariatric Surgery, Nutrition & Exercise”
Wednesday November 12, 2008
Proposed Schedule
Site: Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, Tarrytown New York
November 12, 2008 is Prematurity Awareness Day
CONFERENCE GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
1. Understand how obesity affects preconception health and pregnancy on a national level.
2. Determine the impact of obesity in New York State and the State’s planned response.
3. Learn of novel ideas in nutrition related to the prevention of obesity.
4. Discuss the impact of bariatric surgery on fertility, pregnancy and lactation.
5. Identify regional preconception health strategies addressing childhood obesity on a state and regional level.
6. Understand the issues surrounding perinatal health indices including prematurity in the Hudson Valley region and New York State.
PEDS GRAND ROUNDS
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
David A. Kessler, MD, Former Commissioner
of the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
“Sugar, Fat, Salt: The Rise of Conditioned Hyper-eating in Children”
MORNING SESSION
Moderator: Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH, Co-Chair, Regional Perinatal Forum
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall Opens
Conference Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Michael Gewitz, MD, Physician-in-Chief/Executive Director, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Leonard Newman, MD, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College
Caren Fairweather, Co-Chair, Regional Perinatal Forum
9:40 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. State of the Hudson Valley Region
James F. Smith, Jr., MD, Section Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Perinatology),
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Westchester Medical Center
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Morning Keynote Address:
David A. Kessler, MD, Former Commissioner
of the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
“Obesity: The Public Health Crisis of the 21st Century”
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break Networking, Exhibits
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Guest Speaker:
Joseph R. Wax, MD, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
“Female Reproductive Issues Following Bariatric Surgery”
AFTERNOON SESSION
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pre-Lunch Speaker
Diane Ashton, MD, MPH, March of Dimes, Deputy Medical Director
“March of Dimes New York State Prematurity Report Card”
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch, Networking, Exhibits
2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Afternoon Keynote Speaker:
NYS First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson
“Healthy Steps to Albany: First Lady’s Challenge”
2:40 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Guest Speaker:.
Sherlita Amler, MD, Commissioner, Putnam County, Department of Health.
Hudson Valley Regional Health Officers Network (HVRHON)
“Regional Successes in Addressing Childhood Obesity”
3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Ashutosh Kaul, MD, FACS, FRCS
Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Westchester Medical Center
Obesity: Can We Really Blame the Mom?
3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
Presenter – Cheryl Hunter-Grant, LMSW, Co-Chair, Regional Perinatal Forum