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Virtual Attendance
June 5 - 7, 2025
Hotel Nikko • San Francisco CA
Course# MOB25003
Registration Fees
| Early Bird Ends - 5/1/25 | Regular Fee After - 5/1/25 | |
| $825 | $875 | Physicians |
| $625 | $675 | Other Health Professionals, Advanced Practice Providers |
| $525 | $575 | Residents/Fellows |
Cancellations received in writing before May 28, 2025 will be refunded, less a $75 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
In its 48th year, this course covers current issues in antepartum and intrapartum assessment and clinical management in obstetrics. The course is designed for physicians, midwives, obstetric nurses, and trainees. The faculty instructors are internationally known through their clinical and basic research, scholarly articles, and texts.
Course Highlights Include:
- Julian T. Parer Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception Thursday Evening
- Interactive Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Cases Panel Friday Afternoon
- Access to course slides and replays for any content you may have missed
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Counsel patients regarding alloimmunization and use of noninvasive screening tests for Rh status
- Diagnose and manage abnormal findings in the placenta and umbilical cord
- Improve management of fetal heart rate tracings in labor
- Counsel patients and manage twin gestations
- Minimize the impact of childbirth on the pelvic floor
- Diagnose, evaluate, and manage autoimmune disorders in pregnancy;
- Evaluate and manage patients with a short cervix in pregnancy
- Counsel and manage patients with previable premature rupture of membranes
- Understand the contribution of state perinatal collaboratives to improved pregnancy outcomes
- Improve management of hypertension in pregnancy and postpartum
Onsite and Live Stream Conference
The course sessions will take place at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Live Stream and Onsite registrants will receive instructions along with the digital syllabus a week before the conference. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference for a limited time period. You must tune in to live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME. All course times listed are Pacific Standard Time.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency.
Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Pharmacists
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Physician Assistants
American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
SPECIALTY CREDIT
AMCB Credit
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM is accepted by the Certificate Maintenance Program (CMP) of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) for programs relevant to midwifery. Certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives attending this program may report 18.00 credit hours.
Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
The approved credits include 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM towards Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and Assessment Education.
Pharmacotherapeutics CEUs for Nurses
This activity is designated for a maximum of 3.50 pharmacotherapeutic credits towards meeting the requirement for nursing pharmacology continuing education. Nurses should claim 0.1 CEUs for each contact hour of participation in designated pharmacotherapeutic continuing education.
Course Outline
| THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025 | |||
| 7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration | ||
| Morning moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
| 8:00- 8:05 a.m. | Introduction | Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |
| 8:05- 8:35 a.m. | P | Update on Rh testing and management: New tests and recommendations | Melissa G. Rosenstein, MD, MAS |
| 8:35- 9:05 a.m. | What’s new in carrier screening? | Teresa N. Sparks,MD, MAS | |
| 9:05- 9:35 a.m. | Ultrasound findings in the placenta and umbilical cord: When to worry | Mary E. Norton, MD | |
| 9:35- 9:55 a.m. | Q&A | ||
| 9:55- 10:15 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:15- 10:45 a.m. | P | Practical tips for intrapartum and postpartum diabetes management | Nasim C. Sobhani, MD, MAS |
| 10:45- 11:15 a.m. | P | Update on induction of labor | Nicola Perlman, MD |
| 11:15- 11:45 a.m. | First trimester obstetrical ultrasound: Tips for early dating scans | Kate Connolly, MD | |
| 11:45- 12:05 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 12:05- 1:30 p.m | Lunch (individually arranged) | ||
| Afternoon moderator: Mary E. Norton, MD | |||
| 1:30- 2:00 p.m. | Care of the pregnant patient with a common genetic disorder | Kate Swanson, MD | |
| 2:00- 2:30 p.m. | Antepartum management of twin pregnancies | Annalisa Post, MD | |
| 2:30- 3:00 p.m. | Normalizing the high risk birthing experience | Molly Killion, RN, MS, CNS | |
| 3:00- 3:20 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 3:20- 3:40 p.m. | Break | ||
| 3:40- 4:10 p.m. | Minimizing the impact of childbirth on the pelvic floor | Olga Ramm, MD, MS | |
| 4:10- 4:40 p.m. | P | Management of chronic hypertension in pregnancy | Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS |
| 4:40- 5:10 p.m. | Update on alloimmunization | Juan M. Gonzalez, MD, PhD | |
| 5:10- 5:30 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 5:30- 6:45 p.m. | Julian T. Parer Wine and Cheese Reception | ||
| FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2025 | |||
| 7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | ||
| Morning moderator: Brian L. Shaffer, MD | |||
| 8:00- 8:30 a.m. | Management of periviable PPROM | Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS | |
| 8:30- 9:00 a.m. | Maternal cardiac disease: Common complaints or serious concern? | Ian Harris, MD | |
| 9:00- 9:30 a.m. | Race concordant prenatal care | Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS | |
| 9:30- 9:50 a.m. | Q&A | ||
| 9:50- 10:10 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:10- 10:40 a.m. | Care of the pregnant patient with an autoimmune disorder | Roxanna A. Irani, MD, PhD | |
| 10:40- 11:10 a.m. | Improving care through statewide perinatal collaboratives | Deirdre J. Lyell, MD | |
| 11:10- 11:40 a.m. | Management of the short cervix | Hayley Miller, MD | |
| 11:40- 12:00 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 12:00- 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (individually arranged) | ||
| Afternoon moderator: Tekoa L. King CNM, MPH | |||
| 1:30- 2:00 p.m. | F | Intrapartum management of the fetal heart rate | Judette Louis, MD, MPH |
| 2:00- 2:30 p.m. | F | Evaluation and management of Category II fetal heart rate tracings | Libby Patberg, MD |
| 2:30- 3:00 p.m. | F | Timing of delivery of terminal bradycardias: How long is too long? | Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD |
| 3:00- 3:20 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 3:20- 3:40 p.m. | Break | ||
| Panel moderator: Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
| 3:40- 5:10 p.m. | F | Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Cases - Panel Discussion | Meghan Duck, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CNS Judette Louis, MD, MPH Deirdre J. Lyell, MD Sarah S. Osmundsen, MD, MS Libby Patberg, MD |
| SATURDAY JUNE 7, 2025 | |||
| 7:30- 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | ||
| Morning moderator: Mary E. Norton, MD & Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD | |||
| 8:00- 8:30 a.m. | Plastics, pregnancy, and the placenta: How big a problem? | Marya G. Zlatnik, MD | |
| 8:30- 9:00 a.m. | P | Update on postpartum contraception | Arianna Cassidy, MD |
| 9:00- 9:30 a.m. | Community birth | Melissa Cheyney, PhD | |
| 9:30- 9:50 a.m. | Q&A | ||
| 9:50- 10:10 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:10- 10:40 a.m. | P | Update on breast-feeding | Susan D. Crowe, MD |
| 10:40- 11:10 a.m. | Fetal growth restriction | Brian L. Shaffer, MD | |
| 11:10-11:40 a.m. | P | Postpartum Hypertension: Updates on Management | Judette Louis, MD, MPH |
| 11:40- 12:00 p.m. | Q&A | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
P: Eligible for Nursing Pharmacology credit
F: Eligible for Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring credit
Course Directors
Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Associate Dean for Women's Health Research & Policy
Oregon Health & Science University
Tekoa L. King, CNM, MPH
Emeritus AIM Course Chair
Mary E. Norton, MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Science, and of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Brian L. Shaffer, MD
Prenatal Diagnosis Director
Sutter West Bay Medical Group, San Francisco
Faculty
UCSF Faculty
(Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences unless otherwise noted)
Arianna Cassidy, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Kate Connolly, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Prenatal Diagnosis Center
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Meghan Duck, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CNS
Perinatal Outreach Educator/Clinical Nurse IV
Juan M. Gonzalez Velez, MD, PhD
Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Ian Harris, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Roxanna A. Irani, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Executive Medical Director for Women's Health
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS
Department Chair and Professor
Director, Black Women's Health and Livelihood Initiative
Molly Killion, RN, MS, CNS
Complex OB Medicine RN Coordinator
Hayley Miller, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Elizabeth (Libby) Patberg, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Annalisa Post, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Fetal Treatment Center, BCH Oakland
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Olga Ramm, MD, MS
Professor and Division Chief
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Melissa G. Rosenstein, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety for Obstetrics
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Nasim C. Sobhani, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Endocrine, Diabetes, and Pregnancy Program (EDAPP)
Director of Residency Research and Scholarship, OB/GYN Residency
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Teresa N. Sparks, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Co-Director, Women's Reproductive Health Research/K12 Program
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Kate Swanson, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Clinical Genetics Fellowship Program
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Marya G. Zlatnik, MD
Professor and Associate Fellowship Director
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Reproductive Genetics
Guest Faculty
Melissa Cheyney, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medical Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Oregon State University
Susan Crowe, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Stanford University
Judette Louis, MD, MPH
James M. Ingram Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of South Florida
Deirdre J. Lyell, MD
Dunlevie Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Co-Director & Co-PI, California Maternal and Perinatal Quality Care Collaboratives (CMQCC/CPQCC)
Medical Director, Labor and Delivery
Medical Director, Program in Placental Disorders
Stanford University School of Medicine
Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nicola Perlman, MD
Clinical Fellow, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Stanford University
Travel & Lodging
Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street, San Francisco CA 94102
Hotel Phone: 415-394-1111 / Reservations: 800-248-3308
Rates: $249/night
Cutoff Date: May 14, 2025 or once room block is filled
Enjoy San Francisco’s renowned attractions such as the historic cable cars, neighborhoods such as Chinatown and North Beach, shopping in Union Square, or sampling culinary delights at the Ferry Building.
The Hotel Nikko is a luxury gem located in San Francisco’s shopping, dining, and entertainment district. Experience the contemporary ambiance of an Asian inspired boutique hotel in Union Square with sleek rooms and suites, meeting space, dining, and an indoor pool. A block of guestrooms has been reserved at the special UCSF conference rate of $249/night. An amenity fee of $39 per room per night is waived for guests in our roomblock. Please visit the hotel’s website to learn more about their current list of amenities.
By staying at the host hotel, you help UCSF meet its contractual obligations and keep registration fees reasonable.
Airlines
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UCSF has negotiated special fares with United Airlines for our course attendees.
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