UCSF 9th Annual Bay Area Reproductive Mental Health Conference

Overview

This conference centers on the interface between obstetrics, gynecology, and psychiatry, with national experts on diverse topics that include the role of climate change on reproductive mental health, integrative approaches to perimenopause, treatment of ADHD in perinatal populations, obstetrical challenges for Latinex populations, and more. This year’s conference is back in person at the brand new Pritzker Building at UCSF Mission Bay for community building and networking over lunch.

Target Audience
The course is designed for all clinicians who work in women's reproductive health, including physicians (OB, family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry), midwives, nurse practitioners, psychotherapists, and social workers among others.

Objectives

Apply knowledge of new treatment options for perimenopausal patients
Recognize the role of climate change in reproductive decisions and incorporate this knowledge into patient assessments
Apply an awareness of bias in my practice, and recognize opportunities for change in systemic gaps in care for non-white patients
Utilize evidence-based knowledge for the treatment of ADHD in perinatal populations
Use new knowledge gained in this course to my practice
Add topics in psychoeducation to patient/family care

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, UCSF 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.

ACCME: UCSF has approved this program for CME credit: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ANCC: This activity may be used for up to 5.75 ANCC contact hours.
Important Notes
• This credit is accepted by Board of Registered Nursing in all states except California.

APA: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

ASWB: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, UCSF Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5.75 [type*] continuing education credits.
(* Types of credit may be ethics, clinical, cultural competence, or general)

Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (IPCE): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 5.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Course Outline

TIME Pacific Time Zone	SESSION	SESSION TITLE	SPEAKER(S)
8:15am - 8:45am	Check-In and Registration
8:45am - 9:00am	Welcome	Welcome/Opening Remarks	Course Directors
9:00am - 9:45am	Session 1	Climate Change and Impact on Women's Health	Laura Weil CNM, MPH and Robin Cooper, MD
9:45am - 10:30am	Session 2	Latina Obstetrical Issues	Daisy Leon-Martinez MD, MAS and Monica Noriega, PsyD
10:30am - 10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am - 11:30am	Session 3	Integrative Tx of Perimenopause	Anna Glezer, MD
11:30am - 12:15pm	Session 4	ADHD in Perinatal Patients	Eric Debold, MD
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Networking Lunch Break	(Lunch boxes can be pre-purchased until 10/31/25 or bring your own)
1:15pm - 1:20pm	Rapid Fire Sessions Background and Introductions		Course Directors
1:20pm - 1:40pm	Rapid Fire Session 1	TBA by end of May	TBA by end of May
1:40pm - 2:00pm	Rapid Fire Session 2	TBA by end of May	TBA by end of May
2:00pm - 2:20pm	Rapid Fire Session 3	TBA by end of May	TBA by end of May
2:20pm - 2:40pm	Rapid Fire Session 4	TBA by end of May	TBA by end of May
2:40pm - 3:00pm	Rapid Fire Session 5	TBA by end of May	TBA by end of May
3:00pm - 3:15pm	Coffee Break
3:15pm - 4:00pm	Movie & Discussion	PPD Movie & Discussion	Shaunic Stanford
4:00pm - 4:15pm	Wrap up		Gowri Aragam, MD and Anna Glezer, MD and Patricia Robertson, MD

Course Chairs

Patricia A. Robertson, MD
Professor Associate Chief of Academic Affairs,
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine,
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Series

Anna Glezer, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate, Psychiatry
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Gowri Aragam, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Clinical Lead, Inpatient Perinatal Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Additional Planning Committee Members

Ali Starling, CNM, PMHNP, MPH

Camila Constanza Soto Espinoza, CNM, WHNP

Faculty

(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)

UCSF 9th Annual Bay Area Reproductive Mental Health Conference

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