SMFM’s 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting

Research from the Leaders & Best for women and infants at #SMFM20

We’re looking forward to an important week of sharing ideas and inspiration about cutting-edge science and advancements in maternal-fetal medicine at the 2020 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s Annual Pregnancy Meeting in Grapevine, Texas.

Approximately 20 Michigan Medicine faculty members and residents will share their research posters and speak at various courses or forums at SMFM 2020.

We look forward to collaborating with peers and reconnecting with colleagues and alumni. Stop by Booth #157 to meet our faculty and learn about our research. Go Blue! 

Monday, Feb. 3

Postgraduate Course

Becoming a Champion for Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services
1 – 5 p.m. – Texas 4

• 1:50 – 2:20 p.m. – Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) – An Overview of Technique and Diverse Utility in Clinical Care – U-M course faculty Vanessa K. Dalton, M.D., M.P.H.
• 2:20 – 3 p.m. – MVA Demonstration and Hands-On Practice – U-M course faculty Vanessa K. Dalton, M.D., M.P.H.

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Postgraduate Course

Perspectives on Reproductive Health Symposium
3 – 5 p.m. – Texas 4

• 3:30 – 4 p.m. – The Tension of Opposites in Reproductive Health Care – U-M course faculty Lisa H. Harris, M.D., Ph.D.

Wednesday, Feb. 5

Scientific Forum

Pregnancy as a Window to Future Health
3 – 5:30 p.m. – Fort Worth 4

• 3:50 – 4:40 p.m. – Opening the Window: Impact of Fetal Surgery on Future Health – U-M course faculty Deborah R. Berman, M.D.
• 4:45 – 5:30 pm – Building Better Maternal Care: Discussion of How to Build Better Postpartum Care for Women with Maternal Complications of Pregnancy – U-M course faculty and forum leader Elizabeth S. Langen, M.D.

Scientific Forum

Toxicology and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
3 – 5:30 p.m. – Dallas 2

• 3 – 3:10 p.m. – Welcome/Introduction – U-M forum leader Courtney D. Townsel, M.D., M.Sc.
• 5:25 – 5:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks – U-M forum leader Courtney D. Townsel, M.D., M.Sc.

Thursday, Feb. 6

Poster Session I

10:30 a.m. – noon
Longhorn Hall D – F

• Obesity and nuchal Translucency Measurement: Do we under call abnormal?
  Poster #151, U-M author: Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D.
• There's no place like home: A characterization of the inpatient antepartum obstetric population
  Poster #165, U-M authors: Deborah R. Berman, M.D., Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D., and Charisse M. Loder, M.D., M.Sc.
• Being in the know: patient information sources on the inpatient antepartum unit
  Poster #166, U-M authors: Deborah R. Berman, M.D., and Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D.
• What to expect: Describing how prenatal courses differ after thoracoamniotic shunt placement with Trisomy 21
  Poster #251, U-M authors: D’Angela S. Pitts, M.D., Jessica Smith, M.D., Jeannie Kreutzman, R.N., and Deborah R. Berman, M.D.

Poster Session II

3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Longhorn Hall D – F

• Maternal care matters: An analysis of hospital Cesarean delivery rates in Michigan
  Poster #356, U-M authors: Jasmine Ebott, M.D., Lisa Kane Low, Ph.D., C.N.M., Daniel M. Morgan, M.D., and Elizabeth S. Langen, M.D.
• Does parity impact outcomes with open maternal-fetal surgery for myelomeningocele closure?
  Poster #497, U-M author: Marjorie C. Treadwell, M.D.

Friday, Feb. 7

Poster Session III

10:30 a.m. – noon
Longhorn Hall D – F

• The safety and efficacy of betamethasone in late-preterm mothers with pregestational diabetes
  Poster #595, U-M authors: Luke Burns, M.D., Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D., Mark C. Chames, M.D., and Elizabeth S. Langen, M.D.

Poster Session IV

3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Longhorn Hall D – F

• Perinatal outcomes after fetal resuscitation during fetal MMC closure
  Poster #817, U-M author: Marjorie C. Treadwell, M.D.
• Feeling heard: optimizing the antepartum inpatient experience
  Poster #839, U-M authors: Deborah R. Berman, M.D., and Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D.
• Extending the second stage of labor in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia: a cost-effectiveness analysis
  Poster #968, U-M author: Ashley Skeith, M.D.

Saturday, Feb. 8

Poster Session V

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Longhorn Hall E-F

• The effect of preterm birth type on neonatal outcomes in periviable and extremely premature neonates
  Poster #1093, U-M authors: Courtney D. Townsel, M.D., M.Sc., Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D., Nayla Kazzi, M.D., Patricia Greco, M.D., and Marjorie C. Treadwell, M.D.
• Making yourself at home: support services to enhance antepartum well-being
  Poster #1154, U-M authors: Deborah R. Berman, M.D., and Ashley Hesson, M.D., Ph.D.
• Medical management of cesarean scar pregnancy implantation
  Poster #1171, U-M authors: Patricia Greco, M.D., Samantha Bayer, M.D., and Lori J. Day, M.D.
• A cost analysis of induction of labor in a California cohort
  Poster #1172, U-M author: Ashley Skeith, M.D.
• Gestational weight gain and perinatal outcomes in adolescent births
  Poster #1219, U-M author: Ashley Skeith, M.D.