Description

This comprehensive review is designed to help you pass your Obstetrics and Gynecology board exams as well as to update your clinical knowledge and, thus, is useful to practicing physicians as well as senior trainees. Many of our previous participants found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and testing strategies, a better understanding of all major relevant disease entities, and helped them recognize specific areas of knowledge weakness for self-study. The course includes lectures that review the entire field of Obstetrics and Gynecology with emphasis on evidence-based medicine and board relevant standards of care, incorporating new concepts, guidelines, and treatments. Many of our previous participants found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and testing strategies, a better understanding of all major relevant disease entities, and helped them recognize specific areas of knowledge weakness for self-study.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course each participant will be able to:

1. Summarize important aspects of pre-conceptual health, pregnancy, labor and childbirth, postpartum care, genetics, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis

2. Demonstrate an updated understanding of women’s health, in general, and evidence-based strategies for the care of reproductive organs and breasts as well as maintenance of sexual function and screening for cancer

3. Discuss evidence-based practice strategies for management of hormonal disorders, treatment of infections, surgery to correct pelvic organ and urinary tract problems as well as cancer treatment

4. Incorporate the latest clinical guidelines discussed in your practice of Obstetrics and/or Gynecology

Faculty & Topics

Jamil Elfarra, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Norton Health Group, Louisville, KY

Recurrent pregnancy loss, miscarriages and IUFD, Multiple Gestation and Breech presentations, Preterm Labor, Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy, Maternal and Fetal Infections, Ob Ultrasound,  Alloimmunization, Exam Pearls

Frederick Eruo, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Prof of Ob & Gynecology Northeastern Ohio University

Breast Diseases, Vulvar Skin Conditions, Operative Techniques, Obstetric Emergencies, Neuro, Psych and GI Disorders in Pregnancy, Antenatal Care and Monitoring, Trauma in Pregnancy, Hematolgoci, Auto Immune and Oncology in Pregnancy

Neeraj Goswamy, MD
Board Certified, Author of Medical Education

Clinical Genetics, Intrapartum Management, Postpartum Disorders and Complications, Genital Tract Infections, Systemic Sexually Transmitted Infections,

Scott Kambiss, DO
Assistant Professor of Ob & Gynecology Uniformed Sciences Univ of Health Sciences

Preoperative and Postoperative Care, Surgical Complications, Smoking and Substance Abuse, Uterine Fibroids, Sexual Disorders, PMS Depression, Prenatal Diagnosis, Surgical Anatomy, Urinary Incontinence, Disorders of Pelvic Support, Abortion

Robert Kauffman, MD
Professor and Chair of Ob & Gynecology Texas Tech University

Amenorrhea, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Pediatric Gynecology, Prolactin Disorders, Endocrine Disorders, Hypertension, Cardiac Disorders, Chronic Pelvic Pain and Vulvodynia

Melvin Thornton II, MD
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn Columbia University

Disorders of Sexual Development, Normal and Abnormal Puberty, Androgen Disorders, Menopause, Contraception

Ken Tatebe, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Rush University

Ovarian Cancer and Chemotherapy, Uterine Cancer, Pre-Invasive Neoplasia, Cervical Cancer + Radiation