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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM • PLENARY SESSIONS
Monday, October 17, 2011 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Plenary Session 1
9:00 am
PRESIDENT’S GUEST LECTURE
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN REPRODUCTIVE RESEARCH
Endowed by a 1992 grant from Wyeth
Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development
Introducer: Roger A. Lobo, M.D.
Needs Assessment and Description
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development (NICHD) is the principal NIH
institute supporting studies on population research including
reproductive biology and medicine. In 2010, NICHD Director
Dr. Alan Guttmacher initiated a scientific visioning process, in
collaboration with the Institute’s external partners, to identify
key scientific opportunities of the next decade across the
Institute’s mission. This plenary session will acquaint scientists
and practicing physicians with the visioning process and
highlight selected scientific opportunities relevant to
reproductive research that emerged in the process.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able
to:
1. Describe the purpose of the NICHD scientific visioning
process.
2. Identify three scientific opportunities that emerged from
the NICHD visioning process that relate to reproductive
medicine.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Systems-based Practice
TEST QUESTION:
After participating in this session, I will do the following in my
practice:
A. Pay little attention to new research advances in
reproductive medicine.
B. Show little interest in outcomes of new clinical trials.
C. Stay informed about NICHD research efforts and funding
opportunities in reproductive medicine.
D. Not applicable to my area of practice
Chapin Theatre
Moderator: Roger A. Lobo, M.D.
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9:45 am
HERBERT H. THOMAS LECTURE
EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES IN ONCOFERTILITY PRACTICE AND
RESEARCH
Endowed by a 1990 grant from AstraZeneca
Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Introducer: Richard S. Legro, M.D.
Needs Assessment and Description
Fertility preservation options for young people with cancer
exist and practice guidelines have been published. Recent
surveys of practitioners indicate a gap in knowledge about
the best option based on cancer types and treatments.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able
to:
1. Summarize the cancer treatments most often associated
with later subfertility or infertility.
2. Outline the fertility interventions that can be provided
prior to sterilizing cancer treatments.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Medical Knowledge
Patient Care
TEST QUESTION:
After participating in this session, in my practice I will:
A. Provide fertility sparing options to all young cancer
patients.
B. Provide fertility sparing options only to married women.
C. Provide fertility sparing options only to patients who will
absolutely survive their disease (>90% chance).
D. Not provide options to young cancer patients.
E. Not applicable to my area of practice.