Clinical Challenges in Obstetrics:
Optimizing Outcomes, Reducing Risks

CRICO/RMF Strategies Symposium
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tuesday, September 25, 2007    
7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Facilitator and Speakers

Fetal Loss and the Extreme Premature Baby; Strategies in Prediction and Prevention

Jack Ludmir, MD
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Lessons from Obstetric QA Reviews and Some Provocative Recommendations

David Acker, MD
Chief of Obstetrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Cesarean Section on Demand

Mary Barger, CNM, MPH
Director, Midwifery Education Program, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Ben P. Sachs, MD
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Preventing Unexplained Fetal Death

Ruth Fretts, MD, MPH
Chair of the Stillbirth Review Committee, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Shoulder Dystocia

Jim Greenberg, MD
Vice Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chief of Gynecology, Faulkner Hospital

Henry M. Lerner, MD
Obstetrician, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA

Ed Mahoney, JD
Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA