Scientific Forums

Preterm Labor

Forum Chair(s)

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  David Nelson, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas, United States

A forum highlighting both the current and cutting-edge research in preterm birth and prematurity prevention. Recognized experts in perinatal medicine will be presenting novel imaging modalities of the cervix, review current management considerations for cerclage, update the current state of progestogens, and conclude with a discussion of neonatal consequences associated with prematurity.

Presentations:

• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

  Preterm birth in 2022
  

  Forum Speaker: David B. Nelson, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

  Evidence-based cerclage: the state of the science
  

  Forum Speaker: Emily S. Miller, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
• 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM

  Multi-modality imaging for prediction of preterm birth
  

  Forum Speaker: Helen Feltovich, MD, MS – Intermountain Healthcare
• 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM

  Progesterone for preterm birth prevention: where are we now?
  

  Forum Speaker: Michael House, MD (he/him/his) – Tufts Medical Center
• 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM

  Nanomedicine approaches for preterm birth and prematurity-related morbidity
  

  Forum Speaker: Irina Burd, MD,PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM

  Q&A