Postgraduate Courses

Expedited Sessions

Pandemics, Epidemics, and Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis and Management in Pregnancy

Course Director(s)

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  Men-Jean Lee, MD (she/her/hers)

  Kosasa Endowed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
  Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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  Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Upstate Medical University

Globalization promotes scientific advancements, but also the spread of communicable diseases and widening of health disparities. Daily news reports of new COVID-19 variants, the spread of monkeypox, the re-emergence of polio and measles in unvaccinated populations, and the newest XDR-TB are cause for alarm for the lay public; so our role as healthcare providers for pregnant people is to share scientific knowledge and best practices for promoting public health, instead of perpetuating "fake news."

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

  Introduction: Promoting Social Justice in HIV Care
  

  Presenter: Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Upstate Medical University
• 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

  Management of Hepatitis B and C in Pregnancy
  

  Presenter: Kimberly K. Leslie, MD – The University of New Mexico
• 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

  Influenza, Measles, Pertussis and other Immunizable agents
  

  Presenter: Renata A. Sawyer, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Prisma Health
• 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

  Syphilis, Tuberculosis, and Other Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases Affected by Poverty and Public Health
  

  Presenter: Men-Jean Lee, MD (she/her/hers) – John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
• 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

  Break
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

  COVID
  

  Presenter: Jeanne S. Sheffield, MD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

  Emerging and Future Pandemics: Challenges Providing Care to Marginalized Populations
  

  Presenter: Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Upstate Medical University

  Presenter: Men-Jean Lee, MD (she/her/hers) – John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

  Panel Discussion with Q&A
  

  Panelist: Helene Bernstein, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Upstate Medical University