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May 30-31, 2025 Transforming Maternal Health: Innovations in Cardiac, Critical, and Mental Care
Program Description
Join us for an engaging conference focused on advancing the skills and knowledge of healthcare providers in managing complex maternal health conditions, including cardiac complications, obstetric emergencies, and severe mental health disorders during pregnancy. This event will highlight evidence-based strategies and best practices for improving maternal care, integrating patient and family perspectives, and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. Together, we will work to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, address health disparities, and ensure safer outcomes for pregnant women and their families.
Simulation Lab
As part of this course, we are integrating high-fidelity simulation scenarios that will reinforce the specific topics initially covered in lectures. These will be run at our nationally recognized simulation center (Inova Center for Advanced Medical Simulation – ICAMS) and facilitated by our critical care faculty. Additionally, we have partnered with national patient advocacy organizations to bring the patient perspective to our simulations. All cases are based on actual obstetric critical care events and will be followed by panel discussions with the patients who experienced them. In addition to these team-based cases, there will also be dedicated time for participants to do hands-on practice for multiple interventions to include point of care ultrasound, operative hemorrhage management, intraosseous access and intrauterine tamponade instrument placement among others. The goal of all of this is to review key concepts of critical care and then provide the opportunity to quickly put them into practice to help solidify the learning objectives.
Conference Format
This event is taking place in-person only.
Questions & Refunds
Refunds will be allowed up to seven days before the event, May 23, 2025. Refund requests need to be submitted in writing to [email protected].
Target Audience
This event is intended for all healthcare professionals providers in the specialties of: Critical Care (Intensivists), Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry, including:
- DNP
- MD
- Resident
- RN
- RNC
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the latest evidence-based practices in the management of cardiac complications during pregnancy to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
- Apply critical care protocols and interdisciplinary strategies in hands-on simulations to enhance the management of obstetric emergencies, such as postpartum hemorrhage and hypertensive crises.
- Assess the impact of social determinants of health and disparities in maternal care, and develop strategies to improve patient outcomes in underserved populations.
- Interpret the latest research on postpartum depression and severe mental health disorders in pregnancy to implement effective, evidence-based interventions in clinical practice.
- Create comprehensive care plans that integrate multidisciplinary approaches, including mental health and patient advocacy, to improve maternal health outcomes.
Questions about this event? Contact [email protected].
Transforming Maternal Health: Innovations in Cardiac, Critical, and Mental Care
Day 1: May 30 – Focus on Cardiac Health and Behavioral/Mental Health
7:00 - 8:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 – 8:30 AM - Community Speaker
Speaker: Craig Garfield, MD, Northwestern Medicine
8:30 - 9:00 AM - Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Pregnancy
Speakers: Dr. Nandita Scott, Mass General Brigham
9:00 - 9:30 AM - Advances in Maternal Mental Health
Speaker: Katherine Wisner, MD, MS, George Washington University
9:30-10:00 - Managing Obstetric Hemorrhage: Protocols and Innovations
Speaker: Ian Roberts, MD (pending)
10:00 - 10:25 AM – Break with Exhibitors and Transport to ICAMS
10:25 - 10-55 AM - Megasim: Amniotic Fluid Embolism/Maternal Cardiac Arrest
10:55 - 11:10 AM - Transport Back to Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center
11:10 - 11:55 AM - Debrief and Patient Story
Speaker: Miranda Klassen, AFE Foundation CEO
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break with Exhibitors
1:00 - 1:30 PM - Postpartum Hypertension Management: Care Pathways and Evidence-Based Approaches
Speakers: Garima Sharma, MD, Inova
1:30 - 2:00 PM - Neurobehavioral Approaches to Managing Severe Mental Illness in Pregnancy
Speakers: Jennifer L. Payne, MD
2:00 - 2:30 PM - Management of Obstetric Cardiomyopathy in Critical Care Settings
Speaker: George R. Saade, MD, Eastern Viriginia Medical School
2:30 - 2:55 PM - Break with Exhibitors and Transport to ICAMS
2:55 - 3:25 PM - Megasim: Postoperative Hemorrhage/Postpartum Cardiomyopathy
3:25 - 3:40 PM - Transport Back to Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center
3:40 - 4:25 PM - Debrief and Patient Story
Speaker: Charity Watkins, PhD
Day 2: May 31 – Focus on Obstetric Critical Care
7:00 - 8:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 - 8:30 AM - What is New in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy?
Speakers: Luigi Adamo, MD, Hopkins
8:30 - 9:00 AM - Critical Care Management in Preeclampsia
Speaker: Baha M. Sibai, MD, UTHealth Houston
9:00 - 9:30 AM - Addressing Social Disparities in Maternal Health
Speaker: Monica A. Lutgendorf, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
9:30 - 10:00 AM - Sepsis and Septic Shock in Obstetrics: Best Practices and Updates
Speaker: Lui D. Pacheco, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
10:00 - 10:10 AM - Break with Exhibitors
10:10 - 11:55 AM - Hands-On Simulation Time
(Stations for Abdominal Packing, Jada, Bakri, Operative management, Intraosseous line placement.)
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch with Exhibitors
1:00 - 1:30 PM - PASD
Speaker: Bob Silver, MD, University of Utah Health
1:30 - 2:00 PM - Zuranolone in Postpartum Depression: New Horizons in Treatment
Speaker: Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD
2:00 - 2:30 PM - The Role of POCUS in Enhancing Maternal Care: Best Practices and Emerging Applications
Speaker: Juliana G. Martins, MD, Eastern Viriginia Medical School
2:30 - 2:55 PM - Break and Transport to ICAMS
2:55 - 3:25 PM - Megasim: Severe Hypertension/Eclampsia/Patient Counseling for Delivery
3:25 - 3:40 PM - Transport Back to Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center
3:40 - 4:25 PM - Debrief and Patient Story: Potential: Connect with Preeclampsia Foundation
Speaker: MoMMAs Voices, Preeclampsia Foundation Program
4:25 - 4:30 PM - Closing Remarks
Parking
Parking is complimentary at the Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center (ICPH) . Park in any Surface Lots. Use Entrance 3 under the pedestrian bridge to enter the Conference Center and take stairs or elevator to level 2.
Travel
Airports and Ground Transportation
Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center (ICPH) is centrally located between Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) and Reagan Airports (DCA). Union Station (in Washington, DC) is located about 30-40 minutes from the campus. Both airports along with Union Station offer onsite ground transportation to Fairfax, VA which is about a 30–40-minute drive. Uber or Lyft are also reliable ground transportation options in the DC metro area.
Hotels
Below are the two hotels that are located closest to the Inova Center for Personalized Health Conference Center (ICPH) and offer us discounted rates.
8296 Glass Alley, Fairfax, VA 22031
Phone: 571-327-2277
Inova/corporate rate code: 8296INOVA
3111 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 849-9400
Program Directors
Antonio F. Saad, MD, MBA, CCM
Director of the Perinatal Research Unit
Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship
MFM and Critical Care Specialist
Professor, Medical Education
Shad Deering, MD, COL(ret) USA, CHSE, FACOG
Medical Director, Inova Center for Advanced
Medical Simulation
Professor, Medical Education, University of Virginia
Scott A Sullivan, MD, MSCR
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Inova Health
Vice-Chair, Obstetrics IFH
Professor, University of Virginia
Speaker Disclosure Statement:
Inova Health System’s Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, program directors, and planners are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities as defined by ACCME. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Inova CME Accreditation
The Medical Society of Virginia is a member of the Southern States CME Collaborative, an ACCME Recognized Accreditor. Inova Health System Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Southern States CME Collaborative to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Inova Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians may claim up to 10.75 credits in Type 1 CME on the Virginia Board of Medicine Continued Competency and Assessment Form required for renewal of an active medical license in Virginia.
ABS CC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Nurse Credentialing FAQs
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For more information visit, https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/
Available Credit
- 10.75 ABS MOC
- 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Exhibitor Fee Summary
General In-Person: $3,000
- 6' undraped display table with two chairs
- Full access to conference sessions and meals for two exhibit representatives
- Verbal and name recognition the day of the conference with signage, podium mention and on screen during the conference
- Company name recognition on:
- Marketing emails
- Introduction slides, break slides, and closing slides
- Post-event follow-up attendee email
- Exhibitor page on event website
- Post attendee registration list (for those that opt in)
Premium In-Person: $3,500
- Prime table location, including a 6' undraped display table with three chairs
- Full access to conference sessions and meals for three exhibit representatives
- Verbal and name recognition the day of the conference with signage, podium mention and on screen during the conference
- Company name recognition on:
- Marketing emails
- Introduction slides, break slides, and closing slides
- Post-event follow-up attendee email
- Exhibitor page on event website
- Post attendee registration list (for those that opt in)
- Highlighted Website Listing - Your company’s sales contact information will be prominently displayed on the event website. This listing will feature:
- Company Name & Sales Contact Person Email Address
Ready to Register as an Exhibitor? CLICK BELOW to be directed to the exhibitor registration site!
Questions? Email Christina Fontana for more information.
Price
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Refunds:
Refunds will be allowed up a to week before the event, May 23, 2025. Refund requests need to be submitted in writing to [email protected].