October 17, 2007  ■  7:15am – 4:15pm  ■  University Club of Chicago

Course Description

The Jennifer Mudd Houghtaling Perinatal Depression Conference seeks to promote awareness of perinatal depression among health care providers and to provide education on the identification, intervention, and treatment of the disorder.

Course Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to improve identification of patients with perinatal depression and evolve the education of professionals involved with their management.

Course Objectives

Improve identification of perinatal depression among health care providers

Explain current and research methods available for management of patients diagnosed with perinatal depression

Describe the steps involved with organizing a comprehensive perinatal depression program

Provide information on the impact of legislative and legal influences on perinatal depression

Who Should Attend

Attending physicians especially in the fields of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine, APNs, RN/LPNs, social workers and mental health professionals.


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Continuing Education Credits

For RNs

Participants will be awarded 6.5 hours of continuing education credits for this program by Saint Xavier University School of Nursing/Center for Nursing Scholarship.

Saint Xavier University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

For Physicians

Accreditation Statement: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


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Program Agenda  

7:15 am   Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibitor Tables
8:00 am   Welcome
8:05 am   PSI Legislative Update
Susan Stone, LCSW
8:15 am   Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders: An Update
Shaila Misri, MD
9:20 am   Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression
Tina Zahn
10:05 am   Break & Exhibitor Tables
10:20 am   Perinatal Maternal Depression: Impact on Infant HPA Axis Activity and Development
Zachary N. Stowe, MD
11:30 am   Panel Discussion
12:00 pm   Lunch
1:00 pm   Peripartum Depression: Organizing Statewide Systems of Care
Laura J. Miller, MD
2:00 pm   The Genetics of Peripartum Depression
Jennifer Payne, MD
3:00 pm   Break & Exhibitor Tables
3:15 pm   Pharmacological Management of Perinatal Depression
Lisa A. Rone, MD
4:15 pm   Closing Panel Discussion & Evaluations


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Faculty List

Laura J. Miller, MD

Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Head & Director of Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Women’s Mental Health Program
University of Illinois at Chicago

Shaila Misri, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Obstetrics/Gynecology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Director, Reproductive Mental Health Program
St. Paul’s Hospital
Vancouver, Canada

Co-Director, Reproductive Mental Health Program
B.C. Women’s Maternity Hospital
Vancouver, Canada

Jennifer Payne, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa A. Rone, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW

President, Postpartum Support International
Private Practice
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Zachary N. Stowe, MD

Director, Women’s Mental Health Program
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Tina Zahn

Nationally renowned author of Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression, Dramatic Rescue and Return to Hope


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Location

University Club of Chicago

76 E. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL

Grant Park North/Millennium Parking Garage

Conveniently located below Millennium Park, with driving entrance one block north of the University Club from the center lane of Michigan Avenue. Pedestrian exit and entrance is located directly in front of the Club.

Valet Parking - $15.00
Short term - $15.00
Overnight Parking - $30.00

Area Hotels

The Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe Street
(312) 726-7500
www.hilton.com

Congress Plaza Hotel
520 S Michigan Avenue
(312) 427-3800
www.congressplazahotel.com

Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
(312) 922-4400
www.hilton.com


For additional information, please call 312-567-5470.


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