Branch Course Schedule

Introductory Course for New Residents and Fellows: July 2007

Ultrasound

Monday, July 2 ~ 5:30 pm

Content of a normal Sonographic Examination
Dr. Sonia Hassan, Director, Center for Advanced Obstetrical Care and Research, Perinatology Research Branch

6:30 pm

Nuchal Translucency
Dr. Ray Bahado-Singh, Professor and Associate Chairman
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Wayne State University

Tuesday, July 3 ~ 5:30 pm

Fetal Growth
Dr. Michelle Lampl, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory
University

6:30 pm

Fetal Growth
Dr. Michelle Lampl, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory
University

Wednesday, July 4 ~ Independence Day- No lectures Today

Thursday, July 5 ~ 5:30 pm

Estimation of Fetal Weight
Dr. Wesley Lee, Beaumont Hospitals

6:30 pm

Fetal Growth Disorders
Dr. Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS

Friday, July 6 ~ 5:30 pm

Introduction to Doppler
Dr. Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS

6:30 pm

Doppler of the Uterine Artery
Dr. Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS

Ultrasound and Clinical Obstetrics

Monday, July 9 ~ 5:30 pm

The Combined Use of Serum Biochemistry and Second Trimester Markers
Dr. Ray Bahado-Singh, Professor and Associate Chairman
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Wayne State University

6:30 pm

Doppler of the middle cerebral artery
Dr. Giancarlo Mari, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State
University

Tuesday, July 10 ~ 5:30 pm

Ultrasound of the cervix
Dr. Sonia Hassan, Center for Advanced Obstetrical Care
and Research, Perinatology Research Branch

6:30 pm

Doppler of venous system
Dr. Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS

Wednesday, July 11 ~ 5:30 pm

Fetal CNS Evaluation
Dr.Wesley Lee, Division of Fetal Imaging, Beaumont Hospitals

6:30 pm

3-D and 4-D Ultrasound
Dr. Luis Goncalves, Radiology Resident, Department of Diagnostic
Radiology, Wayne State University

Thursday, July 12 ~ 5:30 pm

Knobology
Dr. Luis Goncalves, Radiology Resident, Department of Diagnostic
Radiology, Wayne State University

6:30 pm

Alcohol and pregnancy
Dr. Robert Sokol, Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development

Friday, July 13 ~ 5:30 pm

Intraamniotic sludge and pregnancy outcome
Dr. Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Research Associate, Perinatology Research

6:30 pm

Molecular Evolution
Dr Derek Wildman, Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular
Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University Director of
Molecular Evolution, PRB

Placental Pathology

Monday, July 16 ~ 5:30

Introduction to Placental Pathology
Dr. Susan Jacques, Faculty, Department of Pathology, Wayne State
University

6:30

Basic Placental Pathology I: Placental Processing
Dr. Faisal Qureshi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Wayne
State University

Tuesday, July 17 ~ 5:30

Lecture I
Guest: Dr. Oded Langer, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Columbia University, Babcock Professor, Chairman of the Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke?s- Roosevelt Hospital

6:30

Lecture II
Guest: Dr. Oded Langer, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Columbia University, Babcock Professor, Chairman of the Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke?s- Roosevelt Hospital

Wednesday, July 18 ~ 5:30 pm

Lecture
Guest: Dr. Leslie Myatt, Professor of obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University of Cincinnati

Thursday, July 19 ~ 5:30 pm

Basic Placental Pathology II: Placental Processing
Dr. Faisal Qureshi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Wayne
State University

6:30 pm

Basic Placental Pathology III: Placental Processing
Dr. Faisal Qureshi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Wayne
State University

Friday, July 20 ~ 5:30 pm

The Relationship Between Birth Weight, Gestational Age and Outcome
Guest: Dr. Steven Myers, Director of the Fetal Diagnostic Center and
Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University

Labor and Delivery

Monday, July 23 ~ 5:30 pm

Renal Disease in Pregnancy
Guest: Dr. Marshall Lindheimer, Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University
of Chicago

6:30 pm

Normal and Abnormal Labor
Dr. Pooja Mittal, Director of Labor and Delivery, Assistant
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatology Research
Branch

Tuesday, July 24 ~ 12:00 pm

Lecture II
Guest: Dr. Marshall Lindheimer, Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Pritzker School of Medicine at The University
of Chicago

5:30 pm

Management of Pre-term Labor
Dr. Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS

6:30 pm Surgical Technique for Cesarean Delivery

Wednesday, July 25 ~ 5:30 pm

Methods of Labor Induction

6:30 pm

Operative Vaginal Delivery
Episiotomy, 3rd, 4th Degree Lacerations and Their Repair

Thursday, July 26 ~ 5:30 pm

Assessment and Management of VBAC
Dr. Yoram Sorokin, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

6:30 pm

Research Activities on Labor and Delivery
Nancy Hauff, RN, Director of Nursing, Perinatology Research Branch

Friday, July 27 ~ 5:30 pm

FHRT- Fetal Heart Rate Tracing
Dr. Pooja Mittal, Director of Labor and Delivery, Assistant
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatology Research
Branch

6:30 pm

Intrapartum Analgesia. Anasthesia

Closing Week

Monday, July 30 ~ 5:30 pm

Management of Hemorrhage
Dr. Robert Lorenz, Vice-Chief, Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beaumont Hospitals

6:30 pm

3D/4D Fetal Echocardiography
Dr. Jimmy Espinoza, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine,
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Perinatology Research Branch

Tuesday, July 31 ~ 5:30 pm

The Use of Steroids During Pregnancy
Dr. Yoram Sorokin, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

6:30 pm

The Role of 3D/4D Ultrasound in the Detection of Congenital
Defects

Dr. Jimmy Espinoza, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine,
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Perinatology Research Branch

Wednesday, August 1 ~ 5:30 pm

AIDS
Dr. Theodore Jones Associate Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Director, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine and Chief of
Obstetrics at Hutzel Women's Hospital

6:30 pm

Videoconference I, Twin to Twin Transfusion
Guest: Dr Rubin Quintero, Professor and Director, Division of
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fetal Therapy Department at The
University of South Florida

Thursday, August 2 ~ 5:30 pm

Videoconference II, Trap Sequence
Dr Rubin Quintero, Professor and Director, Division
of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fetal Therapy Department at The
University of South Florida

6:30 pm

Videoconference III, IUGR in Twins
Dr Rubin Quintero, Professor and Director, Division
of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fetal Therapy Department at The
University of South Florida

Friday, August 3 ~ 5:30 pm

Evolution II
Dr Derek Wildman, Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular
Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University Director of
Molecular Evolution, PRB

6:30 pm

Closing Remarks
Dr Roberto Romero, Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology
Intramural Division, NICHD, NIH, DHHS