Every Monday afternoon at 4pm in Care Conference Room 3, Women's Hospital, the Center for Maternal and Infant Health’s partners come together to develop (and sometimes revise) treatment plans for new patients, report the health status of patients following a birth, and review their status upon discharge. The team also uses this time for continuing their education as they discuss best practice in perinatal health. Specialists also share information about new medical procedures and treatments, set new protocols when needed, discuss ethical issues if they arise, and learn from each other across disciplines. The development of a single, unified plan for a patient and family is a unique service that is available to patients who are part of the Center for Maternal and Infant Health.
The second Monday of each month includes a mortality and morbidity case review, led by Fellows in neonatalogy, maternal fetal medicine, and pathology.
Upcoming Presentations:
March 23, 2009 - Erin McClain - Tips for Counseling Pregnant Women and New Mothers Who Smoke. Ms McClain is the project coordinator for the You Quit Two Quit project and an expert in this field. She was formerly with the national Smoke-Free Families Initiative.
April 6, 2009 - Laura Curtis and Eliza DuBose - NC Family Support Network
April 27, 2009 - Dr. Robert Meyer, North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Director of the NC Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Past Presentations:
August 27, 2007 - Martin J. McCaffrey, MD, CAPT USN (Ret) on the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina
September 10, 2007 - Sara Smith, MSW, MPH (Graduate Student) on Effectively Working with Medical Interpreters
July 17, 2006 - Beth Black, PhD, RN, UNC School of Nursing on the Perinatal Care Option Study
August 14, 2006 - Kristi Milowick, MD on Autism
August 21, 2006 - Kim Uhrich, MSW, UNC Craniofacial Center "We all have different faces"
September 11, 2006 - Lucy Schenkman (Med Student) on Surgical Treatment of Neonatal Ovarian Cysts
September 25, 2006 - Andrew South, MD, Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine on Gastroschisis and Development
October 2, 2006 - Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH and Sarah Verbiest, MSW, MPH, Center for Maternal and Infant Health - update on the 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate Project
November 13, 2006 - Kim Boggess, MD on Oral Health, Infection and Premature Birth
December 11, 2006 - Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC, FABM, Director of the UNC Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care
January 22, 2007 - Darren DeWalt, MD on Health Communication & Literacy
February 5, 2007 - Martin J. McCaffrey, MD, CAPT USN (Ret) Healthcare for Active Duty Military Families...'Keeping it Safe Here'. Click here to link to the powerpoint slides.
February 19, 2007 - Richard Henderson, MD, UNC Pediatric Orthopediatric Department on Update from Orthopedic Surgery - Focus on Clubfoot, Arthogryposis and Radial Aplasia
March 26, 2007 - Betsy Parkinson, RN, BSN, Matria Healthcare on Matria's Total Maternal Newborn Solution.
April 23, 2007 - Matthew Laughon, MD, MPH - Presentation about his research, publications and pending projects.
April 30, 2007 - Cyril Engmann, MD - "8 Million Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Globally - Who's Counting, Who Cares?" A Talk on International Perinatal Health.
May 7, 2007 - Martin McCaffrey, MD - Introducing a video for the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina by Dr. Don Berwick, Director of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
May 14, 2007 - Debra Bingham, RN, MSN, DrPH (c), the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative on Obstetrical Quality Improvement in California.
May 21, 2007 - Cyril Engmann, MD - UNC's Research Partnerships in Ghana
Other topics covered include obesity and pregnancy, perinatal hospice, rectoanal atresia syndromes: beyond VATER, Turner's syndrome, Eagle-Barrett Syndrome, and the genetic aspects of skeletal dysplasia.
