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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
61st Annual Meeting – August 2-5, 2009
Delta Sun Peaks Resort, Kamloops, B.C., Canada

Continuing Medical Education Credit is provided through joint sponsorship with
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG).

   
2009 Faculty  
Dan Farine, MD,
FRCSC
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Medicine
Head of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Toronto
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
Geoffrey Cundiff, MD
FAOCG, FACS, FRCSC
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of British Columbia
Site Head, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
   
Jennifer Blake, MD,
FRCSC
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist-in-Chief
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Women’s College Hospital
Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
 SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Monday Aug. 3, 2009
 
8:00 a.m. “Active Mismanagement of Labour” Dr. Farine
8:45 a.m. “Menopause Update: The New SOGC Consensus Update”  Dr. Blake
9:50 a.m. “Diagnosis and Management of Vesicovaginal Fistula” Dr. Cundiff
10:35 a.m. Panel Discussion  Moderator: Dr. Robin Cole
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
 
8:00 a.m. “The Use of Mesh in Prolapse Repairs” Dr. Cundiff
8:45 a.m. “Sex and Pregnancy – Facts and Myths”  Dr. Farine
9:30 a.m. “Gynecologic Concerns After Gynecologic Cancer” Dr. Blake
10:35 a.m. Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Ronald Brown
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
 
8:00 a.m. “Communicating Complex Medical Information”  Dr. Blake
8:45 a.m. “Fecal Incontinence in a Gynaecologic Practice”  Dr. Cundiff 
9:50 a.m. “Review of All Canadian Legal Suits for Shoulder Dystocia - How Can We Improve Practice?"  Dr. Farine
10:35 a.m. Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Drea Olmstead
 
   
Dr. Dan Farine  will discuss:
  • Limitations in managing labour, physiology of individual contractions & new concepts for decisions  in labour.
  • Sexual activity in all 3 trimesters, possible risks of sex in pregnancy & the role of sex in induction of labour at term.
  • Risk factors for shoulder dystocia, which risk factors are linked to cases that end with litigation &  techniques to reduce risks of both shoulder dytsocia and being sued.
Dr. Geoffrey Cundiff will discuss:
  • Established & innovative uses of grafts in reconstructive pelvic surgery, variety of available grafts, physiologic & pathological incorporation of grafts & available data supporting/contradicting use of grafts in such surgery.
  • Pathophysiology of fistulas, appropriate evaluation & advantages and disadvantages of different  repair techniques.
  • Anatomy & physiology of fecal continence mechanism, differential diagnosis of fecal incontinence  & surgical techniques for repair.
Dr. Jennifer Blake will discuss:
  • Highlights of new research into management of menopause, 2009 SOGC Consensus Update & emerging evidence.
  • The many ways in which cancer & its treatment can impact patients & useful strategies to address these.
  • How best to communicate complex medical information to patients, the media and to colleagues.
 
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ or ACOG Cognate Credit(s)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) designates this educational activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or up to a maximum of 9 Category 1 ACOG Cognate Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Lodging
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U.S. Dollars    Couple   $740   Canadian Dollars  Couple $900  
U.S. Dollars Single $535  Canadian Dollars  Single $650
U.S. Dollars Child $145 Canadian Dollars   Child  $175
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For  information about guest fees, contact Sharon Galloway sharontg@comcast.net.  
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT PNOGA’S 61st ANNUAL MEETING FEATURING AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC SESSION IN AN EXCITING VENUE.  
           
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