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Agenda for 11th Annual Meeting
of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America

Saturday, May 30th

7:00-8:00: Registration and Breakfast (Continental Breakfast Available)



8:00-9:30: Report on Consensus Discussions



Session 2: Continued

9:30-10:00: Intrauterine Programming for Obesity and Glucose Intolerance

Presenter:

Michael Ross, MD
Professor of Ob/Gyn and Public Health,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

10:00-10:15: Break

Session 3: The New Pharmacological Frontier

Moderators:

Hugh E. Mighty, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Erika Pollex, BMSc
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto

10:15-10:35: Update on Insulin Analogs for GDM



Hugh E. Mighty, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine

10:35-10:55: Update on Incretin for GDM

Presenter:

Jason Umans, MD, PhD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Scientific Director of Penn Medical Lab
Medstar Research Institute
Washington DC

10:55-11:15: The Glyburide Report Card

Presenter:

Barak Rosenn, MD
Director, Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

11:15-11:35: Pharmacologic Considerations in Oral Hypoglycemic Therapy

Presenter:

Steve Caritis, MD
Senior Investigator, Magee-Womens Research Institute
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

11:35-11:55: Transplacental Transfer of Hypoglycemic Agents: Understanding the Mechanisms

Presenter:

Erika Pollex, BMSc
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto

11:55-12:35: Roundtable Discussion



12:35-12:45: Final Comments, Announcements, and Questions



12:45: Adjourn

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