Outreach and Education
Grand Rounds
OB Grand Rounds is held at the New Academic Building (NAB 4414A), Located at 790 Irving Avenue every Friday from 7:30am to 8:30am. Due to the pandemic, these presentations were being conducted virtually. They are now back to being an in-person meeting covering a wide variety of current OB and GYN topics being presented by local and nationally recognized experts.
If you are interested in presenting, please contact Cynthia Crowsen at [email protected].
The annual Symposium celebrates its 51st on September 27, 2024. Current OB and Neonatal topics are chosen to keep the nurses, providers and residents from Central New York updated on the most recent developments in perinatal care.
Sessions
Rebecca T. Khan, MD, FACOG
Placental Biomarkers: sFlt-1/PIGF: Risk stratification for preeclampsia with severe features
Michaela Kollisch-Singule, MD FACS
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An Iatrogenic Disease?
John Lombardo, MD, FACS
Current Trends in Medical Liability
Tracy Renee Webber, DNP, CNM, MPA, FACNM
History of the Black Maternal Health Crisis in the United States
Lectures
MARGARET WILLIAMS MEMORIAL LECTURE
Danielle Daniels, MD
Congenital cytomegalovirus: Past, present, and future directions for clinical care
RICHARD AUBRY MEMORIAL LECTURE
Viren Kaul, MD, FACP, FCCP;
Rachael Sampson, MD, MHA, FACOG;
Patricia Rojas-Mendez, MD
Regional Obstetrics Crisis Services (ROCS): The need, process, and collaborative benefits
Poster Presentations
Brian James, MD
Ultrasound assessment of upper abdominal free fluid after uncomplicated cesarean delivery
Karla Piazza, BSN, RNC-NIC;
Sabrina Canfield RN
Follow your Growth Curve: Personalized Education Path for New NICU Nurses
Rachael Sampson, MD, MHA, FACOG
Point-of-care maternal ultrasound
Regional Perinatal Program Outreach Site Visit
In keeping with the NYS DOH requirements, two annual Regional Perinatal Program Outreach meetings are held at each hospital in the Central New York Region with obstetrical services. One visit must be on-site at the affiliate, and one may be virtual.
For this visit, the team from the Regional Perinatal Center will consist of a Maternal/Fetal Medicine attending and a Neonatology attending as well as the Perinatal Nurse Coordinators of OB and Neonatology and Perinatal Data Coordinator. Affiliate hospital staff to attend will be the Chiefs of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, the OB/Pediatric Nurse Manager and other obstetrical, pediatric and nursing care providers. Functions to be carried out will include:
- Presentation of two perinatal education topics by the Outreach Team from the Regional Center.
- Review of the hospitals Statewide Perinatal Data System annual report from the previous year.
- Report/analysis by the Regional Centers SPDS Coordinator of the hospitals SPDS report in comparison with the region-wide report, other hospitals data and national standards.
- Discussion of pre-identified cases from the prior year, chosen by the Regional Center or the Affiliate staff, which are of special interest, concern, or educational value.
- Review of the maternal/newborn consultation/transport experience of the Affiliate hospital for the prior year with feedback regarding outcomes and detailed discussion of cases with significant morbidity or mortality. Discussion of any other issues regarding the Affiliate hospital or Regional Center patient care functions or relationships.
- Discussion of any other issues regarding the Affiliate hospital or Regional Center patient care functions or relationships.