This conference will address the important topic of infant loss after 20 weeks of gestation. We will approach this issue with a focus on racial and ethnic health disparities and will cover strategies of providing support for families and healthcare teams navigating loss as well as best practices to optimize the health of pregnant women who experience loss.
Agenda
7:45 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 AM Welcome, Opening Remarks - Rachel Urrutia, MD, MSCR
8:30 AM Cultural Lens and Landscape of Infant Loss In North Carolina - Charity S. Watkins, PhD, MSW, BIRCWH Scholar
9:15 AM The Other Postpartum: Psychiatric Sequelae Following Newborn/Infant Loss - Julia Riddle, MD
10:00 AM Panel (Lived Experiences) - Moderator Rachel Urrutia, MD, MSCR & Facilitator Leila Lewis
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: The Impact of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies - Kelly Pieh Holder, DO, FACOG, FASAM, MA, IBCLC
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Hypertension Disorders - Elizabeth Coviello, DO, FACOG
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Navigating the Complexities of Perinatal Loss: Honoring Lived Experience and Addressing Secondary Trauma - Kimberly D. Harper, RN, MSN, MHA, C-EFM
3:15 PM Perinatal Grief - Darryl I. Owens, MDiv, BCC, CT, CPLC
4:00 PM Eliminating Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - Tara Owens Shuler, MEd, LCCE, CD(DONA)
4:25 PM Conference Wrap-up / Next Steps - Rachel Urrutia, MD, MSCR
4:30 PM Adjourn