The Midwest Reproductive Symposium

	Agenda


	Midwest Reproductive Symposium 2010 Scientific Session Chairpersons: Angeline Beltsos, MD; Barry Behr, PhD; William Kearns, PhD

FRIDAY

	8:00 am	Opening comments, Chairpersons
	8:20 am	Male infertility mini-symposium Craig Niederberger, MD (Chair), Peter Schlegel, MD
	10:00 am	Break
	10:30 am	Workshops (1)
	12:00 pm	Group Lunch
	1:00 pm	Clinical topics 1 William Keye, MD: History of IVF Melinda Henne, MD: Telemedicine and robotics in REI Susan Crockin, JD: Ethics and legal dilemmas – cases "en panel"
	3:00 pm	Break
	3:30 pm	Future technologies Richard Scott, MD: Genomics/transcriptomics update William Schoolcraft, MD: New technologies to address the inefficiency of IVF
	5:00 pm	Adjourn

SATURDAY
	8:15 am	Opening comments
	8:20 am	Fertility preservation minisymposium Juergen Liebermann, PhD; Kutluk Oktay, MD
	10:00 am	Break
	10:30 am	Workshops (2)
	12:00 pm	Group Lunch
	1:00 pm	Clinical topics 2 Mark Bush, MD: IVF protocols: Hyper & hypo-responders, implantation Ruth Lathi, MD: Recurrent pregnancy loss Alan deCherney, MD: An interactive critical review and update of a clinical topic
	2:45 pm	Chris Scott: Stem cells in society
	3:30 pm	Closing comments - audience and chairpersons
	3:45 pm	Adjourn


	Workshops: Registrants attend one on each day of the meeting, on a first-come, first-served basis (8-10 workshops are held both days, most are held on the 2 days, some are single

	Topics to date:
	Egg and Embryo Freezing (B. Behr, PhD)
	Embryo Identify (S. Jasulaitis, RN, MS)
	Legal and Ethical Dilemmas in ART (S. Crockin, JD)
	Optimizing IVF Protocols (M. Bush, MD)
	Optimizing Ultrasound Evaluation (M. Kuuspalu, RT, RDMS; R. Lifchez, RT, RDMS)
	Male Infertility and the Andrology Lab (C. Niederberger, MD)
	Strategies for Reducing Stress (A. Scalia, RN, BSN; J. Campisi, LPN)
	Decision-making and Emotions in IVF (J. Silverman; A Braverman, PhD)
	Using Robotics for REI Surgery (M. Henne, MD)
	What Makes a Good Manuscript (A. DeCherney, MD)