Medical Conference 2013: The American Perspective

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Advancing the Science and Surgery of Endometriosis 2013

Einhorn Auditorium at Lenox Hill Hospital

Speakers & Faculty

131 E. 76th Street | between Park & Lex
New York City

Honorary Chairs
Dan Martin, MD
Serdar Bulun, MD

Program Chair
Tamer Seckin, MD | Founder Endofound

Scientific Program Chairs
Harry Reich, MD
CY Liu, MD

Arnold Advincula MD

Arnold Wilson PhD

Avner Hershlag MD

Ayse Ayhan MD, PhD

Charles Miller MD

Cy Liu MD

Dan Martin MD

David Adamson, MD

David Keefe MD

David Levine MD

Donna Kesselman MD

Franklin Loffer MD

Harry Reich MD

Heather Guidone

Iris Orbuch MD

Jamie Grifo MD. PhD.

Jaime Knopman MD

Jon Einarsson MD

Kathy Huang MD

Keith Isaacson MS

Ken R.Sinervo MD

Linda Griffith PhD

Lone Hummelshoj

Maurice Chung R.Ph. MD

Mauricio Abrao, MD

Michael Lewis MD

Neena Agarwala MD

Rebecca Chodroff MD

Rosanne Kho MD

Samuel Levin MD

Serdar Bulun MD

Stacey A. Missmer ScD

Tamer Seckin MD

Ted Lee MD

Tomar Singer MD

Victor Gomel MD

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013

Future Fertility of Women with Endometriosis

The Patient Outreach Program will focus on the overall quality of life issues for women with endometriosis and fertility problems.

The morning session will feature reproductive specialists and excision surgeons who will discuss preserving fertility by egg freezing and egg banking as a rational option for women who are diagnosed with endometriosis. They will also discuss the importance of timely surgical intervention for preserving the ovaries.

Quality of Life with Endometriosis

The afternoon session will include education and awareness on all aspects of endometriosis including discussion of symptoms that disrupt everyday life including pelvic pain, gastrointestinal discomfort, problems sleeping, painful sex and dietary issues. Additional topics will include; avoiding pain medication dependence, understanding the psychology of pain, the surgical options, natural remedies, hormone replacement and tips for seeking the best help.

Both sessions to be followed by an expert panel discussion and a Q & A.

Lunch will be served for participants.
Open to the public. Press invited.
Free of charge. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013

Improving Your Endometriosis Surgery

Learn to Excise Peritoneum and Deep Nodules, Reconstruct and Repair Bowel, Ureter, and Bladder.

This is first ever meeting exclusively covering endometriosis excision surgery as a postgraduate course for improving skills. Endometriosis surgery in early stages of the disease can be as challenging as advanced stage surgeries because in the early stages there is often partial and improper treatment of the disease. This leads to a need for repeated interventions.

Endometriosis surgery is unlike any diagnostic infertility procedure or oncologic surgery. It requires meticulous surgical skills with experience to precisely remove all lesions, and it's generally a long surgery. Guided by microsurgical principles, delicate tissue is excised using scrupulous hemostatic techniques under magnification.

In the afternoon there will be a hands-on suturing lab with didactics and practice with faculty.

Lunch will be served for participants.
Postgraduate course is open to physicians, surgeons, residents and fellows
$100 Pre-registration required.

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013

American Perspective on Endometriosis 2013

The last three years the Endometriosis Foundation of America (Endofound) has successfully addressed three major chapters in endometriosis care beginning with "Stem Cells to Excision Surgery" in 2010, "Sex and Endometriosis, Seriously" in 2011, and "Endometriosis, The Next Generation" in 2012. Now, we are prepared to open an honest dialogue on the "American Perspective" -- examining where the American healthcare system currently stands on treating women with endometriosis and looking at opportunities to make it better.

How can we implement curriculum changes from high school to medical school?
How can we prevent the delay of diagnosis? How can we offer the best treatment?
How do we get American's to recognize endometriosis as a disease rather than a condition? How can we prevent "miss & hit" surgeries?

World renowned experts and master surgeons, together with scientists, will discuss their thoughts on these and many more questions.

Keynote Speakers:
Dan Martin, MD "Recognition of Endometriosis - Historical and Current Concepts."
Serdar Bulun, MD "Endometriosis Research: from Sampson to the 21st Century"

For General Information, Please Contact
conference@endofound.org
(201) 941-6064

PROGRAM

Endometriosis 2013: The American Perspective
Saturday \| March 9, 2013
Patient and Public Education Day From Fertilty to Quality of Life
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Tamer Seckin, MD
The Patient Outreach Program will focus on the overall quality of life issues for women with endometriosis and fertility problems. The morning session will feature reproductive specialists and excision surgeons who will discuss preserving fertility by egg freezing and egg banking as a rational option for women who are diagnosed with endometriosis. They will also discuss the importance of timely surgical intervention for preserving the ovaries.

Time	Topic
9:00am – 9:30am	Continental Breakfast \| Faculty Meet & Greet
9:30am – 9:40am	Welcome Remarks Update on Endometriosis Foundation of America	Tamer Seckin, MD
SESSION I Fertility Considerations When You Have Endometriosis Program Chairs: Avner Hershlag, MD \| Victor Gomel, MD
9:40am – 10:00am	What is the Greatest Gift I Gave to my Daughter?	Victor Gomel, MD
10:00am – 10:20am	Egg Banking: Buying Reproductive Insurance	Avner Hershlag, MD
10:20am – 10:40am	Egg Freezing as an Option for Endometriosis Patients	Jamie Grifo, MD
10:40am – 11:00am	Fertility Concious Endometriosis Surgery	Tamer Seckin, MD
11:00am – 11:20am	Early Pregnancy Outcomes for Women with Endometriosis	Jamie Knopman, MD
11:20am – 11:30am	Refreshment Break
11:00am – 11:20am	Panel Discussion \| Q&A Panelists: Session I Speakers & Chairs	Moderator: Lone Hummelshoj
12:30pm – 1:30pm	LUNCH SERVICE "My Endometriosis Experience" \| Guest Speaker: Lizzie O'Leary
SESSION II Endometriosis & Quality of Life Program Chairs: Heather Guidone \| C.Y. Liu, MD
The afternoon session will include education and awareness on all aspects of endometriosis including discussion of symptoms that disrupt everyday life.
1:30pm – 1:50pm	When IBS is Really Endometriosis on the Bowel	Ken Sinervo, MD
1:50pm – 2:10pm	Endometriosis & Painful Sex	Lone Hummelshoj
2:10pm – 2:30pm	Drug Use or Abuse? The Need for Responsible Pain Management	Donna Kesselman, MD
2:30pm – 2:50pm	Endometriosis & Mind: Psychology of Pain	Arnold Wilson, PhD
2:50pm – 3:10pm	Current Research Priorities in Endometriosis	Stacey Missmer, PhD
3:10pm – 3:20pm	Refreshment Break
3:20pm – 4:00pm	Panel Discussion \| Q&A \| Moderator: Lone Hummelshoj Panelists: Session II Speakers, Chairs, Dan Martin MD, Karlene ChinQuee MD
4:00pm – 4:10pm	Closing Remarks & Adjournment	Lone Hummelshoj
Faculty & Agenda Subject to Change.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013

Endometriosis 2013: The American Perspective
Sunday \| March 10, 2013
Postgraduate Course: "Improving Your Endometriosis Surgery"
This course is designed for residents, fellows, and practicing physicians who want to advance their laparoscopic suturing skills. A specially constructed teaching methodology, with distinct emphasis on relative hand positions and movements, allows the participants to follow step-by-step a virtual laparoscopic suturing. The faculty will closely observe and correct any mistakes. The goal is for those practicing to be able to learn the latest suturing skills and immediately be able to transfer them to the operating room.
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Tamer Seckin, MD

Time	Topic	Speaker
8:00am –9:00am	Continental Breakfast \| Faculty Meet & Greet
9:00am – 9:15am	Welcome Remarks Improving Your Endometriosis Surgery & Rationale for Excision Surgery	Tamer Seckin, MD
9:15am – 9:45am	Endometriosis & Look Alike Lesions: Laparoscopic Appearance, Histology, Palpable, Non-Visual Lesions, Hidden Lesions	Dan Martin, MD
SESSION I VIDEO LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS Moderator: Kathy Huang, MD
9:45am - 9:55am	Rationale for Excision Surgery \| Tamer Seckin, MD
9:55am - 10:05am	Microsurgical Principles & Techniques for Excising Endometriosis \| Victor Gomel, MD
10:05am - 10:15am	Managing Endometriosis of Bowel \| Elizabeth Poyner MD, PhD
10:15am - 10:25am	Endometriosis on the Pelvic Side Wall, Ureter & Bladder \| CY Liu, MD
10:25am - 10:35am	Frozen Pelvis & Stage 4 Endometriosis \| Ted Lee, MD
10:35am - 10:45am	Robotic Retroperitoneal Anatomy \| Rosanne Kho, MD
10:45am – 11:00am	Refreshment
11:00am - 11:10am	Hysterectomy in Patients with Severe Endometriosis \| Arnold Advincula, MD
11:10am - 11:20am	Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis & Interstitial Cystitis \| Maurice Chung, MD
11:20am - 11:30am	How to Manage Endometrioma of the Ovary \| Farr Nezhat, MD
11:30am - 11:40am	How Endometriosis Affects Patient Fertility \| Tomar Singer, MD
11:40am - 11:50am	Fibroids and Endometriosis: When to Treat, What to Treat \| Kathy Huang, MD
12:30pm – 1:00pm	LUNCH SERVICE
1:00pm – 1:30pm	Practical Management of Endometriosis		Serdar Bulun, MD
11:50am - 12:30pm	Q&A/Discussion
SESSION II HANDS ON LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURE LAB (Einhorn Auditorium) Limited to 40 Participants Program Chairs: Ted Lee, MD \| CY Liu, MD Faculty: Neena Agarwala MD, Hayama Brill MD, Kathy Huang MD, Michael Lewis MD, Iris Orbuch MD, Laurence Orbuch MD
1:30pm – 4:45pm	This course is designed for residents, fellows and practicing physicians who want to advance their laparoscopic suturing skills. With specially constructed teaching methodology, and emphasis on relative hand positions and movements, participants will be able to follow step by step in virtual laparoscopic suturing.
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Refreshment Break
4:45pm – 5:00pm	Closing Remarks & Adjournment		Tamer Seckin, MD
SUTURE LAB SPONSORS: Karl Storz Endoscopy \| Covidien \| Ethicon Endo

Faculty & Agenda Subject to Change.
Pre-registration is required for each day. Members of the medical community may sign-up for one or both days of the Two-Day Medical Conference for $100 a day or for the discounted fee of $150 for both days. Attendees on all both days will have access to all educational lectures and discussion groups plus continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments.

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013

Monday \| March 11, 2013 - Annual Main Congress Day Endometriosis 2013: The American Perspective
The Endometriosis Foundation of America (Endofound) addressed three major chapters in endometriosis care over the last three years beginning with "Stem Cells to Excision Surgery" in 2010, "Sex and Endometriosis, Seriously" in 2011, and "Endometriosis, The Next Generation" in 2012. Now, we open an honest dialogue on the "Endometriosis 2013: American Perspective" -- examining our own American healthcare system -- its failures and its successes treating endometriosis.
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Tamer Seckin, MD, FACILITATOR: Lone Hummelshoj
SESSION I Program Chairs: Michael Divon, MD \| Victor Gomel, MD \| Avner Hershlag, MD

Time	Topic	Speaker
7:30am – 8:00am	Continental Breakfast \| Faculty Meet & Greet
8:00am – 8:10am	Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Michael Divon	Tamer Seckin, MD
8:10am – 8:20am	Recognition of AAGL Support	Franklin Loffer, MD
8:20am – 8:30am	Challenges We Confront with Endometriosis Surgery	Harry Reich, MD
8:30am – 9:00am	KEYNOTE: Endometriosis Research: From Sampson to the 21st Century	Serdar Bulun, MD
9:00am – 9:15am	Fertility Options for Women with Endometriosis	Avner Hershlag, MD
9:15am – 9:30am	Fertility Surgery for Endometriosis: Critical Review	Charles Miller, MD
9:30am – 9:45am	Economic Burden of Endometriosis Infertility Treatment in the United States	David Adamson, MD
9:45am – 10:00am	Refreshment Break
SESSION II Program Chairs: CY Liu, MD \| Harry Reich, MD \| Juan Salgado-Morales, MD
10:00am – 10:30am	KEYNOTE Recognition of Endometriosis: Historical and Current Concepts	Dan Martin, MD
10:45am – 11:00am	American Perspective: The Challenge of Deep Fibrotic & Infiltrative Endometriosis	Ted Lee, MD
11:00am – 11:15am	Prevention of Unintended Consequences and Complications of Deep Endometriosis Surgery- Importance of Multidisciplinary Approach	Tamer Seckin, MD
11:15am – 11:30am	Endometriosis is Not a Benign Disease	Michael Beste, PhD
11:30am – 11:45am	Endometriosis: The Impact of Research in the Clinical Practice	Mauricio Abrao, MD
11:45am – 12:30pm	LUNCH SERVICE Q&A with Speakers
SESSION III Program Chairs: Maurice Chung, MD \| CY Liu, MD \| Tomar Singer, MD
12:30pm – 12:45pm	The Role of Medical Therapy After Surgery		Jon Einarsson, MD
12:45pm – 1:00pm	Pros & Cons of Robotics Tool in Endometriosis Surgery		Arnold Advincula, MD
1:00pm – 1:15pm	Pelvic Sidewall Surgery for Ovarian Remnant Syndrome & Endometriosis		Rosanne Kho, MD
1:15pm – 1:30pm	Adenomyosis		Keith Isaacson, MD
1:30pm – 1:45pm	Molecular Events in Endometriosis-Related Ovarian Cancers: ARID1A Chromatin Remodeling Factor		Ayse Ayhan, MD, PhD
1:45pm – 2:00pm	Cancer Arising from Endometriosis: Its Significance for Your Practice		Farr Nezhat, MD
2:00pm – 2:15pm	A Report from the Front Lines of Personalized Reproductive Medicine		Rebecca Chodroff, PhD
2:15pm – 2:30pm	New Data About Telomeres and Endometriosis		David Keefe, MD
2:30pm – 2:45pm	Beyond Molecules and Robotics– the Future Treatment of Endometriosis		Ceana Nezhat, MD
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Discussion on Consensus Endometriosis 2013		Harry Reich, MD
3:00pm – 3:15pm	Closing Remarks		Tamer Seckin, MD
Faculty & Agenda Subject to Change.

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Disclaimer: The opinions shared by each of our panelists and speakers belong to each of them respectively and
may not accurately reflect the beliefs of the EndoFound organization as a whole.

PROGRAM

Endometriosis 2013: The American Perspective

Endometriosis 2013: The American Perspective

Monday | March 11, 2013 - Annual Main Congress Day

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