ABOUT
The High Risk Pregnancy conference in San Antonio, Texas, is a unique meeting bringing together cardiologists, maternal fetal-medicine specialists, and obstetric providers involved in caring for the pregnant patient with heart disease. Currently, cardiovascular disease is one of the highest causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. It is also a time when interdisciplinary management between primary care providers, obstetricians, certified nurse midwives, nurses, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and cardiologists is critical. This CME program is designed to help all providers to better recognize, counsel, and refer women with cardiovascular conditions before pregnancy; and for all providers who encounter pregnant women with cardiovascular disease to better manage them for safer outcomes. CME, CNE and Ethics credit will be available.
OUR SPONSORS
The Charles Conrad Brown and Anna Sahm Brown Distinguished Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
GUEST SPEAKERS
Lauren Javernick, MD
OB/GYN Resident
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Allison Moreno, BSN, RNC-OB
Maternal OB Nurse, Maternal Transport “Stork One” Team Leader
University Health System
San Antonio, TX
Gabriel Moreno BSN, RN
Medical Critical Care Nurse
San Antonio, TX
S. Michelle Ogunwole, MD
General Internal Medicine Research Fellow
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Patricia M. Witcher, MSN, RNC-OB
Clinical Outcomes Manager, Women’s Services
Northside Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Katherine W. Arendt, MD
Division Chair and Associate Practice Chair Department of Anesthesiology
Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Dennis M. McNamara, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Director, Heart Failure/ Transplantation Program
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Lisa M. Hollier, MD, MPH
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Immediate Past President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Dianne L. Zwicke, MD, FACP, FCCP, FACC
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Staff Physician, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinics
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
FACULTY SPEAKERS
Allen S. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Janey & Dolph Briscoe Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Institute
Janey Briscoe Distinguished University Chair in Cardiovascular Research
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Angela R. Boyd, MD, PhD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
L. Paulina Cardenas, MD, FASA
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Sarah M. Page-Ramsey, MD
Professor, Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Rachel W. Vandermeer, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
