Endometriosis Conference Provider CE Schedule

7:15am On-site Registration and Exhibits

8:00am Welcome and Introduction
Timothy Deimling, MD, Msc, FACOG

8:15 am Pain Management for Endometriosis
Erin Carey, MD
Objectives:
1. Describe the confluence of pain symptoms that women with endometriosis pelvic pain may present with.
2. Integrate evidence-based processes and best practices for the management of endometriosis pelvic pain
3. Outline the benefits and limitation of multi-motile treatments for the management of endometriosis pelvic pain to create a tool kit for clinical practice.

8:50am     Endometriosis & psychiatry: important relationships and treatment implications
David Silver, MD
Objectives
1.  Describe the relationship between endometriosis and depression and /or anxiety?
2.  Discuss the psychiatric interventions that may serve as adjuncts to standard surgical and hormonal treatments for some women with endometriosis
3. Discuss how endometriosis should be fully assessed for optimal treatment

9:25am Coffee Break/Exhibitors

9:35am Adenomyosis: Is It Related?
 Andrea Benton, MD, FACOG 
Objectives:
1. Describe adenomyosis including histopathology and pathogenesis 
2. Review epidemiology and risk factors associated with adenomyosis 
3. Describe the clinical presentation and diagnosis

10:10am    Perspectives: Endometriosis and the Patient Experience
Princess Young and Jill Verdier 
Objectives
1. Appreciate differences between patient and provider goals in care
2. Understand barriers to treatment implementation
3. Identify alternative sources of information about endometriosis management utilized by patients.

10:45am Panel Discussion
  Erin Carey, MD, David Silver, MD, Andrea Benton, MD, FACOG, Princess Young and Jill Verdier

11:30am Lunch

12:30pm Pelvic Pain when the Endometriosis is Gone: The Role of the Central Nervous System
Joseph E. Patruno, MD
Objectives:
1.    Review the pathophysiology and mechanisms of endometriosis related pain
2.    Explain various aspect of both peripheral and central nervous system upregulation in the persistence of endometriosis pain
3.    Evaluate various treatment options to treat persistent "neurogenic" pain and related symptoms in patients with endometriosis

1:05pm Endometriosis and the Adolescent: Early Identification and Management
Carie D'Agata-Burke, MD
Objectives
1. Describe the common presentation of endometriosis in adolescents
2. Understand barriers to diagnosis of endometriosis treatment in adolescents
3. Appreciate the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach in the care of adolescents. 

1:40pm Surgical management of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis; Planning, Preparing and Adapting  
Gerald Harkins, MD, MPT, FACOG
1. Discuss strategies for successful surgical management of complicated endometriosis cases
2.  Discuss surgical planning and intraoperative variations encountered during surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis
3. Discuss surgical management of endometriosis involving ureters, bladder and colon

2:15pm Panel Discussion
Joseph E. Patruno, MD, Carie D'Agata-Burke, MD, Gerald Harkins, MD

2:45pm Closing Remarks
Timothy Deimling, MD, MSc, FACOG

3pm Adjournment