Registration is now open for "Talking the Talk: Communicating with Adolescents About Reproductive Health," which will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at the Providence Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the New England Regional Chapter of the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, in collaboration with the Sylvie Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England.
Conference Course Directors are: Susan Gray, MD, Attending Physician, Martha Eliot Health Center, Adolescent Center, Division of Young Adult and Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston; Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, Division of STD Prevention and HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Atsuko Koyama, MD, Fellow in Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center.
For more information about the conference, click here.
To register for the conference, click here. Register as early as possible, seating is limited.
Posted: September 7, 2011
Breastfeeding in the Bay State Conference
October 18, 2010 at the Massachusetts Medical Society Conference Center
Registration is now open for the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition's 2010 conference which will take place on October 18, 2010. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts chapter of ACOG and U Mass. School of Medicine.
Keynote speaker is Dr. Alison Stuebe of University of North Carolina, Breastfeeding and Maternal Health. For more information or to register, please visit: http://massbreastfeeding.org/index.php/2010/annual-conference-2010/
Sports Concussion & Educational Needs of Students with Brain Injury To be Addressed at BIA-MA’s 2010 Pediatric Brain Injury Conference - October 28th
What: 2010 Pediatric Brain Injury Conference, sponsored by Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA), a private nonprofit association that provides support, prevention, education, and advocacy for individuals with brain injury and their families. The conference is co-sponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Braintree & New England Rehabilitation Hospitals.
Who Should Attend: Educators and medical professionals including teachers, guidance counselors, special needs staff, EMTs, nurses, social workers, case managers, OT/PT therapists, psychologists, athletic directors, coaches, parents, and more.
CEUs are offered in many fields.
When: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:30 am - 4 pm.
Where: Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlboro, MA
Why: This conference will provide information and resources on how to better meet the needs of young people with brain injury at home, in school, and on the sports field.
For more information or to register, go to www.biama.org or call 508-475-0032.
Sponsored by the AAP District I Neonatal-Perinatal Section, the Department of Neonatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
For more information, contact Dara Brodsky, MD or Vincent C. Smith, MD, MPH at 617-667-3276 or at dbrodsky@bidmc.harvard.edu