39th Annual Bruce A. Harris Symposium: Progress in OB/GYN 2014
The specialized needs of female patients require
innovative educational programs on women’s healthcare. Every February, UAB’s
Department of OB/GYN and the Office of Continuing Medical Education team up to sponsor
this opportunity through the Bruce A. Harris
Symposium: Progress in OB/GYN 2014. The purpose of this 2-day conference is
to have leaders in their specialties present evidence-based
interventions or best practices with a focus on providing healthcare
professionals with the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment. The conference steering committee and
presenters design these sessions with a broad range of topics relevant to
women’s healthcare needs.
The February 2014 meeting marked
the 39th annual event and was another success. We had 467 attendees
including obstetricians,
gynecologists, general internists, family practitioners, certified nurse
midwives, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, ultrasound technicians, and
other healthcare professionals. We also had attendees who are still in
school such as OB/GYN residents, nurses from UAB and surrounding Alabama
nursing schools, and UAB Medical School students who are interested in OB/GYN
as a career. In addition to the presentations, there are interactive panel
discussions at the luncheons, as well a number
of posters detailing research in various topics of OB/GYN.
Several UAB Department of OB/GYN
Alumni returned as guest speakers, including Larry Kilgore, MD (University of
Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville), Diane Bodurka, MD (MD Anderson at
Houston), and Rajiv Gala, MD (Oshner Medical Center, New Orleans). Sixty-two alumni attended the meeting with
some being local while others traveled from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Massachusetts to come interact with their colleagues
and former classmates.
The planning for the 40th
Annual Bruce A. Harris Symposium: Progress in OB/GYN will soon begin.
It will be held February 19 – 20, 2015.