13th Annual Hudson Valley Regional Perinatal Public Health Conference

 “New Concepts in Maternal Health, Fetal Monitoring, and Breastfeeding’s Impact on the Microbiome”

 Location: DoubleTree by Hilton
455 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY

 Wednesday, November 5, 2014
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

 Registration now open
Early Bird Rate Until October 10^th
(see here for details)

The Pediatric Grand Rounds at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center: 
8:00 am Speaker
Katherine E. Gregory, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Senior Nurse Scientist, Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

 Keynote Speakers:

Katherine E. Gregory, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School, Senior Nurse Scientist
Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

"Feeding our Babies and their Bugs: The Importance of Breastmilk to the Development of the Infant Microbiome and Immune Health"

Gail Christopher, DN
Vice President for Policy and Senior Advisor, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
“Determinants of The Life Course: An Emerging Framework for Maternal and Child Health”

 Guest speakers include:
Edmund La Gamma, MD, FAAP
Chief, Regional Neonatal Center at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital 
Westchester Medical Center
 
Yvonne S. Thornton, MD, MPH, FACOG, FACS
Perinatologist, Westchester Medical Center
 
Frank Manning, MD
Associate Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Westchester Medical Center
 
Rebecca Russell, MPH
Director, Perinatal Data Center, March of Dimes