The 40th Annual Conference on Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Multi-specialties, and the Law

The 40th Annual Conference on Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Multi-specialties, and the Law is organized by Center for Human Genetics and will be held from Jan 02 - 07, 2025 at The Royal Sonesta San Juan, Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States of America.

Description:
The specific goals of these conferences are to
• Teach healthcare professionals to better comprehend the machinations of negligence law, and to develop a more complete awareness of the need for anticipatory and safety practice
• Teach legal professionals about the complex issues encountered in the practice of medicine, including the intricacies of decision-making, aiming to sharpen their understanding on behalf of their clients, both plaintiff and defense.
Once again, an extraordinary experienced and superb faculty has been assembled for the 40th anniversary conference that will be important to all the specialties mentioned, including nurse practitioners, trial attorneys, in-house counsel, pediatricians, primary care physicians, insurers and claims personnel, risk managers and all providers of health care.

The specific goals of these conferences are to:

• Teach healthcare professionals to better comprehend the machinations of negligence law, and to develop a more complete awareness of the need for anticipatory and safety practice
• Teach legal professionals about the complex issues encountered in the practice of medicine, including the intricacies of decision-making, aiming to sharpen their understanding on behalf of their clients, both plaintiff and defense.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this conference, healthcare professionals will be able to articulate the role of law and lawyers in medical malpractice lawsuits and discuss the complexities of the legal process.
At the conclusion of this conference, legal professionals will be able to describe the best-evidence in medical malpractice as it pertains to standards of expected care in obstetrics, gynecology, midwifery, neonatology, medicine, surgery, family medicine, emergency medicine, cardiology, radiology, and human genetics.

Major Topics Include:
• Genes, Neurodevelopmental disorders, L & D 
• Genetic Testing in Alleged HIE 
• Cerebral Palsy 
• Medical and Legal Consequences of the History not Taken 
• Brain Injury in the Preterm Infant 
• Timing Brain Injury in the Term Infant 
• Safety in the NICU 
• Out of Hospital Births 
• Patient Safety 
• Genetics in Court 
• MRI and HIE
• Telemedicine and Liability
• Post-Natal Collapse
• Nursing Intervention
• Post-Partum Hemorrhage
• Error of Judgement or Medical Negligence
• Cancer, Genetics, and Liability
• Insights from Obstetric Malpractice 
• Management of Labor 
• Risk Stratification of Labor and Delivery  
• Vaginal Delivery of Twins 
• Amniotic Fluid and Pulmonary Embolism 
• Cervical Cerclage and Progesterone 
• Shoulder Dystocia Prediction 
• Post-partum Cardiomyopathy 
• Documenting an Obstetrical Emergency 
• Gynecology and the Law 
• Iatrogenic Urinary Incontinence 
• Pelvic Mesh and Litigation 
• Urologic Standards of Care and Liability 
• Uterine Contraction Patterns
• High-Risk Preterm Delivery