Midlife Women's Health 2023: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Care

Description

Midlife Women’s Health 2023 provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the care of menopausal women. Advances in research, technology, and pharmacology increase options available for midlife women, but this rapidly changing knowledge-base presents a challenge for clinicians. Care for women at this stage of life is optimized by education on a range of medical concerns provided by experts from a wide variety of medical specialties. Given demographic changes in the US population, midlife women are becoming an increasingly important group served by health care professionals, with needs that cross many areas of medical expertise.

In this educational activity, a multidisciplinary group of experts from Massachusetts General Hospital will present on the evaluation and management of mood disorders, cancer survivorship, skin health, recurrent UTIs, obesity, cardiovascular health, transgender medicine, early menopause, menopausal hormone therapy, and novel non-hormonal options for hot flashes to assist clinicians in caring for their midlife patients.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for physicians and advance practice nurses in primary care, gynecology, general surgery, internal medicine, endocrinology, psychiatry, gynecological oncology, cardiology, and preventive medicine who provide care to midlife women. Physicians and advance practice nurses in-training also are encouraged to attend.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Formulate a strategy to optimize care of cancer survivors after menopause
2. Employ a greater understanding of transgender health to optimize midlife care
3. Evaluate and treat recurrent urinary tract infections in aging women
4. Integrate digital innovation to improve cardiovascular health outcomes in midlife women
5. Recognize midlife mood disorders and optimize care
6. Utilize behavioral and pharmacologic strategies to manage obesity at midlife
7. Integrate education and strategies to optimize the perimenopausal transition
8. Assess a midlife woman’s risk of skin aging and guide her in utilizing available treatment options
9. Utilize NK3-receptor antagonists as a novel and effective treatment for hot flashes once available
10. Evaluate symptomatic midlife women for menopausal hormone therapy, incorporating an individualized assessment of risks and benefits

Friday, May 12, 2023

7:45 a.m. - Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Jan Shifren, MD, NCMP

8:00 a.m. - Cancer Survivorship & Lifestyle Medicine

Amy Comander, MD

8:45 a.m. - Transgender Medicine at Midlife

Jenny Siegel, MD

9:30 a.m. - Recurrent UTIs in Aging Women: Evaluation & Management

May Wakamatsu, MD
Jacob Lazarus, MD, PhD

10:15 a.m. - BREAK

10:30 a.m. - Digital Innovation for Improving Cardiovascular Health Outcomes in Midlife Women

Kaavya Paruchuri, MD

11:15 a.m. - Managing Midlife Mood Mayhem

Marlene Freeman, MD

12:00 p.m. - LUNCH BREAK

1:00 p.m. - Pharmacologic Treatment Options of Obesity

Klara Rosenquist, MD

1:45 p.m. - Early Menopause: Strategies to Reduce Risk

Carey York-Best, MD

2:30 p.m. - Keeping Skin Healthy as the Clock Ticks

Sandy Tsao, MD

3:15 p.m. - BREAK

3:30 p.m. - Keynote Presentation: NK3-R Antagonists: Novel & Effective Treatment for Hot Flashes

Susan Reed, MD, MPH

4:15 p.m. - Everything You Wanted to Know About Hormone Therapy, But Were Afraid to Ask

Linda Kelly, DNP, ANP-BC
Deborah Kwolek, MD
Isaac Schiff, MD
Sujata Somani, MD

5:00 p.m. - Adjournment

Jan Shifren, MD, NCMP - Course Director

Director, Midlife Women’s Health Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Vincent Trustees Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM

Medical Director, Mass General Cancer Center - Waltham
Director, Breast Oncology Program, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Director, Lifestyle Medicine at Mass General Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Marlene Freeman, MD

Associate Director, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health
Medical Director, Mass General Clinical Trials Network and Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Linda Kelly, DNP, ANP-BC, NCMP

Nursing Director, Midlife Women's Health Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Deborah Kwolek, MD, FACP, NCMP

Mass General Medical Group
Lead, Women's Health and Sex- and Gender-Based Medicine Program
Director, Women's Health Resident Rotation, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chair, Women and Medicine Commission, Society of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jacob Lazarus, MD, PhD

Department of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Kaavya Paruchuri, MD

Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Susan Reed, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Research Director, Women's Reproductive Health Research Program
Professor Emeritus and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Adjunct Emeritus Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Klara Rosenquist, MD

Mass General Weight Center
Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Isaac Schiff, MD

Chief Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, Mass General Midlife Women's Health Center
Joe Vincent Meigs Distinguished Professor of Gynecology, Harvard Medical School

Jenny Siegel, MD

Medical Director, Transgender Health Program, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Sujata Somani, MD, NCMP

Medical Director, Midlife Women's Health Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Sandy Tsao, MD

Director, Pigmentary Disorders and Multi-Ethnic Skin Program, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

May Wakamatsu, MD

Director, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Carey York-Best, MD

Division Director, Benign Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

Course Tuition

Before March 31, 2023

After March 31, 2023

Cancellation Policy

Registrations cancelled on or before March 31, 2023, will be refunded, less a $35 administrative fee. Registrations cancelled after March 31, 2023, will not be refunded.

Contact partnerscpd@partners.org if you require assistance in cancelling your online registration.

Please contact our Course Coordinator at MGHMidlifeCenter@mgh.harvard.edu prior to the event to assist you with any special needs.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.