Please join us for a workshop for healthcare providers who work with families experiencing perinatal loss in hospitals of West Virginia on May 5th in Flatwoods, WV   Event Runs from 10am-3pm at the Days Inn and Suites Conference Center. Registration starts at 9:30am. Cinco de Mayo Buffet Lunch provided. Agenda Topics Include: Caring for Bereaved Families Care of Siblings in ... Read More

Join us for a three day seminar to advance safe and healthy pregnancies, births, and early parenting through evidence-base education and advocacy. The purpose of the Lamaze Childbirth Education Seminar is to enable learners to develop the knowledge and skills to plan, facilitate, and evaluate a childbirth education program. This seminar is an Accredited Childbirth Educator Program of Lamaze International ... Read More

Register in advance: https://wvumdtv.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1qgHAWP6Tu30cn9rv0NlA     Speaker: Timothy Lefeber, MD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics West Virginia University School of Medicine    This presentation will discuss the important role the pediatric provider plays in helping parents and caregivers understand the harmful effects of second and third hand smoke on babies and young children.  It also features information on how to help ... Read More

Speakers: Wanda M. Hembree MD, FACOG, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia University School of Medicine Liz Cohen, MSW, LCSW-Director Women’s Mental Health & Wellness Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Virginia University School of Medicine The Help2Quit program, a project of the WV Perinatal Partnership aims to improve birth outcomes by reducing smoking before, during and ... Read More

kick off meeting has been cancelled.  A series of virtual meetings and webinars will be conducted in place of the fact to fact meeting.  Dates to be announced. Questions? Contact Melanie Riley at rileym@marshall.edu   WV Perinatal Partnership Hypertension Bundle Kick-Off, is generously supported by WV DHHR, the WV Higher Education Policy Commission and ACOG.

OB/GYN Grand Rounds - 7am in the Nerhood Conference Room at Marshall University Presentation by Dr. Wanda Hembree and Liz Cohen, LICSW Join Zoom Meeting: https://marshallsecure.zoom.us/j/95665667550

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The 4th Trimester: Inequity in Understanding, Reaching, and Supporting Maternal Health Presented by: Alison Stuebe, MD MSc FACOG FABM, UNC School of Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology When: Friday February 12, 2021 12-1pm Objectives: Discuss the developmental and evolutionary rationale for the “4th Trimester” Review the prevalence of unmet maternal health needs Describe how structural racism and implicit bias contribute to ... Read More

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: The Eat, Sleep, Console Approach Presented by Matthew Grossman, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine Pediatric Hospitalist and Quality and Safety Officer, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital March 2, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Via GoTo Webinar The Eat, Sleep and Console approach emphasizes keeping the mother-infant dyad together in a calm setting ... Read More

Join us in taking a look at West Virginia's current 'landscape of breastfeeding' and learn how we can bridge the gap between delivering hospitals and outpatient care. This webinar will serve as a Kick-Off for the WVBA Breastfeeding Training and Education plan which promises include "something for everyone" protecting, promoting, and supporting new families in WV! Speakers: Anne Eglash, MD, ... Read More

Registration is complimentary and lunch will be provided. Hands on labor support techniques Bring tools for labor & labor charts back to your hospital Workbook will be furnished What participants will gain: Upon completion of the program, learners will have: Increased confidence among participants that the supportive care they provide during labor and birth is evidence-based. Strategies for implementing evidence-based ... Read More