2024 Maternal Fetal Medicine Colloquium

Approved for RANZCOG CPD Domains & hours: EA: 3.5 hours

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Thursday 17 October 2024 

Maternal Fetal Medicine Colloquium  

08.00 Registration | Level 2
Room Grand Ballroom 1 
08.30 – 08.35 Welcome
08.35 – 10.00 Genetics – variations (in practice) of uncertain significance
Chair Dr Willem Gheysen
08.35 – 08.55 Abnormal chromosomal screening: When to CVS, when to amnio? Safety, utility

Dr Noha Elserafy  

08.55 – 09.15 Carrier screening: Early findings from Mackenzie’s Mission, lessons for the future

Professor Edwin Kirk

09.15 – 09.35 WES/WGS: What should we do, antenatal vs postnatal, what are we finding?

Dr Jason Pinner 

09.35 – 10.00 Panel Discussion
10.00 – 10.30 Morning Tea | Level 2 Foyer 
10.30 – 11.30 Infections in pregnancy – everything old is new again  
Room Grand Ballroom 1
Chair Dr Wendy Carseldine
10.30 – 10.45 CMV antivirals and registry

Professor Lisa Hui  

10.45 – 11.00 Toxoplasma

Dr Antonia Shand

11.00 – 11.15 CMV + toxo lab-based issues

Professor Bill Rawlinson

11.15 – 11.30 Panel Discussion:
Difficult clinical situations
When to conceive again
Management of IgM reactivation
11.30 – 12.25 MFM training 
Chair Dr Laura Gerhardy
11.30 – 11.45 Recent changes to training in Aust/NZ

Dr Wendy Carseldine

11.45 – 12.00 Different approaches to reaching the CMFM goal

Dr Ailsa Borbolla Foster & Dr Amanda Lazzaro

12.00 – 12.25 Local and global MFM training perspectives

Dr Emma Ellis (Parry)
Dr Lay-Kok Tan

12.25 – 12.30 Closing and thanks