Family-centered Pregnancy Care conference
Obstetrics and maternity care conference 2026
- Aug. 26 – 29, 2026 (Wed–Sat)
- St. Louis, MO
- 29.5 Credits
- Member$1045
- Non-Member$1395
- New Physician$995
- Student$755
- Other$1045
Register by August 7, 2026 to save $100!
Family-Centered Pregnancy Care CME puts rapidly evolving evidence into action. It transforms clinical updates into real-world strategies that improve outcomes from preconception through the first post-partum year.
With persistent pregnancy complications on the rise and declining access to pregnancy care, you want education that ensures you can provide safer, more equitable obstetric care. This summer, join other family physicians who share your commitment to improving maternal outcomes for three days of:
- Comprehensive, evidence-based education that spans prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care
- Hot-button topics like substance use in pregnancy, VTE and continuity of care
- Real-world confidence building from hands-on procedural workshops covering cesarean delivery, manual rotation, ultrasound biometry and prenatal ultrasound
- An interactive, in-person format that encourages questions, discussion and reflection
Family-Centered Pregnancy Care CME puts rapidly evolving evidence into action. It transforms clinical updates into real-world strategies that improve outcomes from preconception through the first post-partum year.
With persistent pregnancy complications on the rise and declining access to pregnancy care, you want education that ensures you can provide safer, more equitable obstetric care. This summer, join other family physicians who share your commitment to improving maternal outcomes for three days of:
- Comprehensive, evidence-based education that spans prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care
- Hot-button topics like substance use in pregnancy, VTE and continuity of care
- Real-world confidence building from hands-on procedural workshops covering cesarean delivery, manual rotation, ultrasound biometry and prenatal ultrasound
- An interactive, in-person format that encourages questions, discussion and reflection
Interested in emergency obstetric CME?
Already ALSO current?
Consider the ALSO Instructor training on Aug. 24.
Schedule
6:45 – 7:45 am
Breakfast Provided
7:45 – 8:00 am
Welcome and Overview – Lee T. Dresang, MD
8:00 – 8:45 am
Pregnancy Care in a Time of Change – John Cullen, MD
8:45 – 9:30 am
Family Medicine and the Rural Pregnancy Landscape – Dana Iglesias, MD, MPH
9:30 – 9:45 am
Q&A 1
9:45 – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 – 10:45 am
Before and Beyond: Care Across the Reproductive Life Course – Narges Farahi, MD
10:45 – 11:30 am
Laboratory Tests, Genetic Screening and Imaging in Pregnancy – Susanna Magee, MD, MPH
11:30 – 11:45 am
Q&A 2
11:45 am
Session Adjourns
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Influential Obstetric Publications in the Past Year – Benjamin Huntley, MD
1:45 – 2:30 pm
Counseling Approach and Management Strategies for Pregnancy Losses – Erin Susan Huntley, DO
2:30 – 2:45 pm
Q&A 3
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 3:45 pm
Fewer Cesareans More VBACs – Lee T. Dresang, MD
3:45 – 4:30 pm
Health disparities among indigenous birthing parents – River Cornelius, MD
4:30 – 4:45 pm
Q&A 4
4:45 pm
Recess
6:45 – 7:45 am
Breakfast Provided
7:45 – 8:00 am
Welcome and Overview – Lee T. Dresang, MD
8:00 – 8:45 am
Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy – Jeff Quinlan, MD
8:45 – 9:30 am
Advanced Fetal Monitoring – Susanna Magee, MD, MPH
9:30 – 9:45 am
Q&A 4
9:45 – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 – 10:45 am
Lead Screening: Protecting Maternal and Fetal Health – Allegra Ponshock, MD
10:45 – 11:30 am
Vaccinations in Pregnancy: Its Worth a Shot! – Sarah Tiggelaar, MD, CLC, FAAFP
11:30 – 11:45 am
Q&A 5
11:45 am
Recess
11:45 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
6:45 – 7:45 am
Breakfast Provided
7:45 - 8:00 am
Welcome and Overview – Lee T. Dresang, MD
8:00 – 8:45 am
Obstetrical Violence and Promoting Patient Voice and Autonomy – Dana Iglesias, MD, MPH
8:45 – 9:30 am
THC and Alcohol in Pregnancy – Larry Leeman, MD, MPH
9:30 – 9:45 am
Q&A 7
9:45 – 10:00 am
Faculty Song (no CME credit)
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 – 11:00 am
Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy – Lee T. Dresang, MD
11:00 – 11:45 am
Syphilis in Pregnancy – Rebecca Benko, MD
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Q&A 8
12:00 pm
Recess
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
7:45 - 8:00 am
Welcome and Overview – Lee T. Dresang, MD
8:00 – 8:45 am
Labor Induction Update – Post-ARRIVE, 0smotic Dilators, Outpatient – Larry Leeman, MD, MPH
8:45 – 9:30 am
Medicolegal Lessons for Obstetric Providers: Neonatal Neurologic Injury – Benjamin Huntley, MD
9:30 – 9:45 am
Q&A 9
9:45 – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 – 10:45 am
Mastitis Spectrum: Not Just Another '-Itis' – Sarah Tiggelaar, MD, CLC, FAAFP
10:45 – 11:30 am
Dyad Care in the Fourth Trimester – Narges Farahi, MD
11:30 – 11:45 am
Q&A 10
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Reflections – Day 4
12:00 pm
Adjourn
Clinical procedure workshops (separate registration and fee)
Cesarean Delivery
Rebecca Benko, MD
Thursday, August 27
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm and 4:00-6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define the steps of a cesarean section including evidence-based techniques and strategies to decrease complications and improve outcomes.
- Summarize strategies for caring for patients with higher BMI, adhesions, hemorrhage, and lacerations at cesarean delivery.
- Apply techniques of uterine artery ligation and B-Lynch on simulation surgical models.
Ultrasound Biometry
Lee T. Dresang, MD
Thursday, August 27
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Perform the four biometry measurements needed for estimating the fetal weight in the second and third trimester: biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length.
- List indications for performing fetal biometry.
- Diagnose and manage fetal growth restriction and fetal macrosomia.
Management of Breech Presentation
Larry Leeman, MD, MPH
Thursday, August 27
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Accurately diagnose breech presentation at 35-36 weeks.
- Offer or refer for external cephalic version for breech at early term time.
- Manage emergency vaginal breech delivery including use of upright positions and maneuvers to resolve complications during vaginal breech birth.
Prenatal Ultrasound (Biophysical Profile/Amniotic Fluid Assessment/First Trimester Dating)
Lee T. Dresang, MD
Thursday, August 27
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- List indications for performing biophysical profile, amniotic fluid assessment and first trimester dating.
- Perform biophysical profile, amniotic fluid assessment and first trimester dating.
- Understand how to interpret and use performing biophysical profile, amniotic fluid assessment and first trimester dating.
Osteopathy in Pregnancy
Sarah James, DO, FACOFP
Thursday, August 27
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the use of osteopathic manipulative medicine to treat pregnancy-related symptoms through an evidence-based case-based approach.
- Demonstrate manipulative techniques to assist women with the discomforts of pregnancy.
- Describe the components of documentation, billing, and coding for osteopathic manipulation treatment.
Manual Rotation
Lee T. Dresang, MD
Friday, August 28
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm and 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the presence of the occiput posterior (OP) position during late pregnancy, and during first and second stages of labor. Diagnose a persistent OP using ultrasound.
- Teach women with persistent OP position up to three position changes that may provide relief of back pain and possibly assist in correction of the malposition.
- Demonstrate proper techniques of manual rotation of the persistent OP position during stage two when the fetus is at a +2 station and vertex presentation.
Ballon Therapy for Labor Induction and Hemorrhage Management
Susanna Magee, MD
Friday, August 28
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Assess the evidence surrounding use of balloon therapy as tools for induction of labor (single vs double balloon, duration of placement, etc).
- Insert Foley or Cook Catheter for labor induction.
- Utilize appropriate treatment for postpartum hemorrhage.
Repair of Third/Fourth Degree Perineal Lacerations
Lawrence M. Leeman, MD, MPH (Lead)
Friday, August 28
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm and 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Perform a detailed and accurate postpartum perineal examination.
- Use current evidence-based techniques to repair 3rd and 4th-degree lacerations.
- Describe optimal postpartum care for women with 3rd and 4th-degree perineal lacerations.
Nonpharmacologic Labor Pain Management
Faculty TBD
Friday, August 28
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Price: $200
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the psychoemotional and basic physiologic measures that provide comfort and reduce stress for people in labor.
- Identify evidence-based strategies for reducing pain and stress for people in labor.
- Consider the integration of at least four non-pharmacologic techniques for reducing stress and pain in labor into practice.
Hotel
St. Louis, MO 63108
Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza
- Fitness center
- Swimming pool
- Guest room Wifi
Rate: $195 + current tax rate
Make a hotel reservation. Accommodation Cutoff: July 24, 2026
Phone: (314) 633-3000