• Family-Centered Pregnancy Care

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    St. Louis, Missouri

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    Wednesday, August 26—Saturday, August 29, 2026

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    Credits Pending

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    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

    New topics for 2026: Delve into key obstetric publications, rural pregnancy care and health disparities among Indigenous birthing parents. See all topics.

    Registration Pricing

    Register by August 7, 2026 to save $100!

    AAFP Member: $1,045
    AAFP New Physician Member: $995
    AAFP Student or Resident Member: $755
    Other Health Care Professional: $1,045
    Nonmember: $1,395

    Interested in obstetric emergency CME? 

    Come a day early for Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) training on Aug. 25. This course complements your learning by sharpening emergency readiness through team-based, standardized approaches to obstetric care.  
     
    Already ALSO current?
    Consider the ALSO Instructor training on Aug. 24.

    Learn more at aafp.org. 

     


    Day 1 – Wednesday, August 26

    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

    Day 2 – Thursday, August 27

    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

    Day 2 – Thursday, August 27 - Clinical Procedure Workshops
    (separate registration and fee required)

    1:30 – 3:30 pm (Register for One)

    Cesarean Delivery
    Rebecca Benko, MD, FAAFP (Lead) Assisting: Cornelius, Magee, Ponshock, Quinlan

    Ultrasound Biometry
    Lee T. Dresang, MD (Lead), Assisting: Cullen, B. Huntley, E. Huntley, Hemba, Keegan-Garrett

    Breech Delivery
    Larry Leeman, MD, MPH (Lead), Assisting: Farahi, Iglesias, Tiggelaar

    4:00 – 6:00 pm (Register for One)

    Cesarean Delivery
    Rebecca Benko, MD, FAAFP (Lead) Assisting: Cornelius, Magee, Ponshock, Quinlan

    Prenatal Ultrasound
    Lee T. Dresang, MD (Lead), Assisting: Farahi, Keegan-Garrett, Leeman, Magee, Quinlan, Tiggelaar

    Osteopathy in Pregnancy
    Sarah James, DO, FACOFP, Assisting: Cornelius, Hemba, Local CNM TBD

    Day 3 – Friday, August 28

    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

    Day 3 – Friday, August 28 - Clinical Procedure Workshops
    (separate registration and fee required)

    1:30 – 3:30 pm (Register for One)

    Manual Rotation
    Lee T. Dresang, MD (Lead), Assisting: Benko, Cullen, Keegan-Garrett, Quinlan

    Ballon Therapy for Labor Induction and Hemorrhage Management
    Susanna Magee, MD (Lead), Assisting: Farahi, Iglesias, James, Ponshock, Tiggelaar

    Repair of Third/Fourth Degree Perineal Lacerations
    Larry Leeman, MD, MPH (Lead), Assisting: Cornelius, B. Huntley, E.l Huntley, Hemba, Local CNM

    4:00 – 6:00 pm (Register for One)

    Manual Rotation
    Lee T. Dresang, MD (Lead), Assisting: Cornelius, B. Huntley, Magee, Quinlan, Tiggelaar

    Nonpharmacologic Labor Pain Management
    Local CNM (Lead), Assisting: Cullen, James, Keegan-Garrett, Local FP TBD

    Repair of Third/Fourth Degree Perineal Lacerations
    Larry Leeman, MD, MPH (Lead), Assisting: Benko, Farahi, Hemba, E. Huntley, Iglesias, Ponshock

    Day 4 – Saturday, August 29

    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

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    Thursday, August 27

    Cesarean Delivery
    Rebecca Benko, MD

    Thursday, August 27
    Time: 1:30-3:30 pm and 4:00-6:00 pm
    Price: $180

    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: $180

    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: $180

    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: $180

    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: $180

    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.

    Friday, August 28

    Manual Rotation
    Lee T. Dresang, MD

    Friday, August 28
    Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm and 4:00 – 6:00 pm
    Price: $180

    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: $180

    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: $180

    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: $180

    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.

    Lee T. Dresang, MD – Course Director

    Rebecca Benko, MD, FAAFP 

    River Cornelius, MD

    John S. Cullen, MD, FAAFP 

    Narges Farahi, MD, FAAFP

    Benjamin J.F. Huntley, MD, FAAFP 

    Erin S. Huntley, DO

    Dana Iglesias, MD 

    Sarah James, DO, FACOFP

    Elizabeth-Keegan-Garrett, MD 

    Larry Leeman, MD, MPH

    Susanna R. Magee, MD, MPH 

    Allegra Ponshock, MD, FAAFP

    Sarah Tiggelaar, MD, CLC, FAAFP 

    Jeffrey D. Quinlan, MD, FAAFP

    Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza 

    212 N. Kingshighway Blvd 
    St. Louis, MO 63108 Map

    Phone: (314) 633-3000

    The hotel is a short drive from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and easily accessed via I-70 or I-64. Bonus: You’re just steps away from the famous St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum and Jewel Box. 

    Rate: $195
    + current tax rate

    Accommodation Cutoff: July 24, 2026


    Reservations Include: fitness center, swimming pool, guest room wifi.

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