SMFM 2025 Pregnancy Meeting Postgraduate Courses, Presentations & Poster Sessions

Monday, January 27th
Postgraduate Course 11:05 AM (Summit 6-7, Lobby Level):

  • “To Scope or Not to Scope: Considering Prenatal Closure of MMC  When do I refer the patient?”An MFM’s Guide to Fetal Interventions – presented jointly with the North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet)

    Presenter: Ramesha Papanna, MD, MPH

Wednesday, January 29th
Postgraduate Course 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  • Innovation and Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of HTN Complications

    Presenters: Michal Fishel Bartal, MD & Baha Sibai, MD

Postgraduate Course 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  •  Targeted Therapy For Prevention and Treatment of Preeclampsia

    Presenters: Michal Fishel Bartal, MD & Baha Sibai, MD

Postgraduate Course 8:15 – 9:00 AM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  • Controlling BP In Pregnancy: How Low Can You Go? – Chronic Hypertension GHTN/Preeclampsia

    Presenter: Baha Sibai, MD

Postgraduate Course 9:30 – 10:00 AM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  • Aspirin for Preeclampsia Prevention

    Presenter: Farah H. Amro, MD

Postgraduate Course 10:30 – 11:15 AM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  • Targeted Therapy For Prevention and Treatment of Preeclampsia

    Presenter: Baha Sibai, MD

Postgraduate Course 11:15 – 11:45 AM Aurora Ballroom C, Lobby Level:

  • Biomarkers for Preeclampsia Prediction vs. Clinical Utility

    Presenter: Sean C. Blackwell, MD

Scientific Forums 3:30 – 4:00 PM Red Rock 10 – 11, Upper Level:

  • Customization and Interpretation of CGM Reports
    Presenter: Michal Fishel Bartal, MD

Scientific Forums 3:45 – 3:55 PM Red Rock 2-3 Upper Level:

  • The ChorioAnchor

    Presenter: Jimmy Espinoza MD, MSc

 Scientific Forums 3:50 – 4:05 PM Red Rock 8, Upper Level:

  • Paired Maternal-Child Care in Postpartum Period

    Presenter: Farah Amro, MD

 Scientific Forums 4:25 – 4:55 PM  Summit 8 – 9, Lobby Level:

  • Challenging Case Discussions: During this segment chairs will present two challenging and unique case presentation to start an open discussion about diagnosis and management between the audience, speakers, and chairs.

    Panelist: Baha Sibai, MD

Thursday, January 30th

Oral Plenary Session 8:15 – 8:30 AM Aurora Ballroom, Lobby Level:

  • The Frequency and Severity of Complications after Previable PROM in Texas following

    Coauthors: Ghafir, Fahl, Ukoh, Chen, Blackwell, Gutierrez, Stafford

Oral Concurrent Session 1:30 – 1:45 PM Aurora Ballroom B, Lobby Level:

  • Aberrant Fetal Growth in ARRIVE Trial

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Bonnie L. Hermann, MD
    Coauthor: Hector M. Mendez-Figueroa, MD

Oral Concurrent Session 2:00 – 2:15 PM Aurora Ballroom B, Lobby Level:

  • Proportion of Time Spent in Category II Fetal Heart Tracing During Labor: Associated Adverse Outcomes

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Kristen A. Cagino, MD
    Coauthors: Roberts, Ibarra, Neff, Balhotra, Chahine, Cortes, Patel, Ghorayeb, Flores, Mendez-Figueroa,

Friday, January 31st

Oral Plenary Session 9:45 – 10:00 AM Aurora Ballroom, Lobby Level:

  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis: A Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Control Trial (PRECISE)

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Sarah A. Nazeer, MD
    Coauthors: Cornthwaite, Santos, Pedroza, Blackwell, Amro, Bitar, Tyson, Sibai, Bartal

Oral Concurrent Session 1:30 – 1:45 PM Aurora Ballroom A, Lobby Level:

  • Novel Neural Extracellular Vesicle miRNA Biomarkers Identify Suboptimal Response to Cooling in Neonatal Encephalopathy

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Sarah T. Mehl, MD
    Coauthors: Fekry, Ugartemendia, Goetzl

Oral Concurrent Session 2:15 – 2:30 PM Aurora Ballroom B, Lobby Level:

  • Severe Systolic Hypertension and Adverse Maternal Outcomes

    Submitting Author and Presenting Author: Yossi Bart, MD
    Coauthors: Mendez-Figueroa, Amro, Sibai

Oral Concurrent Session 2:30 – 2:45 PM Aurora Ballroom B, Lobby Level:

  • Postpartum Diuretics for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Coauthors: Sibai, Bartal

Saturday, February 1st
Oral Concurrent Session 9:30 – 9:45 AM Aurora Ballroom B, Lobby Level:

  • Effect of very preterm delivery on outcomes following in-utero spina bifida repair

    Coauthor: KuoJen Tsao, MD


Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM-12:30PM

Maternal COVID-19 is associated with increased proliferation of placental cytotrophoblasts

Lanners, Le, Chou, Keuls, Murillo Gonzalez, Findley, Goldstein, Parchem R., Parchem J.

Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Outcomes associated with prolonged rupture of membranes

Claudia Ibarra, MD, MPH

Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery in Different Phases of Labor and Maternal Morbidity

Yossef Bart, MD

Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Single-nucleus transcriptomic analysis of placental membranes reveals metabolic dysregulation and increased trophoblast proliferation in COVID-19

Le,  Lanners, Keuls, Findley, Parchem R., Parchem J.

Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Fetal Heart Rate Tracings and Adverse Outcomes Among Term Small- versus Appropriate for Gestational Age

Natalie Neff, MD

Poster Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Maternal anemia and fetal heart rate tracing abnormalities in labor: associated neonatal and maternal outcomes

Aaron Roberts, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00-6:00PM

Maternal COVID-19 and placental expression of senescence-associated secretory phenotype genes

Balhotra, Le, Keuls, Lanners, Findley, Parchem R., Parchem J.

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Risk factors for maternal abruption after the fetoscopic laser surgery for Twin Twin transfusion syndrome

Agarwal, Papanna, Lai, Johnson, Backley, Bergh, Hernandez-Andrade, Vilchez, Lemoine, Garcia, Clarete, Garcia, Salazar, Espinoza

Mentor: Espinoza

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Diagnosis of vasa previa: Is it time to sweep?

Backley, Bergh, Soto, Agarwal, Lemoine, Johnson, Espinoza, Hernandez-Andrade, Salazar, Papanna

Mentor: Papanna

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Evaluation Of Severity Determination Using Transvaginal Ultrasound In Placenta Accreta Spectrum Scoring (TUPAS)

Agarwal, Mehl, Hernandez-Andrade, Lai, Vilchez, Soto, Amro, Guerra, Zhu, Sibai, Blackwell, Papanna

Mentor: Papanna

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Suboptimal Fetal Lung Growth After Fetal Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Clinical Characteristics

Pacora, Austin, Backley, Bergh, Ebanks, Espinoza, Harting, Hernandez-Andrade, Hughes, Lopez, Papanna, Tsao, Johnson

Mentor: Johnson

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Expectant Management versus Prompt Laser Therapy for Stage II Twin-Twin-Transfusion-Syndrome before 18 weeks

Backley, Bergh, Snowise, Johnson, Espinoza, Juckel, Salazar, Papanna, Brock

Mentor: Brock

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Changes in Uterine, Placental metrics, and Vascularization in Placenta Left In Situ for PAS management

Barouyr Ajemian, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Maternal Outcomes Associated with Antepartum versus Postpartum Eclampsia

Yossef Bart, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Do Maternal Outcomes Differ by Specific Blood Pressure Parameters

Yossef Bart, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Maternal COVID-19 and placental expression of senescence-associated secretory phenotype genes

Kimen Balhotra, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Opt-out and rapid syphilis testing in pregnant patients presenting to the ED: A pre-post Study

Joe Haydamous, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

The Use of a Novel Point-Of-Care (POC) IgM Test for the Diagnosis of Congenital Syphilis

Irene Stafford, MS, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Comparison of Weight Gain versus BMI During Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes in Singleton Term Pregnancies

Devangi Mahtani, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Change in BMI Category: Impact on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

Eleanor Germano, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Postpartum Gastroenterology Referrals and Follow Up in Pregnant Patients with Viral Hepatitis

Anthony Chartier, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

ASPREO secondary analysis

Farah Amro, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Keep transfusing until the bleeding stops” – massive transfusion and circulatory overload in obstetric hemorrhage

Aaron Roberts, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Opt-out and rapid syphilis testing in pregnant patients presenting to the ED: A pre-post study

Haydamous, Davie, Noriega Valdez, Igbe, Blackwell A., Bakunas, Klausner, Mena, Stafford

 

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Incidence of Placenta Accreta Spectrum in Pregnancies with Placenta Previa and Prior Dilation and Curettage

Sarah Beth Mehl, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Female versus Male Fetuses—Variation in Fetal Heart Rate Tracing and Adverse Outcomes at Term

Shareen Patel, MD

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Cost Analysis of Permissive Intrapartum Glucose Control for Diabetes: the PERMIT Randomized Controlled Trial

Bitar, Avritscher, Folh, Nazeer, Blackwell, Sibai, Bartal

Poster Session 2: Thursday, January 30th 4:00- 6:00PM

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Profile Metrics in Pregnancies With and Without Adverse Neonatal Outcomes

Nazeer, Santos, Pedroza, Cornthwaite, Blackwell, Chauhan, Bitar, Sibai, Bartal

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity and donor twin demise in twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Espinoza, Papanna, Johnson, Bergh, Vilchez, Hernandez-Andrade, Backley, Lemoine, Zhu, Llanes, Chmait

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Risk Factors for Delivery Less Than 34 Weeks’ Gestation Following Fetoscopic Spina Bifida Repair

Lemoine, Agarwal, Backley, Garcia, Conaway, Salazar, Mann, Zhu, Fletcher, Tsao, Austin, Bergh, Espinoza, Johnson, Refuerzo, Lopez, Sandberg, Lai, Papanna

Mentor: Papanna

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Perioperative Risk Factors for Amniotic Band Sequence Following Fetoscopic Laser Photocoagulation for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Lemoine, Backley, Espinoza, Johnson, Papanna, Bergh

Mentor: Bergh

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Risk Factors for PPROM Following Laser Surgery in Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Backley, Bergh, Lemoine, Agarwal, Salazar, Hernandez-Andrade, Johnson, Papanna, Espinoza

Mentor: Espinoza

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) Stage 1: Do we manage expectantly vs. treat immediately?

Backley, Bergh, Espinoza, Lemoine, Agarwal, Vilchez, Pacora, Johnson, Hernandez-Andrade, Salazar, Zhu, Papanna

Mentor: Papanna

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

MEWS Due to Severe Hypertension Prior to Delivery: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes

Kristen Cagino, MD

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Improving Understanding of Macrosomia With Graphics-Based Educational Tool: A Randomized Clinical Trial (MATE)

Kristen Cagino, MD

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Betamethasone for Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes at Late Prematurity

Yossef Bart, MD

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Prevalence of Undiagnosed Placenta Accreta Spectrum after Unplanned Postpartum Hysterectomy

Sarah Beth Mehl, MD

Poster Session 3: Friday, January 31st 10:30AM- 12:30PM

Association of Features of Fetal Heart Rate Tracings and Adverse Neonatal Outcomes at Term

Rachel Wiley, MD

Poster Session 4: Friday, January 31st 4:00-6:00PM

Mediastinal Shift Angle and its association with perinatal mortality and lung volumes in CDH fetuses

Hernandez- Andrade, Gerulewicz Vannini, Hughes, Backley, Refuerzo, Espinoza, Bergh, Pacora Portella, Vilchez, Papanna, Johnson

Poster Session 4: Friday, January 31st 4:00-6:00PM

Association of Fetal Heart Rate Tracing with Neonatal Adverse Outcomes at 32.0 to 36.6 weeks

Christina Cortes, MD