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The Midwest Reproductive Symposium

 
 

Entering its 4th Year as a Meeting of Excellence

  
     
  The Midwest Reproductive Symposium, entering its fourth year, has achieved recognition by faculty and experts in Reproductive Medicine as a meeting of excellence where participants can interact in an intimate setting with their colleagues. Meeting attendees have unique access to the faculty through didactic sessions, panel discussions, and workshops. Attendance doubled in 2007, reflecting the success of the program and the vision of the Chairpersons: Angeline Beltsos, MD, Barry Behr, PhD, and William Kearns, PhD. According to Dr. Beltsos, “The Symposium started in 2005 and was named for its Chicago location but open to an international audience. One drawback of major medical meetings is the limited opportunity for attendee input on topics of current debate. Our goal remains to provide a venue for the timely discussion of issues relevant to Reproductive Medicine in an interactive educational setting.” Sessions target physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and basic scientists engaged in the practice of and research in Reproductive Medicine. Workshops were added in 2007 to give attendees access to the thought leaders in focused smaller groups.   

The 2008 meeting is scheduled for June 6th to 7th at the recently renovated Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile hotel. The scientific session includes two full days of clinical and laboratory topics with multiple keynote speakers. The Chairpersons took great care to invite noted authorities to present the most current basic and clinical aspects of their research and how they apply to everyday clinical issues. Much of the program reflects the excellent feedback received from attendees at previous meeting. (For registration information click here)

Lectures, workshops, and panel discussions will be offered by a distinguished faculty including (to date): Barry Behr, PhD, HCLD; Angeline N. Beltsos, MD; Judi Campisi, LPN; Eric Chiao, PhD; Susan L. Crockin, Esq; Owen K. Davis, MD; Nidhi Desai, JD; Kevin J. Doody, MD; Henry T. Greely, JD; Mandy Katz-Jaffe, PhD; Susan Jasulaitis, RN, MS; William G. Kearns, PhD; William H. Kutteh, MD, PhD, HCLD; Richard A. Leach, PhD; Richard E. Leach, MD; Richard S. Legro, MD; Juergen Liebermann, PhD, HCLD; John E. Nestler, MD; Richard T. Scott, Jr., MD, HCLD; Paul J. Turek, MD; and Daniel Williams, MD.

You and your colleagues are invited to participate.


The Midwest Reproductive Symposium is hosted by Fertility Centers of Illinois and funded, in part, by an unrestricted educational grant from Ferring Pharmaceuticals.