2015 Program

Pre Conference
Friday, September 11, 2015

8:00am – 4:30pm Pre Conference Events
8:00am – 1:00pm Postgraduate Course: Menopause Primer
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2:30pm – 4:30pm NAMS NCMP Certificate Examination
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4:30pm – 5:30pm New Product Theatres (Details forthcoming)

MENOPAUSE REDEFINED: the NEW DAWN
6:00pm – 7:35pm OPENING SYMPOSIUM
Menopause Redefined – SERMs & Estrogens, the Dynamic Duo
6:00pm – 6:10pm Welcome & Introductory Remarks
(Drs. Elaine Jolly and Chui Kin Yuen)
6:10pm – 6:15pm Moderator: Dr. Chui Kin Yuen
6:15pm – 6:45pm “Menopause Redefined” – SERMS, A New Approach to Menopausal Health
Dr. Donald McDonnell (USA)
6:45pm – 7:15pm “TSECs- Exploring the Clinical Utilities in Menopause Management”
Dr. Joanne Pinkerton (USA)
7:15pm – 7:35pm Questions and Discussion
7:35pm – 9:35pm Welcome Reception & Opening of Exhibits

Saturday, September 12, 2015

7:00am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Area
8:00am – 9:20am

PLENARY SESSION 1:

Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Moderator: Dr. Denise Black

8:00am – 8:10am Welcome & Introductory Remarks
8:10am – 8:35am “Cardiovascular Health and Women”
Dr. Martha Gulati (USA)
8:35am – 9:00am “Cardiovascular Health and Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT)”
Dr. Howard Hodis (USA)
9:00am – 9:20am Questions and Discussion
9:20am – 10:30am

PLENARY SESSION 2:

Menopause and the Brain
Moderator: Dr. Christine Derzko

9:20am – 9:45am “Memory and Attention in Midlife Women”
Dr. Pauline Maki (USA)
9:45am – 10:10am “Hot flashes, More than a Minor Nuisance”
Dr. Joanne Pinkerton (USA)
10:10am – 10:30am Questions and Discussion
10:30am – 10:50am Nutrition Break in the Exhibition Area
10:50am – 12:00pm

PLENARY SESSION 3:

Vulva and Vagina, the Neglected Frontiers!
Moderator: Dr. Céline Bouchard

10:50am – 11:15am “What happens down there?”
Speaker: Margery Gass (USA)
11:15am – 11:40am “Itchy and Scratchy: Vulvar Dermatology”
Dr. Lynne Margesson (USA)
11:40am – 12:00pm Questions and Discussion
12:00pm – 1:30pm LUNCHEON Debate – the Great Canadian SEX Challenge Testosterone Therapy, Yes or No
Moderator: Dr. Richard Boroditsky
12:00pm – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm – 12:50pm “For” Dr. Wendy Wolfman (Canada)
12:50pm – 1:10pm “Against” Dr. Jonathan Huber (Canada)
1:10pm – 1:20pm Rebuttal (5 minutes each)
1:20pm – 1:30pm Comments, Vote and Verdict
1:30pm – 2:40pm

PLENARY SESSION 4:

Midlife and Infectious Diseases
Moderator: Dr. Vivien Brown

1:30pm – 1:55pm “Adult Immunization Update”
Dr. Jay Keystone (Canada)
1:55pm – 2:20pm “HPV Infections and Midlife Women”
Dr. Nancy Durand (Canada)
2:20pm – 2:40pm Questions and Discussion
2:40pm – 3:50pm

PLENARY SESSION 5:

Clinical Updates on Menopause
Moderator: Dr. Kerstin Gustafson

2:40pm – 3:05pm “Imaging Pearls in Midlife Women”
Dr. Steve Goldstein (USA)
3:05pm – 3:30pm “Menopause, Hormones & Diabetes: The Real Truth”
Dr. Cynthia Stuenkel (USA)
3:30pm – 3:50pm Questions and Discussion
3:50pm – 5:30pm “SIGMA Café”: The International Dilemma on MHT: How long? and How Much?
Moderator: Dr. Marla Shapiro
3:50pm – 4:20pm High Tea
4:20pm – 4:40pm Dr. Margery Gass (USA): NAMS Position
4:40 pm – 5:00pm Dr. N. Panay (UK): IMS Position
5:00 pm – 5:20pm Dr. Jenny Blake (Canada): Canadian Perspective
5:20pm – 5:30pm Comments from the Audience
5:30 pm – 6:30pm Happy Hours in the Exhibition Area
7:30pm – 10:30pm Gala Dinner: Awards and Scholarships

Sunday, September 13, 2015

7:00am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Area
8:00am – 8:55am International Symposium: Urinary Incontinence
8:00am – 8:05am Welcome & Introductory Remarks
(Dr. Elaine Jolly)
Moderator: Dr. Harold Drutz
8:05am – 8:35am “Managing Urinary Incontinence, What Works?”
Speaker: Dr. Linda Cardozo (UK)
8:35am – 8:55am Questions and Discussion
8:55am – 10:05am

Plenary Session 6:

MHT Controversies – Progesterone and Progestogens; Hormones and Thrombosis
Moderator: Dr. Elaine Jolly

8:55am – 9:20am “Progesterone and the Progestogens: the Villains?”
Dr. James Liu (USA)
9:20am – 9:45am “Hormones and Thrombosis”
Dr. Shannon Bates (Canada)
9:45am – 10:05am Questions and Discussion
10:05am – 11:15am

Plenary Session 7:

Menopause: Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
Moderator: Dr. Susan Goldstein

10:05am – 10:30am “Updates in Osteoporosis Therapy 2015”
Dr. Aliya Khan (Canada)
10:30am – 10:55am “Sarcopenia”
Dr. N. Binkley (USA)
10:55am – 11:15am Questions and Discussion
11:15am – 11:45 Light Lunch Break in the Exhibition Area
11:45am – 1:20pm Clinical Conundra: Cases, Cases, and Cases
Moderator: Dr. Michel Fortier
11:45am – 12:10pm “Premature Ovarian Insufficiency”:
Dr. N Panay (UK)
12:10pm – 12:35pm “Fibroid Management in Midlife”:
Dr. A. Murji (Canada)
12:35pm – 1:00pm “Premenopausal Osteoporosis”
Dr. A. Khan (Canada)
1:00pm – 1:20pm Questions and Discussion
1:20pm Closing Remarks & Adjourn
(Drs. Elaine Jolly and Chui Kin Yuen)