Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology Conference 2022

Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health to Host Virtual Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology Conference

Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health will host the virtual Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology Conference on Thursday, March 24, 2022, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health course directors Heather Appelbaum, M.D., FACOG, director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Department of Pediatrics, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and Jennifer L. Northridge, M.D., section chief, Adolescent Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, have arranged a continuing medical education (CME) program that will help gynecologic and pediatric health care providers — including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses and medical students — effectively manage pediatric gynecologic concerns within their practices.

Expert speakers will deliver presentations on topics including:

• Clinical practice updates on factors affecting the menstrual cycle including contraception, precocious and delayed puberty, eating disorders, and hyperandrogenic disorders
• Current and evolving research in the field of uterine transplant, fertility preservation, and endometriosis in adolescents
• Indications and special considerations for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery in children
• The embryologic origin of congenital anomalies of the reproductive tract