Maternal Fetal Medicine & Neonatology
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Room 2N35
TOPIC
Emerging Evidence on the
Infant Gut Microbiome:
The impact of mode of delivery, and potential
implications on infant health and disease
GOALS/LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 To discuss the implications of the infant gut microbiome on health and disease
later in life
 To examine the impact of mode of delivery on the infant gut microbiome
 To explore the practice of restorative colonization of the newborn with maternal
vaginal secretions following Cesarean delivery and the BCWH policy statement
on this practice
PRESENTER
Dr. Katie Phillips
PGY3 Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology
** This event is an accredited group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification
program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada **