Program
June 11th, Thursday
9-00 – 12-00
Congress Hall
Course 1
Ian Donald International University School of Medical Ultrasound - Ultrasound
diagnostics in obstetrics, gynecology and neonatology.
Asim Kurjak (Croatia)
Impressive data on the 35 years activity of Donald school in global education
Ivica Zalud (USA)
MFM Education in the USA: Hawaii experience
Frank Chervenak (USA)
Current status of gestational age assessment
Ritsuko Pooh (Japan)
What is Clinical Significance of Novel 3D HDlive Silhouette and HDlive Flow?
Vincenzo D'addario (Italy)
Posterior fossa cystic anomalies
Alexandra Matias (Portugal)
Twenty years of ductus venosus evaluation: a powerful screening test
Nebojsa Radunovic (Serbia)
Umbilical cord anomaly - impact on fetal outcome
Corazon Yabes-Almirante (Philipines)
Gynecological problems of the neonate detected by antepartum ultrasound examination
9-00 – 12-00
Hall A
Course 2
New ideology and new technology of prenatal screening, diagnostics, risk assessment and
management
Gian Carlo DiRenzo (Italy)
Non invasive prenatal testing: where are we now?
Mark Evans (USA)
Prenatal diagnosis: the next generation which can cover
expansion of Mendelian screening
Eberhard Merz (Germany)
First trimester screening or NIPT or both?
Tamara Feygin (USA)
"Prenatal diagnosis of systemic disorders: find a tip of the iceberg"
Mark Evans (USA)
Microarrays
9-00 – 12-00
Hall B
Course 3
Fetal and neonatal lungs. Update ventilation strategy
Manuel Carrapato (Portugal)
“The Mode of Deliver at the Limit of Prematurity”
5 Russian Speakers TBD soon
9-00 – 12-00
Hall B
Course 4 – Round table
Modern Perinatal Clinic: Planning, Construction, Management
5 Russian Speakers TBD soon
12-00 – 13-00 Lunch Brake
13-00 – 15-00
Congress Hall
Course 5
Fetal surveillance - Fetal physiology, CTG, Stan, lactat and doctor's brain
Anton Mikhailov (Russia)
Pathophysiology of Fetal-Placental- Maternal circulation
Olga Vikhareva (Sweden)
CTG – FIGO recommendation and clinical practice
Oleg Bayev (Russia)
STAN technology – clinical application
Andreas Herbst (Sweden)
Fetal blood sampling in labor - clinical practice
Olga Vikhareva (Sweden)
CTG, STAN, Lactate – optimal clinical combination
13-00 – 15-00
Hall A
Course 6
Fetal neurosonography, therapy, neurosurgery and neonatal rehabilitation
Frank Chervenak (USA)
Ethical challenges of perinatal research and Perinatal intervention
Ritsuko Pooh (Japan)
State-of-the-Art Sonoembryology
Sergey Voevodin (Russia)
Early pregnancy neurosonography
Martin Meuli (Switzerland)
Prenatal diagnosis and therapy for spina bifida Part 1 - Two-hit-concept, prenatal diagnosis,
inclusion and exclusion criteria, non-directive prenatal counseling, prenatal repair .
Martin Meuli (Switzerland)
Prenatal diagnosis and therapy for spina bifida Part 2 - postoperative management, caesareansection, base line diagnostic work-up of the new born baby, rehabilitation concept.
Alexandr Iova (Russia)
TBD
Alexey Baindurashvily (Russia)
TBD
13-00 – 15-00
Hall B
Course 7
Personification of perinatal nutrition.
Giampaolo Mandruzzato (Italy)
IUGR: past, present and future
Michael Divon (USA)
Long Term Impact of Fetal Growth Restriction
5 Russian Speakers TBD soon
13-00 – 15-00
Hall C
Course 8
Ian Donald International University School of Medical Ultrasound - Ultrasound
diagnostics in obstetrics, gynecology and neonatology.
Ivica Zalud (USA)
Office ultrasound: When and Why?
Apostolos Athanassiadis (Greece)
Ultrasound markers for chromosomal abnormalities. Where are we now?
AlaaEldin Ebrashy (Egypt)
Fetal heart assessment late 1st trimester a reality or a myth
Cihat Sen (Turkey)
First trimester screening: Ultrasound and/or DNA ?
Mark Evans (USA)
CVS vs amnio
Giovanni Monni (Italy)
Relationship between first trimester screening and invasive prenatal procedures for aneuploidies
Miroslaw Wielgos (Poland)
Polyhydramnios - etiology, differential diagnostics and management.
Eberhard Merz (Germany)
Latest Developments of 3D/4D Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnosis
Giampaolo Mandruzzato (Italy)
Obstetrical Doppler in clinical practice: the evidence today
Are the first trimester serum and ultrasound markers altered in
pregnancies after ART?
Orion Gliozheni (Albania)
16-00 -16- 45
Hall C
Board meeting of International Society “Fetus as a patient”
17-00 – 18-30
Congress Hall
Opening Ceremony
Welcome of President of International Society “Fetus as a patient”
Frank A.Chervenak (USA)
Welcome of Governor of Saint-Petersburg
Georgy Poltavchenko
Welcome of Russian Ministry of Health
TBD
Welcome of Congress Presidents
Anton Mikhailov and Dmitry Ivanov
Opening lecture: Fetus as a person
Asim Kurjak (Croatia)
Opening lecture : Fetus as a patient
Frank Chervenak (USA)
Awards of International Society “Fetus as a patient”
Frank A.Chervenak (USA)
19-00 – 22-00
Welcome Reception
June 12th, Friday
8-00 – 8-45
Congress Hall
Free communication 1
8-00 – 8-45
Hall A+B
Free communication 2
9-00 – 11-45
Congress Hall
Plenary session 1
Preterm delivery - We are much more better now, but …
Gian Carlo Di Renzo (Italy)
Preterm birth : risk factors and possible prevention
Eduardo Fonseca (Brasil)
Strategy in the prevention of PTB: asymptomatic patient
Aris Antsaklis (Greece)
Prediction of Prematurity by U/S
Dan Farine (Canada)
Progesterone for PTL – what is new?
Yariv Yogev (Israel)
Late prematurity
Gianpaolo Donzelli (Italy)
Rethinking the extreme preterm birth
Manuel Rui Garcia Carrapato (Portugal)
“Late Preterms - Single vs Twins”
Russian speaker –TBD
11-15 – 11-45
Coffee break
Plenary session 2
Obstetric Hemorrhage as a main killer
Chair: Dan Farine (Canada), Zoltan Papp (Hungary)
Liliana Voto (Argentina)
Obstetric haemorrhage: preconceptional counseling and early antenatal awareness
Dan Farine (Canada)
PPH –prevention and management
Ivica Zalud (USA)
Bloody business: Role of OB ultrasound
Grzegorz Breborowicz (Poland)
Conservative management of placenta previa percreta.
Aris Antsaklis (Greece)
“Surgical management of Post-Partum Hemorrhage”
3 Russians – TBD
14-00 – 15-00
Congress Hall
Lunch symposium (educational grant of “Pencroft Farma”)
Current clinical practice of post-partum hemorrhage prophylactic and management
Gian Carlo DiRenzo (Italy)
Yakov Zhukovskiy (Russia)
15-00 – 16-45
Congress Hall
Parallel session 1
Preterm birth and related disorders
Eduardo Fonseca (Brasil)
Progesterone vs. Cerclage in patient with a short cervix at midtrimester ultrasound
Zdenek Hajek (Czech Republic) Where we are with management of preterm delivery in the "
grey zone " ?
Nebojsa Radunovic (Serbia) Preterm delivery prevention - new challenge
Grzegorz Breborowicz (Poland)
Effect of antenatal neuroprotection.
Serge Uzan (France)
Prevention of preeclampsia with aspirin
Christian Speer (Germany)
Chorioamnionitis : the hidden risk for early onset sepsis and inflammatory diseases in very
immature infants
Arunas Liubsys (Lithuania)
Antibiotics in NICU: prescribe or not prescribe?
15-00 – 16-45
Hall A+B
Parallel session 2
Perinatal neurology - Prevention diagnosis and care
Ritsuko Pooh (Japan)
Prenatal Diagnosis of Intrauterine Brain Injuries and Migration Disorders
Vincenzo D'addario (Italy)
Mild ventriculomegaly: still a challenging problem
Tamara Feygin (USA)
Cerebral medullary veins pathology in fetuses and neonates
Tatiana Trofimova (Russia)
MRI and fetal brain lesions
Alexandra Matias (Portugal)
Cerebellar malformations. How far can we go?
Martin Meuli (Switzerland)
Zurich fetal surgery program in myelomeningocele
Aleksandr Iova (Russia)
Current status and perspectives of perinatal neurosurgery
16-45 – 17-15
15-00 – 16-45
Coffee break
Congress Hall
Parallel session 4
Perinatal care of fetal congenital anomaly
Milan Stanojevic (Croatia)
Ethical issues of the care for neonates with surgically correctable congenital malformations
Tamara Feygin (USA)
Congenital neck lesions: from fetus to neonate
Ferenc Szirko (Estonia)
EXIT procedure for difficult intubation due to neck tumour – a case report.
Miroslaw Wielgos (Poland)
Diamniotic omphalophagus - case report.
Yaron Zalel (Israel)
Congenital heart diseases and chromosomal abnormalities
Nadejda Bashmakova (Russia)
Intrauterine surgery as a prevention of postnatal disability
Anna Shlykova (Russia)
Modern perinatal care in TRAP
15-00 – 16-45
Hall A+B
Parallel session 5
Pregnancy and delivery in obstetrical complications and life threatening condition
Serge Uzan (France)
Breast cancer and pregnancy
Christian Dadak (Austria)
Malpractice in Obstetrics
Ali Sungkar (Indonesia)
Maternal and Neonatal Outcome Analysis in Labor Ward
Corazon Yabes-Almirante (Philipines)
Expectant vs Immediate Delivery of Severe Pre-eclampsia <34 weeks
Yariv Yogev (Israel)
Induction of labor
Kate Walker (UK)
The 35/39 trial: a randomised trial of induction of labour versus expectant management for
nulliparous women over 35 years of age
Bernat Serra (Spain)
On demand cesarean section. Is it acceptable?
20-00
Gala Dinner
June 13th, Saturday
8-00 – 8-45 Congress Hall
Free communication 1
8-00 – 8-45 Hall A+B
Free communication 2
9-00 – 11-45
Congress Hall
Plenary session 3
Fetus and newborn monitoring - Are we brave and smart enough?
Simeoni Umberto (France)
Perinatal ethics: fetalizing the newborn, humanizing the fetus.
Chris Redman (GB)
Computerised analysis of the antepartum and intrapartum fetal heart rate: achieving precise
diagnosis of fetal health
Olga Vikhareva (Sweeden)
STG, STAN, Lactat.
Gerard Visser (Netherlands)
Identification, monitoring and delivery of the late IUGR fetus
Christian Speer (Germany)
The threat of neonatal nosocomial sepsis: fate or preventable disease?
Arunas Liubsys (Lithuania) Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: on the way of changing our
understanding
Manuel Rui Garcia Carrapato (Portugal)
“Hypotension in Preterms - What is all about?”
11-15 – 11-45
Coffee break
11-45 – 14-00 Congress Hall
Parallel session 3
IUGR and macrosomia: Old story – new trends
Michael Divon (USA)
Fetal Growth Restriction- etiology, diagnosis and management
Apostolos Athanassiadis (Greece)
Fetal management in gestational diabetes.
Yariv Yogev (Israel)
GDM -for diagnosis treatment, assessment of glycemic goals, the association with both maternal
and fetal long term outcomes
Gerard Visser (Netherlands) Maternal obesity, GDM and fetal macrosomia
Bernat Serra (Spain)
Prediction of complications in preeclampsia
Ana Bianchi
Evaluation of cardiac function in IUGR
Ivica Zalud (USA)
IUGR: When should we deliver the baby?
11-45 – 14-00 Hall A+B
Parallel session 4
Could obstetrician help to neonatologist
Dane Farine (Canada)
Total personal genome: Finally a reality, but should we do it?
Mark Evans (USA)
NIPS and alternatives
Yaron Zalel (Israel)
Increased NT - to scan or to karyotype
Joseph G. Schenker (Israel)
Advanced Paternal Age – Effect on Offspring
Luis Cabero (Spain)
The NCDs. The role of obstetricians to avoid the adult diseases.
Gianpaolo Donzelli (Italy)
Fetal programming and chronic autoimmune diseases.
Russian speaker – TBD
14-00 – 15-00
Lunch break
15-00 – 16-30 Congress Hall
Plenary session 4
Multiple pregnancy - current knowledge and controversies
Anton Mikhailov (Russia)
Multiple pregnancy under ultrasound umbrella
Govanni Monni (Italy)
Selective feticide in high-order multiples: clinical and ethical issues
Alexandra Matias (Portugal)
Cardiac (mal)function in monochorionic twins
Luis Cabero (Spain)
Prevention of prematurity in twins
Isaac Blickstein (Israel)
New aspects of the timing and mode of delivery of twins
Manuel Rui Garcia Carrapato (Portugal)
“Twins: Neonates and Beyond”
16-30 – 17-00
The Closing Ceremony