THE 41st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Multi-Specialties and the Law
January 2-7, 2026
HILTON WAIKOLOA VILLAGE
Big Island, Hawaii
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THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, PERINATAL MEDICINE, NEONATOLOGY, MULTI-SPECIALTIES AND THE LAW
JANUARY 2-7, 2026
THE REVIEWS OF THE 40th ANNUAL CONERENCE WERE AGAIN OUTSTANDING, 90% OF ATTENDEES RATING THE CONFERENCE AS EXCELLENT, CONTUINING THE TRADITION OF THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SERIES
REGISTRATION, RESERVATIONS, PROGRAM
Hilton Waikoloa Village
Big Island, Hawaii
What Participants Are Saying:
Terrific program. The best medical CLE I have attended in my 35 years of practicing law. Extremely happy I finally attended this program (2024).
This was an exceptional conference, as usual. This is my 10th conference and they are all fantastic.
Great, well respected and very knowledgeable speakers, pertinent topics for both physicians and medical malpractice lawyers, and well organized and presented content.
“I have been in law practice for 38 years. This is the best conference I have ever attended.”
The “gold standard” for birth trauma conferences! This conference far exceeded my expectations, as most speakers were very engaging and well-prepared. I most certainly will be back in the future.
Very good seminar! The combination of lawyers and physicians provided a very nice dynamic and it’s always enlightening to hear problems analyzed from different perspectives.
“Best conference I have ever attended!” (comments from many participants)
“Thanks for creating such a unique type of conference – my 5th and always interesting, informative and useful.”
“Always an outstanding program, superlative faculty, and an exotic location.”
“As always an excellent course.”
“A wonderful conference.”
90% of registrants rated the conference as excellent for the 40th year.
Conference Overview
The dawn of precision medicine was ushered in 2000 with the mapping of the human genome. Advances in medicine during the ensuing 25 years have been remarkable. Genetic causation of scores of neurodevelopmental disorders of previously unknown cause are now precisely defined, as are many other disorders. Parents-to-be can be tested to determine their carrier status for up to 500 genetic disorders, thereby enabling avoidance of a serious to fatal genetic disorder in their offspring. Routine screening in pregnancy using cell-free fetal DNA can detect multiple important fetal chromosomal defects and an increasing number of single gene disorders. For critically ill newborns, whole genome sequencing now enables rapid precise diagnosis. Liquid biopsy (DNA from blood) is increasingly useful in the detection and monitoring of cancer. Routine DNA assays now accurately determine healthy individuals destined to develop potentially fatal cancers and other genetic disorders for which outcomes can be avoided. Harnessing of the immune system to fight cancer has now also become a reality, as has the cure thus far of a few genetic disorders.
Many of the advances in molecular genetics have been incorporated into obstetrical practice, admittedly incomplete and not without difficulty (and sometimes catalyzed by legal action!). Things are about to change and technology is again at the forefront.
Primary among the major advances in the coming years is the application of AI in obstetrics. Algorithms to predict, anticipate, and prevent complications and even provide best considered options, can be expected. From time in memorial, good obstetrical practice has depended upon the true characteristics and virtues of a physician – knowledge, wisdom, experience, patience, judgement, empathy, sensitivity, interpersonal skill, dependability, competence and common sense in ministering to their patients’ needs.
The ability to predict or anticipate complications remain woefully lacking. Simply consider maternal deaths, still births, strokes with preeclamptic toxemia, fatal post-partum hemorrhage, uterine rupture, fetal death and/or injury in labor, shoulder dystocia, thromboembolism, neonatal death, and on and on. Will well prepared algorithms remedy risky care takers, poor communicators, incompetence, poor decision-makers, carelessness, inattention, fatigue, physical absence, ignorance of guidelines, and failures to diagnose, refer or document, and much more? Will there ever be a time when mothers facing potential risks in pregnancy can feel assured that additional risk is not their physician?
Remember that over 250,000 patients each year die as a consequence of medical negligence, making medical malpractice the third most common cause of death in the U.S.!
Errors and sheer negligence resulting in injury and patient and family anger have spawned an industry of lawyers appropriately representing damaged claimants resulting in frequent huge settlements or awards. Will the introduction of AI in obstetrics prevent or ameliorate the avoidable serious complications of pregnancy? We should not wait for AI to do better.
Target Audience
The major objective in this conference is to enhance the continuing education of a range of specialties in medicine, law, and the allied professions including obstetrics, gynecology, midwifery, neonatology, medicine, surgery, family medicine, emergency medicine, human genetics, and ethics. The key reasons that have characterized the success of these conferences for the past 40 years have been highly qualified and frequently renowned medical faculty, and the insights and lessons concerning the role of law and lawyers, communicated by acknowledged “super lawyers”. Only through a thorough understanding of the complexities of medicine and law can physicians and litigators hope to deal effectively with the continuing challenges of medical and legal practice.
The specific goals of these conferences are to
- Teach healthcare professionals to better comprehend the machinations of negligence law, and to develop a more complete awareness of the need for anticipatory and safety practice
- Teach legal professionals about the complex issues encountered in the practice of medicine, including the intricacies of decision-making, aiming to sharpen their understanding on behalf of their clients, both plaintiff and defense.
Once again, an extraordinary experienced and superb faculty will be assembled for the 41st anniversary conference that will be important to all the specialties mentioned, including nurse practitioners, trial attorneys, in-house counsel, pediatricians, primary care physicians, insurers and claims personnel, risk managers and all providers of health care.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, healthcare professionals will be able to articulate the role of law and lawyers in medical malpractice lawsuits and discuss the complexities of the legal process.
At the conclusion of this conference, legal professionals will be able to describe the best-evidence in medical malpractice as it pertains to standards of expected care in obstetrics, gynecology, midwifery, neonatology, medicine, surgery, family medicine, emergency medicine, cardiology, radiology, and human genetics.
Major Topics Include:
- Brain Injury or Genetic Disorder
- Peri-Viable Pregnancy
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
- Stillbirth, Avoiding Tragedy
- Pregnancy, Epilepsy and the Law
- Standards of Care
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery – the Evidence
- Fetal Bradycardia
- Alleged HIE and Exome/Genome Sequencing
- HIE Diagnosis and Management
- Stroke and Time to Treat
- Guidelines: Sword or Shield
- AI in Decisions in the Labor Ward
- The X-Chromosome and the Law
- Social Media and High-Risk Obstetrics
- Nurses as Patient Advocates for C-Sections
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Error at the First Prenatal Visit
- Autism and Pregnancy Planning
- Neonatal Seizures
- On Defending the Maternal Death Lawsuit
- Neonatal Encephalopathy? Not HIE
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Genes, the Heart and the Law
- Obstetrical Litigation and Future Predictions
- Pelvic Floor Injury and Risk Reduction
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Post-Partum Hemorrhage and Maternal Death
- Urogynecology, Mesh, Facts and Fear
- Prenatal Genetic Testing
- Cervical Cerclage – How Reliable
- AI and the EMR
- The OB Hospitalist
Faculty
Aubrey Milunsky, MD, DSc, FRCP, FACMG, DCH
Conference Chair
Formerly Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology,
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Founder and Co-Director
Center for Human Genetics, Cambridge, MA
Professor Milunsky is internationally known for his work in prenatal genetic diagnosis, molecular genetics, and the epidemiology of birth defects. He authored the first book ever written on prenatal genetic diagnosis, The Prenatal Diagnosis of Hereditary Disorders. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of 27 books and author or co-author of over 460 scientific communications. He is the Founding Editor, author, and Co-Editor of Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment (8th ed), the world’s reference text for prenatal diagnosis. The 6th edition received the “Highly Commended” Award from the British Medical Association. He has given invited lectures in 36 countries, (including the Vatican), and has been honored, by election, as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of England, and with an award for excellence in teaching. His published study in the New England Journal of Medicine set the stage for maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening for neural tube defects (e.g. spina bifida). Among other research accomplishments, he led the team that discovered the gene for Waardenburg syndrome. He is an editorial board member of Prenatal Diagnosis. Boston University has named the Aubrey Milunsky Chair in Human Genetics. His recent book was I Didn’t Know, I Didn’t Know: Avoidable Deaths and Harm Due to Medical Negligence. Professor Milunsky was honored by inclusion in the book A Century of Achievement that selected the biographies and accomplishments of 101 physician scientists including five Nobel Prize winners from South Africa over 100 years (1890-1990) for their contributions to Global Medicine.
Jeff M. Milunsky, MD, FACMG
Conference Co-Chair
Formerly Professor of Pediatrics, Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Co-Director, Center for Human Genetics, Cambridge, MA
Director, Clinical Genetics
Senior Director, Molecular Genetics
Professor Milunsky is known nationally and internationally for his work in clinical and molecular genetics with special reference to his expertise in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of genetic connective tissue disorders. He has published extensively on syndromic and non-syndromic hearing loss, genetic testing, as well as autism/intellectual disability/multiple congenital anomaly syndromes. He discovered the gene that causes the Branchio-Oculo-Facial syndrome and found that mutations in the gene FGF10 can cause Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dental-Digital syndrome. He is the co-editor of Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment (8th edition). The 6th edition received the British Medical Association “Highly Commended” Medical Book Award. Professor Milunsky is the author or co-author of at least 315 scientific communications. He is an elected member of the Society for Pediatric Research. He has been listed repeatedly in Top Doctors in Boston (Genetics).
Sonia Lomeli Bonifacio, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Director, Neuro – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Co-Director, Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Medicine
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Professor Bonifacio is known internationally for her work in neonatal neurology and neuro-intensive care. She has given 24 invited presentations in many countries. She is particularly well known for neonatal brain monitoring and neuroprotection, evaluation and treatment of neonatal seizures, and the use of therapeutic hypothermia in the management of neonatal encephalopathy. She is the author or co-author of at least 141 scientific communications and the author or co-author of 7 book chapters. She is an associate editor of Pediatric Research and a founding member of the Newborn Brain Society. She is the recipient of the Fernando Mendoza DRIVE (Diversity, Respect, Inclusion Vital for Excellence) award given to a faculty member who has made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in fostering a diverse and inclusive community in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University. She is on the Teaching Honor Roll for the Pediatrics Residency program at Stanford University as well as being on the Teaching Honor Roll for the Pediatrics Fellowship program. She is a selected member of the International Perinatal Collegium and a recipient of the E.W. “Al” Thrasher A award from the Thrasher Research Foundation. Professor Bonifacio has been a girls volleyball coach!!
Paul A. Casi, II, JD
Paul A Casi, II, P.S.C.
Louisville, KY 40206
Paul A. Casi, II, is a plaintiff attorney with a long history of representing the injured and wronged in Kentucky. His nationally recognized law firm that he founded in 1994 is devoted exclusively to personal injury law and is well-known for his extensive experience, especially with complex cases involving medical negligence, birth injuries, defective products, and catastrophic injuries. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Louisville School of Law. He received the George M. Moss award as the valedictorian of his law school class. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbel and is listed in Best Lawyers in America and in Super Lawyers (including Top 50 Kentucky Lawyers). He is a Past Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Professional Negligence Section, Past Co-chair of the AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and an active member of the AAJ Medical Negligence Information Exchange, Interstate Trucking Litigation, Traumatic Brain Injury and Railroad Litigation Groups, the Kentucky Justice Association (Past President), and the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Casi is a frequent lecturer on topics such as medical malpractice, hospital liability, birth injury cases, accident reconstruction, and trucking litigation. He has spoken at over 70 different conventions and seminars and has published works in Trial Magazine and the Advocate. In 2015, he received the Daniel Cullan Memorial Award from the AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group for his “passionate and unwavering commitment to excellence in advocacy and his devotion and service to the Birth Trauma Litigation Group and the children it serves.” In 2018, he received the Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award from the Kentucky Justice Association, which is given to “one who demonstrates exceptional talent as a trial practitioner, fights for the rights of consumers – even when cases and causes may be unpopular – shares his or her talents with young lawyers and other members of the bar, and gives back to the legal profession by working with others to protect America’s constitutional right to trial by jury.” His multiple bar admissions include the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit, and the US Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
Aaron B. Caughey, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Chair
Obstetrician-in-Chief
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor in the Division of Management and the Division of Midwifery in the School of Nursing, OHSU
Associate Dean for Women’s Health Research & Policy
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Medical Director
Oregon Perinatal Collaborative
Professor Caughey is known internationally for his work in maternal-fetal medicine. He is the author or co-author of over 1260 scientific communications, and co-author/co-editor of 37 books, including High Risk Pregnancy: Management Options and Blueprints in Obstetrics and Gynecology (7th edition). He is the author or co-author of 8 book chapters. Professor Caughey has been the recipient of scores of honors, including at least 20 Outstanding Teacher Awards, multiple Roy M. Pitkin Awards for Research Excellence, the Ivory Tower Award, the Campbell Award for Contributions to Pediatric Surgery, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon Mentor Award, and the Lee Lusted Prize- Best Research Presentation, Society for Medical Design Making, senior author. He is Editor-in-Chief for Obstetrics for the Obstetrics Gynecology Survey, and an Associate Editor, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served on the editorial boards of multiple prestigious journals including Journal of Maternal-Fetal andNeonatal Medicine, and Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. Professor Caughey is Associate Editor of Pregnancy – Fasttrack. He is the author/co-author of dozens of expert reports, including 4 to Congress. He is an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Maternal-Fetal Medicine since 2012. He is also the recipient of the Roy M. Pitkin Award for the OB/Gyn Department with Outstanding Research Excellence – 2023. He is listed repeatedly in Portland’s Top Doctors. He has earned the Black Belt, Second Degree, Tae Kwon Do!!!
Mary E. D’Alton, MD
Willard C. Rappleye Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Professor D’Alton is known internationally for her work in maternal-fetal medicine with special reference to maternal morbidity and mortality, fetal imaging, high-risk pregnancy, and neonatal encephalopathy. She is the co-author, editor, or co-editor of 9 books, the latest entitled Obstetric Imaging, Fetal Diagnosis and Care, Expert Radiology Series 2nd Edition,and 93 book chapters and reviews. She is also the author or co-author of at least 521 scientific communications and 14 expert reports. Professor D’Alton has been the recipient of many honors, for teaching, research, and service but especially for election to The National Academy of Medicine. She was the recipient of the Seymour Milstein Distinguished Service Award, NY Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Steven G. Gabbe MD Award from the Foundation for the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland bestowed an Honorary Doctorate Award. She serves on the editorial board of multiple prestigious journals including the Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Prenatal Diagnosis, and the Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. She has been an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Andrea L. Gropman, MD, FAAP, FAMCG, FANA, FCNS
Mark Tamer endowed Professor and Chair in Pediatric Neurology
Director, Neurometabolic Translational Research and Therapeutics
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Professor Gropman is known internationally for her work in pediatric neurology with special reference to genetic metabolic disorders. She is triple-board certified in Pediatrics, Neurology and Medical Genetics. She is the author or co-author of almost 350 scientific communications. Professor Gropman is a co-editor and author of X and Y chromosomal variations: Hormones, Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Performance. Professor Gropman has written 26 book chapters and is a co-editor of the Swaiman Pediatric Neurology textbook. She is Editor-in-Chief of Mitochondrion and of the Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics. She serves on the editorial boards of multiple prestigious journals including the Journal of Child Neurology, Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Pediatric Neurology, and Neurology Genetics. Professor Gropman has received dozens of honors and awards including the Hower Award (Child Neurology Society), United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, DMV chapter Hero Award, National Institutes of Health Merit Award, and multiple excellence in teaching and mentorship awards. She is listed in her High School Hall of Fame!!!
Daniel J. Huff, JD
Huff Powell Bailey, LLC
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Huff is the founding partner of his law firm and has tried more than 130 civil jury trials in Georgia as a defense attorney. He has been a former council to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees leading investigations of high-profile issues. Mr. Huff has specialized in the defense of high damages lawsuits, primarily medical malpractice claims. He has represented defendants in more than 135 jury trials. He has defended and successfully tried cases for every specialty of medicine and for numerous hospitals throughout Georgia. In 2024 he was recognized by Best Lawyers in America and as the Lawyer of the Year in Georgia for medical malpractice defense. Mr. Huff has donated his time and resources to help several local charities and provide pro-bono legal representation to indigent clients. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, members being composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Lawyers must have a minimum of 15 years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the college cannot exceed 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province. There are approximately 5,800 members in the United States. Additional awards and recognition for Mr. Huff include repeated recognition by his peers as a Georgia SuperLawyer for many years. He has been a past president for the American Board of Trial Advocates, Georgia chapter. He has received recognition by the courtroom video network as defense lawyer of the year in Georgia. He has a Martindale Hubble AV peer rating. Mr. Huff has admissions to practice before the Georgia court of appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, US district court, northern and middle districts of Georgia, and the 11th circuit court of appeals. Among his memberships and affiliations are the Defense Research Institute, American Board of Trial Advocates, and the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has given many invited lectures. His firm has 7 offices.
Kimberly Kenton MD, MS, FACS, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Vice Chair of Research, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chief, Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Section of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Professor Kenton is known internationally for her work in urogynecology. She is the author or co-author of almost 300 scientific communications and author or co-author of at least 40 book chapters, reviews and editorials. She serves on the editorial boards of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urogynecology. Professor Kenton has and had extensive involvement with the National Institutes of Health chairing multiple committees focused on urinary incontinence treatment and on pelvic floor disorders. She has also served repeatedly on multiple NIH scientific review study sections. She has served as Chair of the Educational Counsel of the American Urogynecologic Society and Chair of the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She has also served on the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States Medical Licensing Examination and as faculty advisor to the American Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics committee, among many other professional memberships and activities. She is an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Professor Kenton has been the recipient of many awards and honors including the AUGS Raymond A. Lee Award for surgical advancement of urogynecology and teaching gynecologic surgery, multiple outstanding teacher and mentor awards, the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Solvay Scholar Award and an award by the Society of Women’s Health Research for scientific contributions to women’s health. She is the co-producer of two videos shown internationally on Sacrocolpopexy and Cystoscopic Intradetrusor Botulinem A toxin injection for the treatment of bladder incontinence.
Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA
Formerly Professor and Chair, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston, MA
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Co-Founder, President, Chief Innovation & Impact Officer, CognitiveCare, Milpitas, CA
Board of Scientific Counselors, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Past President & CEO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA
Professor Norwitz is known internationally for his work in maternal fetal medicine with special reference to high-risk pregnancy. He is the author or co-author of at least 280 scientific communications, 72 editorials and reviews and 90 book chapters. Professor Norwitz is the author or co-editor of 14 books, the most recent being Evidenced-Based Obstetrics and Gynecology and Obstetric Clinical Algorithms: Management and Evidence (2nd Edition). Professor Norwitz is Editor-in-Chief of Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple prestigious journals, is on the advisory board of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and serves on the peer review board of UpToDate. Professor Norwitz has been the recipient of many honors for research, and awards for excellence in teaching. He has given many invited named lectures. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He has been listed repeatedly in Top Doctors in Boston and Best Doctors in America. He is also Honorary Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Until recently he was on the Board of Directors of Zoo New England!!!
Accommodations
Hilton Waikoloa Village
69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
The Center for Human Genetics, Inc. has secured a room block at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island which will be available until November 30, 2025, or until it is sold out.
| Room Type | Price per Night |
|---|---|
| Palace Resort View Rooms | $399 per night, plus taxes and fees |
| Palace Golf View Rooms | $429 per night, plus taxes and fees |
| Palace Ocean View Rooms | $439 per night, plus taxes and fees |
| Palace Garden Lanai Rooms | $449 per night, plus taxes and fees |
The above rates are based on single or double occupancy and are subject to applicable taxes, which are currently 17.962% per room, per night (subject to change). Rates are effective for arrivals on Thursday, January 1 to departures on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Arrivals prior to January 1, 2026, are on a request basis only, subject to availability, and are priced at the full public rate in effect at that time. Additional occupants (18 years and older) will be charged at a rate of $50.00 per person, per night, plus applicable taxes. There is no charge for children 17 years of age and younger staying in the same room with parents utilizing existing bedding, but only up to 4 people allowed per room. King Bedded rooms can sleep up to 3 adults and 2 Queen Bedded rooms can sleep up to 4 adults/children. Rollaway beds are only permitted in regular guest rooms with King Beds, for an additional fee of $50 per night, plus taxes and fees.
For information on making your travel arrangements and to book your accommodations, please visit www.akatravelteam.com/chg2026
Accreditation
The 41st Annual Conference on Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Multi-specialties, and the Law: January 2 – 7, 2026
Physicians
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Center for Human Genetics and Cine-Med. Cine-Med is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The 41st Annual Conference
Cine-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 24 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME, CLE, and RISK MANAGEMENT CREDITS
To receive CE credit, participants must sign-in and complete the activity and the evaluation online. Certificates/statements of credit will be emailed upon completion of an online credit tracking form. All questions to CME Office at 203-263-0006 EXT 112 or bmozelak@cine-med.net
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has assigned up to 24 cognate credits to this program.
American Academy of Family Physicians
The AAFP has reviewed Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology and the LAW and deemed it acceptable for up to 24 hours. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA/AAFP Equivalency:
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Activities held outside of Canada developed by a university, academy, specialty society or other physician organization can be recorded as accredited group learning activities under Section 1 of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program
Risk Management
This program meets the criteria established by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management.
Nurse-Midwives
The American Midwifery Certification Board grants reciprocity status to the American Academy of Family Physicians to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for Category 1 offerings that are relevant to midwifery.
Other Non-Physician Professionals
Please check with your individual licensing boards on reciprocity allowed for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Core Competencies
This activity is in accord with the American Board of Medical Specialties Six Core Competencies. This activity will increase your competency in the areas of Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.
DISCLOSURE POLICY Disclosure information from faculty and all other persons in control of content will be provided to participants prior to the beginning of the educational activity. This activity received no commercial support. Exhibitors will not be present.
SUBSTITUTION/CANCELLATION POLICY Substitutions may be made at any time without an additional charge. Refunds will be issued for all cancellations received before December 1. Should cancellation occur after December 1, a credit, not a refund, will be issued. A $150 administrative fee will be charged for all refunds and credits. No shows are subject to the full course fee. Cancellation/substitutions must be made in writing. Refunds or credits will not be issued once the conference has started. This course is subject to change and/or cancellation.
SPECIAL SERVICES & DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS The Center staff will work to accommodate dietary requests received in writing at least one week prior to the conference. To request reasonable accommodations for a disability, email Anna Echols (chg@akatravelteam.com) at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.
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THE 41st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Multi-Specialties, and the Law
The 41st Annual Conference on Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, and the Law
Registration
| Tuition Before 08/31/2025 | After 08/31/2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Physicians & Attorneys | $1725 | $1850 |
| Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Midwife | $1000 | $1075 |
| Insurance Personnel, Resident Fellow Members of AAFP |
$1425 | $1550 |
Tuition includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks, comprehensive syllabus and welcome reception
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For information on making your travel arrangements and to book your accommodations, please visit https://www.akatravelteam.com/chg2026
We look forward to seeing you in January, 2026!
For all queries, please contact Dr. Aubrey Milunsky.
Aubrey Milunsky, M.D., D.Sc.
Conference Co-Chair
Co-Director, Center for Human Genetics
617-492-7083
amilunsky@chginc.org