Program Agenda/Handouts
General Session
THE ROLE OF THE BLADDER IN PELVIC SUPPORT
Speaker: Deborah Lightner, MD (Mayo Clinic) — Panel I Chairman
SEEKING TREATMENT
Speaker: Ross Rames, MD
(Medical University of SC, Dept. of Urology)FIRST-LINE, NON-PHARMACEUTICAL OPTIONS
Speaker: Betsy Omeis, RN, BSN (University of Texas San Antonio, Dept. of Urology)
MY STORY: A CONSUMER ON MEDICATION FOR OAB
Speaker: to be announced
PHARMACEUTICAL OPTIONS
Speaker: Rodney Appell, MD (Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Urology)
Q&A
From Audience to Panel I (Lightner, Rames, Omeis, Plaunt, and Appell)
MY STORY: A CONSUMER TREATED FOR SUI
Speaker: to be announced
SURGICAL OPTIONS
Speaker: Mickey Karram, MD (Good Samaritan Hospital, Dept. of Gynecology — Cincinnati, OH)
MY STORY: A CONSUMER AND HER PESSARY
Speaker: to be announced
THE POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMAN
Speaker: Steven Swift, MD (Medical University of SC, Dept. of OBGYN)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOWEL HEALTH
Speaker: Niall Galloway, MB, FRCS, FRCSE (Emory College of Medicine Dept. of Urology)
Q&A
from Audience to Panel II
(Karram, Swift, Galloway, and Patient Representatives)
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WHAT WE MUST DO FOR OURSELVES
Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Yvonne Green, MSN, RN Associate Director for Women's Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
NURSES SESSION
IMPROVING PATIENT INTERFACE
Speaker: Betsy Omeis, RN, BSN
MANAGING INCONTINENCE IN THE ELDERLY
Speaker: Dorothy Doughty, MSN, RN
COMBATTING CHRONIC URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
Speaker: Ross Rames, MD
Q&A
Nurses must view the complete webcast for a total of 6.7 contact hours towards continuing education units through SUNA.
