8th Annual Conception to Cradle Conference - 2025

Wednesday, October 22, 2025


This conference has already taken place.


The Waterview - Port Jefferson, NY
Online Streaming Available
1 Day Conference October 22nd, 2025
6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Hours

Description

Our goal is to reach a multidisciplinary audience to discuss evidence-based practice, improving perinatal outcomes in Suffolk/Nassau County. Choosing speakers that address high-risk mothers and babies in their practices to improve quality compassionate care in a variety of specialties.

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Dates and Times

Start: 10/22/2025 7:30 AM
End: 10/22/2025 3:20 PM

Objectives

  • Identify appropriate candidates that meet criteria for Cardiac alert in pregnant people.
  • Understand that decriminalization of opioid use during pregnancy involves shifting from punitive criminal legal and child welfare policies toward a health-based approach that emphasizes treatment and support.
  • Increase their knowledge, improve practices and discuss important clinical issues related to premature infants.
  • Review challenges faced by NICU Parents in Crisis, explore Available Support Systems for Struggling Parents.  Discuss Best Practices for Parental Engagement in the NICU Promote Trauma-Informed and Non-Judgmental Care Approaches. Empower parents to overcome obstacles and build bonds.
  • Explore surrogacy practices to see how they affect patient care.
  • Define the Dual Family Care Model and issues relate to this model.  Define best practice approaches in the care of transgender birthing patients. Review updated language and definitions for the LGBT+ community.
  • Discuss the resurgence of GBS, syphilis and herpes in pregnant persons and potential effects on newborn.  

Speakers

  • Deborah Campbell, MD
    • The Journey to Optimizing Care and Outcomes for the Extremely Preterm Infant: The State of the "Art" in 2025
  • Andrew Handel, MD
    • Congenital Infections in 2025: Syphilis, Mpox, and More
  • Lauren Paulk, JD
    • Respectful Care and Decriminalization in Perinatal Substance Abuse
  • Loralei Thornburg, MD
    • The Heart of the Matter - Safe Motherhood District II Bundle: Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy & Pregnancy and Future Cardiac Health
  • Erinma Ukoha, MD
    • Respectful Care and Decriminalization in Perinatal Substance Abuse
  • Dixie Weber, MSN
    • Parenting Under Pressure: Navigating the NICU, Substance Use, Housing Instability, and Safety Concerns While Building Stronger Bonds in the NICU
    • Respectful Care: Planning for Surrogacy & the LGBT+ Community

Location

The Waterview
44 Fairway Drive
Port Jefferson, NY 11777

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits . Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Need help with this Conference?

Please contact the Conference coordinator listed below:

Alyson Ornstein
Department: OB/Pediatrics/Regional Perinatal Center
Phone: (631) 444-2021
Email: alyson.ornstein@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Give us a call
(631) 444-2094
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
HSC, Level 2, Room 142
Stony Brook, New York 11794-8222