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Agenda: Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research

8:00 a.m.     WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Linda Giudice
Committee Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
The Robert B. Jaffe, MD Endowed Chair in the Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

Zach Hall
President
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

8:15 a.m.     Overview and Historical Perspective  

Linda Giudice
Committee Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
The Robert B. Jaffe, MD Endowed Chair in the Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco


Session I

Moderator: Joe Leigh  Simpson

9:00 a.m.     Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome

Marcelle Cedars
Director
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
University of California San Francisco

9:30 a.m.     Surgical Risks

Ana Murphy
Brooks Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Georgia

9:50 a.m.     Anesthetic risks

Lawrence Tsen
Associate Professor in Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director of Anesthesia
Center for Reproductive Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

10:10 a.m.   Panel Discussion

Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Invited Discussant
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology
Director Center for Clinical Research on Women's Health
University of Pennsylvania

10:45          BREAK


Session II
Moderator: Bernard Harlow

11:10 a.m.   Psychological Risks  

Susan Klock
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Northwestern University Medical School

11:35 a.m.   Cancer Risks

Roberta Ness
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh

12:05 p.m.   Panel Discussion

John Collins, Invited Discussant
Professor Emeritus
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
McMaster University, Hamilton

12:30 p.m.   LUNCH


Session III

Moderator: Catherine Racowsky

1:30 p.m.     Future Fertility

Nicholas Cataldo
Former Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University

2:00 p.m.     Similarities and Differences in the Process of Oocyte Donation for Clinical Treatment versus Research

Zev Rosenwaks
Director, Revlon Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine
The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility
Department of OB/GYN
Cornell University

2:30 p.m.     Panel Discussion 

David Guzick, Invited Discussant
Dean
Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

3:00 p.m.     BREAK

 
Session IV
Panel Discussion with all Speakers

3:15 p.m.     Synthesis and Review: Current knowledge, gaps, how to avoid risks, future considerations

Linda Giudice
Committee Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
The Robert B. Jaffe, MD Endowed Chair in the Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

4:15 p.m.     General Discussion with Audience

Linda Giudice
Committee Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
The Robert B. Jaffe, MD Endowed Chair in the Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

5:30 p.m.     ADJOURN

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