MRSi 2023: Lucky 21 Celebrating Victories in IVF

MRSi 2023 Meeting Agenda

Sessions and Events

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

11:00am - 7:00pm Registration & Welcome Desk
Welcome Desk Palm Court Foyer
12:00pm - 5:00pm Embryology Hands On Workshop Doctor & Scientists Drake Kathy Miller, DHSc
Kristen Ivani, HCLD, PhD
Abeer Salhia, ELD, FNP, HCLD, MSN, PhD
Charles Bormann, PhD
Kathryn Go, PhD
Wayne Caswell, MS
6:00pm - 8:00pm Kings, Queens, Aces and Jokers! REI Fellows Dinner & Global Fellows Summit
Sponsored by:
CooperSurgical
Social Events Gold Coast
Angie Beltsos, MD, Amber Cooper, MD, MSCI, FACOG, Eric Forman, MD, HCLD, Roohi Jeelani, MD, Gretchen Collins, MD, Mike Large, PHD
7:00pm - 8:00pm High Rollers! Members Only Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by:
Progenesis
Social Events Club International
8:00pm - 11:00pm Deuces Are Wild Welcome Reception
Sponsorship Available
Social Events Palm Court

Thursday, June 8, 2023

7:00am - 8:00am Breakfast
Sponsored by:
Walgreens
Meals & Breaks French Room
7:00am - 5:30pm Registration & Welcome Desk
Welcome Desk Palm Court Foyer
8:00am - 11:30am Exhibitor Hall Open
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
8:00am - 8:30am Opening Ceremony & Meeting Welcome!
Scientific Sessions Gold Coast
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote - Access To Care In IVF, How Science Politics and Venture Capital Go Together; The Time Is Now! CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast David Sable, MD
10:00am - 10:45am Toyota Production System and IVF: Eliminating Waste to Enhance Value Based Medicine? CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Francisco Arredondo, MD, MPH
10:45am - 11:15am Morning Break
Sponsorship Available
Meals & Breaks Grand Ballroom
11:15am - 12:15pm Reviewing Big Data on Oocyte Vitrification and Thaw Outcomes CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Wayne Caswell, MS
12:15pm - 1:00pm Working Lunch: The Sudden Rise of Natural Cycle Frozen Embryo Transfers: Truth or Hype? CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Richard Paulson, MD, MS
1:00pm - 1:45pm Factors Affecting Implantation of Euploid Embryos CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Eric Forman, MD, HCLD
1:30pm - 5:45pm Exhibitor Hall Open
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
1:45pm - 2:15pm Afternoon Break
Sponsorship Available
Meals & Breaks
2:15pm - 3:00pm Becoming a High Roller- Podcasting for REIs CME/CE Business Minds Huron Griffin Jones
Abby Mercado, BA, BS
2:15pm - 3:00pm Third Party Contracts and Legal Concerns Post Roe V Wade CME/CE Business Minds Georgian Rachel Loftspring, JD
2:15pm - 3:00pm Dobbs Impact: How You Can Save IVF and Protect Health Care CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Tudor Room Serena H Chen, MD
2:15pm - 3:00pm Mosaic Embryos: Biology, Laboratory Implications, and Clinical Outcomes CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Astor Manuel Viotti, HCLD, PhD
Andrea Victor, PhD
2:15pm - 3:00pm Optimizing Embryo Biopsy Techniques Doctor & Scientists Superior Kathy Miller, DHSc
2:15pm - 3:00pm Gambling With Your Patients' Mental Health: How to Know Which Digital Mental Health Technologies Are Evidence Based or A Bad Bet CME/CE/APA Mental Health Florentine Bayley Taple, PhD
3:00pm - 3:30pm Break & Travel to Workshops
Meals & Breaks French Room
3:30pm - 4:15pm "ALL IN" - Do You Feel Like Your Teams Have Lost Heart? Business Minds Drake Lisa Duran
3:30pm - 4:15pm Betting on Equity: Playing to Achieve Health Equity in Reproductive Medicine CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast Kim Thornton, MD
3:30pm - 4:15pm When Your Luck Doesn’t Pan Out: Counseling Anxious Fertility Patients in a Post-Dobb’s World CME/CE/APA Mental Health Venetian Julie Bindeman, PsyD
3:30pm - 4:15pm Fertility 101: Menstrual Cycle, Fertility Testing, & PGT From Nurse Perspective CME/CE Nurse Practicum Camellia Room Emily Ehlers, BSN, RN
3:30pm - 4:15pm The Trials and Tribulations of Fellows Looking For A Job REI Fellows Georgian Eduardo Hariton, MD, MBA
4:15pm - 5:00pm Moving A Company To IPO Business Minds Drake David Sable, MD
4:15pm - 5:00pm The Role of Surgery CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast Zaraq Khan, MD
4:15pm - 5:00pm When You Can’t Fake a Poker Face: Helping Anxious Patients Cope As They Pursue A Rainbow Baby CME/CE/APA Mental Health Venetian Vickie Schafer, PhD
4:15pm - 5:00pm Antagonist vs Agonist - Tips On How To Double Down (Dual Trigger) CME/CE Nurse Practicum Camellia Room MacKenzie Purdy, MD
4:15pm - 5:00pm Don't Fold 'Em! We'll help you Ace the Boards! REI Fellows Georgian GG Collins, MD
5:00pm - 5:15pm Business Minds Call to Action & Closing Remarks
Business Minds Drake
Francisco Arredondo, MD MPH
5:00pm - 5:15pm Doctors & Scientists Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE
Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast
Angeline N. Beltsos, MD, FACOG
Amber Cooper, MD, MSCI, FACOG
GG Collins, MD, FACOG
5:00pm - 5:15pm Mental Health Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE/APA
Mental Health Venetian
Angela Lawson, PhD
5:00pm - 5:15pm Nurse Practicum Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE
Nurse Practicum Camellia Room
Ann Scalia, RN, BSN, CNOR
Emily Ehlers, RN, BSN
5:00pm - 5:15pm REI Fellows Call to Action & Closing Remarks
REI Fellows Georgian
Anna Rambthalta, MD, Gretchen Collins, MD, Kelsey Anderson, MD, Luis Hoyos, MD,
Megan Sax, MD, Roohi Jeelani, MD, Victoria Jiang, MD, Zoran Pavlovic, MD
6:00pm - 9:00pm The Stakes Are High: 7th Annual CEO Summit
Sponsored by:
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Social Events Gold Coast
Angeline N. Beltsos, MD, FACOG, TJ Farnsworth, Richard Jennings, Thomas Molinaro, MD, David Stern, Beth Zonerach
9:00pm - 12:30am Full House - Thursday Evening Cocktail Party
Sponsored by:
ReUniteRX
Social Events Gold Coast

Friday, June 9, 2023

7:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
Sponsored by:
Walgreens
Meals & Breaks Grand Ballroom
7:00am - 8:00am Feel the Glow - Yoga on Oak Street Beach
Sponsored by:
Kindbody
Social Events Oak Street Beach
Hannah Johnson
7:00am - 5:30pm Registration & Welcome Desk
Welcome Desk Palm Court Foyer
8:00am - 11:30am Exhibitor Hall Open
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
8:00am - 8:30am Morning Welcome!
Scientific Sessions Gold Coast
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote - The Elephant In The Room: The Role Of The OBGYN In IVF - How Do We Improve Access To Care Without Enough REIs? A Debate. CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Amber Cooper, MD, FACOG, MSCI
Lowell Ku, MD
10:00am - 10:45am Increasing Demands But Yet Decreasing Supply - The Growing Shortage Of Embryologists And Future Strategies CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Kristen Ivani, HCLD, PhD
10:45am - 11:15am Morning Break
Sponsorship Available
Meals & Breaks French Room
11:15am - 12:15pm Rapid Fire Debate: Has The NGS Pendulum Swung Too Far? Is Mosaicism Completely Overkill? Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Richard Paulson, MD, MS
Nathan Treff, HCLD, PhD
William Kearns, PhD
Amber Cooper, MD, FACOG, MSCI
Michael Large, PhD
Manuel Viotti, HCLD, PhD
12:15pm - 12:45pm Lunch Break
Meals & Breaks
12:45pm - 1:30pm Virtual Medicine - Post Covid a Reevaluation of Medicine: Patient Satisfaction Technologies for the Digital Generation Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Lowell Ku, MD
1:30pm - 2:15pm Chain Of Custody In The Lab - The Growing Use of Electronic Witnessing Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Charles Bormann, PhD
1:30pm - 5:45pm Exhibitor Hall Open
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
2:15pm - 2:45pm Break & Travel to Workshops
Meals & Breaks Grand Ballroom
2:45pm - 3:30pm Social Media Strategies - It's All About The Poker Face CME/CE Business Minds Superior Roohi Jeelani, MD, FACOG
2:45pm - 3:30pm Don’t Roll The Dice, Prepare For Your FDA Inspection CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Florentine Amy Johnson
2:45pm - 3:30pm Having A Winning Hand In Space Reproduction: When Will We Have Our "First Extraterrestrial" Human CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Huron Sheela Ali, HCLD, PhD, TS
2:45pm - 3:30pm How and When To Supplement Progesterone In FETs - Why So Many Recipes? CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Georgian Jason Griffith, MD
2:45pm - 3:30pm Mastering Oocyte Vitrification CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Tudor Wayne Caswell, MS
2:45pm - 3:30pm The Growing Interest in PGT-P: What Is It and How Do We Counsel Patients? Doctor & Scientists Astor Nathan Treff, HCLD, PhD
2:45pm - 3:30pm Betting on a Full House: Psychological Considerations in Polyamorous Family Building CME/CE/APA Mental Health Ontario Julie Bindeman, PsyD
3:30pm - 4:15pm Heroes, Treasures and Dragons To Achieve Fertility Services For All Business Minds Drake Francisco Arredondo, MD, MPH
3:30pm - 4:15pm Urology Tips For The REI: Optimizing Sperm For Embryo Development CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast Ranjith Ramasamy, MD
3:30pm - 4:15pm Upping The Ante On Patient-Centered Care: How To Implement Trauma Informed Care In Reproductive Medicine CME/CE/APA Mental Health Venetian Amelia Swanson, PhD
3:30pm - 4:15pm Cultivating A Practice Culture To Support IVF Patients CME/CE Nurse Practicum Camellia Room Lisa Rosenthal, MSED
3:30pm - 4:15pm How To Not Gamble On Your First Contract: Items To Consider When Signing On For Your First Job REI Fellows Georgian GG Collins, MD
4:15pm - 5:00pm Playing Your Ace: Marketing and Brand Building In REI Business Minds Drake Griffin Jones
4:15pm - 5:00pm Know When To Hold Or Fold 'Em: When and How To Remove Intramural Fibroids Before IVF CME/CE Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast Zaraq Khan, MD
4:15pm - 5:00pm When The Gamble Doesn’t Pay Out: Understanding The Unique Aspects Of Reproductive Loss In LGBTQ+ Couples/Individuals CME/CE/APA Mental Health Venetian Silvia Fox, PsyD
4:15pm - 5:00pm Calling A Spade A Spade: Helping Patients Move To IVF Nurse Practicum Camellia Room Roohi Jeelani, MD, FACOG
4:15pm - 5:00pm Pearls Of Embryo Transfer REI Fellows Georgian Eric Forman, MD, HCLD
5:00pm - 5:15pm Business Minds Call to Action & Closing Remarks
Business Minds Drake
Francisco Arredondo, MD MPH
5:00pm - 5:15pm Doctors & Scientists Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE
Doctor & Scientists Gold Coast
Angeline N. Beltsos, MD, FACOG
Amber Cooper, MD, MSCI, FACOG
GG Collins, MD, FACOG
5:00pm - 5:15pm Mental Health Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE/APA
Mental Health Venetian
Angela Lawson, PhD
5:00pm - 5:15pm Nurse Practicum Call to Action & Closing Remarks CME/CE
Nurse Practicum Camellia Room
Ann Scalia, RN, BSN, CNOR
Emily Ehlers, RN, BSN
5:00pm - 5:15pm REI Fellows Call to Action & Closing Remarks
REI Fellows Georgian
Anna Rambthalta, MD, Gretchen Collins, MD, Kelsey Anderson, MD, Luis Hoyos, MD,
Megan Sax, MD, Roohi Jeelani, MD, Victoria Jiang, MD, Zoran Pavlovic, MD
5:00pm - 5:45pm You're A Big Deal, Exhibitor Happy Hour
Sponsored by:
Midwest Reproductive Symposium international
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
5:45pm - 6:45pm High Stakes - Abstract Poster Showcase & Cocktail Hour
Sponsored by:
First Fertility
Social Events Walton Room
6:45pm - 11:00pm Casino Royale: A Night of Gaming and Entertainment at the Drake
Sponsored by:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Schrafts2.0
Myriad Women's Health
VFP Pharmacy Group
Natera
Social Events Gold Coast

Saturday, June 10, 2023

7:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
Sponsored by:
Walgreens
Meals & Breaks French Room
7:00am - 2:30pm Registration & Welcome Desk
Welcome Desk Palm Court Foyer
7:00am - 8:00am Sun Powered - Morning Charge Walk on Oak Street Beach
Sponsored by:
Schrafts2.0
Social Events Oak Street Beach
8:00am - 10:30am Exhibitor Hall Open
Exhibition Hall French Room & Grand Ballroom
8:00am - 8:30am Morning Welcome
Social Events Gold Coast
8:30am - 10:15am Cutting Edge Oral Abstract Presentations Scientific Sessions Gold Coast
Oral Abstract Winners
10:15am - 10:45am Morning Break
Social Events Grand Ballroom
10:45am - 11:30am Medical Therapy To Improve Male Fertility CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Ranjith Ramasamy, MD
11:30am - 12:15pm Artificial Intelligence and Automation In The Fertility Space: Double Down or All Hype? CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Nikica Zaninovic, PhD
12:15pm - 1:15pm Working Lunch: Managing Data but Still Getting Quality Research - It's Not as Easy as it Looks CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast Gaurang Daftary, PhD
1:15pm - 2:15pm Fertility & Sterility Journal Article CME/CE Scientific Sessions Gold Coast
2:15pm - 2:30pm Call to Action & Closing Remarks
Scientific Sessions Gold Coast