Bambina venue booked Wednesday 18th-Monday 23rd September, 2024.
Conference dates are Thursday 19th- Sunday 22nd September, 2024.
Papal/angelus audience requested. * pre-recorded talk
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Outline
Thur 19 Sept: 2pm board meeting, 3pm registration, 4pm retreat (Discovering my identity in Christ, Fr G Woodall), and 630pm welcome function.
Fri and Sat 20-21 Sept: main conference (below). Fri social dinner
Sun 22 Sept: Mass and close
Day 1 Thursday September 19th 2024
2:00 pm MaterCare International Board Meeting
3:00 pm Registration (Lower level -1)
4:00 pm Retreat: “Discovering my identity in Christ.” Fr Prof George Woodall
6:30 pm “Welcome” Main Conference Hall (Lower level -1)
Mrs Theresa Schmidt, Chair MCI Board
Mr Simon Walley, Executive Director MCI
A/Prof Elvis Šeman, Medical Director MCI
Prof Bogdan Chazan, Emeritus Medical Director MCI
Dr Richard Lennon, President MaterCare Australia
Ms Alicia Smith, Secretary MaterCare Australia
Prof Bernard Ars, President FIAMC
Dr Niklaus Waldis, Treasurer FIAMC
Monsignor Marian Éléganti, Ecclesiastical Assistant FIAMC
Mrs Silvija Vasilj, Director FIAMC
Prof Vincenzo Defilippis, President FEAMC
7:00 pm Opening address: Prof Bernard Ars
7:30 pm Wine and finger food celebration.
9:00 pm Informal “getting acquainted” on the roof. BYO drinks.
Day 2 Friday September 20th 2024
7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:25am Holy Mass (Main Chapel): His Eminence Willem J Cardinal Eijk
Concelebrants: Mons Marian Éléganti, Fr George Woodall.
SESSION 1: TRUTH IN IDENTITY
An overview of what constitutes true personal and professional identity.
Chairs: Prof Bernard Ars, A/Prof Elvis Šeman
09:30 – 09:35 am Introduction
09:35 – 09:55 am Human rights: authentic vs counterfeit.
Fr Prof George Woodall
09:55 – 10:00 am Q & A
10:00 – 10:25 am Do Catholic obstetricians, paediatricians, and midwives
have special obligations?
Dr Elena Kraus*, Dr Richard Lennon, Natasha Rego
10:25 – 10:30 am Q & A
10:30 – 10:50 am Conscience and Catholicism in OB/GYN training and practice
A/Prof Radoslaw Maksym
10:50 – 10:55 am Q & A
10:55 – 11:20 am Coffee break
11:20 – 11:40 am Transgenderism and Christian truth
His Eminence Willem J Card Eijk
11:40 – 11:45 am Q & A
SESSION 2: TRAINING ISSUES – PANEL Q & A
Training to be a Catholic OB/GYN and paediatrician in a secular culture.
Chairs: A/Prof Radoslaw Maksym, Dr Boris Ujević
Case presenter: Dr Marina Florentino
Panel: Drs Cara Buskmiller, Natalia Suszczewicz, Richard Lennon, Angela Koeninger, Elvis Šeman
11:45 – 11:50 am Introduction
11:50 – 12:50 am Panel discussion of cases covering the following subjects:
- Is there a Catholic approach to transgender patients?
- How can I decline a request for contraception /sterilization? May I offer FAMs instead?
- How do I deal with a request for abortion when referral is mandated?
- Which treatments for ectopic pregnancy are morally permissible
(Cervical, Caesarean scar, cornual and tubal)
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
SESSION 3: MATERCARE INTERNATIONAL IN MISSION
A focus on what MCI does.
Chairs: Prof Bogdan Chazan, Alicia Smith
2:00 – 2:05 pm Introduction
2:05 – 2:20 pm Revised charter of maternal rights – a way forward?
Ewa Rejman
2:20 – 2:25 pm Q & A
2:25 – 2:40 pm What’s the evidence base for essential rural obstetrics?
Dr Ewa Ślizień-Kuczapska
2:25 – 2:30 pm Q & A
2:30 – 3:00 pm Our programmes in Rwanda and Uganda
Simon Walley, Theresa Schmidt, Alicia Smith
3:00 – 3:10 pm Q & A
3:10 – 3:25 pm MaterCare media
Jennifer Derwey
3:25 – 3:30 pm Q & A
SESSION 4: OBSTETRICS AND PAEDIATRICS
A Catholic perspective on current obstetric and paediatric issues, spotlighting the impact of war.
Chairs: Prof Vincent Defilippis, Dr Samantha Yeo
3:30 – 3:35 pm Introduction
3:35 – 3:55 pm Keynote address, part I
Obstetric care and abortion during war
Dr Zoreslava Horodenchuk
3:55 – 4:00 pm Q & A
4:00 – 4:30 pm Coffee break
4:30 – 4:45 pm Keynote address, part II
Human sexuality during war
Dr Sviatoslava Fedorets*
4:45 – 4:50 pm Q & A
4:50 – 5:10 pm What is and is not an abortion?
A/Prof Donna Harrison
5:10 – 5:15 pm Q & A
5:15 – 5:35 pm Foetal medicine and surgery – an update
Dr Cara Buskmiller
5:35 – 5:40 pm Q & A
5:40 – 6:00 pm Borderline foetal viability – when to resuscitate. Care
of a baby born alive after abortion.
Dr Richard Lennon
6:00 – 6:05 pm Q & A
6:05 – 6:25 pm How safe are COVID and other mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Prof Jozef Glasa
6:25 – 6:30 pm Q & A
7:30 pm Social Dinner – Da Romolo alla Mole Adriana, Vicolo del
Campanile 12, 00193 Rome
Day 3 Saturday September 21st 2024
7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:25am Holy Mass (Main Chapel): Fr George Woodall
SESSION 5: GYNAECOLOGY
A Catholic perspective on current gynaecological issues.
Chairs: Prof José Diogo Ferreira Martins, Prof Angela Koeninger
09:30 – 09:35 am Introduction
09:35 – 09:55 am Is opportunistic salpingectomy a double-edged sword?
Dr Stefan Lukac
09:55 – 10:00 am Q & A
10:00 – 10:20 am Managing a victim of rape.
Dr Henrietta Maria Williams
10:20 – 10:25 am Q & A
10:25 – 10:45 am Medication abortion reversal – how to establish and
maintain a service.
Dr Dermot Kearney
10:45 – 10:50 am Q & A
10:50 – 11:15 am Coffee break
11:15 – 11:35 am Why Fertility Awareness Methods and Restorative
Reproductive Medicine should supersede contraception and
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in mainstream
medicine.
Dr Catherine Peterson
11:35 – 11:40 am Q & A
11:40 – 12:00 pm The restorative approach to infertility – practical tips and
tricks.
Dr Natalia Suszczewicz
12:00 – 12:05 pm Q & A
SESSION 6: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
Interactive Multi-Disciplinary Team case discussion.
Chairs: Dr Boris Ujević, A/Prof Elvis Šeman
Case presenter: Dr Marina Florentino
Panel (Obs): Drs Radosław Maksym, Cara Buskmiller, Richard Lennon and Marta Čivljak. Natasha Rego.
Panel (Gyn): Drs Natalia Suszczewicz, Henrietta Williams, Radosław Maksym and Cathy Peterson.
12:05 – 12:30 pm Obstetric – preterm labour at 23 weeks in a patient booked
for repeat CS and tubal ligation
12:30 – 12:55 pm Gynae – failed IVF and untreated endometriosis
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
SESSION 7: FAITH AND BIOETHICS
Short papers on contemporary topics.
Chairs: Dr Niklaus Waldis, Dr Richard Lennon
2:00 – 2:05 pm Introduction
2:05 – 2:20 pm Bishop Valentin Pozaić – an inspiring priest and bioethicist
with the motto ‘choose life!’
A/Prof Rok Civljak
2:20 – 2:25 pm Q & A
2:25 – 2:40 pm In-utero beatification.
Prof Andrzej Kochański
2:40 – 2:45 pm Q & A
2:45 – 3:00 pm Faith and the loss of a baby.
A/Prof Aleksandra Kłos-Skrzypczak
3:00 – 3:05 pm Q & A
3:05 – 3:20 pm Etica Teologica della Vita – has the Pontifical Academy for Life
a new position on contraception and ART?
Dr Umberto Villa, A/Prof Elvis Šeman
3:20 – 3:25 pm Q & A
3:25 – 3:40 pm Is the promotion of ‘reproductive and sexual rights’ in the
developing world neo-colonialism?
Patrick Buckley
3:40 – 3:45 pm Q & A
3:45 – 4:00 pm Treatment of infertility with NaProTechnology – the new
Christological humanism.
Dr Henrietta Maria Williams
4:00 – 4:05 pm Q & A
4:05 – 4:35 pm Coffee break
SESSION 8: CLOSING SESSION
“A day in the life of a Catholic OB/GYN,” conference statement, invitation to 14th MCI conference 2026, and close of meeting.
Chairs: Dr Stefan Lukac, Dr Marina Florentino
4:35 – 4:50 pm Usage of SymptoThermal Method in determining Expected
Date of Confinement – obstetric implications.
Dr Ludmila Lázničkova
4:50 – 4:55 pm Q & A
4:55 – 5:10 pm A multidisciplinary teenage pregnancy clinic in Singapore.
Dr Samantha Yeo
5:10 – 5:15 pm Q & A
5:15 – 5:30 pm Ectopic high-risk pregnancy, is prolongation of gestation
possible? Insights in Caesarean scar and cervical ectopic
pregnancy.
Prof Angela Koeninger
5:30 – 5:35 pm Q & A
5:35 – 5:50 pm The value of spiritual care in OB/GYN
Prof Jakub Pawlikowski
5:50 – 5:55 pm Q & A
5:55 – 6:15 pm Conference statement
6:15 – 6:20 pm Close and invitation to 2026 conference.
8:00 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Informal roof gathering
Day 4 Sunday September 22nd 2024
7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30am Closing Mass with blessing of hands and Farewell (Main
Chapel): Fr George Woodall
Posters
Perinatal Depression: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. Marta Čivljak, Marin Čargo, Ana Šeremet, Sandra Nakić Radoš.
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