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The Bay Area Lactation Associates Conference 2003 -
HS Lordships Restaurant, Berkeley, CA, March 14-15, 2003.
"Lactation: The First 14 Days." Speakers include: Evelyn Jain, MD, CCFP, IBCLC; Angela Mason, BA; Debra Busta Moore, RN, MS, IBCLC; Carol Ryan, RN, MSN(c), IBCLC; and Nancy Williams, MA, MFT, CCE, IBCLC. After March 3, call (510) 524-6917 for availability.
First Annual OHSU Lactation Conference at Oregon Health and Sciences University - Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, March 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2003.
"Best Practice - Managing Early Breastfeeding in the Hospital and Clinic." A ONE day conference repeated over five consecutive days with Molly Pessl, RN, IBCLC from Evergreen Medical Center. Molly will present foundations in lactation assessment, evaluation and planning.
For more information, visit www.ohsu.edu/son-continuinged/continuinged.html or email at lactconf@ohsu.edu or phone Linda Gonzales at (503) 494-2261.
Thoughts on Breastfeeding - Bakersfield, CA, April 5, 2003.
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Kern County presents Dr. Dettwyler. Presentations included will be on: Beauty and the Breast, A Time to Wean, and Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt? Registration brochures for this conference will be available after February 18, 2003. Cost to attend is $45.00 ($35 for Kern County, California residents) before March 24, 2003, and $50 thereafter. For questions about Dr. Dettwyler's Bakersfield Workshop, contact Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Kern County at (661) 324-5612 or email: kernhmhb@msn.com (Subject: Dettwyler workshop).
La Leche League International's 31st Annual Seminar for
Physicians - Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, July 1-3, 2003.
Co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The American Academy of Family Physicians is participating as a Cooperating Organization. Continuing medical education credits available. Reduced rates for resident physicians. For more information visit www.lalecheleague.org/ed/PhysSem03.html.
La Leche League International's 18th International Breastfeeding Conference - Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, July 3-6, 2003.
"Strength through Diversity-Creating One Breastfeeding World." Join with us to learn, to share, and to make a difference at one of the world's largest breastfeeding conferences. A maximum of 17.4 Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) will be available from the IBLCE. A maximum of 17.4 contact hours for RNs will be available from the Illinois Nurses' Association and the
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California Board of Nursing. A maximum of 14.5 CDE hours will be available from the American Dietetic Association. For more information, visit www.lalecheleague.org/03conf/03conf.html.
8th Annual International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, IL, October 16-20, 2003.
"Physicians & Breastfeeding: Controversy, Challenge & Change." Sponsored by Children's Hospital & Health Center, San Diego, CA, in association with The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM). Pre-conference courses (What Every Physician Needs to Know About Breastfeeding, Research and Evaluation Primer, and Breastfeeding Curriculum Workshop) and main meeting for physicians, with 3rd Annual "Breastfeeding for Health Team Members" meeting October 19-20, 2003, partially overlapping physicians' meeting. Incredible line-up of speakers including Peter Hartmann, Paula Meier, James McKenna, Kathryn Dewey, Jane Heinig and many more! For information go to www.bfmed.org or contact the ABM office: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 191 Clarksville Rd, Princeton Junction, NJ, 08550, USA; Tel (toll free) (877) 836-9947; International (609) 799-6327; FAX (609) 799-7032; Email: gfoster@cmasolutions.com. Program Chair: Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC; wightsd@aol.com.
La Leche League International Lactation Specialist Workshops
The ongoing series of Lactation Specialist Workshops are designed for nurses, physicians and lactation specialists who work in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics and physicians' offices. The workshops provide a post-graduate course for lactation specialists on current breastfeeding information, and the skills and tools needed to assist breastfeeding mothers in pre- and postnatal situations.
Workshops to be held on:
- March 29- Austin, Texas
- March 31-Long Island, New York
- April 2- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
- April 4-Minneapolis, Minnesota
- October 18-Phoenix, Arizona
- October 20-Baltimore, Maryland
- October 22-Braintree, Massachusetts
- October 24-Lisle/Naperville, Illinois
For more information: www.lalecheleague.org/ed/LactSpec03.html.
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