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2015 Annual Meeting
National Birth Defects Prevention Network 18th Annual Meeting
Advances and Opportunities for Birth Defects Surveillance, Research and Prevention
Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, VA
           
Monday, October 19, 2015
 
8:45AM-9:45AM          Plenary Session
                                    Current MCH / Birth Defects Policy Environment -  Cindy Pelligrini (MOD)

10:00AM-12:00PM      Plenary Session
Electronic Health Information Exchange for Birth Defects Surveillance - Laura Rappleye (MI) and Glenn Copeland (MI)
Around the Network
National Standards Development for Birth Defects Surveillance - Marlene Anderka (MA)
Multi-state Data Collaborative Projects - Mark Canfield (TX)
NBDPN Strategic Planning Implementation and Birth Defects Surveillance - Jane Correia (FL)

1:30PM-3:00PM          Concurrent Breakout Session A
ICD-10-CM Transition and Birth Defects Surveillance - Jan Cragan (CDC)
Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screening: Lessons Learned and Collaborations  Between Birth Defects and Newborn Screening Programs - Keri Urquhart (MI) and Joan Ehrhardt (MI)
Time Monitoring and Cluster Investigations - Peter Langlois (TX), Sara Khan (CDC),  Suzanne Gilboa (CDC)
 
3:30PM-5:00PM          Concurrent Breakout Session B
Analytic Data Methods - Peter Langlois (TX), Russell Kirby (FL), Sarah Tinker (CDC)
Birth Defects Data Visualization and Utilization  -  Mark Canfield (TX)
Parents as Partners to Raise Awareness on the Impact of Birth Defects - Jodi Lemacks (VA), Mattew Murphy (TX)

Tuesday, October 20, 2015
 
8:00AM-12:00PM        Plenary Clinical Session:  Asymmetry of Birth defects
Embryology and Fetal Development - Vaibhav Pai (MA)
Hemifacial Microsomia - Jan Bryne (UT)
Laterality Defects (Heterotaxy and Situs Inversus) - Matt Oster (CDC)
Common Defects and Rare Syndromes with Asymmetry - Kim Keppler-Noreuil (NIH)
Prenatal Imaging for Selected Conditions - Jan Bryne (UT)
 
1:30PM-3:00PM          Concurrent Breakout Session C
Clinical Coding for Selected Birth Defects with Asymmetry- Angela Scheuerle (TX)                                       
National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) Research Findings, part 1
NBDPN Standards Data Quality Tools –Data Quality Performance Measures - Marlene Anderka (MA)

3:30PM-5:00PM          Concurrent Breakout Session D
Best Practices and Resources for Operating Birth Defects Surveillance Programs -  Barbara Warmerdam (CA), Ann Phelps (TX), and Carol Stanton (CO)
National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) research findings, part 2 - Mark Canfield (TX)
Prevention Strategies to Improve Birth Outcomes / Prevent Birth Defects - Dianna Contreras (AZ) and Kara Polen (CDC)
               
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
 
9:20AM-10:15AM        Plenary Session
National Collaborative Studies on Risk Factors for Birth Defects
Genetics and Gene Interactions from an Epidemiologic Perspective - Suzan Carmichael (CA)
 
10:15AM-11:15AM      Plenary Session
Fetal Therapy for Birth Defects and Long-term Outcomes - Katherine Wenstrom (RI)

                                               
11:15AM-12:00PM      Closing Session
Perspective from a Parent/Individual with Birth Defects

2014 Annual Meeting
The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) held its 17th Annual Meeting using a virtual meeting format.  
 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Session 1 Agenda

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM 
Welcome & introduction to the virtual meeting series - Russell Kirby (FL)

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

Synergistic collaborations through NBDPN: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - Paul Romitti (IA)

2:25 pm - 2:55 PM

Standards for birth defects surveillance: implementation of data quality assessment - Marlene Anderka (MA)

2:55 PM - 3:25 PM

Taking the next steps: population based birth defects programs continue to guide the way - Jennita Reefhuis (CDC)

3:25 PM - 3:45 PM

Opportunities and direction for birth defects surveillance, research and prevention - Margaret Honein (CDC)

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM

Electronic health records: experience from a state birth defects program - Glenn Copeland (MI)

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM

Insights from parents: NBDPN parent advisory group - Jodi Lemacks (VA) and Kayte Thomas (NC)

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 
Session 2 Agenda


2:00 PM - 2:05 PM
 Welcome and Introduction  - Paul Romitti (IA)
2:05 PM - 2:30 PM
Back to the basics & current practice of population based birth defects surveillance in the United States - Paul Romitti (IA) and Cara Mai (CDC)
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM 
Practical experience from state programs: data collection, management, and utilization - Barbara Warmerdam (CA) and Jane Correia (FL)
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Data quality for birth defects surveillance - Carol Stanton (CO)
3:40 PM - 4:40 PM
Emerging issues impacting birth defects surveillance (ICD- 10 Implementation and Electronic Data Collection and Process) - Barbara Warmerdam (CA), Janet Cragan (CDC), Jane Correia (FL), Diana Sampat (FL), Carol Stanton (CO)

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 
Session 3 Agenda

 

2:00 PM - 2:05 PM 

Welcome - Peter Langlois (TX)

2:05 PM - 2:30 PM

Opportunities to enhance birth defects epidemiology and health services research with clinical and administrative data sources - Russell Kirby (FL) 

2:30 PM - 3:05 PM

Hospital resource use and cost analyses using hospital discharge and Medicaid data - Elizabeth Radcliff (NC) and Cynthia Cassell (CDC)

3:05 PM - 3:30 PM

Using death records to understand disparities and survival  - Wendy Nembhard (FL)

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM 

Early intervention enrollment analysis of birth defect cases  - Chris Borger (MA)

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Exploring novel data linkages for birth defects registries - Mark Canfield (TX)

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Discussion of data sources and uses - Peter Langlois (TX)




Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Session 4 Agenda

2:00 PM - 2:05 PM

Welcome and Introduction - Richard Olney (CDC)

2:05 PM - 2:15 PM

Godfrey P. Oakley Award

2:15 PM - 2:50 PM

Dysmorphology approach to the newborn with multiple birth defects - Lorenzo Botto (UT)

2:50 PM - 3:40 PM

Common congenital malformation associations - Angela Scheuerle (TX)

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Embryology of multiple birth defects  - Thomas Sadler (MT)

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Prenatal imaging of selected patterns - Jane Byrne (UT)

  
2013 Annual Meeting
2013 National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) Annual Meeting Joint Meeting with the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS)
February 25-27, 2013
Atlanta, Georgia

Monday, February 25, 2013

8:00AM-8:50AM          Welcoming Opening Plenary Session

NBDPN – Russell Kirby (FL)

NBDPS - Paul Romitti (IA)

March of Dimes - Melanie Lockhart (MOD)

CDC Welcome - Coleen Boyle (CDC)
 

8:50AM-10:25AM         Plenary Session

Electronic health records  
Moderator: Glenn Copeland (MI) Speakers: Jennifer Horowitz (MI), Shaun Grannis (IN), Sandy Jones (CDC)

 

10:45AM-12:00PM      Around the Network: Birth Defects Surveillance, Collaborations and Prevention

Birth Defects Surveillance Standards  - Marlene Anderka (MA)

Multi-state Data Collaborations - Mark Canfield (TX)

Raising Birth Defects Awareness – Partnership with Parents - Marcia Feldkamp (UT) and NBDPN PAG


1:30PM–3:00PM         Concurrent Breakout Session A

Standards for Birth Defects Surveillance: Assessment Tools-Moderator: Marlene Anderka (MA)
Speakers: Carol Stanton (CO), Mark Canfield (TX), Marcia Feldkamp (UT), Paul Romitti (IA)

Analytic Methods for Real-time and Retrospective Monitoring - Moderators: Russell Kirby (FL) and Russel Rickard (CO)Speakers: Peter Langlois (TX), Owen Devine (CDC)

Working with Electronic Medical Records: Finding the New Normal Moderator: Barbara Warmerdam (CA)
Speakers: Wendy Sklenka (GA), Paula Rezutko-Custic (IL), Lynda Douglas (CDC)
 


3:30PM-5:00PM         Concurrent Breakout Session B
 

Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening: Birth Defects and Newborn Screening Program Interactions Moderator: Richard Olney (CDC) Speakers: Richard Olney (CDC), Janice Bach (MI), Marcia Feldkamp (UT)

ICD10-CM Coding Updates. Moderator: Barbara Warmerdam (CA) Speakers: Donna Pickett (CDC), Janet Cragan (CDC)

Communication Strategies for Program Effectiveness. Moderator: Angela Colson (CDC) Speakers: Cara Mai (CDC), Angela Colson (CDC), Amy Nance (UT), Veronica Smith (AR)


Tuesday, February 26, 2013

8:00AM-12:00PM        Plenary Session

 

Congenital Heart Defects (CHD)

Moderator: Angela Lin (MA)

Heart Development: Early Patterning Portends the Quality of Pitter-patter - Thomas Sadler (UT)

Public Health Aspects of CHD - Keila Lopez (TX)

CHD review, I:  The complex “early” defects (laterality defects, single ventricle, conotruncal) - Matt Oster (GA)


10:15AM-12:00PM     Plenary Session continues
 

CHD review, II: “Everything else” (RV/LVOTO, ASD, VSD, TAPVC, PAPVC, PDA, Ebstein) - Matt Oster (GA)

Prenatal Testing and Ultrasonography - Jan Byrne (UT)


1:30PM–3:00PM        Concurrent Breakout Session C

Common Syndromes Associated With Congenital Heart Defects - Angela Lin (MA) and Tiffany Colarusso (CDC)
Coding Cardiac Defects - Angela Scheuerle (TX)

Show Your Love and Get Involved - Join to Learn More About a New National Preconception Health Social Marketing Campaign - Moderator: Elizabeth Mitchell (CDC), Samara Viner-Brown (RI)

NBDPS Research, Part 1 -  Moderator: Charlotte Druschel (NY)  Speakers: Charlotte Hobbs (AR), Suzan Carmichael (CA), Carissa Rocheleau (CDC), Marcia Feldkamp (UT), Amy Herring (NC), Adrienne T Hoyt (TX)


3:30PM-5:00PM         Concurrent Breakout Session D

 

Enhancing Birth Defects Program Infrastructure to Examine Other Conditions, e.g. Rare disorders, Stillbirths

Moderator: Russell Kirby (FL) Speakers: Paul Romitti (IA), Ying Wang (NY)

Making the Data Talk: Analysis of Existing Databases for Health Services and Outcomes Research in Birth Defects. Moderator: Cynthia Cassell (CDC) Speakers: Mark A. Canfield (TX), Scott Grosse (CDC), Elizabeth Radcliff (NC), and Stephanie Watkins (NC)

NBDPS Research, Part 2 Moderator:  Marlene Anderka (MA) Speakers: Kim Waller (TX), Jeanette Stingone (NC), Elizabeth Ailes (CDC), Martha Werler (MA), Samantha Parker (MA), Marilyn Browne (NY)



Wednesday, February 27, 2013

9:00 AM-9:30 AM                     

Godfrey Oakley Award: Lifetime Achievement in Birth Defects


9:30 AM-10:00 AM

Future of the Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (CBDRP) Jennita Reefhuis (CDC)



10:00AM-10:45AM      

Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP)- Moderator: Margaret Honein (CDC) Speaker: Susan Andrade (MA)


12:00-12:30 PM 

A Family Story: Chuck and Laura Lewis with their son Ryan


12:30 PM                     NBDPN/NBDPS Joint Conference Concludes