Learning about Gestational Diabetes at SJRMC
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and the Northern Consortium recently collaborated to offer a professional education program that addressed the needs of the woman with gestational diabetes and the obese pregnant woman. Providers learned to incorporate new practice recommendations from the American Diabetes Association aimed at minimizing risks and improving outcomes to mothers and infants.
Speakers and Planning Committee members Alyce Thomas RD, Colleen Foley RNC, Marie Kinsella, Marshall Carpenter MD, Tamara Takoudis MD, and Sophia Scarpelli-Havraniak RN, CDE gather at the event.
Handouts for the event are available for download below. Right-click the link and choose “Save Link As…” to save the document to your computer. Files are in .PDF format and require a PDF viewer to read. You can download a free copy of Adobe’s Acrobat reader here.
GDM: The New Screening and Diagnosis Guidelines…ONE Step for All
Tamara Takoudes, MD
Obstetrician / Gynecologist – Maternal Fetal Medicine
Co-Director, Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Diabetes and Pregnancy Program
Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Obstetrical Management of the Obese Patient: Timing, Mode, and Maternal Risks
Marshall Carpenter, MD
Obstetrician / Gynecologist – Maternal Fetal Medicine
President, New Beginnings Perinatal Consultants, LLC
Providence, Rhode Island
Evidence-based Nutrition Recommendation in GDM: Separating Fact from Fiction
Alyce Thomas, RD
Perinatal Nutrition Consultant
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
Paterson, New Jersey
Proactive Counseling for Post-Partum Risk Reduction
Sophia Scarpelli-Havraniak, RN, CDE
Coordinator, Diabetes in Pregnancy Program
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York