"Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Obstetrics and Gynecology: How the success of modern chemistry may be hurting women and pregnancies," to be presented by Nathan Petersen, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ob/Gyn, Director, Ob/Gyn Sub-Internship Program, UICOMP.
OBJECTIVES:
1). Increase awareness of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC’s) as environmental contaminants.
2). Identify difficulties in measuring effects of EDC’s.
3). Discuss EDC’s that may be having negative impacts on:
- In-utero fetal development
- Multi-generational epigenetic changes
- Gynecologic cancers
- Fertility
- Age of menarche
4). Discuss how this information might be incorporated into patient counseling inside and outside pregnancy
ACCREDITATION:
The University of Illinois College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians, residents, medical students, and all other providers.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates this Live activity for a maximum of (1) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
