Topic: An Update on Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Kimberly Yonkers is the Katz Family Chair of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center. As a Physician Scientist, her impact on the field of mood and substance use disorders in women is substantial. She has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 20 years. These projects focused on exploring optimal ways to identify, engage and treat mood disorders and substance use disorders in women, particularly pregnant, premenstrual and postpartum individuals.

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Yonkers has been a major contributor to the literature on premenstrual dysphoric disorder. She was a member of the group that evaluated whether it should be a diagnosis in DSM 5. She conducted numerous treatment studies, including pivotal studies showing the PMDD is responsive to treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Dr. Yonkers is an active educator and mentor. She is author of more than 200 peer reviewed publications, 26 chapters and 2 edited books. Among her invited lectures and awards are those from the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

Topic: Contemporary Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy

Dr. Gianna Wilkie is a physician scientist with a clinical and academic focus on diabetes and cardiometabolic health in pregnancy and in the postpartum period. She is a proud alumni of UMass Chan School of Medicine, and completed her OB-GYN residency at the combined program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She then returned to UMass and completed her fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine here.

Her work focuses on improving outcomes for women with both pregestational and gestational diabetes and identifying innovative strategies to reduce their long-term risk of cardiovascular disease. She has particular expertise in the use of emerging therapies, including GLP-1 receptor agonists, in the postpartum period and in translating research findings into clinical practice. In this lecture, she will discuss the evolving landscape of diabetes in pregnancy and opportunities to improve care and outcomes for patients.

Topic: Perinatal Mental Health

Dr. Moore Simas is the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health. An academic general obstetrician-gynecologist, physician-scientist, educator, and advocate, her work has focused on integrating obstetric and mental health care and advancing maternal health nationally.

Dr. Moore Simas is a founding leader of MCPAP for Moms, the nation's first statewide perinatal psychiatry access program and a model for similar programs across the United States. She has maintained a federally funded research portfolio, authored more than 200 publications, and helped develop nationally disseminated resources to improve perinatal mental health care.

She currently serves as President of the Society of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics & Gynecology (SASGOG) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG).

Topic: Practical approaches to diagnosing Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB)

Topic: History of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UMass Chan and UMass Memorial

Topic: Pre-eclampsia: Current updates and future directions for diagnosis

Topic: Addiction in pregnancy