ASRM 2017 Scientific Congress & Expo

  • 2017-08-10
  • TES

DateOctober 28 - November 1, 2017  

VenueHenry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
 
Welcome to the historic city of San Antonio, Texas, and the 73rd annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. This year’s ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo theme is “Advancing Reproductive Medicine to Build Healthy Families.” As the theme implies, this Congress will encompass all aspects of reproductive medicine and technology, with a special focus on health. Dr. Anne Steiner, Chair of the Scientific Congress Program Planning Committee, Dr. Karine Chung, Chair of the Pre-Congress Program Committee, and members of their organizing teams have designed a comprehensive, provocative program for Congress attendees. The agenda ranges from the latest molecular and genetic technologies to advocacy for our patients with a focus on access to care. The program is designed to address the educational and intellectual needs of physicians, nurses, andrology and embryology laboratory personnel, genetic counselors, social workers, practice and laboratory managers, as well as practitioners in mental health, law, and ethics.

The Scientific Congress Continuing Medical Education (CME) course offerings will include a stimulating collection of plenary lectures, symposia, and interactive sessions, all supporting the theme of the Congress. Historical perspectives will be presented, as well as cutting-edge lectures on uterine transplantation, novel methods of contraception, menopausal therapy, and the basic science of spermatogenesis and embryo development. Faculty also will address pseudoscientific claims, provide perspectives on the dissemination of scientific information through the media, and contrast in vitro fertilization in humans with other animal species. The interactive sessions are designed to energize and stimulate discussion and interaction among participants, as they focus on a wide range of controversial topics. CME sessions will be complemented by non-CME activities including intimate, in-depth luncheons with recognized experts, and oral and posterformat scientific abstract presentations, representing cutting-edge research in reproductive medicine and biology. Symposia will include those organized and presented by our international sister societies. Further, Dr. Chung and members of the Pre-Congress Program Committee have collaborated with our affiliated societies and professional and special interest groups to present a wide range of Pre-Congress courses designed to meet the needs of clinicians, scientists, laboratory technologists, nurses, and other health-care and allied professionals.

We welcome our members, trainees, and colleagues from around the world to the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo! We value your participation and engagement, and hope you will take advantage of the opportunities provided by the meeting to interact and network with colleagues. I look forward to seeing you in historic San Antonio, where together, we will be “Advancing Reproductive Medicine to Build Healthy Families.”


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