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Neil B. Rosenshein, M.D., FACOG, Director of The Weinberg Center for Women's Health and Medicine, leads "Women's Health: Concepts and Controversies" medical conference on Oct. 25th at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore.

Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein, Medical Director Of Mercy's Weinberg Center For Women's Health And Medicine, Leads "Women's Health: Concepts And Controversies" Conference In Downtown Baltimore

For more than 10 years, Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein, Medical Director of The Weinberg Center for Women's Health and Medicine at Mercy and Director of The Gynecology Center at Mercy, has led a conference for physicians and other medical professionals throughout the region regarding women's health care issues.

This year, Dr. Rosenshein serves as Course Director for "WOMEN'S HEALTH: CONCEPTS & CONTROVERSIES," Saturday, Oct. 25th, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Baltimore Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Doctors and surgeons from Mercy's medical staff as well as guest speakers including Ira R. Horowitz, M.D., S.M., of the Emory University School of Medicine; Stanley A. Gall, M.D. of the University of Louisville, will address a variety of topics including:

• BRCA Testing: Who & When (Kathy J. Helzlsouer, MD, MHS, Director, Prevention & Research Center, Mercy Medical Center)
• Breast MRI: How to Apply (Dalliah M. Black, M.D., Hoffberger Breast Center at Mercy)
• Should Every Woman Be on Aspirin? (Mark M. Applefeld, M.D., Cardiology, Mercy)
• Fertility, Pregnancy, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Mary L. Harris, M.D., Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease, Mercy)
• The Pigmented Lesion: To Biopsy or Not (Craig A. Vander Kolk, M.D., Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Mercy)
• Osteoporosis Treatment: Weekly, Monthly, Yearly (Errol H. Rushovich, M.D., Director, The Center for Bone Health/Division of Endocrinology, Mercy)
• HIV Testing in the 19-64 Year Old Female (Stanley A. Gall, M.D., University of Louisville)
• Advanced Endoscopic Surgery (Fermin F.Barrueto, MD, Chief of Endoscopy and Pelvic Reconstruction; Kevin Audlin, M.D.; Christine E. O'Connor, M.D., Mercy)
• Is Urodynamic Testing Necessary? (Marcella L. Roenneburg, MD, Urogynecology, Mercy)
• HPV Testing: Should it be Standard? (Ira R. Horowitz, MD, SM, Emory University School of Medicine)
• Vaccine Therapy in the Sexually Active Female (Stanley A. Gall, MD, University of Louisville)
• Endometrial Cancer: How Much Therapy? (Dwight D. Im, MD, FACOG, Co-Director, The Gynecology Center at Mercy)
• Should CIN (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia) be Treated?* (Neil B. Rosenshein, M.D., FACOG, Mercy) * Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the potentially premalignant transformation and abnormal growth (dysplasia) of squamous cells on the surface of the cervix.

Media unable to attend the event should visit www.mdmercy.com as notes from the conference will be posted online. This course qualifies for a maximum of 7.5 hours in Category I credit toward the American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award.