2024 Missoula Breastfeeding Conference
Agenda
Conference Agenda And Details
Location: Providence-St Patrick Hospital Conference Center, 500 W Broadway, Missoula MT 59802 Location and Parking Info
Time: Friday, September 13, 2024, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (lunch provided), Same-day registration available beginning at 7:45 AM
Continuing Education: This educational activity has been awarded 5 L-CERPS by the IBLCE; 7.5 Contact Hours approved by Providence-St Joseph Health Nursing Institute
Speakers, Location, Agenda
Dr Jenny Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM
Click here for speaker notes (available to registrants only)
- Outpatient Support of the Dyad in Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Offices
- Sensory Experience of the Newborn
- Physiological Approach to Low Milk Supply and Supplementation
- Breastmilk Ingredients and Infection Protection – Updates on COVID and HIV
Dr Elizabeth Williams, DrPH, CLC and Terry Miller, IBCLC:
- Breastfeeding in Natural Disasters: Fine Particulates in Wildfire Smoke and Health Outcomes for Pregnancy, Birth, and the Breastfeeding/Infant Feeding Dyad
Location and Parking
The Conference Center is located within the Broadway Building (modern addition to the hospital complex facing W Broadway Street). The Underground Parking Garage (access from McCormick St) provides 2 levels of parking and is open 24 hours. You can access the main entrance to the Conference Center/Broadway Building from the Underground Parking Garage, or from the street by following the circular drive off McCormick St that leads to a patient/visitor drop-off point at the main doors of the Broadway Building. Do not enter through the Emergency Room or Hospital Main Entrance. If you find yourself in another part of the hospital, ask for the Broadway Building.
| Registration | 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM |
| Welcome | 8:15 AM – 8:20 AM |
| The Sensory Experience of the Newborn – Dr Jenny Thomas | 8:20 AM – 9:30 AM |
| Break | 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM |
| Outpatient Support of the Dyad in Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Practices – Dr Jenny Thomas | 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM |
| Natural Disasters: Fine Particulate Matter and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy – Dr Elizabeth Williams | 11:15 AM – 11:50 AM |
| Q&A Session | 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Lunch Break (Provided) | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
| Natural Disasters: Breastfeeding/ Infant Feeding in Wildfire Country – Terry Miller, IBCLC | 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
| Physiological Approaches to Low Milk Supply and Supplementation – Dr Jenny Thomas | 1:30 PM – 2:40 PM |
| Break | 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM |
| Human Milk: Ingredients and Infection Protection (COVID and HIV) – Dr Jenny Thomas | 3:00 PM – 4:10 PM |
| Closing & Evaluations | 4:10 -4:30 PM |
Missoula Breastfeeding Coalition 