The American Society forReproductive Immunology |
CME Accreditation
A maximum of 8 CME credits may be earned during the Clinical Course. | Register for the IN PERSON Course Virtual Course Option Recordings of speaker presentations will be available in AUGUST 2025. Check back on this page for a link when the course goes live! |
7:30 - 4:00 |
Registration Desk open |
Great River Court |
7:00 - 7:50 |
Continental Breakfast for Clinical Course attendees |
Great River 1 |
7:50 - 8:00 | Clinical Course Welcome & Introduction | Great River 1 |
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Clinical Course I: Laboratory Sciences and Reproductive Failures/ Rheumatology Chair: Udo Markert |
Great River 1 |
8:00 |
CC-01: Mahmood Bilal, Rosalind Franklin University - The role of extrathyroidal compound on immune and endometrial tissue |
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8:30 |
CC-02: Udo Markert, University of Jena - Immunological Aspects of Endometrium |
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9:00 |
CC-03: Theonia Boyd, Texas Children's Hospital - Immunologic Mechanisms of Pregnancy Loss Throughout Gestation: Placental Pathology I |
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9:30 |
CC-04: Theonia Boyd, Texas Children's Hospital -- Immunologic Mechanisms of Pregnancy Loss Throughout Gestation: Placental Pathology II |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Clinical Course II: Recurrent pregnancy losses, Rheumatic disease, and immunotherapy Chair: Joanne Kwak-Kim |
Great River 1 |
10:15 |
CC-05: Aihua Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Immune Cells and Reproductive Failures |
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10:45 |
CC-06: Rosanna Ramhorst, IQUIBICEN Conicet - The Impact of the Embryonic Quality on Shaping Endometrial Immune Response |
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11:15 |
CC-07: Bonnie Bermas, UT Southwestern - Rheumatic disease and pregnancy management |
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11:45 |
CC-08: Joanne Kwak-Kim, Rosalind Franklin University - Endometrial gene expressions in women with reproductive failures |
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Clinical Course Lunch Break |
on your own |
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Clinical Course III: Infertility and implantation failures Chair: Rafat Abassi |
Great River 1 |
1:15 |
CC-09: Marcelo Cavalcante, Universidade de Fortaleza - Immunotherapy Guidelines for Laboratory Testing: Open Discussion |
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1:45 |
CC-10: Mugdha Raut, Dr. Raut's Centre for Reproductive Immunology - Lymphocyte Immunization Therapy (ImmuLIT™) in Recurrent Reproductive Failures (RRF) - The Indian Experience |
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2:15 |
CC-11: Koji Nakagawa, Sugiyama Clinic Shinjuku - Tacrolimus in Reproductive Failures |
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2:45 |
CC-12: Abey Eapen, University of Iowa - The Role of Autoimmunity in Reproductive Failure |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
Great River Court |
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Clinical Course IV: Inflammatory immune disorders during pregnancy Chair: Surendra Sharma & Mohan Raut |
Great River 1 |
3:30 |
CC-13: Reshef Tal, Yale University - Bone Marrow-derived Progenitors: Contributions to Endometrium and Implications to Recurrent Pregnancy Failure |
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4:00 |
CC-14: Babette Lamarca, University of Mississippi - Perinatal TNF-α Blockade May Have Long-Term Positive Effects on Dams and Female Offspring of a Rat Model Preeclampsia |
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4:30 |
CC-15: Surendra Sharma, University of Texas Medical Branch - Alzheimer’s Etiology in Younger Population: Lessons from Preeclampsia, A Severe Pregnancy Complication |
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5:00 |
CC-16: Karin Fox, University of Texas Medical Branch - Clinical Complications and the role of Placental Immune Activity as a Modulator at the Maternal-Featal Interface |
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5:30 - 6:00 | BREAK | Great River Court |
6:00 - 6:15 |
Welcome Remarks & Introduction |
Great River 1&4 |
6:15 - 6:45 |
Liza Konnikova Yale School of Medicine |
Great River 1&4 |
6:45 - 8:00 |
WANTED: Your presence as we step back in time to the Roaring 20s Prohibition Era in St. Paul, a hideout for gangsters, bank robbers & bootleggers. Put on your "glad rags" and join us - you'll need to show your badge and say the secret password at the door! |
Great River |