Reducing Disease Risk and Extending Life: Rethinking the Role of Menopausal Hormone Therapy

This Symposium aims to increase knowledge about the risks of untreated estrogen deficiency and about the efficacy and safety of ET. We hope this increase in knowledge will lead more healthcare professionals to recognize and evaluate their women patients for estrogen deficiency and to consider prescribing ET or referring to a specialist who is trained and experienced in menopause healthcare.

Impact on Healthcare Professionals Knowledge and Patient Care
Although extensive information is available supporting the role of estrogens for primary care prevention of cardiovascular and other diseases in women after hysterectomy, this information is not widely known or appreciated by either healthcare professionals or women themselves. The first report of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) estrogen plus progestogen findings in 2002 led to fear of all menopause hormone therapies. The 2004 WHI estrogen only (ET) findings in women who had a hysterectomy reported major benefits and minimal adverse effects of ET, but went largely unnoticed. Despite these positive findings, use of ET after hysterectomy steeply declined from more than 90% to less than 10%. Not using ET has left millions of women with menopause symptoms untreated and at increased disease risk. More than 50,000 deaths largely due to cardiovascular disease, have been attributed to non-use of ET after hysterectomy.

1. The increased risk of cardiovascular disease, unusual symptoms, and increased mortality experienced by women who have had a hysterectomy, with and without oophorectomy
2. The increased risk for mood disorders related to surgical and natural menopause and the effectiveness of hormone therapy for treating these symptoms
3. The importance of early intervention with estrogens for controlling symptoms and for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women
4. Recent assessments of estrogen therapy in support of its use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, reducing the risk for developing breast cancer, and lowering mortality rates
5. An approach to evaluation and treatment of menopausal patients in their practices
6. Challenges and solutions to improving menopause health care

Fees - Online registration is now closed. Onsite registrants accepted.
Registration fee* includes all conference materials, continental breakfast, and refreshment break:

• Physicians - $125
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals - $75
• Non-Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† – $50
• Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† – complimentary, ID required at registration desk

*All cancellations must be received in writing (or via e-mail) at least one week prior to the start of the conference to receive a refund. Any requests for refunds received after this date, or by telephone, will not be honored.
†A letter of verification from department head must accompany registration. Letter should be sent separately to Yale CME at the below address. You may also e-mail a pdf copy of your verification letter to [email protected].

If you are paying by check, please include conference name in Memo. Checks should be written out to "Yale University" and sent to the below address:

Center for Continuing Medical Education
Yale School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208052
New Haven, CT 06520-8052
»»Registration must be completed online. Please note sending in a check will not reserve a seat or register you. You may send in payment by check after registering online.

Accreditation Statement

The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement

The Yale School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy

It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.  All faculty participating as speakers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they (or spouse or partner) have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount that has occurred within the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests.  The Center for Continuing Medical Education will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs.

Directions
This conference will be held at the Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education,
1st Floor Auditorium, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT.

From I-95 North or South: Leave I-95 at Exit 47 (Downtown New Haven/Rte 34). This
puts you onto an exit expressway. Merge onto CT-34 W via Exit 1 toward Downtown New
Haven. Follow the short expressway, and merge into the left lane after the traffic light; the
entrance to the parking garage will be on your left. Visitor parking available in Air Rights
Garage (see parking information below) or use the Howard Avenue Garage (see below).

From I-91 South: Leave I-91 South at Exit 1 (Downtown New Haven/Rte 34). This exit puts
you onto a short expressway. Follow the short expressway, and merge into the left lane after
the traffic light; the entrance to the garage will be on your left. Visitor parking available in
the Air Rights Garage (see parking information below) or use the Howard Avenue Garage
(see below).

Parking InformationThe Air Rights Garage is open 24 hours a day and located between North and South
Frontage roads, straddling York St. Rates: 0-3 hours - $3 per hour, 4-10 hours - $12 flat
rate, 10-24 hours - $18 flat rate. Walking from the garage, head southwest on York Street
toward Cedar Street, for approximately 80 feet. Turn left onto Cedar Street. Continue down
Cedar Street until you arrive at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street. The
Anlyan Center will be across the street.

Howard Avenue Garage, 800 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT 06519, opposite from Yale-New
Haven Hospital and next to the Yale Physicians Building. The garage is located in between
the streets of Davenport and Congress. It is open from 6 am to 9 pm during week days
only. Rates: $2 per hour. Walking from the garage, head south toward Congress Avenue
for approximately 300 feet. Turn left onto Congress Avenue and continue walking until
you arrive at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street. The Anlyan Center is
located at this intersection.

Friday, October 27, 2017

The Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Diseases and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences are grateful to their supporters. They are acknowledged in all conference materials.