March 29, 2024

This Saturday: Tactics to Make Breastfeeding Successful

Posted by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital
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MedStar St. Mary's HospitalClose to Mother, Close to Home is the theme for an interdisciplinary Breastfeeding Support Conference sponsored by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s Health Connections. The program will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, in Auditorium A1 at the College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown campus beginning at 8:15 a.m. The program is open to the public.

Guest speakers for the symposium include Dana Silver, MD, FAAP and Michael Young, MD, FAAP. Each speaker will deliver presentations on two different topics.

A general pediatrician at the Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, Dr. Silver also serves as clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.  Her presentations include “Breastfeeding Science and Promotion” and “Breastfeeding: The First Week and Beyond.”

Dr. Young is chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Howard University College of Medicine where he serves as associate professor of pediatrics. He will present “When Breastfeeding does not Come Naturally” and “Strategies for Promoting Breastfeeding among Disparate Populations.”

Registration for the conference is $25 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The fee is waived for MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital associates and affiliated healthcare professionals. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the program concludes with lunch at 12:30 p.m.

The symposium is sponsored in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The program qualifies for professional continuing education credits. For more information or to register, call Health Connections at 301-475-6019.

Source: MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital

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