by Jared Rutecki
Reproductive rights and issues
are often rife with controversy. Professionals who are
interested in separating the facts from the friction will be
interested in attending “Overview of Medical Abortion: Clinical
and Practice Issues,” a presentation by Steven Sondheimer, M.D.,
professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
The presentation will take place Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 5:15 p.m.
in Irvine 199 and is sponsored by Medical Students for Choice.
“The goal of Dr. Sondheimer”
says second-year student Stephen Bacak, M.P.H., president
of Medical Students for Choice, “is to provide accurate
information about medical abortion to medical students and
physicians.” Sondheimer is
a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility
specialist who practices at Penn Fertility Care in Philadelphia.
Sondheimer is a physician with more than 30 years experience in
the field of reproductive endocrinology and serves as medical
director of the Family Planning Program at the University of
Pennsylvania. Sondheimer is a recipient of numerous teaching
awards including a Lindback Foundation Award and has served on
the National Medical Committee for Planned Parenthood. He has
authored or coauthored more than 65 articles, including articles
published in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Fertility and Sterility,
Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal
of Clinical Psychiatry and New England Journal of
Medicine. He was recognized as one of the “Top Docs” in
2002, 2005 and 2006 by Philadelphia Magazine.
Among the topics Sondheimer is
addressing, says Bacak, are
medical abortion agents and regimens; the history of
mifepristone (Mifeprex),
a morning-after pill also known as RU-486; the important
components of medical abortion practice, including counseling,
eligibility screening, side effects and follow-up procedures;
and the general administrative and legal issues related to
medical abortion practice.
For medical students, this will be the first presentation that
counts toward the reproductive health certificate. Physicians
are eligible for continuing medical education credit. For more
information, please contact, Stephen Bacak at sb897694@ohio.edu.
Food will be served.
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