2013 FP Content Programs


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Day One: Saturday - January 12th, 2013

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

Beginner's Guide to Infertility:

What To Do When You Want To Get Pregnant but Can't

(Location: Olympic Room)


Are you trying to get pregnant and finding it more difficult than you thought? Are you considering going to see a fertility specialist to get an opinion? What should you expect and how can you come prepared? This session addresses the first steps to take, what you can expect and how you can get prepared when considering the maze of options and resources available to help you conceive. Holly Gregg, winner of the 2012 RESOLVE Hope Award for Blog of the Year, talks with leading fertility specialist Dr. Richard Marrs of California Fertility Partners, acupuncturist Denise Wiesner of Natural Healing and Acupuncture, and Dr. Liyun Li of Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco, to help you make sense of the choices you have when starting out with the process of ART (assisted reproductive technology). This session is sponsored by Fertility Authority.

Holly Gregg
Moderator:
Holly Gregg
Ready To Be A
Mom
Blogger, Parent via FET and 2012 RESOLVE/Hope Award Blog of the Year Winner
Richard Marrs
Panelist:
Dr. Richard Marrs
California
Fertility
Partners
Leading reproductive endocrinologist
Liyun Li
Panelist:
Liyun Li , M.D.
Pacific
Fertility
Center
Pacific Fertility Center Physician

Becoming a Single Parent by Choice:

What's it Really Like?

(Location: Westside Room)


While flying solo into parenthood may not have been your first choice, is it the best choice in front of you right now? Fertility Planit Founder/CEO Karin Thayer moderates this session on the struggles, joys and shifting attitudes around single parenthood by choice, and looks at the practicalities of creating a child with a donor. She is joined by licensed psychotherapist and New York Times best-selling author Sarah Brokaw, cancer survivor and fellow single mother by choice Lisa Hochberg, and Scott Brown, Director of Client Experience and Communications at California Cryobank. This session is sponsored by Seattle Sperm Bank.

Sarah Brokaw
Panelist:
Sarah Brokaw
Fortytude:
Making the
next decade
the best years
of your life
Licensed therapist and New York Times Bestselling author
Lisa Hochberg
Panelist:
Lisa Hochberg
Cancer survivor, Single mother via surrogate and Egg donor
Scott Brown
Panelist:
Scott Brown
California
Cryobank
Director of Client Experience & Communications
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Fertility Preservation and Egg Freezing:

How Does It Work and Should I Do It?

(Location: Olympic Room)


Are you certain you want to a parent, just not right now? Or are you waiting to meet the right person to start your family with, or have a different reason to want to preserve and protect your current fertility level? Then you’ll want to hear this information-rich session lead by Eggsurance Founder/CEO Brigitte Adams. She is joined by Dr. Li Meng of California Fertility Partners, Fertile Action Founder/CEO Alice Crisci, Author and Life Coach Mei Mei Fox, and Dr. Philip Chenette of Pacific Fertility Center. This session is sponsored by Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):

Optimizing Male and Female Fertility Naturally

(Location: Westside Room)

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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Male Infertility:

Fertility from Sterility

(Location: Olympic Room)

Paul Turek
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Paul Turek FACS, FRSM
The Turek
Clinic
2013 FP Content Programs | Fertility Planit

2013 FP Content Programs


Online Event Partners

302 60 view here

Day One: Saturday - January 12th, 2013

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

Beginner's Guide to Infertility:

What To Do When You Want To Get Pregnant but Can't

(Location: Olympic Room)


Are you trying to get pregnant and finding it more difficult than you thought? Are you considering going to see a fertility specialist to get an opinion? What should you expect and how can you come prepared? This session addresses the first steps to take, what you can expect and how you can get prepared when considering the maze of options and resources available to help you conceive. Holly Gregg, winner of the 2012 RESOLVE Hope Award for Blog of the Year, talks with leading fertility specialist Dr. Richard Marrs of California Fertility Partners, acupuncturist Denise Wiesner of Natural Healing and Acupuncture, and Dr. Liyun Li of Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco, to help you make sense of the choices you have when starting out with the process of ART (assisted reproductive technology). This session is sponsored by Fertility Authority.

Holly Gregg
Moderator:
Holly Gregg
Ready To Be A
Mom
Blogger, Parent via FET and 2012 RESOLVE/Hope Award Blog of the Year Winner
Richard Marrs
Panelist:
Dr. Richard Marrs
California
Fertility
Partners
Leading reproductive endocrinologist
Liyun Li
Panelist:
Liyun Li , M.D.
Pacific
Fertility
Center
Pacific Fertility Center Physician

Becoming a Single Parent by Choice:

What's it Really Like?

(Location: Westside Room)


While flying solo into parenthood may not have been your first choice, is it the best choice in front of you right now? Fertility Planit Founder/CEO Karin Thayer moderates this session on the struggles, joys and shifting attitudes around single parenthood by choice, and looks at the practicalities of creating a child with a donor. She is joined by licensed psychotherapist and New York Times best-selling author Sarah Brokaw, cancer survivor and fellow single mother by choice Lisa Hochberg, and Scott Brown, Director of Client Experience and Communications at California Cryobank. This session is sponsored by Seattle Sperm Bank.

Sarah Brokaw
Panelist:
Sarah Brokaw
Fortytude:
Making the
next decade
the best years
of your life
Licensed therapist and New York Times Bestselling author
Lisa Hochberg
Panelist:
Lisa Hochberg
Cancer survivor, Single mother via surrogate and Egg donor
Scott Brown
Panelist:
Scott Brown
California
Cryobank
Director of Client Experience & Communications
300 60 view here

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Fertility Preservation and Egg Freezing:

How Does It Work and Should I Do It?

(Location: Olympic Room)


Are you certain you want to a parent, just not right now? Or are you waiting to meet the right person to start your family with, or have a different reason to want to preserve and protect your current fertility level? Then you’ll want to hear this information-rich session lead by Eggsurance Founder/CEO Brigitte Adams. She is joined by Dr. Li Meng of California Fertility Partners, Fertile Action Founder/CEO Alice Crisci, Author and Life Coach Mei Mei Fox, and Dr. Philip Chenette of Pacific Fertility Center. This session is sponsored by Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):

Optimizing Male and Female Fertility Naturally

(Location: Westside Room)

304 60 view here

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Male Infertility:

Fertility from Sterility

(Location: Olympic Room)

Paul Turek
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Paul Turek FACS, FRSM
The Turek
Clinic
Director, Awarded 2011 National Institutes Of Health (NIH) Grant

Adoption:

What Are My Options, and What Do They Mean?

(Location: Westside Room)

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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Financial Planning

For Family Building

(Location: Olympic Room)

Creating a LGBT Family:

Legal, Emotional and Financial Planning

(Location: Westside Room)

Ken Mosesian
Moderator:
Ken Mosesian
American
Family
Association
Executive Director
Kim Bergman
Panelist:
Dr. Kim Bergman , PHD
Growing
Generations
Psychologist/Co-Owner of Growing Generations
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Your Environment:

How It Impacts Fertility & What You Can Do About It
Keynote presentation

(Location: Olympic Room)

Celebrity Conversation:

Adoption and Creating an Adoptive Family

(Location: Westside Room)


No matter how you create your family, it all leads to parenting. These three highly accomplished artists are all writers, thought leaders and personal friends who have chosen to become parents via adoption, rather than to have biological children. Dan Bucatinsky, Star of ABC’s Scandal and Author of Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? leads this conversation with acclaimed TV producer and writer Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice) and leading LGBT activist, author and TV personality Dan Savage. This session is sponsored by Family Equality Council.

Dan Savage
Dan Savage
Writer, TV Personality, Activist
Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes
Grey's
Anatomy,
Scandal
Award-winning screenwriter and producer
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Day Two: Sunday - January 13th, 2013

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

Third Party Reproduction for Family Building:

Donors and Surrogacy

(Location: Olympic Room)

In Vitro Fertilization:

Factors for Success (and Issues Related with Failure)

(Location: Westside Room)

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Ovaries and Fertility

When You're 40+

(Location: Olympic Room)

Monica Corcoran
Moderator:
Monica Corcoran
Author/Writer
Catherine DeUgarte
Panelist:
Dr. Catherine DeUgarte
Pacific
Fertility
Center
Assistant Medical Director
Richard Marrs
Panelist:
Dr. Richard Marrs
California
Fertility
Partners
Leading reproductive endocrinologist

Yoga and Meditation for Fertility

Keynote Presentation

(Location: Westside Room)

Jason Wachob
Moderator:
Jason Wachob
MindBodyGreen CEO & Co-Founder
Tara Stiles
Keynote:
Tara Stiles
Strala Yoga Founder/Instructor
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Genetic Diagnosis

and Its Impact on Your Pregnancy

(Location: Olympic Room)

Daniel Dumesic
Panelist:
Dr. Daniel Dumesic
UCLA Health
System
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology
Santiago Munné
Panelist:
Santiago Munné PhD
Reprogenetics Founder / Director

Cancer and Infertility:

What are My Options?

(Location: Westside Room)

The Turek Clinic Fertile Future
Jacqueline Casillas
Panelist:
Jacqueline Casillas MD
UCLA Health
System
UCLA Physician, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Kelly Baek
Panelist:
Dr. Kelly Baek
California
Fertility
Partners
Fertility Specialist
Paul Turek
Dr. Paul Turek FACS, FRSM
The Turek
Clinic
Director, Awarded 2011 National Institutes Of Health (NIH) Grant
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Letting Go

of Having Genetic Offspring

(Location: Olympic Room)

Melanie Notkin
Moderator:
Melanie Notkin
Savvy Auntie Founder and Author
Tracey Cleantis
Panelist:
Tracey Cleantis M.A., LMFT
Licensed Psycotherapist
Janis Goldman
Panelist:
Dr. Janis Goldman PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
Marc Kalan
Panelist:
Marc Kalan M.D.
The Center for
Fertility and
Gynecology
Reproductive Endocrinologist/Infertility Specialist

Nutrition, Lifestyle and Fitness:

How to Optimize Your Fertility Naturally

(Location: Westside Room)

Stacie Krajchir-Tom
Moderator:
Stacie Krajchir-Tom
Writer, Producer, Contributor at The Huffington Post
Ashley Koff
Panelist:
Ashley Koff RD
Celebrity Dietitian, Author, Health and Lifestyle Contributor
Mandy Ingber
Panelist:
Mandy Ingber
Yogalosophy Founder, Celebrity Fitness & Wellness Expert, Author
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Mind/Body Balance for Fertility

Keynote presentation

(Location: Olympic Room)

Suzanne Rico
Moderator:
Suzanne Rico
Fertility
Authority
Mom of two IVF kids, journalist, and media consultant
Randine Lewis
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Randine Lewis
The Fertile
Soul
Founder

Love, Sex and Surviving Infertility

Keynote presentation

(Location: Westside Room)

Susan Pinsky
Panelist:
Susan Pinsky
IVF Advocate; Devoted Wife of Dr. Drew & Proud Mother of Triplets
Stacie Krajchir-Tom
Moderator:
Stacie Krajchir-Tom
Writer, Producer, Contributor at The Huffington Post