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Amniotic Fluid Volume Assessment: How to and Why - 24 Years of Studies
Presenter(s): Everett Magann, MD
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Program Overview:
In this presentation, the speaker will give an overview of amniotic fluid volume assessment.

Objectives:  

  1. To define normal AF volume across gestation
  2. To correlate the ultrasound estimate of AF volume with dye-determined or directly measured AF volume
  3. To compare the AFI and SDP techniques in the prediction of pregnancy outcomes
Speaker Bio:
Everett “Pat” Magann, MD obtained his doctorate of medicine from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He completed an internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. He then completed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

He then joined the U.S. Navy and served in the military for several decades both on active duty and as a reservist. He retired as a captain in the United States Navy. While in the Navy he earned the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star (second award of the same medal). He has served as an OB/GYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist in naval hospitals around the world.

Dr. Magann worked as a Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics at King Edward Memorial Hospital, the obstetric teaching hospital of the University of Western Australia, Perth Australia from 2001-2003. He returned to the U.S. in 2003 when his Naval Reserve unit was activated for Operation Iraq Freedom. He currently remains a fellow in good standing of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of OB/GYN.

Dr. Magann has authored or co-authored over 243 peer review publications and 28 book chapters. His clinical interest is high-risk obstetrics. He is certified in maternal-fetal medicine.

 

Speaker Disclosures
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CME activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

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