From fetus to newborn: challenges in perinatology
- May 20 - 22, 2026
- ULTRASPAZIO CLUB
Palazzo Costa Carrù della Trinità
Via San Francesco da Paola 17 – 10123 Torino
Objectives
IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. The distinctive feature of this seminar is to bring together gynecologists and neonatologists and explore perinatological issues through a multidisciplinary approach.
Main objectives of the seminar are:
- to address controversies related to management of high risk pregnancies and critically ill newborns in the first weeks of life, including delivery room care, respiratory support, infection control, hemodynamics, nutrition and neuroprotection.
- to explore the topic of extremely preterm infants at the limit of viability, focusing on both clinical management and family counseling
Faculty
- Giuseppe Annoni, MD
Head of the Pediatric Hemodynamics Laboratory and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit
Pediatric Cardiology
Regina Margherita Children's Hospital
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, Turin, Italy - Kathleen G. Brennan, MD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Associate Clerkship Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education
Associate Program Director, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Children’s Hospital of New York, New York, USA - Monica Fumagalli, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
NICU Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
University of Milan, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Milan, Italy - Satyanarayana Lakshminrusimha, MD FAAP
Dennis and Nancy Marks Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
Pediatrician-in-Chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Sacramento CA, USA
Executive Associate Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento CA, USA - Josef Neu MD, Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology
University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA and
Operational Director IPOKRaTES Foundation - Richard Polin, MD
New York-Presbyterian Children’s Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
Columbia University Department Pediatrics, New York NY, USA - George Saade, MD
Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Associate Dean for Women's Health
VHS-Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA, USA - Richard Sindelar, MD PhD
Professor of Neonatology, Senior Consultant in Neonatology
Department of Women's and Children's Health
Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Program
WED, May 20, 2026
08.50-09.10
Welcome
09.10-09.50
Preterm labor: maternal management
George Saade
09.50-10.50
Controversies in resuscitation: Oxygen, Meconium and Epinephrine
Satyan Lakshminrusimha
10.50-11.05
Discussions
11.05-11.25
Coffee Break
11.25-12.05
Preterm labor: fetal management
George Saade
12.05-13.05
Individualized, dynamic nutrition for preterm infants
Josef Neu
13.05-13.20
Discussions
13.20-14.40
Lunch
14.40-15.40
Life in the NICU without antibiotics: making healthier babies
Richard Polin
15.40-16.30
Shifting the paradigm of “Necrotizing enterocolitis”: is it necessary?
Josef Neu
16.30-17.15
The Swedish experience on the management of babies born 22 to 23 weeks - background and practice
Richard Sindelar
17.15-17.30
Discussions
17.30
Conclusion
THU, May 21, 2026
08.30-09.20
Periviable period from the obstetrical perspective
George Saade
09.20-10.10
Nutrition for periviable infants: what makes them special?
Josef Neu
10.10-10.35
Tools and strategies for a successful extubation
Richard Sindelar
10.35-10.50
Discussions
10.50-11.10
Coffee Break
11.10-12.10
Can we improve clinical outcomes by closing a PDA?
Richard Polin, Richard Sindelar
12.10-12.40
Percutaneous closure of PDA
Giuseppe A. Annoni
12.40-12.55
Discussions
12.55-14.15
Lunch
14.15-15.05
Counseling for families at risk of delivery at periviable gestation (online lecture)
Kathleen G. Brennan
15.05-15.15
Discussions
15.15-16.15
Preemies are not small term infants: management of Pulmonary Hypertension in preterm and term neonates
Satyan Lakshminrusimha
16.15-17.05
Strategies for prevention of BPD
Richard Polin
17.05-17.20
Discussions
17.20
Conclusion
FRI, May 22, 2026
08.30-09.30
Long term risks for women who have pregnancy complications
George Saade
09.30-10.30
Cord management: The Rise of Fetal Hemoglobin
Satyan Lakshminrusimha
10.30-10.45
Discussions
10.45-11.05
Coffee Break
11.05-11.50
Optimizing ventilatory strategies in extremely preterm infants
Richard Sindelar
11.50-12.50
Neuroprotective strategies and IVH prevention in preterm newborn
Monica Fumagalli
12.50-13.15
Discussions
13.15
Conclusions and farewell
Subject to change
Free Seats
Information
The number of participants is limited to 70
Participation Fees
Single person
- before March 25, 2026
350,00 Euro
- after March 25, 2026
400,00 Euro
Program Design
M. Francesca Campagnoli (MD, PhD)
C. Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Sant’Anna Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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Target Audience
Neonatologists and Neonatal Intensivists, Pediatricians, Neonatal Fellows and Trainees, Gynecologists, Obstetrics, Nurses working in NICUs
Local Organizers
D.ssa Caterina Carbonara (MD, PhD) and Dott. Emmanuele Mastretta (MD)
C. Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Sant’Anna Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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