Invited Teaching and Presentations
Regional
2001 | The Mind/Body Connection, speaker Sponsored by the Massachusetts School Nurses meeting, Framingham MA |
2002 | The Mind/Body Connection, speaker Sponsored by the Massachusetts School Nurses meeting, Framingham MA |
2002 | The Psychology of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA |
2002 | The Psychology of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA |
2002 | Mind/Body Medicine for Women-speaker CEU course Sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers , Dedham MA |
2003 | Application of Mind/Body Medicine to Women’s Health Issues – speaker Harvard University Health Services, Cambridge MA |
2004 | The Mind/Body Connection – speaker Sponsored by the Yankee Dental Congress, Boston MA |
2004 | Achieving Balance and Reducing Stress in Your Life – speaker HMS audio conference, Boston MA |
2006 | Stress Reduction – speaker at Graduate Medical Education Orientation BIDMC |
2007 | Application of Mind/Body Approaches to Women’s Health/Grand Rounds Emerson Hospital, Concord MA |
2008 | Complementary Approach to Women’s Health- instructor for ½ day course Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA |
2008 | The Mind/Body Experience – speaker at conference “Treating Contemporary Families” Cambridge Health Alliance/HMS Boston MA |
2013 | Mindfulness, HMS |
2017 | Relaxation and stress management strategies, HMS |
National
2002 | Self-Nurturing Skills for the Infertility Nurse, keynote speaker Sponsored by the New England Nurses for Reproductive Medicine, Groton CT |
2002 | Self Nurturance and Care, speaker Sponsored by the New Hampshire Organization of Nurses Executive Retreat, Concord NH |
2002 | Application of Mind/Body Medicine to Women’s Health Issues, instructor for ½ day course Sponsored by the Rhode Island Psychological Association, Providence RI |
2004 | The Mind/Body Connection, speaker Sponsored by the World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, Las Vegas NV |
2004 | Behavioral Medicine Interventions, Faculty Postgraduate Course Sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia PA |
2006 | Psychological Aspects of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course Sponsored by the New Hampshire Psychological Association, Manchester NH |
2010 | How to Work with Difficult Patients, Keynote Speaker New England Fertility Society, Newport RI |
2010 | Moderator – Men, Women, and Stress/Daylong CEU course Sponsored by Columbia University, New York, NY |
2010 | SART symposium: Efficacy of CAM Approaches, speaker Sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver CO |
2010 | The relationship between stress and IVF outcome/oral paper presentation American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver CO |
2011 | How does stress impact quality of care? Plenary speaker Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, Palm Springs, CA |
2012 | The prevalence of antidepressant use by women undergoing IVF/oral paper presentation American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, CA |
2012 | Weight loss group programs for infertile women with a BMI over 35/roundtable American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, CA |
2013 | The risks of SSRI use during infertility treatment. Roundtable. American Society for Reproductive Medicine |
2017 | The Mind/Body Connection: Impact on Patient Care Sponsored by The Donor Egg Meeting, Charleston SC |
2017 | Stress and Infertility Sponsored by the Ob/Gyn Society of Suffolk County, NY |
2021- | Speaker, Prevention of Physician Burnout Sponsored by CEI/University at Sea |
International
2007 | Effectiveness of Complementary Therapies in Lowering Stress, speaker Sponsored by the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Halifax NS |
2008 | Stress and Infertility, plenary speaker Sponsored by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain (Merck) |
2013 | Keynote speaker, Mind/body Interventions with Infertility patients, Sponsored by the Australian Fertility Society |
2017 | Keynote Speaker, Stress and Reproduction, Sponsored by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embrology, Geneva Switzerland |
2019 | Speaker, Patient Retention, ASPIRE, Hong Kong, Sponsored by Abbott Pharmeuticals |
2019 | Speaker, Patient Retention, ESHRE, Vienna, Sponsored by Abbott Pharmaceuticals |
2022 | Speaker, Barriers and drivers experienced by patients and their partners throughout the fertility journey: Results from the 1,000 Dreams study. ASPIRE, Remote presentation, Sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals |
2022 | Speaker, The Impact of Infertility on Patients’ Lives. ASPIRE, Remote Presentation, Sponsored by Merck Pharmaceuticals |