Partial Speaking List

Invited Teaching and Presentations

Regional

2001The Mind/Body Connection, speaker
Sponsored by the Massachusetts School Nurses meeting, Framingham MA
2002The Mind/Body Connection, speaker
Sponsored by the Massachusetts School Nurses meeting, Framingham MA
2002The Psychology of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA
2002The Psychology of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA
2002Mind/Body Medicine for Women-speaker CEU course
Sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers , Dedham MA
2003Application of Mind/Body Medicine to Women’s Health Issues – speaker
Harvard University Health Services, Cambridge MA
2004The Mind/Body Connection – speaker
Sponsored by the Yankee Dental Congress, Boston MA
2004Achieving Balance and Reducing Stress in Your Life – speaker
HMS audio conference, Boston MA
2006Stress Reduction – speaker at Graduate Medical Education Orientation
BIDMC
2007Application of Mind/Body Approaches to Women’s Health/Grand Rounds
Emerson Hospital, Concord MA
2008Complementary Approach to Women’s Health- instructor for ½ day course
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Psychological Association, Wellesley MA
2008The Mind/Body Experience – speaker at conference “Treating Contemporary Families”
Cambridge Health Alliance/HMS Boston MA
2013Mindfulness, HMS
2017Relaxation and stress management strategies, HMS

National

2002Self-Nurturing Skills for the Infertility Nurse, keynote speaker
Sponsored by the New England Nurses for Reproductive Medicine, Groton CT
2002Self Nurturance and Care, speaker
Sponsored by the New Hampshire Organization of Nurses Executive Retreat, Concord NH
2002Application of Mind/Body Medicine to Women’s Health Issues, instructor for ½ day course
Sponsored by the Rhode Island Psychological Association, Providence RI
2004The Mind/Body Connection, speaker
Sponsored by the World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, Las Vegas NV
2004Behavioral Medicine Interventions, Faculty Postgraduate Course
Sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia PA
2006Psychological Aspects of Infertility, instructor for ½ day course
Sponsored by the New Hampshire Psychological Association, Manchester NH
2010How to Work with Difficult Patients, Keynote Speaker
New England Fertility Society, Newport RI
2010Moderator – Men, Women, and Stress/Daylong CEU course
Sponsored by Columbia University, New York, NY
2010SART symposium: Efficacy of CAM Approaches, speaker
Sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver CO
2010The relationship between stress and IVF outcome/oral paper presentation
American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver CO
2011How does stress impact quality of care? Plenary speaker
Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, Palm Springs, CA
2012The prevalence of antidepressant use by women undergoing IVF/oral paper presentation
American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, CA
2012Weight loss group programs for infertile women with a BMI over 35/roundtable
American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Diego, CA
2013The risks of SSRI use during infertility treatment. Roundtable.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
2017The Mind/Body Connection: Impact on Patient Care
Sponsored by The Donor Egg Meeting, Charleston SC
2017Stress 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

2007Effectiveness of Complementary Therapies in Lowering Stress, speaker
Sponsored by the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Halifax NS
2008Stress and Infertility, plenary speaker
Sponsored by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain (Merck)
2013Keynote speaker, Mind/body Interventions with Infertility patients, Sponsored by the Australian Fertility Society
2017Keynote Speaker, Stress and Reproduction, Sponsored by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embrology, Geneva Switzerland
2019Speaker, Patient Retention, ASPIRE, Hong Kong, Sponsored by Abbott Pharmeuticals
2019Speaker, Patient Retention, ESHRE, Vienna, Sponsored by Abbott Pharmaceuticals
2022Speaker, 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