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Scientific Program

Thursday, September - 30, 2004

Coordinators: EDUARDO MOTTA and PAULO SERAFINI (BRAZIL)

20:00: Opening lecture
How to deal with infertility: the patient’s perspectives
R. STAN WILLIAMS - USA

Friday, October - 01, 2004

Session 1

Basic Concepts

Coordinators: HILDOBERTO CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA (BRAZIL) and NICOLAS NEUSPILLER (ARGENTINA)

8:30 - Modern investigation: what is essential
BUENAVENTURA COROLEU - SPAIN

8:50 - What we must tell to the patients about age
PAUL DEVROEY - BELGIUM

9:10 - Low complexity treatments and limits
CLAUDIO CHILLIK - ARGENTINA

9:30 – What can you do in your office that you have not realized yet
MARK HORNSTEIN - USA

9:50 - Discussion

Coffee break

Session 2

Ovarian Stimulation

Coordinators: SERGIO PASQUALINI (ARGENTINA) and JULES WHITE (BRAZIL)

10:30 - Predicting ovarian response
PETER HUMAIDAN - DENMARK

10:50 - Monitoring of follicle and endometrial development
CLAUDIO CHILIK - ARGENTINA

11:10 – Most successful protocols of ovarian stimulation in low complexity treatments
JOSE NAVARRO - SPAIN

11:30 – New drugs to enhance ovulation
MARK HORNSTEIN - USA

11:50 – Discussion

Lunch

Session 3

Male Factor

Coordinators: GASTON REY VALZACCHI (ARGENTINA) and ROGER ABDELMASSIH (BRAZIL)

14:00 - What is a normal semen analyses?
PAUL DEVROEY - BELGIUM

14:20 – The impact of environment, recreational drugs, smoking and age on semen quality
CLAUDIO TELOKEN - BRAZIL

14:40 - Is male subfertility a hereditary disease
CLAUDIO TELOKEN - BRAZIL

15:00 - Minimal semen quality for intra uterine insemination
RODRIGO PAGANI – BRAZIL

15:20 – Discussion

15:40 – Coffee break

Session 4

Surgery and Infertility

Coordinators: HOMERO MEIRELES JR. (BRAZIL) and ALEJANDRO KOVACS (VENEZUELA)

16:00 – Ovarian, peritoneal and deeply infiltrating endometriosis, laparoscopy and infertility
MAURICIO ABRAO - BRAZIL

16:20 - Contemporary approach to endometriomas
MARK HORNSTEIN - USA

16:40 - When is varicocelectomy indicated for the infertile men
CLAUDIO TELOKEN - BRAZIL

17:00 – Vasectomy reversal: what to expect
PAUL DEVROEY - BELGIUM

17:30 – Discussion

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Session 5

Hormones and reproduction: new insights

Coordinators: MARCIO COSLOVSKY (BRAZIL) and VICTOR BATIZA (MEXICO)

8:30 - The exact role of the LH in ovulation induction
PETER HUMAIDAN - DENMARK

8:50 - GnRH Antagonists – is there a place in low complexity treatments?
BUENAVENTURA COROLEU - SPAIN

9:10 – The use of recombinant hCG
JOSE NAVARRO - SPAIN

9:30 - How to choose the best gonadotrophin for ovulation induction
CLAUDIO CHILIK - ARGENTINA

9:50 – Discussion

10:10 – Break

Session 6

Repetitive fails and recurrent miscarriage

Coordinators: HUGO MIYAHIRA (BRAZIL) and DUARTE CARLOS (URUGUAY)

10:30 - Practical approach to identify repetitive IVF failures and spontaneous abortions
RICARDO OLIVEIRA - BRAZIL

10:50– Imunological treatment for repetitive IVF failure and abortion
RICARDO BARINI - BRAZIL

11:10 – Genetic evaluation of the embryo
JOSE NAVARRO - SPAIN

11:30 – The oocyte donation in repetitive fails (experience)
JOSE REMOHI - SPAIN

11:50 – Discussion

Lunch

Session 7

Avoiding complications

Coordinators: MARIA DO CARMO BORGES DE SOUZA (BRAZIL) and MARCELO VALLE (BRAZIL)

14:00 - How to prevent and handle: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
JOSE REMOHI - SPAIN

14:20 - How to manage a multiple pregnancy
MARK EVANS - USA

14:40 - High order multiples and the selective reduction
MARK EVANS - USA

15:00 – Ovarian carcinoma after stimulation: reality or not?
R. STAN WILLIAMS - USA

15:20 - Discussion

Break

Session 8

The initial pregnancy

Coordinators: MARCELO ZUGAIB (BRAZIL) and EDMUND BARACAT (BRAZIL)

16:00 – Managing hormone support
BUENAVENTURA COROLEU - SPAIN

16:20 – Morphologic assessment of the first trimester
MARK EVANS - USA

16:40 – When, how and to whom should one refer the patient to.
MARK HORNSTEIN - USA

17:00 – Discussion and closing