Tuesday, October 13

8:00 am – 5:30 pm

What Every Physician Needs to Know Part I 

8:00 am – 3:00 pm

What Every Physician Needs to Know Part II

Wednesday, October 14

7:00 – 8:00 am

Exhibits Open

7:45 – 8:00 am

Opening Remarks

8:00 – 9:00 am

Neonatal Opioid Toxicity Through Human Milk Exposure: Reassessing Biological Plausibility and Clinical Evidence

Jonathan Zipursky

9:00 – 10:05 am

Top 10 Research Parade 2026

Julie Taylor

10:05 – 10:30 am

Morning Break with Coffee & Tea. Posters & Exhibits Open

10:30 – 11:30 am

Symposium 1:  Hyperlactation: Defining the Undefined

Elizabeth Elsagga, Lena Edelstein, and Ofri Hayosh

Symposium 2: Unnecessary hospital formula supplementation is a health equity issue

Alison Mildon, Jessica Zimmer, and Aunjrya Fleming

11:35 am – 12:35 pm

Podiums 1-4:

1. Implementing a Three-Tier Model for Breastfeeding Medicine Education in Pediatric Residency

2. Breastfeeding and Oxytocin Receptor Genotype Predicts Mothers’ DNA Methylation from Pregnancy to Postpartum Among Women Exposed to Childhood Adversity

3. High Maternal Body Mass Index Reduced Exclusive Breastfeeding and Diminished Prolactin at 2 Months Postpartum

4. Cincinnati Children’s Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic: Twenty Years of Lessons Learned

Sheridan Langford, Sarah Weinstein, Madison Clements, and Sheela Geraghty

12:35 – 1:30 pm

Lunch Break with SIG Round Tables | Exhibits Open

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Pump Flange Sizing: Practical Aspects of Breast Pump Use and Flange Sizing

Anne Eglash

 2:30 – 3:00 pm

 Cochrane Review - Strong Evidence Supports Skin-to-Skin Contact After Birth as Standard Care

Julie Grady

Breastfeeding and Mental Health: A Feeding Audit in a Mother-Baby Unit

Marnie Rowan

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Afternoon Break with Coffee & Tea Posters & Exhibits

3:35 – 4:35 pm

Case Presentations 1-3:

1. A novel therapy from ancient roots: Integrating traditional Chinese medicine and modern western medicine to treat a mother with chronic breast pain

2. Serial Measurement of Platinum in Breast Milk After Cisplatin Chemotherapy: A Case Report

3. An Underrecognized Cause of Infant Feeding Difficulty

Christina Smillie, Kelsie Barta, Megan Oggero, Ese-Onosen Omoijuanfo, and Suet Kam Lam

Case Presentations 4-6:

4. When Lactation Triggers Anaphylaxis: A Complex Case of MCAS Anxiety and Hyperlactation

5. Brief Psychotherapy as an Effective Treatment for Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex

6. Recognizing Early Signs of Postpartum Psychosis: Implications for Breastfeeding Management.

Candy Lincoln, Brooke Kronk, Moira Haggarty Edwards, and Miranda Acosta Prieto

4:35 – 5:35 pm

Symposium 3: Presenting the Clinical Assessment Process for Treating Ankyloglossia (CAPTA)

Michal Mansovsky, Yvonne LeFort, Rima Strassman, and Nadine Manson

Symposium 4: Policy to Practice: Community Resources Supporting Perinatal HIV Care

Jennifer Qin, Alyssa Crawford, and Lealah Pollock

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Celebrating Our Global Community

Thursday, October 15

7:00 – 8:00 am

Posters & Exhibits Open

7:45 – 8:00 am

Opening Remarks

8:00 – 9:00 am

Lithium therapy in the breastfeeding patient

Essie Heinonen

9:05 – 10:05 am

 Founders' Lecture- The Long-Term Impact of Breastfeeding: Evidence from Life-Course Epidemiology

Bernardo Horta

10:05 – 10:30 am

Morning Break with Coffee & Tea Posters and Exhibits

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Symposium 5: Black Women's Breastfeeding and Bedsharing Experiences: Cultivating Respect and Shared-Decision Making

Francoise Knox-Kazimierczuk, Alexis Barr, and Meredith Shockley-Smith

Symposium 6: Empowering Future Doctors to Support Lactation through Education Research and Interest Groups

Elizabeth Cannon, Elaine Hart, and Kimberly Ajalat

11:35 am – 12:35 pm

Podium Presentations 5 – 8:

5. Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Breastfeeding Counseling for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder

6. Pioneering a Pro-Lactation Oriented Birthing Protocol (POBP): Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Venezuela (2015–2024)

7. Inconsistency in Maternal reporting of infant sleep characteristics: Results from a National Survey and Implications for Sleep-Related Infant Death

8. Individualized assessment of infants impacted by chorioamnionitis improves breast milk rates

Jennifer McAllister, Merissa Maccani, Patricia Diaz, Melissa Bartick, Shaelise Tor, and Amanda Rahman

Immunobiology of Breast Milk

Lori Feldman-Winter

12:35 – 1:30 pm

Lunch - Awards and Recognition

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Town Hall — Meet the Board of Directors & Committee Leaders

2:35 – 3:35 pm

Case Presentations 7 – 9:

7. Data-Driven Demand Optimization to Increase Milk Supply and Enable Breastfeeding After Persistent Latching Difficulty

8. Making the Invisible Visible: Enhancing Breastfeeding Through Milk Flow Visualization

9. When Conventional Drainage Surgery Does Not Mean Weaning: A Case Series of Breastfeeding Preservation in Four Dyads With Lactational Breast Abscess

Annisa Fajriani, Salsabilla Aghniatamma, Hilla Lev Ran Hotam, Asti Praborini, and Dyah Febriyanti

Case Presentations 10 – 12:

10. Treatment of Maternal Prolactinoma with Cabergoline and Infant Feeding Goals

11. Induced Lactation in a Postmenopausal Muslim Woman to Establish Mahram Relationship: A Case Report

12. Hypoprolactinemia Following Brain Tumor Treatment: Two Cases of Lactation Insufficiency

Anna Jack, Michele Burtner, Ezura Madiana Monoto, Kelsie Barta, and Megan Oggero

 3:35 – 4:00 pm

 Afternoon Break with Posters and Exhibits

 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Strengthening Breastfeeding Support in Malaysia: Integrating Peer Counselling, Digital Innovation, and Family Engagement

Ezura Madiana Monoto

Conservative Management of Placenta Accreta and Breastfeeding Outcomes

Pamela Berens

5:00 – 5:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Friday, October 16

8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Lactational Mastitis Research Summit

On-Demand

Mastitis

Monica Pina

Human milk oligosaccharide mediates mutualism between Escherichia coli and Bifidobacterium bifidum 

David Seki

Nourishing Thriving Communities: A National Plan for First Foods, Breastfeeding, and Lactation Support Through Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change 

Kimberly Broomfield-Massey

Research Network

Marica Bettinelli, Deena Zimmerman, and Nicole Marshall