Grand Rounds Webinar Series

ABM Grand Rounds is a live webinar program offered each month addressing current clinical practice guidelines in the care of breastfeeding parents and infants. Each Grand Round is recorded and offered as on-demand education in the ABM Education Center.
Missed a previous Grand Round? You can access the recording here
GET CREDIT: The University of Virginia School of Medicine and School of Nursing designates these Grand Rounds live activities for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits per webinar to a participant who successfully completes this educational activity. Credit for the live webinars is available for 30 days after the event. On-demand credit for all webinars in the 2024 series is available until December 31, 2025. Don't forget to fill out your evaluation!

Check out our 2024 schedule:

Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use & Substance Use Disorder 
February 28, 2024, 11:00am CST
This inaugural session hosted by Dr. Kate Standish and Dr. Miriam Harris reviewed updated, evidence-based recommendations regarding counseling and management of breastfeeding among people with substance use and substance use disorder in pregnancy and during lactation
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Case Studies in Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use
March 27, 2024, 11:00am CDT
Dr. Miriam Harris hosted a Grand Rounds webinar on a case study discussion about substance use and substance use disorder related to breastfeeding and pregnancy. Through case-based discussions, this session aimed to review facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding in parent-infant dyads affected by substance use and substance use disorder. Cases highlighted practical applications of the updated Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #21: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder (Revised 2023). 
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Roadmap to Direct Breastfeeding for a Preterm Mother Baby Dyad
April 24, 2024, 9:00am CDT
In this Grand Rounds webinar, Shruti Gupta, MD MBBS, will discuss how to support a family's breastfeeding journey from the time the baby is born to when the infant is ready for discharge, and then how to transition the infant to direct breastfeeding after discharge. This session will help medical and nursing providers understand the unique requirements of a preterm mother-baby dyad in the NICU and after discharge. Infants admitted to the newborn ICU are usually separated from their mothers soon after birth, disrupting the cycle of breastfeeding. In addition, most of these infants are extremely sick, immature, and far from ready to breastfeed. Parents' lives have been disrupted in so many ways, all of which can have a direct effect on the breastfeeding journey.
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Case Studies in Transitioning a Preterm Infant to Direct Breastfeeding
May 20, 2024, 12:00pm CDT
During this session, three experts will go through a preterm infant's breastfeeding journey using case studies. Attendees will learn how to transition a preterm infant from bottle feeding to breastfeeding while supporting mother's goals using the examples shared. The presenters will also look at some unique cases to understand the challenges this population faces. 
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Maternal Sleep and Well-being within the Context of Physiologic Infant Care
June 25, 2024, 3:00pm CDT

This presentation will provide a description of the evidence supporting the ABM Clinical Protocol #37, "Physiological Infant Care," and promote the concept of proximate sleep behavior to facilitate breastfeeding. Risk mitigation regarding the prevention of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) is an important consideration for certain individuals and a culturally sensitive approach to counseling will be discussed. Given the prevalence of maternal mental health disorders and the vulnerable period while breastfeeding is getting started, attention to wellness and maternal risk factors for mood disorders will also be addressed. 
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Paid Maternity Leave and Its Benefit to Society
July 25, 2024, 11:00am CDT
This presentation will provide a description of the new ABM position statement on paid maternity leave, which calls for six months of paid leave with 100% paid. Two authors on the statement, Dr. Melissa Bartick and Dr. Maria Bettinelli, will discuss why this is so important for women, and how it will benefit all of society, not just growing families. Models of maternity leave throughout the world will also be examined.
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Breast Cancer & Breastfeeding
September 24, 2024, 3:00pm CDT
In this webinar, Dr. Helen M. Johnson and Dr. Katrina Mitchell will review how surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and endocrine therapy in breast cancer care intersects with lactation. They will describe the management of lactation in patients with a history of breast cancer who later become pregnant and want to breastfeed; patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant; and, patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer while breastfeeding. In addition to exploring how multidisciplinary breast cancer care may affect lactation, we also will review evidence-based guidelines regarding radiology and nuclear medicine studies in this patient population. 
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 Breast Cancer & Breastfeeding Case Study
October 23, 2024, 9:00am CDT
In this Grand Rounds webinar, Dr. Lauren Macaluso and Dr. Sophia Fu will present a case study discussion about breast cancer and breastfeeding. They will describe the presentation, diagnosis, management and treatment of a patient who was diagnosed with breast cancer while breastfeeding. They will explore applications of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #34 Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding.
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LGBTQ Patients & Breastfeeding
November 20, 2024, 12:00pm CST
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The Grand Rounds Webinar Series is supported in part by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.