Description

This session will provide a broad overview of key issues in women’s health in CF. Topics will include hormone contraception & drug interactions in the new era of complex CF medications, current knowledge & recommendations on gynecologic care for the CF female as well as important issues related to fertility & pregnancy. Finally, a bench to bedside discussion of sex differences in outcomes of CF patients & the impact of sex hormones on this observation will be discussed.

• Summarize drug interactions of hormone contraceptives in relations to common CF drugs.
• Review recommendations for gynecologic care for CF women of child bearing age and the challenges and complications associated with fertility and pregnancy in CF.
• Summarize available data on sex based outcomes in CF and the impact of sex hormones in the disease process.

Chair(s):

• Raksha Jain, M.D., M.Sc., Associate Professor
• Joanne Billings, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Speaker(s):

• Elizabeth Tullis, M.D., Medical Director
• Pamela Zeitlin, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kimberly Ehlert, Pharm.D.
• Sarah Traxler, M.D., M.S.