I just wanted to share a few things about the event at which I’ll be speaking on February 15th in Boston.  This is the Isis Parenting event open to physicians only, entitled “It Takes A Village: Building Connections in Perinatal Care”.  First, the event has been moved from the Isis Parenting offices in Needham across the street to the Sheraton Needham because there were so many interested in attending.

Second, the event is a roundtable discussion and features an entire panel of speakers and I wanted to share who my fellow panelists are:

• Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH, Perinatologist, Tuft’s Medical Center’s Mother & Infant Research Institute, Huffington Post
• Gene Declerq, PhD, Assistant Dean, BU School of Public Health, Maternal & Child Health Research & Advocacy
• Anjali Kaimal, MD, MS, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Lise Johnson, MD, Director, Well Newborn Nurseries at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
• Rachel Klein, Senior Analyst, Women’s Health Service Line Innovation, The Advisory Board Company
• Mary McKendry, VP Clinical Affairs, Network Health, MA Special Legislation Commission on Postpartum Depression
• Lisa Ehle, State Director of Program Services, March of Dimes, MA Chapter
• Moderator: Bonnell Glass, RN, MN, Principal, The Center for Perinatal Practice

I’m so excited to be able to meet all of these people, and more, in person. And don’t forget there’s another event the next night, the 16th, that’s open to the public if you’re near Boston and would like to go.  That event features … well … just me, talking about PPD.

Third, if I’m not boring you and you’ve read this far, I get the chance to go on grand rounds next Wednesday with the staff of the MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health. Woohoo! So, if you’ve got questions you’d like me to ask of some top experts on perinatal depression and anxiety, give them to me now so I’ll have them with me next week.