NAMS Annual Meeting—As It Happened!

Here's what happened in Washington, DC at the 22nd Annual Meeting that drew 1,265 attendees from 41 countries. A total of 123 scientific abstracts of previously unpublished research were presented (for more statistics, view the 2011 Annual Meeting by the Numbers).

 NAMS Daily News

• Friday's issue
• Thursday's issue
• Wednesday's issue

Saturday, 9/24/11: Poster Prize Winners Announced

The NAMS Poster Judging Panel announced the winners of the 2011 NAMS Poster Prizes on Saturday morning.   First place goes to "Sexual Function and Breast Cancer: the Elephant in the Bedroom" (P-70) by Beth Prairie, MD, MPH, from the University of Pittsburgh and colleagues from multiple US research centers.   The three runners-up (in no particular order) are: "Assessment of Menopause-Related Symptoms among Perimenopausal Women with HIV" (P-52) by Sara Looby, PhD, ANP, and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School "Lifetime Estradiol Exposure and Risk of Depression during the Menopausal Transition: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation" (P-54) by Wendy Marsh, MD, MS, and colleagues from multiple US and Canadian research centers "Self-Reported Vasomotor Symptoms and Dietary Isoflavones: Results from the LeAVES Study" (P62) by Katherine M. Newton, PhD, and colleagues from several institutions in Seattle, WA The first-place award carries a $1,000 prize, and each of the runner-up awards will bring their research teams a $500 prize. Congratulations to these researchers and their teams!

Friday, 9/23/11

Top-Scoring Abstracts Presented Authors of the 6 top-scoring scientific abstracts at the 2011 NAMS Annual Meeting have just presented their research in a special plenary session. The abstracts focus on such research topics as the effect of route of administration of estrogen therapy on blood clot risk, the efficacy of a new SERM drug for menopause-related vaginal atrophy, and the relation between hot flashes and cholesterol levels. Check out these important abstracts here.

Exhibit Hall Passport Winner Announced The winner of this year’s Passport Program in the Exhibit Hall is Patricia Gunter, MD, NCMP, from Waimea Women’s Center in Kamuela, HI. Prior to her current position, Dr. Gunter was in private practice in Austin, TX, for 22 years. She values the scientific rigor of the NAMS meetings, particularly as she encounters much misinformation about bioidentical hormones and compounded hormones in her practice. As the winner, Dr. Gunter receives a complimentary registration to the 2012 NAMS Annual Meeting in Orlando next October 3-6.

Thursday, 9/22/11
Thursday morning's "Meet the Experts" CME breakfast sessions packed in a sold-out crowd across 20 different tables and topics.
	Thursday's plenary sessions concluded with the anticipated expert debate, "Is There Ever an Indication for Hormone Therapy in an Asymptomatic Postmenopausal Woman?" Dr. James Simon, at the podium, was assigned to argue the negative position while Dr. David Archer, far right, argued the affirmative position. NAMS President Dr. Steven Goldstein (center) served as moderator in full referee's regalia. In an audience vote on which debater made the most convincing argument, Dr. Archer edged out Dr. Simon by a 52%-48% margin.
Attendees take a short break from stretching their minds during the "Stretch for Health" session between Thursday afternoon symposia.
	Murray Freedman, MD, lays out the essentials of evaluating dyspareunia in Thursday's "When Sex Hurts" plenary symposium.
Epidemiologist Sioban Harlow, PhD, reviews preliminary recommendations on staging reproductive aging from the STRAW+10 symposium held immediately before this year's Annual Meeting.
	Some 100 scientific posters on midlife women's health were unveiled at the Poster Reception Thursday evening.
Cardiologist Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD, fields an audience question during the spirited "Getting to the Heart of the Matter" symposium on postmenopausal cardiovascular health.
	Attendees reach new heights of partying down at the President's Reception.
Wednesday 9/21/11
	2011 NAMS/Pfizer Medical Resident and Fellow Reporters
The Pre-Meeting Symposium, “Hormone Therapy A-Z: Update for 2011,” kicked everything off--and drew a packed house--on Wednesday morning
	Drs. JoAnn Manson and Claudio Soares get the rock-star treatment from inquisitive attendees after their panel discussion at the Pre-Meeting Symposium.
Dr. Nicholas Panay shares his expertise--and exquisite British sense of humor--in a profile of progestogens in one segment of the "Hormone Therapy A-Z" Pre-Meeting Symposium.
	NAMS President Dr. Steven Goldstein opens the Annual Meeting's Presidential Symposium, "Incidental Imaging Findings: Friend or Foe?" on Wednesday afternoon.
Recipients of the NAMS/Teva Women’s Health Medical Residents & Fellows Excellence Awards were recognized at a luncheon on Wednesday (along with those who nominated them).
	Seated, left to right: Sobia Khan, Jo Marie Janco, Joan S.L. Hier, Amanda N. Kallen, and Jessica L. Chan. Standing, left to right: Lauren D. Weber, Manisha Yadav, Holly Thacker, JoAnn Pinkerton, Amelia P. Bailey, Marcie Richardson, Sa Cara D. Shaw, Gloria Richard-Davis, Peter Schnatz, Sharon Y. Vila-Wright, Risa Kagan, Lubna Pal, and Jan Shifren.