Thomas A. Leonard was the driving force behind the formation of the Perinatal Foundation and was a highly respected obstetrician and professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In addition to bringing awareness to innovative topics in perinatal healthcare, this lecture helps realize the Perinatal Foundation’s original mission of bringing education to more professionals and providers.
Previous TAL Speakers
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Kathleen Kendall-Tackett on "Intimate Partner Violence in the Perinatal Period and COVID-19"
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2019
Karol Kaltenbach, PhD on "Treatment for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder: Considerations for Mother and Child"
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2018
Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, MD, MPH on “Human Trafficking and Pregnancy: Improving the Health Care Response Where Vulnerabilities Collide”
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2017
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD on “Achieving Health Equity: Tools for a National Campaign Against Racism”
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2016
M. Kathryn Menard, MD, MPH on “Level of Maternal Care: The new "Toward Improving the Outcomes of Pregnancy"
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2015
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD on “The Early and the Ancestral Microbiome”
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2014
Sabrina Craigo, MD on “Perinatal Transport in 2014”
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2013
Debra B. Selip, MD on “The Late Preterm and Early Term Brain: Physiology, Pathology, and Outcomes”
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2012
Peter H. Cherouny, MD on “Decreasing Elective Deliveries Prior to 39 Completed Weeks”
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2011
Rosemary White-Traut, PhD, RN, FAAN on “Developmental Interventions for At-Risk Infants”
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2010
Ellen Hodnett, RN, PhD, FCAHS on “Evidence-Based Care: Challenges in Implementing Cochrane Reviews”
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2009
James W. Collins, Jr., MD, MPH on “New Insights into the Racial Disparity in Pregnancy Outcomes: A Life Course Perspective”
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2008
Judith S. Mercer, PhD, CNM, FACNM on “Umbilical Cord Clamping: First, Do No Harm”
