CREOGs Over Coffee

Today, we interview Dr. Erin Cleary, Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn and Clinical Educator at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, about breastfeeding! This is a topic that we (and our patients) have heard a lot about. But what are the myths and what are the facts?  Dr. Cleary teaches us about the anatomy of the breast and the physiology of breastfeeding!  Also, we give a shoutout to our very first patron on patreon: Dr. Daniel Ginn (sorry about the dad joke using your name)!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com  Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1 Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Hi everyone! Guess what? We've started a Patreon!  Turns out, podcasting is a lot of hard work and costs a lot of money, and Nick and I are residents just like you. We love podcasting and want to keep doing it, but we need your help.  Here is our link to our patreon: www.patreon.com/creogsovercoffee You can help us out as much as you'd like, but know that we are going to be giving some special prizes to our monthly contributors.  For $5 a month: you'll get exclusive content, including special interviews like we did with Dr. Donald Coustan For $10 a month: you'll get the above and a special shout out on the podcast  For $20 a month: you'll get the above and a special CREOGS Over Coffee Mug!  For $50 a month: you'll get the above and a CREOGS Over Coffee T-shirt!  Come check out the patreon. We love and appreciate all of you!  -Fei and Nick

Happy New Year! Nick and Fei are back again with Dr. Eger. This time, we talk about the treatment of vasomotor symptoms of menopause and the Women's Health Initiative.  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com  Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1 Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com 

It's almost the new year, and we're less than a month away from CREOGs! We have a special guest with us again, today: Dr. Renee Eger, an assistant professor and clinical educator at Brown University. Dr. Eger is also an expert in menopause and will be talking to us today about the vasomotor symptoms of menopause. Join us next week, when we discuss the Women's Health Initiative Study and even more with her!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com  Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1 Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com 

This is the third and final part of our series on gestational diabetes! With another venti episode, Fei and Nick interview Dr. Donald Coustan, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and giant in Ob/Gyn.  Be sure to check out Dr. Romero's profile on him in AJOG: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(17)30806-2/fulltext  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Here is Part II of our three part special on GDM, just in time for the holidays. Join Fei and Nick as we explore the management of antepartum and intrapartum GDM!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Here is Part I of our three part special on gestational diabetes! On this episode, we give the definition of GDM, the diagnostic criteria, as well as the risk factors and complications of GDM.  Stay tuned for Part II, where we discuss management, both antepartum and intrapartum!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com  

Here it is, part 2 of our statistics and study design series!  If you're like us and need to review this topic 30 times, come give us a listen now, but also right before your exam in January!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Our next two episodes will focus on those pesky statistics and study design questions on the CREOG exam. So today... get ready for the exciting world of sensitivity and specificity!  We'll be covering much more on statistics today and next week, but if you're like us and need to review this topic 30 times, come give us a listen now, but also right before your exam in January!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

This week's episode was based off of the suggestion of Dr. Katie Smith on Twitter. We discuss the physiology of bone mineralization, the risk factors for osteoporosis, the DEXA scan, the FRAX score, and some treatment options for osteoporosis. Take a listen, and remember: Got milk?  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

We can't believe that this is our 10th episode ever! To celebrate this event, we have invited our first special guest to come and talk to us about perioperative care! Dr. Lauren Stewart is a second year urogynecology fellow at Brown University, and has published a two-part series on perioperative care in "Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology." We will be posting the link to her journal articles on our website.  Sit back, keep digesting those Thanksgiving leftovers, and take a listen!  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Perhaps one of the most common things we see here at Women and Infants Hospital: nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy! Today we go over the diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum, talk about the reasons women get nauseated with pregnancy, and ultimately go over the multiple lines of treatments.  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

We are debuting our first espresso episode! What is an espresso episode you ask? They're going to be just like an espresso: short, sweet, and just as action-packed. They will go over more familiar topics, intended for rapid fire review... maybe like when you're on the elevator running to a postpartum hemorrhage?  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Big shout out today to Andrey Dolinko, MD, who suggested this topic. We will be reviewing the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of polycystic ovarian syndrome.  More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com

Did you think we would be finished with Fei and Nick's Fabulous Adventure Through Pregnancy? Nope, there's more! Today, we talk about the differences between prenatal screening and testing, and walk you through some high yield aneuploidies. We also talk about some of the different screens and tests that we order for our patients during pregnancy. More information will be posted on our website: www.creogsovercoffee.com Come check us out on Twitter: @creogsovercoff1  Questions about our podcast or have topics you'd like to contribute? Email us at: creogsovercoffee@gmail.com