Tim Nelson
Jason H. Collins, MD, OB/GYN

Founder and President of the Pregnancy Institute, a 501C(3) purposed to study normal pregnancies and designed to promote the likelihood of healthier pregnancies resulting in well-monitored, full-term live births. Dr. Collins attended Tulane University as an undergraduate and then went on to Tulane University Medical Center to receive his graduate degree. He went to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York where he worked on his post-graduate and internship. Later, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans he did his residency. He is on staff at Northshore Medical Center in Slidell, LA. He is author to many publications and speaker for numerous medical presentations nationally and internationally.

Dr. Collins was instrumental in the way Missing GRACE started and serves as an active Board member. Dr. Collins has delivered babies for more than 25 years, and offers an office visit, consultation and home fetal-monitoring program at no cost to pregnant mothers who have suffered a previous loss. His research and work to prevent stillbirth continues to be an integral part of Missing GRACE.
www.preginst.com
A5, E4


Session Descriptions:

A5
Ask the Doctor
: Ask the doctor about your past pregnancies and learn how to protect any future pregnancies. Parents who have experienced a stillbirth, multiple losses or have had a baby born alive with cord or placenta related complications will find this session helpful. Q & A time with Doctor Jason Collins, MD, OB/GYN

E4
Umbilical Cord Accidents (UCA) --- Torsion 2007
: Jason Collins, MD, OB/GYN, familiarizes OB caregivers with torsion and demonstrates how to document torsion at delivery. An extensive review and outline of contemporary and historical research related to cord issues is presented along with how to utilize current technology to determine which babies are at risk for cord accidents.