October 23, 2023- “Empowering ALL Clients to Enhance their Self-Worth: How to Craft Your Lactation Consultant Practice as Welcoming, Trauma Aware, and Nurturing” with Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski

Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski will be speaking to us about the link between self-worth and breastfeeding success. She will discuss how to empower clients by using trauma-aware practice and effective communication. She will also discuss the unique needs of breastfeeding teens and address ways to assure that diverse clients are welcomed and safe.

April 24, 2023- “Breastfeeding in a Stressful World” with M. Jane Heinig Ph.D.

Attendees will learn how to improve infant feeding practices by supporting parents’ understanding of normal infant behavior, responding appropriately to heightened stress levels, and addressing parents’ questions about using expressed milk as their infants’ sole source of nutrition.

January 23, 2023 - “Law and Loss: Advocating for Rights and Options”

Brandy Gentry (Birth Doula and Bereavement Advocate, Founder of Oli’s Angels) will be speaking to us about caring for bereaved parents and how to educate and support breastfeeding option for this population.

Women’s Law Project (Ena Lebel, Sophia Elliot, and Maggie Neely) will speak about rights of pregnant and lactating workers and tips for requesting accommodations and speaking to employers.

September 23, 2022 - “A Day with Katrina Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, PMH-C, FACS”
Join us for a day of lactation myth busting and so much more for our live virtual conference on Friday September 23, 2022 featuring Dr. Katrina Mitchell, board-certified general surgeon, fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist, international board certified lactation consultant, and perinatal mental health provider. Dr. Mitchell’s practice focuses on the surgical management of benign and malignant breast disease, breastfeeding medicine care for lactating patients, including those with a history of breast cancer, and medication management for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

April 25, 2022 - Virtually “Drip, Pull or Pump: Counseling About Milk Catchers and Wearable Pumps and Relationship-Centered, Equitable and Trauma-Sensitive Care” presented by Jeanette Mesite Frem's, MHS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE. Also, “Centered Care: Embodying Qualities Central to Relationship-Centered, Equitable, and Trauma-Sensitive Care” with Karen Laing, IBCLC, AMT, founder of WisdomWay and national speaker on birth and postpartum caregiving that offers 2 E-CERPs.

December 4, 2021 - Virtually “May the 4th (trimester) be with you! One Woman at a Time, Centering Pregnancy and Lactation” Dr. Row, Ms. Judge, Dr. Misawa and Ms. Cabreros will be sharing their experience providing and participating in Centering Pregnancy maternity care and the impact of Centering Care on the breastfeeding rates.

September 20, 2021 - Virtually "Opening Doors to Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding: Inducing Lactation, Relactation, and Supplementation" with Alyssa Schnell, IBCLC. Specializing in inducing lactation, Ms. Schnell works in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri.

May 10, 2021 - Virtually "Systemic Racism and Lactation – The Black Perspective" with  Ngozi Doreen D. Tibbs, MPH, LCCE, IBCLC, a nationally recognized speaker and educator on anti-racism, diversity and health disparities, founder, lactation consultant and childbirth educator for Sankofa Childbirth Education Services and co-founder of The Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle (2014). 

December 11, 2020 - Virtually "Beyond the Curve and Behind the Pain:  What to do about Slow Gaining Babies and Nipple Pain" with Amy Maddalena, DO, FAAP, IBCLC Director, Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh, Pediatrician, Kids Plus Pediatrics. 

September 14, 2020 - Virtually "A Day with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett" with Kathleen Kendall Tackett, Ph.D, IBCLC, FAPA. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist who specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology. 

December 16, 2019 Conference - Washington Hospital - "The Art and Science of Curriculum, Communication and Connection" with Joni Gray, Ed.D, CLC, CLS, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University

April 26, 2019 Conference - St. Clair Hospital - "​Navigating a Nursing Relationship after a Bad Birth: How Providers Can Foster Healing”

December 10, 2018 - Washington Hospital - "Advocates for Breastfeeding Women Dealing with the Issues of Then and Now"

September 2018 - West Penn Hospital - America's Most Wanted: Solving the Mysteries of Milk Supply 

April 25, 2018 - Jefferson Hospital ​ -  "Occupational Therapy and Genes: What do they have to do with breastfeeding?"

December 4, 2017 - Heritage Valley Sewickley - "Breastfeeding Implications: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Depression"

September 25, 2017 - West Penn Hospital - Swimming Upstream in a Formula-feeding Culture - Linda Smith

April 27, 2017 - Westmoreland Hospital - ​Fortification and Frenotomy

December 12, 2016 - ​Washington Hospital - Communication, Chiropractic Care, and Case Presentations - Julie Brown, Dr. Kathy Roth, and Cindy Garrison.

September 2016 - West Penn Hospital ​- Marsha Walker - "Support for Breastfeeding Challenges: A Day with Marsha Walker"

April 2016 - Uniontown Hospital​  - Judy Gutowski and Cindy Morris - "Affordable Health Care Begins with IBCLCs", "Understanding the Keystone 10 Initiative", Breastfeeding Promotion and Support" Dr. Todd Wolynn.

Feb 1, 2016 - Dr. Brent presenting "Highlights of the 2015 Conference of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine" - Heritage Valley Sewickley

September 21, 2015 - Jack Newman - "What they didn't teach you in your training about breastfeeding", "Late onset decreased milk supply", "Numbers on demand", "Hypoglycemia and Jaundice" - West Penn Hospital

April 13, 2015 - "Midwifery Care as a Whole and Its Impact on Breastfeeding"; "Strategies for Working with Babies who Can't, Won't, or Don't take the breast" - Duquesne University

December 8, 2014 - "How Birth Public Policy Affects Breastfeeding" and "The Physics of the Fourth Trimester" by Teresa Bailey, CD, IBCLC  and Highlights from the National WIC Conference by Rosa Snyder-Boyd -The Well at the Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh

September 8, 2014 - Breastfeeding Help: Making a Night and Day Difference with Dianne Wiessinger - West Penn Hospital

April 28, 2014 - Today's Mothers are All Thumbs: Cultural Competency for Digital Parenting by Amber McCann; Recent Breastfeeding Research by Kay Hoover - Washington Hospital 

December 2, 2013 - Drugs & Breastfeeding and ILCA Highlights - Forbes Regional Hospital

September 16, 2013 - Sharpening Skills and Preparing for the Future with Denise Altman - West Penn Hospital

April 22, 2013 -Breastfeeding Support Then and Now - Mercy Hospital

December 10, 2012 - Highlights of the 2012 ILCA Conference by Linda Kelley, Gail Ratliff-Woomer, and Rosa Snyder-Boyd, Diversity and Breastfeeding by Ngozi Doreen D. Tibbs

September 10, 2012 - Best Practices Enhancing Breastfeeding Success with Cheryl Scott at West Penn Hospital

March 5, 2012 - A Day With Kay Hoover at Washington Hospital

December 5, 2011 - Nancy Brent from The Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh, Webinar on Mother-Infant Sleep Location by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett at Forbes Regional Hospital

September 19, 2011 - Nancy Mohrbacher - "Natural Laws", "Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple", "Transitioning to the Breast", and "Taking the Breast: New Research, New Paradigms" at West Penn Hospital

March 7, 2011 - Beverly Ann Curtis -Implementing the Joint Commissions Perinatal Care Core Measure on Exclusive Breastmilk Feeding: How is Your Hospital Measuring Up?" , Judith Gutowski - “Affordable Health Care Begins with IBCLCs: Access to Lactation Support As a Cost Effective Preventative Health Measure” at UPMC Mercy Hospital

December 6, 2010 - "Bringing the ILCA Conference Home" at Magee-Women's Hospital

September 10, 2010 - A Day with Diana West at West Penn Hospital