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Website: http://www.fiamc.org
INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CATHOLIC OBSTETRICIANS
AND GYNAECOLOGISTS
June 17-20, 2001, Rome
The future of Obstetrics and Gynaecology:
The fundamental human right to practice and be trained according to conscience GENERAL ORGANISATION OBJECTIVES
| - To consider the PRESSURES on obstetricians/gynaecologists and specialists in training arising from the anti-life philosophy and policies that currently dominate obstetric practice.
- To examine the CONSEQUENCES arising from the serious decline of Catholic/Pro-life obstetricians and gynaecologists world-wide.
- To discuss, in a friendly and open forum, possible SOLUTIONS to the present situation.
- To receive suggestions from the Church, be inspired by the WORD OF THE HOLY FATHER and receive His blessing upon our endeavours. | ORGANISERS
 |  | World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations
(FIAMC) | MaterCare International
(MCI) | SPONSOR
The Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care PATRONAGES
The Office of the Secretary of State of the Vatican
The Presidency of the Italian Government
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Congregation for Catholic Education
The Pontifical Council for the Family
The Pontifical Academy for Life
The Jerôme Lejeune Foundation PRESIDENTS OF THE MEETING
Gian Luigi Gigli, President of FIAMC
Robert L. Walley, Medical Director of MCI INVITED SPEAKERS
| Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Lorenzo Chieffi, Professor of Constitutional Law, II University of Naples, Italy
Mary Finnegan, Midwives Commission of CICIAMS, United Kingdom
Gian Luigi Gigli, MD, President of the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC), member of the Pontifical Council for the Health Pastoral Care, member of the High Council of the Italian Ministry of Health
Dianne N.Irving, PhD, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA
Luis Jensen Acuña, MD, Director of the Center for the Study of Human Fertility, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
T. Everett Julyan, MD, GP Trainee, Glasgow, UK,
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, President of the Pontifical Council for the Health Pastoral Care
Alberto Mazza, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, former Minister of Health of the Republic of Argentina
Gonzalo Miranda, PhD, Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Eamon O'Dwyer, MD, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Galway, Ireland
Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, Secreatary of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Nuala Scarisbrick, Hon. National Administrator of LIFE UK, United Kingdom
Archbishop Elio Sgreccia, Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Ecclesiastical Assistant of the Italian Association of Catholic Doctors, Archbishop of Genoa, Italy
Nicholas Tonti-Filipini, PhD, Bioethicist, Australia
Susanne van der Velden, MD, Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Germany
Catherine Vierling, MD, European Forum for Human Rights and Family, Brussels, Belgium
Pilar Vigil, MD, Center for the Study of Human Fertility, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Robert L. Walley, MD, Medical Director - MaterCare International, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Memorial University of Newfoundland , Canada, Consultor, Pontifical Council for the Apostolate of Health Workers | MODERATORS OF THE SESSIONS
| Adriano Bompiani, MD, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, former President of the National Bioethics Committee, Italy
Alessandro Caruso, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Carlo Casini, President of the Italian Pro-Life Movement, Judge, Italy
Domenico Di Virgilio, MD, President of the Italian Association of Catholic Doctors, member of the Parliament, Italy
Gioele Garzetti, MD, Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ancona, Italy
Jean-Marie Le Méné, President of the Jerôme Lejeune Foundation, France
Salvatore Mancuso, MD, Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Carmine Nappi, Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Naples, Italy
Felice Petraglia, MD, Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Siena, Italy
Nikolaus Zwicky-Aeberhard, MD, President of the Swiss Association of Catholic Doctors, Switzerland | PRESENTERS OF FREE COMMUNICATIONS
| Paddy Jim Baggot, USA
Byron C.Calhoun, MD, FACOG, FACS, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Tamás Csáky-Pallavicini, MD, Soon Ob/Gyn Candidat, Vienna, Austria
André O. Devos, MD, Gyn-Obs, co-founder and medical adviser, Natural Family Planning Flanders, Belgium
Marek Drab, MD, Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Association of Catholic Doctors of Slovakia
Rudolf Ehmann, MD, Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Hospital, Stans, Switzerland
Thomas W. Hilgers, MD, DIP, ABOG, ABLS, SRS, Senior Medical Consultant, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Director, Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction,Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Vilune Intaite, MD, Kaunas Medical University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuania
Hanna Klaus, MD, Executive Director, Natural Family Planning Center of Washington, D.C., Bethesda, MD, USA
N. Kurniawan, MD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Antoni Marcinek, MD, Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Cracow, Poland
T. Murphy Goodwin, MD, Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Southern California
Miloslav Nesyba, MD, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
I.K. Rosily, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India
John W. Seeds, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, USA
Adrian Thomas, MD, Obstetrician & Gynaecologis, FRCOG, FRACOG, Sydney, Australia
John M. Thorp, Jr., MD, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Guido Verstraete, MD, Obstetrician Gyaecologist, Secretary St. Luke's Medical Guild , Ghent Belgium
Nikolaus Zwicky-Aeberhard, MD, Specialist in Internal Medicine, President of the Swiss Association of Catholic Doctors | SECRETARIAT
Mrs Isabelle Biondi, FIAMC, Palazzo San Calisto, 00120, Vatican City The support of the following organizations was gratefully acknowledged
Italian Episcopal Conference
Cariplo Foundation, Milan, Italy
Grünenthal Foundation, Germany
Italian Association of Catholic Doctors
Pfizer, Italy
Catholic Health Association, U.S.A 
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