2025 Webinars
CMQCC webinars have been recorded and are available to view in chronological order, below. Please see the subtabs for archived webinars.
An Update on Antibiotics for Chorioamnionitis and Maternal Sepsis
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Katie Andonian, PharmD; Elliott Main, MD; Natali Aziz, MD; and Lauren Puckett, PharmD. 2/26/25
2024 Webinars
Low-dose Aspirin Webinar Series - Doula Roundtable: "Caring for California's Mamas and Birthing Folks"
Recorded Webinar
Moderated by: Lindsay du Plessis, DrPH, MPH. 12/11/24
Obstetric Sepsis Collaborative 2024 Webinar Series: Lessons and Progress
Recorded Webinar and slide set, plus poster booklet
Moderated by: Elliott Main, MD. 11/12/24
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity Webinar Series for California Hospitals: Enhancing Equity Through Engagement: Strategies for Inclusive Patient and Community Engagement
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Lindsay du Plessis, DrPH, MPH; Kendra L. Smith, PhD, MPH. 8/21/24
Chorioamnionitis: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Recorded Webinar
Presented by: Elliott Main, MD; Ronald Gibbs, MD. 8/7/24
Low-dose Aspirin Webinar Series - How Community Engagement Enhances Clinical Care: "Promoting LDA Awareness"
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Sarah Vaillancourt, DNP, WHNP-BC, RN; Lindsay du Plessis, DrPH, MPH. 7/29/24
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity Webinar Series for California Hospitals
May Topic: Creating a Respectful Care Environment: lessons from a trauma-informed approach
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Sara Johnson, MD, FACOG; Sharilyn Kelly, RN, MSN, DNP, MSN/MSHA, RN, NE-BC, C-ONQS, RNC-OB. 5/22/24
Obstetric Sepsis Treatment and Patient Debriefs
Recorded Webinar
Presented by: Melissa Bauer, DO; Leah Bahrencu, MBA; Kayleigh Summers, LCSW; Elliott Main, MD. 5/15/24
Addressing Anemia in Pregnancy: Key Data Elements and CMQCC Maternal Data Center (MDC) Tools
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Irogue Igbinosa, MD; Deirdre Lyell, MD; Elliott Main, MD; Melinda Kent, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS. 5/7/24
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity Webinar Series for California Hospitals
February Topic: Understanding Bias and Tracking Equity Progress in the Maternal Data Center
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG; Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE. 2/21/24
Maternal Sepsis: Improving our Listening Skills and Update on Screening and Diagnostic Criteria
Recorded Webinar
Presented by: Alethia Carr, RD, MBA; April Chavez, MA; Elliott Main, MD. 2/6/24
MCHRI Seminar Series - CMQCC and CPQCC: Addressing Perinatal Health Equity
Recorded Webinar
Presented by: Amanda Williams, MD, MPH; Jochen Profit, MD, MPH. 2/5/24
Low-dose Aspirin Webinar Series - Preventing Preterm Birth and Preeclampsia: "How Can Pharmacists Help?"
Recorded Webinar; slide set; and answered questions
Presented by: Joice Huang, PharmD, MBA; Gina Ahmadyar, PharmD, MS; Lindsay du Plessis, DrPH, MPH. 1/16/24
2023 Webinars
Low-dose Aspirin Webinar Series - Discussing Risk Respectfully
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Amanda Williams, MD, MPH; Melinda Kent, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS; Lindsay du Plessis, DrPH, MPH; Emily McCormick, MPH, RNC-MNN, C-ONQS, IBCLC, CMQCC. 12/7/23
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity Webinar Series for California Hospitals
November Topic: Patient Experience Baseline Assessments & Respectful Care
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by: Kim Gregory, MD, MPH; Sharilyn Kelly, DNP, MSN/MSHA, RN, NE-BC, C-ONQS, RNC-OB; Terri Deeds, RN, MSN, NE-BC, C-CONQS; Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG; Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE. 11/15/23
Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstetric Sepsis
Recorded Webinar-Part I and slide set
Recorded Webinar Part II - Collaborative Kick-off
Presented by: Elliott Main, MD; Kendra Scott, PhD, MPH; Melissa E Bauer, D.O.; Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE. 11/7/2023
The Role of Community Birth in Improving Outcomes: Insights, Strategies, & Tools for an Integrated Care Continuum
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by Facilitator: Holly Smith, MPH, CNM, FACNM. Presenters: Silke Akerson, MPH, CPM, LDM, Blair Dudley, MPH. Panelists: Melissa Denmark, LM, CPM, Kimberly Durdin, LM, CPM, IBCLC, and Madeleine Wisner, LM, RM, IBCLC. 10/25/23
Non-Medically Indicated (NMI) Inductions: Why Are They On The Schedule?
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by David Lagrew Jr., MD; Melinda Kent, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS; Emily McCormick, MPH, RNC-MNN, C-ONQS, IBCLC. 9/19/2023
Partnering with Doulas to improve Perinatal Outcomes
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by Holly Smith, CNM, MPH, FACNM; Michelle Sanders, CD, CLEC; Ann Fulcher, CD, CLE: 8/30/2023
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity Webinar Series for California Hospitals
August Topic: Tools to Get Started
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by Terri Deeds, RN, MSN, NE-BC, C-CONQS; Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG; Kendra L. Smith, Ph.D., MPH; and Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE: 8/24/2023
Tackling the midwife question: What is midwifery integration and why is it important for moms and birthing people in California?
Recorded webinar and slide set
Presented by Holly Smith, CNM, MPH, FACNM, Sue Baelen, LM, CPM, Eva Goodfriend-Reaño, CNM, WHNP, IBCLC, Mimi Niles, PhD, MPH, CNM/LM; 5/9/2023.
Let's Talk Perinatal Equity and Moving Beyond Implicit Bias Training
May Topic: CMQCC's equity-centered initiatives
Recorded Webinar and slide set
Presented by Christina Oldini, RN, MBA, CPHQ; Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG; Kendra L. Smith, Ph.D., MPH; Rev. Dr. Candace Kelly, D.Min., M.Div., BCC, GC-C; Leslie Kowalewski; 5/2/2023
Harnessing the Power of Team-Based Care to Improve Maternity Outcomes: Medicine and Midwifery as Partners in Care webinar and slide set
Presented by Holly Smith, MPH, CNM, FACNM; Ana Delgado, MS, CNM, Annette Fineberg, MD; Malini Nijagal, MD, MPH; Ana Rapoport, MS, CNM, WHNP; 2/3/2023
2022 Webinars
The Next Step in California's Quality Improvement Journey: Integrating Midwives, Doulas, and Community-Based Birth Care webinar and slide set
Presented by Holly Smith, MPH, CNM, FACNM; Michelle Sanders, CD, CLEC; Nikki Schuster, MSN, CNM; 11/30/22
Journey to QBL: Creating a Culture Change on Labor and Delivery webinar and slideset
Presented by: Melissa Rosenstein, MD, MAS; Jennifer Airhart, BSN, RN; Marichele Punla, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, RNC-OB; 10/12/22
Supplemental Resources for QBL: NSVD Calculator, LDR Dry Weights, QBL Workflow C-Section
Treat it to Beat it: Supporting Timely Treatment of Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy webinar and slideset
Presented by: John Ozimek, DO; Naomi Greene, PhD; and Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE; 6/30/22
Introductory Webinar Recording presented 5/19: Introduction to Improving Health Care Response to Obstetric Hemorrhage Toolkit V3.0 webinar and slideset
Presented by David Lagrew, MD; Jennifer McNulty, MD; and Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN, C-ONQS, C-EFM, CLE; 5/19/22
Special Presentation by California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP for the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center slideset
Presented by Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP; 1/12/22
2021 Webinars
Introducing the "Improving Health Care Response to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" Toolkit webinar and slideset
Presented by Maurice Druzin, MD; Nancy Peterson, MSN, RNC, PNNP; Laurence E. Shields, MD; 11/19/21
A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated: A Discussion Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine, a joint webinar with ACOG / webinar and slideset available on our COVID-19 website
Presented by Karen Tammela MD, Kiran Kavipurapu DO, Christina S Han MD; 10/6/21
Supporting Your Units During COVID-19: A Q&A with Frontline Perinatal Leaders webinar and Additional Questions from the Q&A Box Note: As this was a live Q&A panel discussion, slides are not provided.
Presented by Elliot Main, MD; Rosa Ortega-Tucker, MSN, RN, NE-BC, PHN; Vineet Kumar Shrivastava, MD; Rashmi Rao, MD; Courtney Martin, DO; Kacey Cox, MD, FAAP, IBCLC; 2/16/2021
2020 Webinars
Severe Maternal Morbidity: Identifying Quality Improvement Opportunities** webinar and slideset
Presented by Elliott Main, MD, Emily McCormick, MPH, BSN, RNC-MNN; 11/17/20
**The latter half of this presentation is specific to CMQCC’s Maternal Data Center. The Maternal Data Center is only available for member hospitals at this time.
Inductions: Variations, Successful Management and Opportunities for QI webinar and slideset
Presented by Elliott Main, MD, and David Lagrew, MD; 10/14/20
Supporting Your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Health Equity for California Latinx Communities
Webinar and slideset in English / Spanish) (Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording and accompanying materials were taken down.)
Presented by Diana Robles, MD; Cristina Gamboa, MD; Carmin Powell, MD; Robert Castro, MD; 9/29/20
Supporting Your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Breastfeeding Guidance
Webinar and slideset
Presented by Elliot Main, MD; Susan Crowe, MD; Janelle Aby, MD; Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, MPH, RD; 9/10/20
Supporting Your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Evolving Guidance (Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording and accompanying materials were taken down.)
Presented by: Elliot Main, MD; Tiffany McElvy, MSN, RN, CPPS, LHRM; Robert Altman, MD, MBA; Jerasimos Ballas, MD, MPH, FACOG; Jenny Quinn, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC; 8/21/20
Supporting your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Outpatient Care and Patient Education (Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording was taken down.)
Presented by: Elliot Main, MD; Carrie Griffin, DO; Sandra Lombardi-Lytle, RN, CCM, PHN, IBCLC; Wendy McGrail, MPH, RDN; Pamela Phillips, MD; Erin Saleeby, MD, MPH; Elizabeth Smith, CNM, MSN; 5/15/20
Supporting your Perinatal Units During COVID-19: Mental Health Considerations for Patients and Healthcare(Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording was taken down.)
Presented by: Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD; Susan Hintz, MD; Jennifer Canvasser, MSW; Richard J. Shaw, MD; Jochen Profit, MD, MPH; 4/29/20
Preparing your Maternal and Neonatal United to Respond to COVID-19: Transitions of Care and Neonatal Nutrition (Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording was taken down.)
Presented by: Dean Blumberg, MD; Herman Hedriana, MD; Angelique Silva, Ms, RNC-OB, C-EFM; Mark Underwood, MD; Laura Kair, MD, MAS; Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD; 4/10/20
Preparing your Maternal and Neonatal Units to Respond to COVID-19: Practical Recommendations from a Frontline Hospital (Due to the rapidly changing guidelines around COVID-19, this webinar recording was taken down.)
Presented by Natali Aziz, MD, MS; Roshni Mathew, MD; Kelley Brennan Lee, RN, MSN, WHNP-BC, C-EFM; Alexis Davis, MD, MS; Kay Daniels, MD; 3/24/20
Introducing the Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit webinar and slideset
Presented by Corey Waller, MD, MS; Holly Smith, MPH, MSN, CNM; Carrie Griffin, DO; Kathryn Ponder, MD; Jadene Wong, MD; 3/13/20
Introduction to “Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal Sepsis” Toolkit webinar and slideset
Presented by Christa Sakowski, MSN, RN; Elliott Main, MD; Lori Olvera, DNP; 1/23/20