Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as two or more pregnancy losses before 20 weeks' gestation, affects 1–5% of couples and presents complex clinical and emotional challenges. Up to half of RPL cases remain unexplained, heightening patient distress and diagnostic uncertainty. Patients and families often lack comprehensive support, while obstetricians face difficulties in diagnosis, communication, and resource limitations. Medical education insufficiently prepares providers for these challenges.

This virtual symposium provides targeted sessions focused on improving clinical knowledge, enhancing empathetic communication, promoting provider well-being, and advancing integrated, interprofessional care models to better support patients, families, and clinicians managing RPL.

• Beyond the Statistics: Real-World RPL Challenges

  Anthony Sciscione, DO & Megan Hanson

• After the Storm: The Rainbow Clinic Approach

  Joanne Stone, MD

• Decoding the Placenta: Modern Pathology

  Drucilla Roberts, MD

• When Blood Betrays: Thrombosis in Pregnancy Loss

  Gregory Piazza, MD

• When Antibodies Attack: Antiphospholipid Syndrome

  Charles Lockwood, MD

• Genetic Testing for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

  Mili Thakur, MD

• Patient Perspectives & Future Directions

  Winifred Mak, MD, PhD

• Mental Health in Reproductive Care

  Winifred Mak, MD, PhD; Loree Johnson, PhD, LFMT; Avital Kedem, MSW, LCSW; and Megan Hanson