2026 Conference
September 14-15, 2026
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If you would like to pay by check, enter the discount code check at check out to pay later. Mailing address: SDPA, PO BOX 2581, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-2581
September 14-15, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn
Sioux Falls Downtown
September 14-15, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn
Sioux Falls Downtown
SDPA Registration includes Monday social.
SDPA yearly membership is included in conference registration.
Registration Cost
Registration includes Monday social. Yearly membership is included in conference registration.
Entire Meeting Fee
Physician, P.A., Advanced Practice Nurse, Midwife: $300.00
Nurses, Allied Healthcare: $245.00
Monday Only Fee
Physician, P.A., Advanced Practice Nurse, Midwives: $250.00
Nurses, Allied Healthcare: $200.00
Tuesday Only Fee
Physician, P.A., Advanced Practice Nurse, Midwife: $225.00
Nurses, Allied Healthcare: $175.00
Conference Schedule
Monday, September 14
7:00 – 8:00 am View exhibits/Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome by President Kayla Beardt
8:15 – 9:15 am Congenital Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate Jenifer Reitsma, MSN, APRN-CNP , CPNP-PC/AC
9:15 – 10:15 am Women/Maternal Health in SD Shelby Kommes
10:15 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:45 am The First Environment Matters: Developmental Care and Early Therapy for NICU Infants Makenna Tucker
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch provided
1:00 – 2:00 pm Evolving Paradigm of Prenatal Cystic Fibrosis Therapy Mike Zaretsky, MD, MFM, Director of Research, Colorado Fetal Care Center
2:00 – 3:00 pm Multidisciplinary Approach to Family Support and Resource Assessment and Connection at the Colorado Fetal Care Center, Children's Hospital Colorado Jennifer Merrill, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker & Rosanne Hallford, MS, RN, Colorado Fetal Care Center, Nurse Coordinator
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm Care and Monitoring of Pregnant Women with History of Congenital Heart Defects Bill Waltz, MD
4:30 – 5:30 pm Neonatal Platelet Transfusion Guidelines and the Related NRN Research Study Maria Skorey, MD
7 Contact hours
Tuesday, September 15
7:00 – 8:00 am View exhibits /Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 am Diabetes Management, and Follow-up Maria Schmoll, MD in Pregnancy: Diagnosis,
9:00 – 10:00 am Home Births with Midwives & Safe Home to Hospital Transfers Kari Ney, ARNP-CNM
10:00 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 – 11:30 am Prenatal Screening for Congenital Heart Disease. Which Cases are Missed, and Why Aaron Clem, MD
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Box Lunch Provided
12:00 – 1:00 pm Promoting Feeding in the NICU, It Takes a Village Cheryl Raysby Park, Speech Pathologist & Julia Taylor, MS, CCC-SLP
1:00 – 2:00 pm Approaching Genetic Testing in Neonates: Indications, Timing, and Impact Katie Burns, MS, CGC
2:00 pm Conclusion / Announcements
5 Contact Hours
Special Training Opportunity
Krysta Dancy from Dancy Perinatal will be presenting a 3-hour, in-person training from 2:30-5:30 PM in the same location as the SDPA conference, following the conference. She will present on the following:
Trauma as the result of pathological memory formation
Birth trauma in patients and how to address/prevent it
Trauma in perinatal providers as a result of their experiences
We hope to see you all there!
Planning Committee Members
Kayla Beardt
Charisse Ortman Brockmueller
Eryn McNamara
Michele Cordell
Taylor Gustafson
Heather Solon
Emily Andersen
Angela Riley
Katie Anderson
Anne Healy
Beth Laughlin
Maria Barber
Laura Jarding
Courtney VanDewater
Shelby Ellwein
Annie Siewert
Jacey Feyeriesen
Lucy Weaver
Amber Patzlaff
Hannah Kienast
Erin Vande Lune
Maria Schmoll
Shelly Heuer
Kaelyn Mutziger
Kelsie Thomas
Renee Forred
Liz Hakl
Organizations Represented
Avera Brookings, Brookings
Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls
Avera Medical Group, Sioux Falls
Avera Milbank, Milbank
Avera St. Mary’s, Pierre
Avera Queen of Peace, Mitchell
Ballard OB-GYN Clinic, Rapid City
Brookings Health System, Brookings
Coteau Des Prairie Healthcare, Sisseton
Huron Regional Medical Center, Huron
Indian Health Services
Madison Community Hospital, Madison
Milbank Area Hospital Avera, Milbank
Mobridge Regional Hospital, Mobridge
Monument Health System, Rapid City
Monument Health System, Spearfish
New Life Family Medicine, Huron
Prairie Lakes Healthcare, Watertown
Rushmore OB-GYN Clinic, Rapid City
Sanford Health, Chamberlain
Sanford Health, Sioux Falls
South Dakota Department of Health
Southeast Technical College, Sioux Falls
University of South Dakota
Winner Regional Health, Winner