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Subspecialties 

Subspecialty topic designation is required when submitting your abstract. See also themes for optional categories of submission. The PAS Program Committee has chosen the following subspecialty topics in which abstracts will be reviewed:

• Adolescent Medicine

• Allergy & Immunology & Rheumatology

• Cardiology

• Critical Care

• Developmental Biology

• Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics

• Dysmorphology & Teratology

• Emergency Medicine

• Endocrinology & Diabetes (Basic Research)

• Endocrinology & Diabetes (Clinical Research)

• Epidemiology

• Gastroenterology

• General Pediatrics & Preventive Pediatrics

• Genetics/Inborn Errors of Metabolism

• Hematology 

• Infectious Diseases

• Medical Education

• Neonatal Epidemiology & Follow-Up

• Neonatal Fetal Nutrition & Metabolism (see Special Note below)

• Neonatal Infectious Diseases (see Special Note below)

• Neonatal Neurology

• Neonatal Pulmonology (see Special Note below)

• Neonatology - General (see Special Note below)

• Nephrology

• Neurology

• Oncology 

• Pharmacology

• Pulmonology

NOTE: Designation of a Theme Choice and the listing of key words are essential for the program committee to determine/select abstracts that can be grouped for presentation in poster symposia and other thematic sessions. Choice of abstracts for these thematic sessions is the very first step in the development of the program, and these sessions often include the most highly rated abstracts. Therefore, it is in your interest to designate a theme whenever possible. Key words will be used as the second step in development of the program to encourage groups of abstracts for presentation among those authors with similar scientific or clinical interests, regardless of subspecialty. Subspecialty topic designation will be the last criterion used in the program development.

Special Notes on Neonatal Topics:

1. The subspecialty, Neonatology General, requires the selection of one of the following three themes. These categories have been chosen to broadly divide the general neonatal abstracts into workable subcategories. The aim of this change is to improve the quality of the review process and to develop three very strong neonatal platform sessions. Please select one of these themes, even if you feel the theme does not exactly capture the content of your abstract.

• Clinical Trials in Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine

• Neonatal Patient-Oriented Research

• Neonatal Disease-Oriented Research

2. Investigators who choose one of the following subspecialties should strongly consider selecting theme Neonatal Disease-Oriented Research or theme Neonatal Patient-Oriented Research in addition to the subspecialty:

• Neonatal Infectious Diseases

• Neonatal and Fetal Nutrition and Metabolism

• Neonatal Neurology

• Neonatal Pulmonology
   

Themes 

Designation of a Theme Choice and the listing of key words are essential for the program committee to determine/select abstracts that can be grouped for presentation in poster symposia and other thematic sessions. Choice of abstracts for these thematic sessions is the very first step in the development of the program, and these sessions often include the most highly rated abstracts. Therefore, it is in your interest to designate a theme whenever possible. Key words will be used as the second step in development of the program to encourage groups of abstracts for presentation among those authors with similar scientific or clinical interests, regardless of subspecialty. Subspecialty topic designation will be the last criterion used in the program development.

The PAS Program Committee has selected the following potential theme areas for abstract submission:

• ADHD

• Asthma

• Brain Metabolism & Injury

• Cardiac and Pulmonary Development

• Children with Special Health Care Needs

• Clinical Bioethics

• Clinical Research in Emerging Countries

• Clinical Trials in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine

• Environmental Health

• Fetal Origins of Adult Disease

• Genetic Basis of Disease

• Global Pediatric Research

• Health Services Research

• Historical Perspectives

• Hospitalist

• Human Milk or Breastfeeding

• Hypertension

• Immunizations Delivery

• Injury

• Neonatal - Disease-Oriented Research

• Neonatal - Patient-Oriented Research

• Neonatal Hematology-Immunology

• Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

• Obesity and Metabolism

• Oxidants / Antioxidants

• Palliative Care

• Pediatric Nutrition

• Placental Biology

• Public Health and Prevention

• Pulmonary Vascular Biology

• Tobacco

• Underserved Populations