2006 PAS Annual Meeting

April 29–May 2 
San Francisco, California

Daily Schedule (as of April 13, 2006) 

Friday, April 28

Saturday, April 29

Sunday, April 30

Monday, May 1

Tuesday, May 2

Sunday, April 30

6:00am–8:00am
Insights into ADHD's Associated Comorbidities and Treatment Modalities
PAS Industry Sponsored Symposium
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 7, SF Marriott

Target Audience: General pediatricians.

Studies suggest up to 80% of children with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD will continue to have the disorder into adolescence, with 60% having symptoms into adulthood.

Among children with ADHD, comorbid psychiatric disorders are predictive of the persistence of ADHD into adolescence and adulthood, and a more complicated course of illness with poorer outcomes.

Options for effective management of ADHD from childhood through adulthood are emerging as more clinical studies focus on this common disorder. Studies in adults show that medications with anti-ADHD activity in childhood and adolescent ADHD work equally well in adult ADHD, providing further evidence for the syndromatic continuity between the juvenile and adult diagnosis. This engaging, leading-edge session is designed to fill the knowledge gaps that exist in the areas of diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, with a particular focus on managing the common psychiatric conditions that are often comorbid with ADHD.

For registration information please contact: 
Marcie Farmer
Phone: (800) 600-5636.
Email: mfarmer@partnersmeded.com

Supported by a grant from Eli Lilly & Company

6:00am–8:00am
Surfactant Therapy—Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?
PAS Industry Sponsored Symposium
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 8, SF Marriott

Target Audience: Neonatologists.

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) results from insufficient levels of endogenous surfactant. Surfactant therapy, when used as treatment or prophylaxis, significantly reduces morbidity and mortality. New synthetic protein-containing products promise to emerge soon as a viable therapeutic strategy in the prevention of RDS. Neonatologists and other pediatric health care professionals need to have a thorough and up-to-date understanding of current and emerging products to make the most informed clinical decisions for their patients.

This symposium will focus on the current role of exogenous surfactant therapy in neonatology. Speakers will review the composition and function of this class of compounds. Faculty also will discuss the clinical status of current animal-derived and future protein-containing synthetic surfactant therapies, including comparative trials and meta-analyses, as well as studies of various ventilation strategies in conjunction with surfactant therapy. Additionally, speakers will describe potential new applications of surfactant therapy.

For information please contact: (Please note that pre-registration is not required)
Danielle Krasny 
Phone: (215) 860-2202 
Email: danielle.krasny@thomson.com

This activity is jointly sponsored by Thomson Professional Postgraduate Service and Thomson Scientific Connexions

Supported by a grant from Discovery Laboratories, Inc.

7:00am–8:00am
3020—Career Training, Promotion, Satisfaction and Opportunities in Academic Pediatric Emergency Medicine
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 6, SF Marriott

This session is designed to provide trainees and junior faculty with insight and advice concerning the pursuit of an academic career in pediatric emergency medicine. An overview of the fellowship training and the academic promotion process will be presented. Training beyond fellowship, the importance of mentorship and balance of both academic and personal life will be discussed. In addition, the current issues and areas of opportunity in the field will be presented.

7:00am–8:00am
3025—Pediatric Gastroenterology—A 30-Year Perspective
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 15, SF Marriott

This session is designed to provide trainees and junior faculty with insight and advice concerning the pursuit of an academic career in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. During an interactive discussion, we will offer an analysis of the opportunities and challenges in this rapidly evolving field, relying on a personal 30-year historical perspective. We will review important clinical and research advances as well as key events in the evolution of this subspecialty. We will provide advice concerning integration of basic and applied research into a well-structured and aligned academic career.

7:00am–8:00am
3030—Career Specifics in Academic General Pediatrics
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 5, SF Marriott

This session is designed to provide trainees and junior faculty with a perspective on career pathways in academic general pediatrics, a broad field with an often-confusing array of possibilities. Specific attention will be given to: (1) training options, especially the selection of fellowships and the spectrum of research training; (2) career trajectories and mentorship; and (3) leadership development. The integration of an academic focus with other professional activities in an academic setting will be discussed. Additional topics will include creating an academic niche and the importance of life balance.

7:00am–8:00am
3035—Developmental Immunology: Scientific Challenges and Opportunities
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 13, SF Marriott

This session will be informal and designed to provide trainees and junior faculty with insight and advice concerning the pursuit of an academic career that includes research in developmental immunology. Current scientific opportunities will be emphasized, including the role of human versus rodent studies. Discussion will include the challenges and potential rewards of having a "wet lab" investigative career as part of an academic pediatric position in immunology or infectious disease.

7:00am–8:00am
3040—Infectious Diseases
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 12, SF Marriott

This session is designed to provide trainees and junior faculty with insight and advice concerning the pursuit of an academic career in pediatric infectious diseases. Attention will be given to describing approaches to obtaining the best possible training in clinical infectious diseases, epidemiology, as well as in basic and applied research in the field of pediatric infectious diseases. The importance and value of mentoring will be discussed.

7:00am–8:00am
3045—Neonatology:
There Are Many Ways to Get to Rome (or Omaha or…)
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 10, SF Marriott

This interactive session will explore the proposition that the route that one chooses to success in an academic environment is less important than the way one makes the journey. The important principles of making the trip are simple. They are easier to measure than to master.

7:00am–8:00am
3050—Life as a Pediatric Nephrologist
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 11, SF Marriott

This session is intended to provide trainees and junior faculty with insights about career opportunities in pediatric nephrology and appropriate preparation for these careers. Career opportunities, both within and outside of academic departments, will be discussed. Faculty tracks and the perspective of department chairs about these tracks will also be addressed. Topics will include how to choose the appropriate academic position for one’s interests and talents, as well as balancing career objectives with personal and family goals.

7:00am–8:00am
3055—Child Neurology in the New Millennium
PAS Meet the Professor
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 14, SF Marriott

Attendees will learn about training in child neurology from the immediate Past-President of the Child Neurology Society. Dr. Bale will provide an overview of training and prerequisites, discuss the child neurology match initiated in 2004 and describe plans for integrated training in child neurology and pediatrics.

7:00am–8:00am
3060A—Practice Management—Results of the 2005 ASPHO Compensation Survey
ASPHO Workshop
Golden Gate Hall A1, SF Marriott
Chair: Timothy C. Griffin, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX

In the spring of 2005, ASPHO conducted a survey of its membership regarding compensation. The preliminary results of this survey will be presented, and members will have an opportunity to ask questions and provide insights into the results in an open forum.

• Results of the 2005 ASPHO Compensation Survey
  Jeffrey D. Hord, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH

• Discussion

7:00am–8:00am
3065A—Young Investigators
ASPHO Workshop
Golden Gate Hall A2, SF Marriott
Chair: Kathleen M. Sakamoto, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

This workshop will focus on career options in pediatric hematology–oncology. Pediatric hematologists–oncologists representing basic/translational research, clinical research and industry will discuss their experiences and the reasons for their career choices. The workshop provides an opportunity for fellows and junior faculty to interact with each other and established faculty members and to discuss issues related to career decisions, research directions and career development.

• Clinical Research—Building Your Career from the Ground Up
  Smita Bhatia, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA

• Choosing a Career in Basic/Translational Research
  Kathleen M. Sakamoto, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

• Choosing a Career in Industry
  Anne E. Hagey, Oncology Cytotoxics, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL

• Discussion

7:00am–8:00am
3070—Council of Pediatric Subspecialties: A New Organization
PAS Breakfast
Room 3020, Moscone West
Chairs: Richard Behrman, H. William Schnaper, Theodore Sectish, F. Bruder Stapleton

While a significant number of pediatric organizations presently exist, none of them are specifically designed to facilitate communication among all of the pediatric subspecialties regarding issues that are common to, and specific for, subspecialists. Such an organization would provide a common voice for the subspecialties with regard to training, research, patient care and academic concerns. The purpose of this open forum is to review progress to date in developing a Council of Pediatric Subspecialties and solicit further input into the process.

Continental breakfast will be provided.

Co-sponsored by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations, the American Board of Pediatrics, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs and the Pediatric Academic Societies Alliance Societies

Supported in part by the American Board of Pediatrics Foundation  

7:00am–8:00am
3075—APA Past Officers Breakfast
APA Breakfast
Golden Gate Hall B3, SF Marriott

7:45am–9:00am
3080A—LWPES Business Meeting
LWPES Business Meeting
Room 3007-3011, Moscone West

8:00am–9:30am
3150—Hematology/Oncology II
PAS/ASPHO Platform Session
Room 3016-3018, Moscone West
Chairs: Yigal Dror and James A. Whitlock

Includes

• SPR Fellow's Clinical Research Award: DNA Repair Polymorphism and Outcome of Treatment for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
  Deepika Bhatla, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

• CXCR4 Inhibition Leads to Decreased Adhesion and Fewer Metastases in Osteosarcoma
  Su Young Kim, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

8:00am–10:00am
3100—Advances in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease
PAS/PIDS Topic Symposium
Room 3001, Moscone West
Chairs: Marian Melish, University of Hawaii, Kapiolani Children's Hospital, Honolulu, HI; and Stanford T. Shulman, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Target Audience: Infectious disease specialists, cardiologists, rheumatologists, immunologists and primary care pediatricians.

Cloning the IgA antibody response in acute Kawasaki Disease has led to exciting new insights into the etiology and pathogenesis of this enigmatic illness. The diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki Disease remains a significant clinical problem, and new guidelines have been published to help the clinician in making this diagnosis. Approximately 10–15% of children with acute Kawasaki Disease do not respond to conventional intravenous gammaglobulin and aspirin therapy, and new data regarding treatment with steroids and Remicade are emerging. Knowledge regarding optimal management of cardiac complications and long-term outcome continues to evolve as patients diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease in the 1970s and 1980s age.

• Overview
  Marian E. Melish, University of Hawaii, Kapiolani Children's Hospital, Honolulu, HI

• IgA Response in Acute Kawasaki Disease Targets Inclusion Bodies in Acute Kawasaki Disease Bronchial Epithelium
  Anne H. Rowley, Northwestern University, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

• Clinical Dilemma of Diagnosing Incomplete Kawasaki Disease
  Jane C. Burns, University of California, San Diego, CA

• Treatment of Refractory Kawasaki Disease
  Stanford T. Shulman, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

• Management of Cardiac Complications and Long-Term Outcome
  Jane W. Newburger, Harvard University, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA

Sponsored jointly by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Pediatric Academic Societies

8:00am–10:00am
3105—From Health Services Research to Public Policy
PAS Topic Symposium
Room 2006, Moscone West
Chair: Gary L. Freed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Target Audience: Investigators, clinicians and advocacy experts.

The contribution of research regarding children is measured in its ability to improve children's health and well being. Research findings that contribute to public policy efforts have the potential to improve the lives and well being of whole communities, states and nations of children. Understanding the nature and appreciating the role of such work is fundamentally important for clinicians and researchers alike.

• Overview
  Gary L. Freed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Using Research To Confront Power: Can P Values Speak to Justice?
  Paul H. Wise, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

• Where Research Meets Policy and Politics: The Road to Health Reform for Children
  Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington University, Washington, DC

• Linking Health and School Goals To Address Childhood Obesity
  Joseph W. Thompson, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

• Addressing Children’s Underinsurance Through Policy-Relevant Research
  Matthew M. Davis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Discussion

8:00am–10:00am
3110—Probiotics in Necrotizing Enterocolitis—Their Clinical Effect and Possible Mechanisms
PAS/ASPR/JPS/NASPGHAN Topic Symposium

Room 3003-3005, Moscone West
Chairs: W. Allan Walker, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and Yuichiro Yamashiro, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Target Audience: Neonatologists, gastroenterologists, pediatric surgeons, NICU nurses and bacteriologists in perinatal medicine.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious gastrointestinal disease seen predominantly in very low birth weight (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. NEC is probably a complex, multifactorial disease. Currently, the precise pathogenic mechanisms remain to be elucidated; however, clinical use of probiotics has been reported to be useful for preventing NEC development in VLBW and ELBW infants. This session will provide us the current knowledge about the role of probiotics in the management of NEC.

• Fifteen-Year's Experience of Early Administration of Bifidobacterium Breve to Preterm Infants
  H. Kitajima, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

• Oral Probiotics Reduces Incidence of NEC in VLBW Infants
  H. C. Lin, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

• Effects of Probiotics on the Immunological Development and Short Chain Fatty Acids in ELBW and VLBW Infants
  Yoshikazu Ohtsuka, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Japan

• Possible Role of Probiotic Supplementation for Prevention from NEC
  Michael S. Caplan, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Sponsored jointly by the Asian Society for Pediatric Research; Japan Pediatric Society; North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition and the Pediatric Academic Societies

8:00am–10:00am
3115A—Renal Pathology—Its Still Not Just Little Adults
ASPN Symposium
Room 2003-2005, Moscone West
Chairs: Sharon P. Andreoli, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; and Patrick Walker, Nephropathology Associates

Target Audience: Nephrologists and pathologists.

The pathologic features of the kidney in pediatric kidney disease have unique features compared to adult patients and, some kidney diseases are solely observed in pediatric patients. This symposia will address the unique pathologic features of congenital nephrotic syndrome, MPGN, renal pathology in pediatric transplant patients and will also propose a new taxonomy for the podocytopathies.

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome—An Update
Stephen M. Bonsib, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

MPGN and Dense Deposit Disease
Patrick D. Walker, Nephropathology Associates, Little Rock, AR

Renal Pathology in Pediatric Transplant Patients
Carole A. Vogler, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Toward a New Taxonomy for the Podocytopathies
Laura Barisoni, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from NephCure Foundation and Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories

8:00am–10:00am
3120—Adolescent Medicine I
PAS Platform Session
Room 2004, Moscone West
Chairs: Donald E. Greydanus and Bernard J.M. Stier

8:00am–10:00am
3125—Developmental Origins of Adult Disease—Metabolism
PAS Platform Session
Room 3010-3012, Moscone West
Chairs: William W. Hay and Rebecca A. Simmons

8:00am–10:00am
3130—Emergency Medicine II
PAS Platform Session
Room 3014, Moscone West
Chairs: Mirna M. Farah and Richard A. Saladino

8:00am–10:00am
3135—Environmental Health: Exposures and Outcomes
PAS Platform Session
Room 2002, Moscone West
Chairs: Ellen F. Crain and Bruce P. Lanphear

8:00am–10:00am
3140—General Pediatrics II
PAS Platform Session
Room 2007, Moscone West
Chairs: Christine L. Johnson and Elisa A. Zenni

8:00am–10:00am
3145—Genetic Basis of Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment
PAS Platform Session
Room 3000, Moscone West
Chairs: George A. Diaz and Brendan H. Lee

Includes:

• SPR Fellow's Basic Research Award: Conditional Mutagenesis of the Homeobox Gene [italic]Hhex[/italic] Reveals Novel and Essential Roles in Development of the Liver and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract
  Michael Hunter, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

• SPR Student Research Award: Germ Line [italic]KRAS[/italic] Mutations Encoding Proteins with Novel Biochemical and Functional Properties Cause Disorders of the Noonan Syndrome Spectrum
  Suzanne Schubbert, University of California, San Francisco, CA

8:00am–10:00am
3153—Late-Breaker Abstract Session I: Clinical Trials in Neonatology
PAS Platform Session
Room 3022-3024, Moscone West Convention Center
Chairs: Lucky Jain and Robin H. Steinhorn

The "Late-Breaker" sessions include reports on clinical trials and other important and significant pediatric research, which might not have been ready for reporting at the time of the winter abstract deadline. Please be sure to review the content so you don't miss these very special sessions!

8:00am–10:00am
3155—Underserved Populations I
PAS Platform Session
Room 2009, Moscone West
Chairs: Wendy L. Hobson-Rohrer and Lolita M. McDavid

8:00am–11:00am
3200—Sports Medicine—Caring for the Young Athlete
PAS/APPD Mini Course
Room 2008, Moscone West
Chair: Robert S. McGregor, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

"Sports medicine, not a matter of life and death…it’s much more important than that” is a bit overstated. However, some estimates suggest pediatricians in training receive little more than 5 hours of clinical training. This creates a generation of pediatric clinicians and pediatric educators who didn't get it.

We suggest the time has come for a mini course designed to address some basic concepts, as well as more current controversial areas to attempt to catch-up the contemporary pediatrician, and to provide a curricular base for the pediatric educator.

Topics will include: the female athlete, ergogenic substance use and abuse and current medical issues including concussion guidelines. The course will conclude with case discussions combined with live video projection of pertinent physical examination techniques.

• Overview
  Robert S. McGregor, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

• Female Athlete Issues
  Jordan Daniel Metzl, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

• Ergogenic Substance Use, Abuse and Cases
  Cynthia Rose LaBella, Institute for Sports Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

• Medical Considerations and Concussion Management
  Rani S. Gereige, University of South Florida/ All Childrens' Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

• Selected Sports Medicine Cases with Video Feed
  Rani S. Gereige, University of South Florida/ All Childrens' Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

• Selected Sports Medicine Cases with Video Feed
  Jordan Daniel Metzl, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

• Selected Sports Medicine Cases with Video Feed
  Cynthia Rose LaBella, Institute for Sports Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

• Selected Sports Medicine Cases with Video Feed
  Robert S. McGregor, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

Sponsored jointly by the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and the Pediatric Academic Societies

8:00am–11:00am
3230—Acute Care Transport: Neonatal and Pediatric Emergencies
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall A3, SF Marriott
Leader: Hilary Whyte, Toronto, ON, Canada; Co-leader: Diane Wilson

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, community practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics and EMTs, and transport team members.

Pediatric emergencies are often un-anticipated acute life threatening events. Timely and appropriate decision-making on the part of the health care facility staff are often paramount to outcome in these patients. The focus of the workshop is to provide the practitioner with an overview of the common causes of these events and emergent treatment, including skills required for these patients prior to and during transport to a tertiary or quaternary care setting using patient simulation and real life clinical scenarios. Modules will cover neonatal and pediatric resuscitation and stabilization in a variety of settings and clinical cases. Skills taught and practiced will include intubation, vascular access, thoracocentesis and chest tube insertion. Emphasis will be on patient safety and evidence based best clinical practices.

Objectives:

– Timely and appropriate decision making in acute life threatening events
– Overview of causes of neonatal and Pediatric emergencies
– Resuscitation and stabilization of critical patients
– Safe and effective and timely transport strategies for best outcomes

Format: Patient simulation with neonatal and pediatric case based scenarios.

Supervised hands on clinical care of the patient based on good problem solving and critical thinking in the prehospital, community hospital and transport milieu.

Hands on skills workshop for intubation, ventilation/ventilator strategies, vascular access (PIV, UV, UA, IO) thoracocentesis/chest tube insertions. Also, round table discussions of common emergencies.

8:00am–11:00am
3232—Build a Tutorial To Track Resident Learning in Developmental–Behavioral Pediatrics
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall C1, SF Marriott
Leader: Henry Shapiro, St. Petersburg, FL; Co-leader: Frances Glascoe and Nataly Arcila

Target Audience: Fellows, junior faculty, and mid-level faculty.

This workshop will teach participants to use the online tutorial on Developmental and Behavioral Screening at www.dbpeds.org. Participants will learn how they can track resident learning activities, and produce individual and group reports. They will also learn how to teach residents to track their own progress. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to customize the tutorial for local use, know how to use analysis tools, and contribute to further improvement and evaluation of the tutorial tool. Participants will be give access to the online tools needed to view reports and participate in an online user group.

Objectives:

– Know how to view reports from the online tutorial
– Know how to customize tutorials to reflect local needs
– Know how to use online tools to communicate with user community

Format: Demonstration, direct training, guided practice, small group brainstorming, and facilitated group discussion.

8:00am–11:00am
3234—Effective, Efficient and Innovative Medical Student and Resident Teaching: Who Says It Can't Be Done?
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall C2, SF Marriott
Leader: Lewis First, Burlington, VT

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty, community practitioners.

With increased pressures to treat patients as efficiently as possible, teaching of medical students and residents has become more of a burden or even an afterthought and less of a major priority in the clinical setting. Effective, efficient and innovative teaching strategies are needed. This workshop will provide participants with such strategies that will in turn aid in the recruitment, faculty development and retention of preceptors. Content areas will focus on the importance of a good orientation, feedback, evaluation and creative teaching techniques that will resolve conflicts with time constraints and make teaching fun and a true learning experience for all involved.

Objectives:

– To introduce innovative strategies and techniques to improve teaching effectiveness and efficiency
– To provide opportunities to practice these strategies and techniques

Format: Mock "teaching" codes, trigger videotapes, live demonstration, audience participation and discussion.

8:00am–11:00am
3236—Evidence-Based Advocacy: Turning Research into Action
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall C3, SF Marriott
Leader: Dennis Durbin, Philadelphia, PA; Co-leaders: Flaura Winston, Suzanne Hill

Target Audience: junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty, and community practitioners.

Evidence-based advocacy integrates the often independent, yet complementary, efforts of clinicians, researchers, public health officials, policymakers and the media to apply scientific principals to widespread health promotion and prevention initiatives. Through case-based illustrations, small-group skill building and brainstorming exercises, workshop participants will learn the critical steps involved in translating research results into a variety of complementary advocacy activities to advance children's health and safety. Strategies including public education through the media, social marketing techniques, legislative advocacy and working collaboratively with industry will be reviewed and discussed. At the completion of the workshop, participants will better understand how to plan and conduct successful advocacy activities for the children in their communities and will know how to access relevant resources in support of their work.

Objectives:

– Learn the steps involved in translating research into a variety of advocacy activities.
– Understand the complementary nature of distinct advocacy activities.
– Practice translating research results into messaging.
– Develop a strategic plan for advocacy.

Format: Case-based demonstrations, group discussion, and small break-out group skill-building.

8:00am–11:00am
3238—Individual Academic Plans: Valuing and Supporting Diversity
PAS Educational Workshop
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 1, SF Marriott
Leader: Danielle Laraque, New York, NY; Co-leaders: Phyllis Dennery, Fernando Mendoza, Denice Cora-Bramble, Lyuba Konopasek, and Virginia Niebuhr

Target Audience: Fellows and junior, mid-level and senior faculty.

This faculty development workshop is designed for fellows, junior and senior faculty to learn about individual academic plans (IAPs) to support academic advancement and fulfillment. A special focus will be on the needs of minority faculty and the institutional mission to recruit and retain diverse faculty—an important discussion that affects all in academics. Participants are asked to come with their school's criteria for promotion, their educational portfolio and/or curriculum vitae, as well as a description of their current/pending grants. Participants will develop their IAP in small group consultation with mentors. It is also an opportunity for senior faculty to hone their skills at supporting the development of junior faculty.

Objectives:

– Participants will learn how to complete an individual academic plan.
– Participants will better understand the process of academic promotion.

Format: Roundtable discussion, interactive format with completion by participant of an IAP during the session and question-and-answer session.

8:00am–11:00am
3240—Manuscript Preparation and the Process of Peer-Reviewed Publication
PAS Educational Workshop
Willow, SF Marriott
Leader: Stephen Daniels, Denver, CO; Co-leaders: Thomas Welch, Robert Wilmott, Sarah Long

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty, community practitioners.

This interactive workshop will address multiple aspects of publication in scientific journals and provides insights from editors of The Journal of Pediatrics on the publication process. Presenters will discuss preparation of materials, including the initial decision that the data are sufficient to justify publication. Issues related to manuscript writing will include length, focus, adherence to journal formats, and referencing. The editorial process, from submission to publication, will be described in depth, with particular attention to ways in which authors can interact with journal editors. Another section of the workshop will cover ethical issues in publication including review boards, authorship, duplicate publication, intellectual property rights, and conflict of interest. There will be open discussion of sample cases and questions derived from the experiences of the participants.

Objectives:

– To learn about preparing and submitting work for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
– To discuss ethical issues related to publication of research and clinical work.
– To have the opportunity to ask and have answered questions about publication and to offer insights.

Format: Open discussion, question-and-answer.

Designed to meet elements of the core curriculum for pediatric fellowship subspecialty training.

8:00am–11:00am
3242—Medical–Legal Collaboration: New Strategies in Promoting Child Health
PAS Educational Workshop
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 2, SF Marriott
Leader: Lauren Smith, Boston, MA; Co-leaders: Megan Sandel, David Keller, Ellen Lawton, Christopher Stenberg

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, mid-level faculty and community practitioners.

Families and children face social and economic challenges that can adversely affect child health, development and long-term potential. Pediatricians are a natural front-line defense for screening and referral for housing issues, education needs, disability, hunger and other problems, yet they often lack the training and resources to advocate for families' basic needs. Developing effective medical–legal collaboration in clinical settings is a potent strategy to promote child health through ensuring that these basic needs are met. Experienced pediatric and legal advocates will facilitate discussion of concrete advocacy strategies including programs such as the Family Advocacy Program at Boston Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Children's Center-Harriet Lane Clinic, UMass Medical Center, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital and others. The workshop will utilize case examples, curriculum, advocacy tools and advocacy action plans to bring to life the integration of legal advocacy in the clinical setting.

Objectives:

– Learn how to incorporate advocacy in the clinical setting.
– Learn how the medical-legal collaborative model supports a culture of advocacy.

Format: The workshop methodology will utilize case-based presentations, interactive discussions and hands-on demonstration with advocacy and training tools.

8:00am–11:00am
3244—Pediatricians as Advocates: Efforts on Behalf of Children Being Raised by Gay and Lesbian Parents
PAS Educational Workshop
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 3, SF Marriott
Leader: Ellen Perrin, Boston, MA; Co-leader: James Crawford and Jim Pawelski

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty and community practitioners.

Pediatricians have a long history of advocating for their patients health-care needs, broadly defined. Advocacy efforts have included: (1) ensuring that individual families have adequate housing and food; (2) providing societal supports for disadvantaged subgroups, e.g., foster children and immigrants; (3) enacting political guarantees for the security of vulnerable populations; and (4) building coalitions among opinion leaders in support of progressive policies.

Not long ago, gay and lesbian teens and their parents and gay and lesbian parents and their children were close to invisible in pediatrics. Currently pediatricians are in the forefront of advocacy efforts on behalf of this group of children and families. We will describe the background and strategy behind several of these recent advocacy efforts, including pediatricians' participation in legislative deliberations, the role of professional publications and media appearances and the AAP's support of co-parent adoption and civil marriage. These examples will be used to generate ideas and strategies for further advocacy efforts for these and other populations.

Objectives:

– Know examples of advocacy efforts on behalf of families with a gay or lesbian member through professional organizations.
– Understand the role of pediatricians as opinion leaders and advocates in public media and professional publications.

Format: Small group discussion and presentation of history of successful advocacy efforts.

8:00am–11:00am
3246—The Teen–Tot Clinic: Innovative Health Care Delivery and Medical Education
PAS Educational Workshop
Yerba Buena Gardens Salon 4, SF Marriott
Leader: Lee Beers, Washington, DC; Co-leader: Victoria Garriett

Target Audience: Trainees, fellows, junior faculty, and mid-level faculty.