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2006 PAS Annual Meeting

April 29–May 2 
San Francisco, California

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Obesity/Metabolism

Saturday, April 29

8:00am–11:00am
2125—New Considerations for the Growth Rate of the Preterm Infant: Too Fast or Not Fast Enough?—A Review of the Evidence
PAS Mini Course
Room 3002-3008, Moscone West
Chairs: Frank R. Greer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and William W. Hay, Jr., University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

Target Audience: Neonatologists, hospitalists who take care of preterm infants, nutritionists and general pediatricians.

Recent nutritional emphasis in the NICU has been to achieve the normal intrauterine growth rate with more aggressive nutritional support for the low birth weight infant. In general, this has been difficult to achieve, and new evidence from long-term follow up studies shows that preterm infants are at an increased risk of developing the metabolic syndrome including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This implies that the organs in the early life of the preterm infant may be programmed adversely by nutritional therapy. This raises the questions of how fast these infants should grow (including catch up growth), the importance of the composition of this growth and the urgency for defining the necessary balance between growth of the brain and the rest of the body. Ultimately, providers may want to revise the long-term and short-term goals for feeding very low birth weight or extremely low birth weight infants. This mini course will present evidence to help answer these questions and provide discussion about related practice recommendations.

  • Overview
    Frank R. Greer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    William W. Hay, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO

  • Macronutrient Requirements for Growth of Preterm Infants—Upper and Lower Limits (Energy, Fat, CHO, Protein)
    Scott C. Denne, Indiana University School of Medicine, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

  • Aggressive Nutritional Support of the Preterm Infant Revisited—Evidence for Efficacy and Safety
    Patti J. Thureen, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

  • Adverse Outcomes of Rapid Somatic Growth and Alterations of Body Composition in the Low Birth Weight Infant
    Frank R. Greer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  • Fatty Acids and Neuronal Development
    Susan E. Carlson, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

  • Iron and Development of the Brain
    Michael K. Georgieff, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN

  • Nutritional Influences on Structural and Functional Maturation of the Developing Brain During Extended Postnatal Period
    Steve H. Zeisel, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

11:45am–2:45pm
2424—Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall A1, SF Marriott
Leader: J. Darrell Nesmith, Little Rock, AR; Co-leaders: Alba Morales, Mohammad Ilyas, Lisa Lubsch

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

The rise in pediatric obesity and metabolic syndrome is well established. Less understood for the pediatrician is the treatment of the metabolic syndrome. In this workshop, we aim to: 1) briefly discuss the epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents, 2) discuss non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment of the metabolic syndrome, and 3) review a stepped approach in treating adolescents with the metabolic syndrome.

This workshop will be largely case-based. Come prepared to devise treatment plans in a small group setting. Participants are invited to bring their own cases for discussion.

Participants will:

– Learn the epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.
– Become familiar with existing treatment guidelines for components of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.
– Identify gaps in the literature regarding treatment guidelines of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.
– Consider pharmacologic treatment options of metabolic syndrome treatment based on the available evidence.

Format: A short didactic presentation will be given on diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia treatments from a diabetologist, nephrologist, and endocrinologist respectively. Existing published guidelines will be presented while gaps in the literature regarding treatment will be discussed. Following these short didactic presentations, small groups (at tables) will work on cases which will be presented, and a treatment plan will be derived by each group. At the end of these roundtable work group discussions, the group as a whole will discuss the treatment plans. Actual cases will be used when possible (with appropriate de-identifiers) and their treatment plans discussed.

3:15pm–5:15pm
2764—Pediatric Overweight: Bringing It Home
PAS Educational Workshop
Golden Gate Hall A2, SF Marriott
Leader: Joan Griffith, Lexington, KY; Co-leaders: Starr Gantz and Aaron Beighle

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

Increased awareness of the danger of physical inactivity and overweight has not appeared to reverse the pediatric overweight epidemic. This workshop will provide an overview of pediatric overweight, discuss the demographics and third-party reimbursement rates of a central Kentucky university-based initiative, utilize data from a research study to initiate a roundtable discussion on an approach to pediatric overweight, identify simple ways to implement the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for managing overweight children and demonstrate ways to motivate children/parents to become more physically active.

Objectives:

– Develop a positive approach toward managing pediatric overweight.
– Discuss the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for overweight children.
– Demonstrate methods for increasing participation in physical activity.

Format: 1, Review data from the first year of a university-based pediatric weight management clinic and research study; 2, case presentations; 3, demonstration of motivational approach for increasing physical activity in children/parent; 4, roundtable discussion; and 5, question-and-answer session.

5:15pm–6:00pm
2800—Clinical Pediatric Hypertension
PAS/ASPN/IPHA Poster Symposium
Room 2004, Moscone West
Chairs: Stephen R. Daniels and Deborah P. Jones

Sponsored jointly by the International Pediatric Hypertension Association and the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology


Sunday, April 30

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
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–11:00am
3256—Obesity
APA Special Interest Group
Pacific Suite I, SF Marriott
Chairs: Jennifer Bass, yenbass@aol.com; and Sandy Hassink, shassink@nemours.org.

Treatment of Childhood Obesity: A Case-Based Approach

A panel of obesity clinicians will address the practical aspects of obesity treatment in a clinical case-based approach. A variety of clinical scenarios and vignettes will be presented for discussion, with opportunities for role playing and audience participation. The cases will cover issues relating to childhood overweight and obesity for a variety of ages and developmental stages. Some of the issues included will be readiness for change, behavior modification and other strategies, medications and screening and treatment of co-morbid conditions.

12:00pm–2:00pm
Poster Session II
PAS Poster Session
Room Levels 1 and 2, Moscone West

Posters Available for Viewing: 11:00am–4:00pm
Author Attendance: 12:00pm–2:00pm

Level 1:
– Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
– Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
– Endocrinology
– Infectious Diseases
– General Pediatrics
– Hematology–Oncology

Level 2: 
– Cardiology
– Neonatal Neurology
– Neonatology

Includes:

  • SPR Clinical Research Award: Accelerated Development in the Visual Areas of Preterm Infants? A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study on Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging (DTI)
    Maria Miranda, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

  • SPR Fellow's Basic Research Award: Myopalladin Mutations and Inherited Cardiomyopathies
    Enkhsaikhan Purevjav, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

  • SPR Fellow's Clinical Research Award: Novel Genotyping Technology To Classify Childhood Leukemia
    Joshua D. Schiffman, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

  • SPR House Officer Research Award: Erythropoietin Protein Expression in the Developing Human Eye
    Shrena Patel, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2:00pm–4:00pm
3712—Adolescent Medicine II
PAS Poster Symposium
Room 2002, Moscone West
Chairs: Elizabeth M. Ozer and Sheryl A. Ryan

4:15pm–6:15pm
3850—Human Milk and Breastfeeding
PAS Poster Symposium
Room 3001, Moscone West
Chairs: Sheela R. Geraghty and Ardythe L. Morrow


Monday, May 1

8:00am–11:00am
4150—The Skinny on the Adipocyte
PAS/LWPES Mini Course
Room 3010-3012, Moscone West
Chairs: Silva A. Arslanian, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Robert H. Lustig, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Target Audience: General pediatricians, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists and adolescent medicine specialists.

Over the past five years much has been learned about the adipocyte. The ability of the adipocyte to function as an endocrine gland, elaborating inflammatory cytokines that result in free radical formation and premature apoptosis of the beta cell, is a relatively new concept. This mini course will comprehensively address many of the newest concepts in adipocyte function and their impact on health and disease. Further discussion will include new concepts on the interactions of IGF-II and other peptides' interactions with the adipocyte. Lastly, there will be a call for new approaches to the pediatric obesity epidemic.

  • Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ
    Susan Fried, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Obesity and Inflammation
    Christopher Hug, Whitehead Institute and Children's Hospital, Cambridge, MA

  • Effects of GH, IGF-I and Insulin Therapies on Adiposity
    Zvi Laron, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Isreal

  • Pathology and Sequelae of Childhood Obesity in Adult Life
    Dennis M. Styne, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Sponsored jointly by the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Pediatric Academic Societies

9:00am–12:00pm
4256—Nutrition
APA Special Interest Group
Room Pacific Suite H, SF Marriott
Chairs: Sandy Hassink, shassink@nemours.org; and Robert Karp, robert.karp@downstate.edu.

The Nutrition SIG will continue with its emphasis on nutrition education in residency. Our project, "A Teacher's Guide to Pediatric Nutrition," is readily available at http://downstate.edu/peds/pednutrition. The model of "stepping stone education" is used with a primer, "Pediatric Nutrition Notes," as its foundation. A set of five introductions, Part 2, provide the tools for usage. Part 3 is a set of eight modules on pathophysiology, prevention evaluation and treatment of obesity through childhood. Part 4 contains more than 25 case-based teaching modules on disease processes affected by nutrition. The Teacher's Guide concludes with a module on evaluation of teaching applicable to any subject. This includes use of structured clinical observation for resident evaluation of taking a diet history and providing guidance.

Faculty and residents are invited to a 2-hour program with continental breakfast to explore use of the Teacher's Guide. We will provide model programs evaluating use of the Teacher's Guide for achieving basic skills of taking histories and providing guidance. Participants will join us for presentations, discussion and continental breakfast. Registration is not necessary. Queries are welcome by robert.karp@downstate.edu.

12:00pm–1:30pm
4430A—Perinatal Nutrition and Metabolism Club
 Club
Room 2009-2011, Moscone West

Contact for information:
Jane McGowan, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Phone: 410-955-4565
Email: jmcgowan@jhmi.edu

  • Probiotics and Development of Intestinal Host Defense
    W. Allan Walker, Departments of Pediatrics and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Supported in part by a restricted educational grant from Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories

3:00pm–5:00pm
4675—Obesity I
PAS Poster Symposium
Room 2002, Moscone West
Chairs: Robert H. Lustig and Jennifer Miller

5:15pm–6:45pm
Poster Session III
PAS Poster Session
Levels 1 and 2, Moscone West

Posters Available for Viewing: 12:00pm–6:45pm
Author Attendance: 5:15pm–6:45pm

Level 1:
– Critical Care
– Gastroenterology
– Genetics
– Neonatal Epidemiology and Follow Up
– Neonatal Pulmonology
– Neonatology
– Nephrology
– Pulmonology

Level 2:
– Developmental–Behavioral Pediatrics
– Emergency Medicine
– General Pediatrics
– Medical Education


Tuesday, May 2

8:00am–10:00am
5110A—Inflammation in Uremic Pathophysiology
ASPN Symposium
Room 3010-3012, Moscone West
Chairs: H. William Schnaper, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; and Robert H.K. Mak, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Target Audience: Pediatric nephrologists and fellows, basic scientists, pathologists and immunologists.

Recent evidence has strongly suggested that the manifestations of uremia are caused in large part by activation of inflammatory pathways. This symposium will review the syndromic events that can be attributed to uremic inflammation and include oxidant injury, cytokine production and its end-organ effects on the body tissues.

  • Oxidant Injury in ESRD
    Jonathan Himmelfarb, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

  • MIA (Malnutrition, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis) Syndrome in ESRD
    Joel D. Kopple, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA School of Public Health, Torrance, CA

  • Leptin and Melanocortin Signaling in Chronic Kidney Disease
    Robert H.K. Mak, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

  • Molecular Pathophysiology of Muscle Catabolism in Uremia: Effect of Acidosis and Inflammation
    William E. Mitch, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Abbott

8:00am–10:00am
5154—Developmental–Behavioral Pediatrics
PAS Platform Session
Room 2007, Moscone West
Chairs: Karen Ratliff-Schaub and Martin T. Stein

8:00am–10:00am
5162—General Pediatrics IV
PAS Platform Session
Room 2008, Moscone West
Chairs: Jeffrey M. Devries and Susan Feigelman

10:15am–12:15pm
5430—Obesity II
PAS Platform Session
Room 3014, Moscone West
Chairs: Michael Cabana and John N. Udall

10:15am–12:15pm
5435—Endocrinology and Diabetes—Basic Research
PAS/LWPES Platform Session
Room 3007-3011, Moscone West
Chairs: Stephen E. Gitelman and Anna Spagnoli

12:00pm–1:30pm
Poster Session IV
PAS Poster Session
Levels 1 and 2, Moscone West

Posters Available for Viewing: 10:00am–2:00pm
Author Attendance: 12:00pm–1:30pm

Level 1:

– Adolescent Medicine
– Emergency Medicine
– Epidemiology
– General Pediatrics
– Infectious Diseases
– Neonatal Epidemiology and Follow Up

Level 2:
– Neonatal Pulmonology
– Neonatology

Includes:

  • SPR Student Research Award: Metal Contamination of Blood Bank Blood
    Allison Blatz, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

  • SPR House Officer Research Award: Pathogenesis of Measles Virus Infection in Simian Immunodefiency Virus-Infected, Measles Virus-Vaccinated Rhesus Monkeys
    Sallie R Permar, Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

1:45pm–3:45pm
5730—Obesity Symposium—The BIG Picture
PAS/LWPES Hot Topic
Room 3007-3011, Moscone West
Chairs: Janet H. Silverstein, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL; and Josephine Z. Kasa-Vubu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Target Audience: General pediatrics, developmental pediatrics, adolescent medicine, genetics, basic science, pediatric endocrinology and health outcomes.

The obesity epidemic continues to be a major public health threat and a top priority for a broad range of researchers and clinicians. This symposium will attempt to reach beyond descriptive statistics and will focus on advances from bench to bedside with a focus on intervention.

  • Overview
    Josephine Z. Kasa-Vubu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  • Lessons from the Bench: Molecular and Anatomical Models of Leptin Resistance
    Martin Myers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  • Intensive Versus Behavior Therapies for the Obese Child: What We Know and What We Do Not Know
    Jack Adam Yanovski, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

  • Long-Term Costs of Early Onset Diabetes
    William H. Herman,

  • Prenatal Programming of Obesity and Obesity-Related Behaviors
    Peter D. Gluckman, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Discussion

Sponsored jointly by the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Pediatric Academic Societies

1:45pm–3:45pm
5750—General Pediatrics V
PAS Platform Session
Room 3001, Moscone West
Chairs: Paul M. Darden and David P. McCormick

1:45pm–3:45pm
5760—Underserved Populations II
PAS Platform Session
Room 3000, Moscone West
Chairs: David M. Keller and Ronald C. Samuels

 

   
 

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