Full Program Schedule

AFTERNOON

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD)

Forum for Annual Meeting
Directors of Small Programs
Directors of Med.-Peds. Programs
Program Coordinators

EVENING

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
APPD Regional Meeting

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THURSDAY, MAY 1

MORNING

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
APPD Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
APPD Plenary Session

AFTERNOON

12:00 Noon - 1:15 PM
APPD Luncheon

12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM
APA Board Meeting

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
APPD Workshops

EVENING

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
APA Training Session
(Board, SIGS & Regional Chairs)

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) Welcome Reception

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FRIDAY, MAY 2

MORNING

7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
PAS Educational Workshops

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ASPN Annual Meeting

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
APA Committee Meetings

Milk Club Meeting

10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
PAS Educational Workshops

AFTERNOON

12:00 Noon - 1:45 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
PAS Educational Symposia
Health Services Research Derived from Existing Large Databases

APA Workshops (1-15) & Special Interest Groups

Adolescent Medicine
Advocacy Training
Literacy Development Program in Primary Care
(Starts at 12:00 Noon)
Nutrition
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Program Directors
Residency Program Directors
(Meets until 4:45 pm)

EVENING

3:45 PM - 7:00 PM
PAS Exhibits

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PAS Joint Poster Session I & Opening Reception

Available for Viewing: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Author Attendance: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Cardiology
Epidemiology
Gastroenterology & Nutrition
General Pediatrics I
Health Services Research/Managed Care
Neonatal Cardiovascular Physiology
Neonatal Immunology & Hematology
Neonatal Outcomes
Pulmonary Vasculature
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Vulnerable Populations

6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Blood Club Meeting

Perinatal Nutrition & Metabolism Club

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SATURDAY, MAY 3

MORNING

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
ASPN Annual Meeting

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
APS Presidential / Awards Plenary
Richard B. Johnston, Jr.

John Howland Award
Melvin M. Grumbach

Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award
Errol R. Alden

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
APA Topic Plenary Sessions

Behavioral Pediatrics / Vulnerable
Populations
Emergency Medicine
Epidemiology / Health Services /
Managed Care
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Education

9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
APS/SPR Subspecialties & Themes

Clinical Trials in Perinatal
Neonatal Medicine
Gastroenterology & Nutrition I
Human Milk
Molecular Control of Development
Neonatal Immunology & Hematology
Nitric Oxide - Mechanisms of Action
Oxidants / Antioxidants
Pulmonology: Airway Biology
Regulation of Gene Expression & Cardiovascular Disease

PAS Joint Theme

Immunization Delivery

9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
PAS Educational Workshops

AFTERNOON

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Exhibits

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK
(Exhibits-Posters Open)

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
APS Business Meeting

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
APS/SPR State of the Art Plenary

Emerging & Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

Genetics of Autoimmunity: From Bench to Bedside

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
APA Workshops (16-24) & Special Interest Groups

Child Abuse
Emergency Medicine
Health Services Research
International Health
Managed Care
Medical Student Education
School and Community Health

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
APS/SPR Topic Symposia

Fetal Medicine: Indications for Intervention and
Implications for Adult Disease

APS/SPR Subspecialties & Themes

Bioethics
Cytokines
Genetic Basis of Disease
Hematology & Oncology
Modulation of Pulmonary Blood Flow - Fetus and Newborn
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Neonatal Infectious Diseases
Outcomes of the VLBW Infant

PAS Joint Subspecialties & Themes

Adolescent Medicine

General Pediatrics/Preventive Pediatrics

EVENING

5:00 PM - 7:30PM
Exhibits

5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
PAS Joint Poster Session II

Available for Viewing: 11:00 am - 6:45 pm
Author Attendance: 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

II Bioethics
General Pediatrics II
Genetics/Metabolism
Hematology/Oncology
Immunization Delivery
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Neonatal Nutrition & Metabolism I
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Vitamin & Mineral Metabolism
Protein & Amino Acid Metabolism
Oxidants/Antioxidants
Prenatal Hormone Therapy
Pulmonology

7:15 PM - 10:00 PM
APS Member/Howland Dinner

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SUNDAY, MAY 4

MORNING

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
APA Past Officers Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
PAS State of the Art Plenary

The Future of Biomedical Research

8:00 AM - 12 Noon
ASPN Annual Meeting

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM
SPR Presidential Plenary/Awards
Gary R. Fleisher

Young Investigator Award
Medical Student Awards
House Officer Awards
Fellow (Basic & Clinical) Awards

10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
APA Awards & Business Meeting

Health Care Delivery Award
International Health Research Award
Ray E. Helfer Award for Innovation in Pediatric Education
Research Award
Teaching Award

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Exhibits

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Kernicterus Symposium

What is Kernicterus in 1997?

Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (LWPES)

Program Directors Meeting

AFTERNOON

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
(Exhibits-Posters Open)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PAS State of the Art Plenary

Linking Molecular Biology & Early Diagnosis

Advances in Pediatric Trauma

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Symposium

New Questions & New Faces in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Fellowship & Young Investigator Awards

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
APS/SPR Topic Symposia

Molecular Genetics of Diabetes

APS/SPR Subspecialties & Themes

Allergy and Immunology
Cardiology - Myocardial Performance
Genetics/Metabolism
Neonatal Jaundice
Neonatal Nutrition & Metabolism
Neonatal Pulmonology
Nephrology I
Reactive Airway Diseases

PAS Joint Subspecialties & Themes

Emergency Medicine
Health Services Research I

APA Workshops (25-39) & Special Interest Groups

Injury Control
Pediatrics for Family Practice
Serving the Underserved
Women in Medicine

EVENING

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
PAS Public Policy Plenary

The Future for Pediatric Research/Education with Governmental Reform

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Exhibits

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
PAS Joint Poster Session III

Available for Viewing: 10:30 am - 7:30 pm
Author Attendance: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Bilirubin & Metabolism
Developmental Biology I
Dysmorphology & Teratology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology/Diabetes
Epidemiology/Injury Prevention
Neonatal Nutrition & Metabolism II
Neonatal Ventilation and Lung
Mechanics
Pediatric Education

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
PIDS Business Meeting & Awards

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
PIDS Reception & Dinner

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Dysmorphology & Teratology Club

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MONDAY, MAY 5

MORNING

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
PAS Public Policy Forum

A Pediatrician's View From Inside the FDA On Regulating Drugs and Technologies for Children

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
APA Regional Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Walter Jakob Gehring, Ph.D. & David S. Hogness, Ph.D.

"Discovery of the Homeobox, a Segment of DNA Containing Homeotic Genes That Regulate the Basic Body Plan of All Animals, Including Humans"

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
E. Mead Johnson Award Lectures

Donald Y.M. Leung
Elaine Tuomanen

10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

APS/SPR Subspecialties &Themes

Endocrinology I
Gastroenterology & Nutrition II
Gene Abalation As Disease Models
Infectious Diseases I
Liquid Ventilation
Lung Development
Neonatology - General I
Nephrology II
Neurology
Nosocomial Infections

PAS Joint Subspecialties & Themes

Behavioral Pediatrics
Epidemiology I
Health Services Research II
Historical Perspectives (Starts at 11:15 am)
Pain & Sedation

AFTERNOON

11:30 AM -2:30 PM
Exhibits

12:00 Noon - 2:30 PM
PAS Joint Poster Session IV

Available for Viewing: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Author Attendance: 12 Noon - 2:00 pm

IA Behavioral Pediatrics
Critical Care
Control of Breathing
Infectious Diseases
Neonatal Infectious Diseases
Neonatal Lung Injury
Neonatal Neurology
Nephrology
Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics
Neurology
Pain and Sedation

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LWPES Business Meeting

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
(Exhibits-Posters Open)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
SPR Business Meeting

1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
APA Presidential Plenary
Lucy Osborn

Armstrong Lecture
Dewey A. Sehring

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
APS/SPR
State of the Art Plenary

Mitochondria and Human Disease

Molecular Insights in Clinical Bone Disease

EVENING

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

PAS Joint Topic Symposia

Growth & Exercise: Research Frontiers and New Clinical Applications

Developmental Biology: Insights for Human Disease

APS/SPR Subspecialties & Themes

Autoimmune Disease
Cell Adhesion
Control of Breathing
Critical Care
Developmental Biology
Developmental Pharmacology I
Endocrinology II
Infectious Diseases II
Neonatology - General II
Streptococcus Pneumoniae

PAS Joint Theme

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Lung Club Meeting

New Modes for Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation: True Progress or Just Gimmicks

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
APA Debate

Resolved: HCFA Regulations Enhance Pediatric Resident Education and Patient Care

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Society for Developmental Pediatrics Annual Meeting

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TUESDAY, MAY 6

MORNING

7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
APA Workshops (40-56) & Special Interest Groups

AIDS/HIV
Behavioral Pediatrics
Continuity Clinic Directors
Division Directors in General Pediatrics
Environmental Health
Health Services Research
Holistic Medicine

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

APS/SPR Topic Symposia

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Lessons from Experimental Models

APS/SPR Subspecialties & Themes

Brain Metabolism & Injury
Developmental Pharmacology II
HIV
Neonatal Epidemiology
Pulmonology: Vascular Biology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Rheumatology
Vaccines

PAS Joint Subspecialty

Epidemiology II

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

PAS Hot Topics

Childhood Suicide
Childhood Vaccines: Issues & Controversies
New Therapies for Diseases of the Newborn Infant

PAS Educational Symposia

Outcomes Research & Evidence Based Practice

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Full Schedule