SUBSPECIALTY SOCIETIES
AND CLUBS

The clubs and societies listed below will host activities and programming in conjunction with the Pediatric Academic Societies.
Detailed contents of these programs will be published in the Pediatric Academic Societies’ pocket program.

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Visit the ASPN Website for Detailed Program Content
Also Housing and ASPN Meeting Registration Information
www.aspneph.com/

Annual Meeting
April 29 – May 2, 1999
Renaissance Parc 55 – San Francisco

Session Rooms Will be Posted at the Renaissance Parc 55

A separate registration fee is required by the ASPN to attend this program.
Inquire at the ASPN Meeting Registration Desk at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel

Thursday, April 29, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm --- Registration
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm --- Opening Reception
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm --- Program Directors' Meeting

Friday, April 30, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel
7:00 am - 8:00 am --- Breakfast and Exhibits Viewing

8:00 am - 10:00 am ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Session - Acute Renal Failure
Moderators: Sharon P. Andreoli, M.D. and Scott K. Van Why, M.D.

8:00 am - 8:30 am --- Cell Biology of Ischemic Renal Cell Injury, Scott K. Van Why, M.D.
8:30 am - 9:00 am --- Mechanisms of Oxidant Mediated Renal Cell Injury in ARF, Sharon Andreoli, M.D
9:00 am - 9:30 am --- New and Future Therapies for ARF, Steve Miller, M.D.
9:30 am - 10:00 am --- Dialysis Therapy of ARF:

  Peritoneal Dialysis, Bradley A. Warady, M.D.
Hemodialysis/Hemofiltration, Timothy S. Bunchman, M.D.

10 am - 10:30 am --- Beverage Break and Exhibits Viewing

10:30 am - 12:30 pm ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Public Policy Session & Lecture
Moderators: Frederick J. Kaskel, M.D., Ph.D. and John E. Lewy, M.D.

10:30 am - 11:00 am --- How Does Congress Really Work?, Domenic Rusio
11:00 am - 11:30 am --- Impact of Grassroots Involvement, John E. Lewy, M.D.

11:30 am - 12:30 pm ---

Charles L. Plante Public Policy Lecture
Representative Fortney "Pete" Stark, (D-CA),
Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee

   
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Workshops

Workshop A-1, Renal Imaging – Current Concepts in Renal Imaging of the Pediatric Patient
Moderator: Eileen D. Brewer, M.D.
Speaker: Marilyn J. Siegel, M.D.

Workshop A-2, Renal Biopsy
Moderator: Sandra L. Watkins, M.D.
Speaker: Deborah Schofield, M.D.

   
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm ---
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Session - Proteinuria
Moderators: Eileen D. Brewer, M.D. and William E. Smoyer, M.D.

2:30 pm - 2:55 pm --- Biology of the Glomerular Podocyte, David Kershaw, M.D.
2:55 pm - 3:20 pm --- Protein-induced Renal Injury, Allison Eddy, M.D.
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm --- Proteinuria as Risk Factors for Progression of Renal Disease, Kevin Lemley, M.D
4:25 pm - 4:50 pm --- Screening for Proteinuria/Microalbuminuria in the Population, B. Chavers, M.D
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm --- Beverage Break and Exhibits

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm --- Business Meeting

Saturday, May 1, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel
7:00 am - 8:00 am --- Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 am - 9:30 am ---
 
 
 
 
Awards Presentations

Research Training Awards, H. William Harris, MD, PhD, Presenter
AAP Section on Nephrology Barnett Award, Ann Guillot, MD, Presenter
Founders Award, Aaron Friedman, MD, Presenter --- Response: Jay Bernstein, MD, Recipient
Presidential Address, Aaron L. Friedman, MD

9:30 am - 10:00 am --- Beverage Break and Exhibits

10:00 am - 12:00 noon ---
 
   
   
 
 
General Session-Polycystic Kidney Disease
Co-Sponsored by the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation
Moderators: Ellis D. Avner, M.D. and Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, M.D.

10:00 -10:30 am --- Molecular Pathophysiology of PKD, Leon Tsoikas, Ph.D.
10:30 -11:00 am --- Clinical Approach to the Child with PKD, Majid Rasoulpour, MD
11:00 -11:30 am --- What is CHF Anyway? Liver and Renal Implications, Dave Picolli, M.D.
11:30 -12:00 pm --- New Approaches to Therapy, Katherine MacRae Dell, M.D.

   
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Workshops

Workshop B-1, Renal Imaging – Current Concepts in Renal Imaging of the Pediatric Patient
Moderator: Eileen D. Brewer, M.D.
Speaker: Marilyn J. Siegel, M.D.

Workshop B-2, Renal Biopsy
Moderator: Sandra L. Watkins, M.D.
Speaker: Deborah Schofield, M.D.

   
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm ---
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hot Topics in Pediatric Nephrology
Moderators: Bradley A. Warady, M.D. and Deborah Kees-Folts, M.D.

2:00 -2:30 pm --- New Approaches to the AccurateAssessment of GFR, Stanley Hellerstein, MD
2:30 -3:00 pm --- What’s New in Protein Trafficking and the Cytoskeleton, Prasad Devarjan, MD
3:00 -3:30 pm --- Optimal Approach to the Assessment of Anemia in ESRD, Carlo Brugnara, M.D.
3:30 -4:00 pm --- Transplant Biology - A Look to the Future Today, David Briscoe, M.D.
4:00 -4:30 pm --- New Advances in Cystinosis, Jerry Schneider, M.D.
4.:30 p.m. --- Adjourn

Sunday, May 2, Moscone Convention Center

8:00 am - 10:00 am --- PAS Nephrology Platform Session
11:45 am - 1:45 am --- PAS Poster Session (Nephrology posters)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm --- Development in Vitamin D Metabolism and Rickets (Topic Symposium)
Co-Sponsored by ASPN and Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society

The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting immediately
precedes the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting,
which will be held at the Moscone Center
in San Francisco, May 1-4, 1999.
PAS Meeting Registration is Required to attend PAS Programs at the Moscone Center.

Contact for information:
Ellis D. Avner, M.D., ASPN Secretary-Treasurer
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
11100 Euclid Avenue, MS 6003, Cleveland, OH 44106-6003
Phone: (216)844-3884 Fax: (216)844-1479
E-Mail: sxp45@po.cwru.edu or
www.aspneph.com

Association of Pediatric Program Directors

Thursday, April 29, San Francisco Hilton
8:00 am - 12:00 noon
Forums:
*Med-Peds Directors
*Chairs
*Small Programs
Coordinators Exec. Committee
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm --- General Plenary Session
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm --- Committee Meetings

Friday April 30, San Francisco Hilton
7:00 am - 8:00 am --- Regional Breakfasts
8:00 am - 12:30 pm --- Workshops
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm --- Luncheon
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
*Coordinators Plenary
*Forum for Program Directors
*Med-Peds Workshop
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm --- Board Meeting

Saturday, May 1, San Francisco Hilton
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
*Coordinators Workshops
*ERAS Sessions

Contact for information:
Laura Degnon, Executive Director
6728 Old McLean Village Drive, McLean, VA 2210
Phone: (703)556-9222 Fax: (703)556-8729
E-Mail:
appd@degnon.org

Blood Club

Saturday, May 1, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm San Francisco Hilton

Speakers
Dr. Patti Massicotte, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Schmidt, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, Ontario
Diane J. Nugent, Pediatric Hematology Department, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA
Lori Styles, Hematology/Oncology Department, Oakland Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA

Contact for information:
Pedro A. de Alarcon, M.D.
University of Virginia Hospital
Pediatrics, Box, 386, Hematology/Oncology Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone: (804)982-1930 Fax: (804)982-1927
E-Mail:
pad8w@virginia.edu

Kernicterus Symposium

Sunday, May 2, 11:45 am - 1:45 pm Moscone Convention Center

Topic:
Can Infants at Risk for Hyperbilirubinemia Be Identified? Recent Relevant Pathophysiological and Epidemiological Studies

Infection-Enhanced Bilirubin Cytotoxicity
C.Y. Young

P-Glycoprotein and Bilirubin Brain Content
John Watchko

Predicting Pathologic Jaundice
Avroy Fanaroff, M. Jeff Maisels, Vinod Bhutani and William Oh

Contact for information:
David K. Stevenson, M.D.
Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
750 Welch Road, Suite 315, Palo Alto, CA 94305
Phone: (415)723-5711 Fax: (415)725-8351
E-Mail:
dstevenson@stanford.edu

Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society

Visit the LWPES Website for Detailed Program Content
www.lwpes.org

Friday, April 30, San Francisco Hilton
8:00 am - 4:30 pm --- Scientific Meeting
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm --- Business Meeting
6:00 pm --- Reception

Saturday, May 1, San Francisco Hilton & Moscone Convention Center
8:00 am - 12:00 noon --- Diabetes Symposium
Afternoon/Eve --- Endo related programs at PAS. See PAS Schedule.

Sunday, May 2, Moscone Convention Center
All Day --- Endo related programs at PAS. See PAS Schedule.

Contact for information:
Raymond L. Hintz, M.D., LWPES Secretary
Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University Medical Center, Rm S-302
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650)494-8108 Fax: (650)494-3133
E-Mail:
hintz@stanford.edu

Lung Club

Monday, May 3, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm, San Francisco Hilton

Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Its Role in Acute and Chronic Lung Injury
Ron Clyman

Contact for information:
Thomas A. Hazinski, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
21st & Garland Aves. , S-0119 Medical Ctr. North
Nashville, TN 37232-2586
Phone: (615)343-7617 Fax: (615)343-7727
E-Mail:
tom.hazinski@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu

Milk Club

Sunday, May 2, 8:00 am - 10:15 am, Moscone Convention Center
Promoting & Supporting Breastfeeding. The Role of Family & Community
The Role of Human Milk in Protecting Infants from Shagela Infection

Contact for information:
Tom Cleary, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical School
JFB 1.739
6431 Fannin
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 500-5714 Fax: (713) 500-5688
E-Mail:
tcleary@ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Housing and Meeting Registration are through PAS:
Visit the PIDS Website for further information about PIDS at
www.pids.org

Monday, May 3, Moscone Convention Center
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm --- Symposium

Topic: Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Progress Toward a Molecular Genetic Understanding of Serotype M1 Group A Streptococcal Epidemic Waves
James M. Musser, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, and of Microbiology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine

Molecular Epidemiology of Tick-Transmitted Diseases
David H. Persing, M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic

Pathogen Discovery and the Future of Infectious Disease Diagnostics
David A. Relman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, and of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University,
and Staff Physician, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Piecing Together the Influenza Puzzle: From Spanish Flu to Bird Flu
Kanta Subbarao, M.D., Chief, Molecular Genetics Section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Monday, May 3, Moscone Convention Center
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm --- Business Meeting

Monday, May 3, Palace Hotel
7:00 pm --- Reception & Dinner --- Ticket/Registration Required

Contact for information:
Andrea Weddle, PIDS Staff Coordinator
PIDS Headquarters
99 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 210
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 299-6764 Fax: (703) 299-0204
E-Mail:
aweddle@idsociety.org

Perinatal Brain Club

Monday, May 3, 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm, Moscone Convention Center

Topic: Infection/Inflammation and White Matter Injury – Experimental Evidence

Inflammatory Mediators and White Matter Injury- Experimental Evidence
John Barks, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor

Fetal Inflammatory Responses and MR Imaging
David Edwards, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Inflammation, Infection and CP
Karin Nelson, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

Contact for information:
Jeff Perlman, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235- 9063
Phone: (214)648-2060 Fax: (214)648-2481
E-mail:
JPERLM@MEDNET.SWMED.EDU

Perinatal Nutrition and Metabolism Club

Saturday, May 1, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, San Francisco Hilton

Body Composition In The Assessment Of Fetal Growth
Patrick Catalan, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Large And Small Neonates: Lessons And Questions Concerning Fetal Growth
Edward Ogata, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago

Contact for information:
Rebecca Simmons, M.D.
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center
Room 416, 34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318
Phone: (215) 590-2895 Fax: (215) 590-4267
E-mail:
rsimmons@mail.med.upenn.edu

Sponsored by an educational grant from Ross Pediatrics

Society for Developmental Pediatrics

Monday, May 3, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm, San Francisco Hilton

7:00 pm - 9:15 pm --- Annual Meeting

Neuroimaging in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
A. James Barkovich, University of California, San Francisco

Gene Therapy in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Mark L. Batshaw, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington

9:15 pm - 10:00 pm --- Business Meeting

For Further Information Contact:

Frederick B. Palmer, MD
Director, Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities
University of Tennessee, Memphis
711 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901-448-6512 Fax: 901-448-7097
E-mail:
fpalmer@utmem1.utmem.edu

   

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