Pediatric Academic Societies and American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting May 12-16, 2000 Hynes Convention Center, Boston

Friday, May 12

4:15 pm - 6:15 pm - POSTER SESSION I AND OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday, May 13

8:00 am - 10:00 am - TOPIC SYMPOSIUM

¨Computers in Medicine: From the Health Center to the Home to the Genome
Chair: Gary Fleisher, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

From molecular biology to clinical care, computers will play a decisive role in pediatrics in the next millennium. This symposium will address the technological solutions for the storage and dissemination of medical information. The translation of basic scientific discoveries into clinical practice and issues related to social concerns, access, privacy, and security will be discussed.

Information Infrastructure for the Next Generation Medicine
Isaac S. Kohane, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Health Applications on the Web: Access, Privacy, and Safety
Kenneth D. Mandl, Children's Hospital, Boston

Bioinformatics in Support of Molecular Medicine
Russ B. Altman, Stanford University, Stanford

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - APS PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY - HOWLAND AWARD
Presidential Address - Rebecca H. Buckley, Duke University School of Medicine
John Howland Award Presentation - Samuel A. Katz

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - JOSEPH W. ST. GEME, JR. LEADERSHIP AWARD
Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Award Presentation - Evan Charney, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Shrewsbury
St. Geme Awardee Introduced by: Kenneth B. Roberts, Professor of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Greensboro

Presented on behalf of the American Pediatric Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairman and Society for Pediatric Research

5 pm - 7:15 pm - POSTER SESSION II

Sunday, May 14

8:00 am - 10:00 am - SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES (Original Science Abstract Program)

• Hematology and Oncology (Platform)

10:15 am - 12:00 noon - SPR PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY & AWARDS AND E. MEAD JOHNSON AWARD LECTURES

Presidential Address: Thomas Hazinski,Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Student Awards: Kyle Cowan, Aaron M. Milstone, Christine Siambani

House Officer Awards: Douglas D. Fraser, Paul J. Galardy, Matthew A. Saxonhouse

Fellow Basic Awards: Christopher E. Belcher, Elif Erkan, Syed Zaidi

Fellow Clinical Awards: Michael J. Ackerman, Okan Elidemir, Mika Ramet

David Nathan Award: Lisa Wang

Young Investigator Award Lecture:
Brendan Lee - Identification of Molecular Genetic Defect for Cleidocranial Dysplasia & Nail-patella Syndrome

E. Mead Johnson Award Lectures:
Mark Kay - Seminal Scientific Contributions to the Field of Hepatic Gene Therapy
Gregg Semenza - Molecular Response to Hypoxia

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm - MARCH OF DIMES PRIZE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (Fifth Annual Lecture)
Presented by the March of Dimes

Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in C.elegans
H. Robert Horvitz, Professor of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm - AAP PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY & JACOBI AWARD
Presidential Address: Donald E. Cook, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village
Jacobi Award: Catherine DeAngelis

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES (Original Science Abstract Programs)

• Gene Regulation I (Platform)
• Neonatal Immunology and Hematology I (Platform)

4:45 pm - 6:45 pm - POSTER SESSION III

Monday, May 15

8:00 am - 10:00 am - SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES (Original Science Abstract Programs)

• Cytokines and Signaling Molecules II (Platform)
• Sickle Cell and Endothelial Cell Interface (Poster Symposia)

8:00 am - 10:00 am - RICHARD E. ROWE AWARD
Richard E. Rowe Award Presentation - Mark W. Russell:
In vivo Transactivation of the alphaB Crystallin Promoter by Cardiac Transcription Factors Involved in Early Heart Development

8:30 am - 12:30 pm - APA PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY & ARMSTRONG LECTURE
Presidential Address: Ellen F. Crain, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
Armstrong Lecture: Greenpeace

10:15 am - 11:45 am - STATE OF THE ART PLENARY

¨Pediatrics in the New Millennium: Compelling Issues in Public Policy - 7th Annual Public Policy Plenary
Chair: Myron Genel, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

This is the 7th annual Public Policy Plenary Symposium organized and sponsored by the Public Policy Council, which coordinates public policy activities for the APS, SPR and AMSPDC, in collaboration with the APA Public Affairs Committee. The year 2000 program will look forward to the new millennium and broadly examine the outlook for children’s health in three vital areas: (1) access to health care (2) testing and access of children to drugs and devices and (3) the pipeline for pediatric physician-investigators and the future of academic pediatrics. We have set aside significant time at the conclusion of the speakers’ formal presentations to permit interactive dialogue between members of the panel and the audience.

Children’s Access to Health Care - Removing the Financial Barrier
Joel J. Alpert, Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Past President of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Boston University School of Medicine

Increasing Pediatric Access to Medical Therapies
Jane E. Henney, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville

The Pipeline of Physician-Scientist in Pediatrics
Leon E. Rosenberg, Princeton University; Lasker Trust/Funding First; and Former Dean, Yale University School of Medicine

Supported in part by an educational grant from the Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - TOPIC SYMPOSIUM

¨Novel Treatments for Blood Disease
Chair: Alan D. D’Andrea, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

In this session we will evaluate new clinical trials and novel approaches in gene therapy and immunotherapy for pediatric blood diseases. While these approaches are applicable to rare subpopulations of patients, over time the insights gained in these studies may be adapted to patients in the general population. In the process of designing and executing these clinical trials, these pediatric investigators have made many basic discoveries related to viral vector design and the regulation of the human immune system.

Gene Therapy for Hemophilia
Mark Kay, Stanford University, Stanford

Immune Modulation in Bone Marrow Transplantation
Eva Guinan, Children's Hospital, Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Gene Therapy for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Robertson Parkman, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES (Original Science Abstract Program)

• Neonatal Immunology and Hematology II (Poster Symposia)

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm - STATE OF THE ART PLENARY

¨Achieving Good Health For the World’s Children
Chairs: Errol R. Alden, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, and Jane Schaller, New England Medical Center, Boston

The health of the world’s children is important to the future of the world. This plenary session will explore basic principles of world health for children and suggest ways in which pediatricians all over the world can work together to achieve better and brighter futures for all of our children. The concept of a world community of pediatricians bearing a collective responsibility for the health of children will be explored. Existing standards will be discussed, including training and professional standards of our pediatric profession around the world, concepts of medical ethics which govern our behavior as physicians, and concepts of children’s rights which exist in international law and define world standards for the treatment of children. Adopting a broad definition of child health which includes physical, mental, and social health, the disease burdens of children around the world now and in the 21st century will be presented, along with some concepts of how these burdens might be lessened. Finally, the roles that pediatricians can play in humanitarian response to emergencies and disasters will be presented. Time will be allowed for discussion from members of the audience, who are encouraged to think about these issues in advance and be prepared to add their voices to the discussion.

World Community: Children and Pediatricians, A Collective Responsibility
Robert Haggerty, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester

World Standards: Professional Standards, Medical Ethics, Children’s Rights
Jane G. Schaller, New England Medical Center, Boston

World Health: Disease Burdens for Children Now and in the 21st Century
Jerry Coovadia, University of Natal, South Africa

World Disasters: the Special Needs of Children
Karen Olness, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland

Supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson Pediatrics Institute

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - POSTER SESSION IV

Tuesday, May 16

10:15 am - 12:15 pm - POSTER SESSION V

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