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Saturday, April 28 - Tuesday, May 1, 2001 Jointly
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Expanded schedules for:
Saturday, 4/28
Sunday, 4/29
Monday, 4/30
Schedule-at-a-Glance |
TUESDAY, MAY 1
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8:00am - 10:00am
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES
(Original Science Abstract
Programs)
Clinical
Research: An International Perspective
Endocrinology
III
General
Pediatrics and Preventive Pediatrics II
Immunization
Delivery and Vaccine Safety
Infectious
Diseases
Necrotizing
Enterocolitis
Neonatal
and Fetal Nutrition and Metabolism II
Neonatal
Brain Injury
Neurodevelopmental
Disabilities II
Regulation
of Pulmonary Vascular Tone II
8:00am - 10:00am
TOPIC
SYMPOSIUM
Preventing
Child Abuse and Neglect: What Works?
Chair: Desmond K. Runyan, University of North Carolina School of
Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
There is a growing body of research examining the prevention of child abuse and neglect. The link between domestic violence and child maltreatment has become increasingly clear, with important implications for pediatricians. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential impact that various strategies could have on the incidence of abuse and neglect. This symposium will present new information regarding the use of home visitors and the role of physicians in identifying and preventing abuse. The presenters will also discuss the need to establish child abuse prevention as a higher priority for funded research and as a major public health concern.
A National Call to Action to End Child Abuse
David Chadwick, Emeritus, Center for Child Protection, Children's
Hospital, San Diego, CA
Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment, and the
Pediatrician's Role
Howard Dubowitz, University of Maryland School
of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Building
Systems to Improve Preventive Care: Linking Home & Office-based Prevention
Peter A. Margolis, Children's Primary Care Research Group, University of North Carolina School of Medicine,
Chapel Hill, NC
Preparing Physicians to Identify and Prevent Abuse
Desmond K. Runyan, University of North Carolina School of Medicine,
Chapel Hill, NC
8:45am - 11:45am
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Environmental
Health
Co-Chairs: Ben Gitterman and Jimmy Roberts
The Pediatric Environmental Health Special Interest
Group is again invites your participation at our annual session at the
Spring Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Baltimore. Our agenda
will include the following:
1. Educational /Training session - Toxic Effects of Herbal Remedies -
Michael Shannon
2. Pediatric Environmental Health Training during Pediatric Residency
Programs - examples from the field
3. New Ambulatory Pediatric Association Environmental Health Fellowship
- a status report
4. Environment Health and the Underserved - collaborative opportunities
5. Research Presentations
SIG Business
The Faculty Development SIG is a forum for ongoing exchange in the area of medical education and faculty development The SIG is open to anyone that has an interest in those areas. This year we will use the majority of our time for a training session in tools to measure effectiveness. We will also allow time for sharing and brainstorming. The SIG is co-chaired by Michelle S. Barratt, Charlene Gaebler-Uhing and Ronald V. Marino. Contact Michelle for questions or to join the list serve (Michelle.S.Barratt@uth.tmc.edu or 713-500-5810).
Health Services ResearchThe HSR SIG will sponsor a session on implementing quality improvement research, including research in patient safety for children. The session will be moderated by Larry Kleinman (Lehigh Valley Hospital) and facilitated by senior staff from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Quality improvement activities are intended to close the gap between desired evidence-based structures and processes of health care and what is actually delivered. The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) continues to encourage and support rigorous research so that quality improvement efforts can themselves be evidence-based. In this session, senior AHRQ staff will explain their quality improvement initiatives and how applicants have responded with projects ranging from neonatal intensive care improvements to chlamydia screening for young women. There will be discussion of theoretical and conceptual QI frameworks, interventions, tools, the nature of collaborations with health systems, real world barriers and opportunities, and IRB requirements.
Patient safety is promoted through the development of clinically appropriate plans for patient care and the successful implementation of those plans as intended. Patient safety research may investigate human and/or system factors that promote appropriate medical decision making and the successful delivery of clinical services.
Injury
Control
A special presentation will be made by Dr. Michael Weitzman from the AAP’s
Child Health Research Institute concerning new research initiatives
within the Institute and how injury control research issues might be
addressed. A second presentation on PROS is also tentatively planned.
Dr. Mort Wasserman (or another staff member) of the PROS Network, will
discuss how PROS works and how it might be utilized to answer clinical
questions concerning childhood injuries.
Reports from SPIG members on their local activities in injury control will also be discussed. New funding opportunities will also be explored through the pertinent Federal agencies. All are invited to attend the SPIG.
Medical
Informatics
Now in its third year, the Medical Informatics Special Interest Group
will discuss research projects underway by our members. We will spend
the bulk of the meeting presenting the results of a recent conference
sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that will
result in requests for proposals to help create, evaluate, and
disseminate information technology tools that enhance the health of
children.
Pediatric
Telephone Care
This year’s Pediatric Telephone Care SIG will focus on resident
education in pediatric telephone triage. We will revisit the goals of a
resident curriculum in pediatric telephone triage. We will then have
several programs present the details of their curriculum for discussion.
The session will include the presentation of current tools being used in
the evaluation of resident telephone triage education. It is the intent
of this session to allow the participants to leave this working session
with the goals of a resident curriculum, examples of types of resident
training modalities and the means to evaluate the success of resident
learning. Anyone interested in presenting their curriculum or resident
training ideas should contact Andrew Hertz, M.D., at 216-844-7731 (HertzA@aol.com)
or Allison Kempe, M.D., at 303-764-8245 (Kempe.Allison@tchden.org).
| 8:45am - 11:45am WORKSHOPS |
 Requires
advance enrollment |
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The
Brief Structured Observation: A Tool for Focused Feedback
The Brief Structured Observation (BSO) method can be an effective way to
observe and assess learners’ competencies. It allows for more
structured observation and specific feedback in inpatient settings and
moreover, in the outpatient setting, it is efficient, fast and patient–friendly.
It applies several principles of adult learning, since we collect
information that is learner-centered and provide immediate, specific
feedback to the learner.
In the ‘BSO’ a faculty member or senior resident watches a trainee (student or intern) perform a short segment of a patient encounter. During this encounter the preceptor writes verbatim the questions or statements of the student. Following the segment the preceptor debriefs the learner and uses the recorded script to provide specific feedback on the encounter.
In an interactive format, workshop participants will practice the technique by observing live medical students and simulated patients. We will also model the BSO method by giving participants feedback on their skills. We will also discuss our experience with using the BSO in different settings (inpatient and outpatient) and for the assessment of the competencies of different learners (students and residents).
Ken Pituch, Jonathan Fliegel and Katherine Layton, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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Dietary
Supplement Use in Infants and Children: Justification and Safety
The objective of this workshop is to address key issues concerning the
use and safety of dietary supplements in infants and children. There is
a growing body of evidence that nutrients and other bioactive components
of foods play a significant role in health promotion and disease
prevention in adults and this information has increased the use of
dietary supplements in infants and children. However, little is known
about the interaction between the use of many of these supplements and
developmental physiology and behavior in children. Such knowledge is
critical when evaluating either the justification or safety of this
trend. Topics to be addressed at the workshop include: 1) Current usage
patterns among infants, children and adolescents; 2) Evidence-based
justification for dietary supplement use at various developmental
stages; 3) Age-dependent factors influencing bioavailability,
pharmacology and safety; 4) Behavioral factors that impact attitudes and
beliefs about dietary supplements; 5)Biomarkers for the assessment of
efficacy and safety; and, 6)Identification of research needs.
P. M. Coates, D. J. Raiten and M. F. Picciano, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health and Office of Prevention Research and International Programs, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
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International
Adoption: New Children and New Challenges
Over the past 25 years, US citizens have adopted mot\re than 200,000
foreign-born children. Annually, Americans adopt more children
internationally than citizens of all other countries combined. Recently,
there have been major shifts in the sending countries, the
characteristics of the children and of the adoptive parents and in the
medical and ethical questions faced by pediatricians in working with
this special population of children.
Using real life examples of medical records and videotapes, this workshop will give the practitioner hands-on experience in the types of issues and range of problems presented to families at the time they are considering adoption. The most common medical, developmental and behavioral concerns will be addressed in the context of what is the "abstractnorm" for different orphanages and cultures.
The second part of the workshop will focus on the short and long-term follow-up of the children after adoption. Again, using real-life examples, the practitioner will have the opportunity to review some of the major issues facing these children and their parents as they recover from a myriad of social and medical insults.
Jerri Ann Jenista, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI and Provisional Section on Adoption, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Methods
to Establish Productivity-Based Compensation Programs that Align
Academic Health Center Incentives with General Pediatric Faculty
Performance
Academic health centers require new methods to develop physician
compensation packages that encourage physician accountability for
individual clinical productivity as well as contribution to the academic
success of the institution. Often, educational responsibilities–teaching
of residents and students–are not addressed in compensation programs,
resulting in diminished physician effort and a perception that teaching
is not valued.
This workshop will focus on the tools needed for creation and implementation of a productivity-based compensation program in an academic health center. Measures of physician productivity, including collections, visit numbers, and relative value units (RVUs) will be discussed and evaluated. Participants will have the opportunity to review, analyze and critique two years of experience with a field-tested program.
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to: 1) define performance responsibilities and expectations for faculty, 2) establish a market-based productivity benchmark using national norms, 3) define educational efforts in terms of work RVUs, 4) link salary to performance, 5) implement work RVU as measure of productivity, and 6) establish a regular checks and balance system for accurate recording of performance activity.
Margie Andreae, Gary L. Freed, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Physician
Needs for Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Pediatrics
Type 2 diabetes (DM2) is increasingly a pediatric disease, especially
among minority youth. While there is extensive patient educational
material available for adults, there is very limited information
oriented toward youth. As a consequence, patient and family education
for youth with DM2 is often haphazard – with the physician and
diabetes educator being forced to select from materials that are
behaviorally or intellectually inappropriate. For example, adult
education literature focuses on avoiding long-term sequelae, like end
stage renal disease; however, adolescents have a limited ability to
undertake long-term planning and many have not yet been exposed to the
important role of the kidneys.
In the workshop, an overview of contemporary educational material available for DM2 adults and a survey of DM2 materials used by pediatric diabetes specialist will be provided. Then, the participants will evaluate the style and content of 2 contemporary videotapes and 2 chapters from DM2 educational manuals. Finally, a roundtable discussion will be held to identify 8-10 key concepts to be communicated to youth with DM2, the format that would most effectively communicate these (e.g., manuals vs. videotapes) and potential barriers to translating concept into action.
Daniel E. Hale, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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The
Pinpoint Pupil: Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use
Assessing adolescents for use of alcohol and drugs presents a major
challenge for clinicians in the current primary care environment that
emphasizes patient volume. The goal of this workshop is to develop
clinical skills in using brief structured assessment tools to assess
adolescents for drug or alcohol use. The workshop is intended for
pediatric clinicians and pediatric educators. Participants will learn:
(1) To use structured assessment instruments that have been validated
for adolescents, and (2) Strategies for interviewing adolescents. This
workshop will use a standardized case, The Pinpoint Pupil, along
with additional audio-visual materials for skills development. Workshop
participants will be invited to discuss the management of an adolescent
who is brought to a Pediatricians office because of marijuana use. The
CRAFFT mnemonic will be presented. Participants will then watch video
tapes of interactions between clinicians and adolescents, and discuss
the subtleties of interviewing techniques and their impact on
information revealed by the patient. The workshop will conclude with a
discussion of how these techniques can be applied in the office and in
teaching pediatric residents. Each participant will receive a copy of
the complete teaching module, with handouts and references, for use in
his or home institution.
S. Levy, B. Vaughan, A. Arneill, J. R. Knight, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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Reducing
Medical Errors: Time to Take Action
Each year there are thousands of injuries and deaths in U.S. hospitals
from medication errors. These blunders cost millions of dollars and
result in loss of public confidence in our health care system.
Medication errors are the second most frequent and the second most
expensive event causing liability claims. Errant orders on the inpatient
unit and incorrect prescriptions in the ED and clinics are common.
Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, students, manufacturers and even
caregivers all share responsibility. Many errors are preventable. This
workshop will focus on common sources of medical errors and ways to
prevent them. Workshop leaders will discuss specific issues including:
- Root cause analysis looking at systems issues rather than individuals
- Moving toward non-punitive approaches to reporting errors
- Developing teaching programs for housestaff and students
- The role of the pharmacist - how can they help?
- New technology-are computer systems useful? Are the programs
affordable?
- Creating multidisciplinary medication use process improvement teams
- Approaching the family after a medical error - legal and ethical
implications
Participants will be asked to share their ideas and experiences. It is
hoped that participants will be able to develop a multidisciplinary
program in their own institutions to reduce and manage medical errors.
S. Selbst, S. Levine, J. Gould, B. Taylor, J. Fein, K. Osterhoudt, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children,Wilmington, DE and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
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Teaching
Pediatricians to Mobilize Communities
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), a community building approach
promoted by John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, can be an important skill
in community pediatrics. ABCD stresses identifying and mobilizing
community assets to improve well-being. CATCH developed an educational
curriculum to teach pediatricians the fundamentals of mobilizing
communities. The Northern California CATCH Committee and the ABCD
Institute presented this curriculum to pediatricians and their community
partners with the support of Sierra Health Foundation.
The goals of this workshop are to introduce the CATCH curriculum, present ABCD concepts, and establish a basic framework for community building activities. This workshop includes an overview of the whole CATCH curriculum and presentation of two components: asset mapping and forming partnerships. In asset mapping, participants learn about the potential of associations and how to identify these untapped community resources for improving children’s health. The participants then develop strategies to mobilize these community partners for a potential community-based project in the second session. The other components of the curriculum, setting goals and objectives and evaluating results, will be described in the overview.
Arnold Gold, Diane Littlefield, Carol Pandak and Richard Pan; Fremont-Rideout Health Group, Yuba City, CA, Center for Collaborative Planning, Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA, Dept. of Community Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, UC Davis, Dept. of Pediatrics, Sacramento, CA
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8 Teaching the Culture of the Community: Developing Culturally Sensitive Community FacultyDespite increasingly prevalent curricula on cultural sensitivity and awareness in medical school, there are no published descriptions of faculty development programs to prepare primary care educators to teach students this material in community settings. This workshop will describe and involve participants in a curriculum developed at the UMASS Community Faculty Development Center that teaches primary care physicians to incorporate cultural competence and patient advocacy into their office-based teaching activities. The curriculum is delivered in 3 modules presented to our community faculty during a faculty development series. Participants will be provided with a concentrated version of our three modules.
Participants will be oriented to the educational planning process (GNOME) developed at our institution. We will discuss how to assess the needs of students with regard to cultural sensitivity, using an interactive format and videotaped examples. Teaching methods that assist with attitudinal objectives including collaborative and facilitative teaching styles, self-reflection and role modeling will all be emphasized. After a short break, 4 specific strategies that facilitate the development culturally competent students will be reviewed: the Patient-Centered Interview; the Social Review of Systems; the LEARN negotiation technique; and use of the community as teacher. Following a large group video demonstration role-play, participants will then break out into small groups. Teaching case vignettes that emphasize needs assessment, attitudinal objectives and teaching skill objectives will be role-played in the small groups, and discussed. Finally, we will reconvene to present workshop evaluation data and discuss ways in which this curriculum could be adapted to their home institution.
D. M. Keller, W. J. Ferguson, Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine/Community Health, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA
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9 WORKSHOP 49 IS CANCELLED|
10:15am - 11:15am The Human Genome Project is impacting every aspect of medicine. Dr. J. Craig Venter, President of Celera Genomics, one of the chief architects of this venture, will discuss the accomplishments of the human genome project and implications for future impact on health and disease in this special one-hour state of the art lecture. Sequencing
the Human Genome Supported in part by an educational grant from the Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH |
10:30am - 1:00pm
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
OPEN AND POSTERS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING
Available for Viewing -
10:30am - 1:00pm
Author Attendance - 11:30am - 1:00pm
11:30am - 1:00pm
POSTER SESSION IV & CLOSING
RECEPTION
Emergency
Medicine:
Management Issues
Health Services Research
Pain and Sedation
Diagnosis
Injury
Child Abuse
General
Pediatrics and Preventive Pediatrics:
Chronic Illness
Immunizations: Provider and Parent Perspectives
Varicella and Hepatitis B
Immunizations Delivery
Underserved Populations
Childhood Injuries
Nutrition
Child Abuse
Complementary/Alternative Therapy
Otitis Media
Substance Abuse
Neonatology
Neonatal Sedation/Pain
Treatment
NICU Care Issues
General
Neonatal Brain Development and Injury
Cardiovascular Function/PDA
Neonatal Apnea/Respiratory Control/SIDS
Surfactant and Lung Biology
12:30pm - 2:30pm
STATE OF THE ART PLENARY
Man
Meets Microbe
Chairs: Joseph W. St. Geme III, Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO and Kathryn M. Edwards, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Previously we have thought that most infections are the circumstance of "bad luck". This session will highlight the exploding information on our innate immunity, subtle defects that cause susceptibility to certain pathogens, and the remarkable mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis.
Toll-like Receptors, Innate Immunity and Responses to
Microbial Antigens
Moshe Arditi, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA
Evading Host Defenses: Lessons from Bordetellae
Jeffrey F. Miller, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Acute or Chronic?
Scott Hultgren, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
HIV Receptor Interactions: Mechanisms and
Opportunities
Edward Berger, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Sponsored Jointly with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
1:00pm - 2:30pm
STATE OF THE ART PLENARY
Newborn
Screening in the 21st Century: Needs, Opportunities and Challenges
Chair: James F. Padbury, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island,
Brown University, Providence, RI
Advances in molecular genetics and high through-put analytical chemistry like tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) are enabling technologies that permit expanded newborn screening for presymptomic diagnosis of disorders not previously feasible. The prototype genetic disease for which newborn screening is now available is cystic fibrosis. The group of metabolic diseases that can now be diagnosed by MS/MS includes medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency and related disorders of fatty acid oxidation. This symposium will address the issue of whether these diseases should be added to expanded newborn screening profiles. If so, what is the sensitivity and specificity of the currently available tests? If included in expanded screening programs, who should do the testing and how? What are the implications for genetic counseling? Should any of the new approaches be adapted to preconceptual testing? What important policy issues are created by this new capacity? There is substantial variation among states currently on screening programs. Should there be national guidelines? Who should decide about expanded screening? How will these new tests be paid and by whom?
Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: An Opportunity
to Give Every CF Patient a Health Start
Philip M. Farrell, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Expanded Newborn
Screening
Charles R. Roe, Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Baylor University
Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Public Policy Issues in Expanded Newborn Screening
Bradford L. Therrell, National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource
Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Supported by an educational grant from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Traumatic
Brain Injury in Infants and Children in the 21st Century: Mechanisms,
Therapies and Outcomes
Chair: Patrick M. Kochanek, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Trauma is the leading cause of death in children and severe traumatic brain injury is a key contributor to this mortality and important morbidity. This session will focus on novel developments in our understanding of the mechanisms of secondary damage that evolve during the acute phase after injury, novel therapeutic approaches to this important condition-including therapies targeting brain swelling and delayed neuronal death. Finally, reorganization of the injured brain and potential therapeutic implications in the subacute/chronic phase will also be discussed.
Key Mechanisms of Secondary Damage After Traumatic
Brain Injury in Infants and Children
Patrick M. Kochanek, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Secondary Cerebral Swelling and the Use of Hypertonic
Saline
Bradley Peterson, Children’s Hospital & Health Center, San Diego, CA
Understanding and Targeting Neuronal Death
Robert S.B. Clark, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Reorganization of the Injured Brain: Therapeutic
Implications
Harvey Levin, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2:45pm - 4:45pm
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES
(Original Science Abstract Programs)
Education
II
Emergency
Medicine: Test, Utility and Diagnostic Strategies
Epidemiology:
Risk and Risk Pediatrics
Gene
Regulation in Cardiopulmonary Development
General
Pediatrics: Violence and Injury Prevention
Neonatal
Clinical Trials
Nutrition
and Metabolism II
Retinopathy
of Prematurity
Vulnerable
Populations and International Adoptees
2:45pm - 4:45pm
TOPIC SYMPOSIA
Biologic
Influences on Brain and Behavior
Chair: Daniel Coury, Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
The roles of nature and nurture in shaping behavior are complex and our understanding of them is constantly expanding. Exciting recent findings have given us new perspectives on biologic influences on brain functioning and subsequent behavior. Genetic conditions can be reflected in clearly identifiable behavioral phenotypes. Prenatal exposure to nicotine can have effects that are measurable in adolescence, and low level exposure to environmental toxins are impacting cognitive and behavioral functioning of the current generation. Three outstanding speakers will discuss these advances in our knowledge of neuroscience and their implications for the identification and treatment of a variety of neurodevelopmental conditions.
Fragile X Syndrome: A Model of Gene-Brain Behavior
Relationships
Randi J. Hagerman, University of California at Davis Medical Center,
Sacramento, CA
Tobacco, Nicotine and Fetal Brain Damage: The Smoking
Gun in ADHD and SIDS
Theodore Slotkin, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Neurotoxicity of Low-Level
Exposure to Pesticides & PCBs
Philip John Landrigan, Center for Children's Health & the
Environment, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Sponsored Jointly with the Society for Developmental Pediatrics
4:45pm - 6:45pm
HOT TOPICS
Brain
Development: Is It All Over by Age Three?
The role of experience and the environment in early child development
has long been appreciated, but it has been likened to loading software
on a computer. Recent research in neurobiology suggests that early
experiences are not only loading software but actually changing the hard
wiring of the brain. Many of the brain’s pathways are in
place by three years of age. What are the implications for this
research? Do these pathways continue to change and evolve with
experience? What are the effects of early insults on brain development?
This program will focus on the Institute of Medicine Report From
"Neurons to Neighborhoods". The speakers will focus on
what is known about the neurobiology of brain development and the
implications this research has on child development programs. The session will
highlight how the current knowledge of brain development will impact future
research as well as how it may translate into public policy.
Overview
Barry S. Zuckerman, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
The Critical Period
Viewpoint and a More Complete View of the Effects of Experience on the Brain
William Greenough, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Early Biologic Insults
on Brain Development
Betsy Lozoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Neurons to Neighborhood:
Translating the Science to Policy and Program
Deborah Phillips, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Discussion
Hot
Topics in Infectious Diseases
Chairs: Walter Orenstein, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA and Margaret Rennels, University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD
A major challenge of daily professional life is keeping abreast of the rapid changes in infectious diseases — pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, therapies and prevention. Four topics are selected because of their timeliness and the importance of new information.
Vaccines: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Jon S. Abramson, Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC
Meningococcal Vaccine: Experience and Experiment
Dan M. Granoff, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute,
Oakland, CA
The MRSA Shows No Mercy
Betsy C. Herold, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Advances in the Antiviral Therapy of Congenital
Cytomegalovirus Infection
David W. Kimberlin, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Sponsored Jointly with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Neonatal
Controversies
Chair(s): William Keenan, St. Louis University, St Louis, MO and James
Padbury, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University,
Providence, RI
Neonatal Hypoglycemia Revisited
(Park I)
Nitric Oxide and the NICU
(Part II)
Genetics
of Hyperinsulinism: Revisiting the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal
Hypoglycemia
Charles A. Stanley, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA
Expanded Uses of Nitric Oxide in the Neonate
John P. Kinsella, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital, Denver,
CO
Roberta A. Ballard, University of Pennsylvania and Children’s
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Krisa P. Van Meurs, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Sponsored Jointly with the American Academy of Pediatrics
Schedules for:
Saturday, 4/28
Sunday, 4/29
Monday, 4/30
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Affiliated Societies and Club Schedules
Last Modified: September 26, 2006