ABSTRACTS

ABSTRACTS AND TRAINEE ONGOING PROJECTS (TOP)

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025 | 11:59 pm CT
Fee: $100 | This non-refundable fee is required for each submission, payable by credit card ONLY. This fee does not apply to your PAS registration if your abstract is accepted.

NEW THIS YEAR – TRAINEE ONGOING PROJECTS (TOP) – RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ONLY

Eligibility: The presenting/first author must be a medical trainee who is currently enrolled in a residency or fellowship program. Medical students and non-physician trainees are not eligible.
The project must be IRB approved or exempt with a statement to that effect. IRB pending will not be accepted.
Data collection for the purposes of analysis must be complete at the time of submission. Data analysis for pilot projects with a small sample size or preliminary results is acceptable.
Completion of data analysis/results is incomplete as of today but will be complete by January 31, 2026. Please submit to the abstract submission site if your results are complete.

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Abstract Presentation formats (Platform, Poster, or Trainee Ongoing Projects (TOP)) are determined in January 2026 by the PAS Program Committee.

Platform sessions are 90 minutes long. Presentations are 15 minutes (10 minutes/presentation; 5 minutes/discussion).
Poster sessions are two to three hours long and consist of a general viewing and author attendance period.
Detailed instructions for the preparation of slides and posters, as well as scheduling notices, will be provided to the contact author with the presentation notification.
The complete schedule of all abstract presentations will be finalized in early 2026.

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE SUBMITTING:

ONLY the Presenting Author may submit due to DEI requirements.
Before a submission can be submitted, all authors/co-authors must complete the following two tasks.

Author Information
Conflict of Interest – Important COI Information

Per CME guidelines, additional co-authors cannot be added after submission. You MUST include all of your co-authors when submitting.
All accepted oral abstracts are required to pre-record prior to the PAS Meeting. Presenting authors will also be expected to attend and present in person in Boston.

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CITATION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts are published in electronic format only. For purposes of citation, please use the E-PAS2026:Publication number.
2026 example citation: E-PAS2026:5555.543

MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATIONS
Research published in manuscript form prior to the submission of the abstract is not appropriate and should not be submitted. Abstracts that describe work that has been submitted as a manuscript or is a manuscript in revision may be submitted. Authors do not need to take any action if they receive notification of acceptance for publication following submission to PAS.

PAS TRAINEE TRAVEL GRANT
The Pediatric Academic Societies will award trainee travel grants that include free registration and a $500 check to participate in the PAS 2026 Meeting. When applying for awards, indicate your interest by checking the PAS Trainee Travel Grant box in the online abstract submission. (For Abstract Submissions Only, does not pertain to Trainee Ongoing Projects (TOP). Awardees will be selected based on the quality of their submitted PAS abstract; the presenting author must be a trainee. Awardee notifications will be sent in March 2026. For more information, email info@pasmeeting.org.