Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects thousands of leading pediatric researchers and other healthcare providers worldwide united by a common mission: Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health. This international gathering offers opportunities for a global audience of physician-scientists, clinicians, and educators to share research, explore new ideas, build career opportunities, and collaborate on future projects. Presentations cover issues of interest to generalists as well as topics critical to a wide array of specialty and sub-specialty areas. The PAS Meeting is produced through the partnership of four leading pediatric associations; the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Academic Pediatrics Association (APA), the American Pediatric Society (APS), and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).
OUR MISSION
Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health.
OUR VISION:
A world with healthy children, adolescents, and families through advances in pediatric scholarship.
OUR PARTNERS
The PAS Meeting is produced through a partnership of four pediatric organizations that are leaders in the advancement of pediatric research and child advocacy. These partners, designated below, are pleased to celebrate ongoing collaborations with the Alliance and Affiliate supporters of the PAS Meeting denoted below.
- American Pediatric Society (APS) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of child health through the promotion of pediatric research, recognition of achievement, and cultivation of excellence in pediatrics through advocacy, scholarship, education, and leadership development and to honor those who, by their contributions to pediatrics, have aided in its advancement.
- Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is an international society whose purpose is to create a network of multidisciplinary researchers to improve child health. SPR promotes the interchange of ideas and provides opportunities for investigators to present and be honored for their work.
- Academic Pediatric Association (APA) is a national organization dedicated to improving the health of all children and adolescents through leadership in the education of child health professionals, research, dissemination of knowledge, patient care, and advocacy, in partnership with children, families, and communities. This is accomplished through membership activities, funded research, teaching programs, and advocacy to affect public and governmental opinion positively for children.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
OUR AFFILIATES
Asian Society for Pediatric Research (ASPR)
Child Health Translational Research Committee
Child Neurology Society (CNS)
The Coalition of Centres in Global Child Health (The Coalition)
Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO)
International Pediatric Hypertension Association (IPHA)
International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment (ISCHE)
Japan Pediatric Society (JPS)
March of Dimes Foundation
Newborn Brain Society
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM)
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)
Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP)
OUR CLUBS
Bilirubin Club
Bioethics Interest Group
Directors of Research in Pediatrics
Kernicterus Symposium
Lung Club
Milk Club
Neonatal Feeding Club
Neonatal Hemodynamics Club
Neonatal Sepsis Club
NICU Follow-Up Club
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Club
Perinatal Brain Club
Perinatal Nutrition and Metabolism Club
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA -President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu
Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM, FAAP– Secretary/Treasurer
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
bhandari-vineet@cooperhealth.edu
Lee Savio Beers, MD, FAAP
Children’s National Hospital
LBeers@childrensnational.org
Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
taflorin@luriechildrens.org
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH
Zuckerberg San Francisco General
University of California, San Francisco
Elena.fuentes-afflick@ucsf.edu
Hannah Glass, MD
UCSF Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Hannah.Glass@ucsf.edu
Maria Trent, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM
Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
mtrent2@jhmi.edu
Teri Turner, MD, M.P.H, M.Ed.
Baylor College of Medicine
tturner@bcm.edu
Ex officio
Judith Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN – Program Chair
University of Vermont
Judith.Shaw@uvm.edu
Daniel Rauch, MD – Program Chair-elect
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org
Eileen Fenton
PAS Executive Director
eileen.fenton@central-office.info
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Judith Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN,
PAS Program Chair
General Pediatrics, Quality Improvement
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Judith.Shaw@med.uvm.edu
Daniel Rauch, MD – Program Chair-elect
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org
Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA
PAS Board of Directors President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu
Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE
PAS Workshop Chair
Hospital Medicine, Medical Education
Pritzker School of Medicine and
Comer Children’s Hospital
The University of Chicago
hfromme@bsd.uchicago.edu
Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair-Elect
Pediatrics
Institute of Innovations for Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
caroline.paul@nyulangone.org
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE
PAS Workshop Chair
Hospital Medicine, Medical Education
Pritzker School of Medicine and
Comer Children’s Hospital
The University of Chicago
Affiliation: AAP
Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair-Elect
Pediatrics
Institute of Innovations for Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Affiliation: APA
Priti Bhansali, MD MEd
Children’s National Hospital
Affiliation: APA
Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, MD, FAAP
Emory University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FAAP
UCLA Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP
Andria Tatem, MD, MEd
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Sonja Ziniel, PhD, MA
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Affiliation: APA
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
Adolescent Medicine Specialist and
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Baylor College of Medicine
Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM
Matthew D. Garber, MD
PHM Fellowship Director UFCOM-JAX
Director of Projects and Activities
The Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network
American Academy of Pediatrics
Division Chief, UFCOM-JAX Pediatric Hospitalists
(Wolfson and UF Health)
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Matthew.Garber@jax.ufl.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Kathryn King, MD, MHS
Telemedicine/General Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
kingkl@musc.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
President, Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
chris.peltier@cchmc.org
Affiliation: AAP
Hugo Ruben Martinez, MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
The Heart Institue-Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
hmartinez@uthsc.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Alan Schroeder, MD
Critical Care, Hospital Medicine
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine
aschroe@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Shabana Yusuf, MD, MEd, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty
Texas Children’s Hospital Emergency Center, Houston
syusuf@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Jean Raphael, MD
APA President
Hematology-Oncology and Section of Academic General Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
raphael@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc
APA President-elect
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
tjo@ucdavis.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Michael Steiner, MD, MPH
APA Secretary/Treasurer
General Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Adolescent Medicine
UNC Children’s, Gillings School of Global Public Health
msteiner@med.unc.edu
Affiliations: APA, AAP, SPR
Esther Chung, MD, MPH
APA Research Committee Chair
General Pediatrics, Medical Education
University of Washington School of Medicine and
Seattle Children’s Hospital
ekc16@uw.edu
Affiliations: APA, AAP
Melissa Klein, MD
APA Education Chair
Pediatric Primary Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Melissa.Klein@cchmc.org
Affiliations: APA
Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
APS President-elect
Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
m.debaun@vumc.org
Affiliation: APS
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
APS Secretary/Treasurer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM
Clifford Bogue, MD
Critical Care
Yale School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
clifford.bogue@yale.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, APA, SPR
David Cornfield, MD
Pulmonology, Critical Care
Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
dcornfield@stanford.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
lise.nigrovic@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR, AAP
Jennifer Read, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H
Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
University of Vermont, Vermont Department of Health
jennifer.read@uvm.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, PIDS, SPR
Cristina Alvira, MD
SPR President-elect
Critical Care
Stanford University School of Medicine
calvira@stanford.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Danielle Ahn, MD
Critical Care
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
dsa2120@columbia.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Lina Chalak, MD
Neonatology, Developmental Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
lina.chalak@utsouthwestern.edu
Affiliation: SPR, APS
Alyna Chien, MD, MS
General Pediatrics,
Health Services Research
Boston Children’s Hospital
alyna.chien@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN
Nephrology
UNC School of Medicine
kgibson@med.unc.edu
Affiliation: SPR ASPN
Durga Singer, MA, MD
Endocrinology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
ksinger@umich.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Tara Randis, MD, MS
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani
College of Medicine
trandis@usf.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
Rita Ryan, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Case Western Reserve University, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Rita.Ryan@UHhospitals.org
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
Katherine Dell, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
kmd8@case.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR
Michelle Denburg, MD, MSCE
Pediatric Nephrology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
denburgm@chop.edu
Affiliation: ASPN
Danielle Soranno, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Indiana University School of Medicine
dsoranno@iu.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR
Tetsuya Isayama, MD, MSc, PhD
Neonatology
National Center for Child Health and Development Tokyo, Japan
isayama-t@ncchd.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Noriko Iwamoto, MD
Infectious Disease, Public Health
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center
nkinoshita@hosp.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Noriyuki Namba, MD
Pediatrics and Perinatology
Tottori University
nnamba@tottori-u.ac.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD
Nephrology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
FKASKEL@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APS, ASPN, SPR
Michele E. Smith, MD
Critical Care
University of Rochester Medical Center
Michele_Smith@URMC.Rochester.edu
Karen Warman, MD, MSc
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
kwarman@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Dawn L. Gano, MD, MAS
Pediatric Neurology
University of California San Francisco
Dawn.Gano@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: CNS, SPR
Emily Tam, MCDM, MAS, FRCPC
Neonatal Neurology
Hospital for Sick Children
emily.tam@sickkids.ca
Affiliation: SPR
Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Pediatrics Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
gdarmsta@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, SPR
Rishi Mediratta, MD, MSc, MA
Hospital Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
rishimd@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Donald Batisky, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
batiskdl@ucmail.UC.edu
Affiliation: AAP, ASPN
Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Nephrology
UAB, Children’s of Alabama
dfeig@peds.UAB.edu
Affiliation: ASPN
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University
retzel@gwu.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Zsakeba Henderson, MD
SVP & Deputy Chief Medical & Health Officer, & Interim Chief Medical Officer
zhenderson@marchofdimes.org
Affiliation: MOD
Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Neonatology
University of California San Francisco
Fernando.Gonzalez@ucsf.edu
Affiliation:
Christopher Smyser, MD, MSCI
Neonatal Neurology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
smyserc@wustl.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Thomas Ciecierega, MD
Gastroenterology, Nutrition
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ciecierega@gmail.com
Affiliation: NASPGHAN
Maria E. Perez, DO
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
marperez@luriechildrens.org
Affiliation: NASPGHAN
Lauren Solan, MD, MeD
Hospital Medicine
University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital
Lauren_Solan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Neha Shah, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
NShah@childrensnational.org
Affiliation: PHM
Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA
Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center
kasimonsen@unmc.edu
Affiliation: PIDS, AAP, SPR
Gail J Demmler Harrison, MD
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital
gdemmler@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, SPR
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Adolescent Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
sara.buckelew@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: APS
Oriaku Kas-Osoka, MD, MeD
Adolescent Medicine
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
oriaku.kas-osoka@unlv.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Deborah Winders Davis, PhD
Child & Adolescent Health Research Design and Support (CAHRDS) Unit
Norton Children’s Research Institute
Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine
deborah.davis@louisville.edu
Affiliation: APA
Douglas Vanderbilt. MD, MS
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
dvanderbilt@chla.usc.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
Juan Boriosi, MD
Critical Care, Sedation
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
jpboriosi@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Affiliation: SPS
Corrie Chumpitazi, MD, MS
Duke Children’s Hospital
corrie.chumpitazi@duke.edu
Affiliation: SPS, AAP
Kate G. Ackerman, MD, MBA
Critical Care
Golisano Children’s Hospital
kate@ackerman.health
Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE
Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
BALAMUTHF@chop.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Khyati Brahmbhatt, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
khyati.brahmbhatt@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: AACAP
David Cooper, MD, MPH
Critical Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
David.Cooper@cchmc.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Stephanie Ford, MD
Neonatology and Nephrology
UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Stephanie.Ford@UHhospitals.org
Amy Hair, MD
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
abhair@texaschildrens.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
Neonatology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
SKallapur@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Heather.Kaplan@cchmc.org
Ross Myers, MD, ATSF
Pediatric Program Director
Pediatric Pulmonology
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
ross.myers@uhhospitals.org
Affiliation: APA
Ken Michelson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
kenmichelson@luriechildrens.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Lisa Namerow, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
lbnamerow@gmail.com
Affiliation: AACAP
Michael Posencheg, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine-University of Pennsylvania
Michael.Posencheg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
Rebecca Scherzer
Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Rebecca.Scherzer@nationwidechildrens.org
Shylaja Srinivasan, MD
Endocrinology
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Shylaja.Srinivasan@ucsf.edu
Sarah Taylor, MD, MSCR
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Sarah.N.Taylor@yale.edu
Linda Waggoner-Fountain, MD, MeD
Pediatric Program Director
Infectious Diseases
University of Virginia Health System
LAW4Q@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
AAP, PIDS
Justin Yu, MD, MS
Palliative Care
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg
yuja@upmc.edu
OUR STAFF
Eileen Fenton
Executive Director
Glenda Minshew
PAS Meeting Director
Antonio Moreno
Director, IT
Kate Culliton
CFO – APS, SPR, PAS
Jaclyn Huff
Director, Content & Conference Planning
Carmen Beck
Director, Marketing, Communications & Development
OUR MEETINGS
Past Meetings2023 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ April 27 – May 1 2022 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 21 – 25 2021 ~ VIRTUAL ~ Phase I – April 30 – May 4 | Phase-II – May 10 – June 4 2020 ~ Philadelphia, PA ~ April 29 – May 6 – CANCELED 2019 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 24 – May 1 2018 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 5 – 8 2017 ~ San Francisco, CA ~ May 6 – 9 2016 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 30 – May 3 2015 ~ San Diego, CA ~ April 25 – 28 2014 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 3 – 7 2013 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ May 4 – 7 2012 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 28 – May 1 2011 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 30 – May 3 2010 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 1 – 4 |
Future Meetings2024 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 2 – 6 2025 ~ Honolulu, HI ~ April 23 – 30 2026 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 22 – 29 2027 ~ Minneapolis, MN ~ April 28 – May 5 2028 ~ Salt Lake City, UT ~ May 2 – May 10 |