WHO WE ARE
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects thousands of leading pediatric researchers, clinicians, and medical educators 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 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 STRATEGIC PLAN
Over the last year, the PAS Board of Directors has been hard at work creating a new Strategic Plan. As we continue the development of our new Strategic Plan we would like to share with you the five finalized Domains.
If you have any questions contact info@pasmeeting.org.
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 cultivate a diverse network of child health researchers through collaboration, community, mentorship, and advocacy. SPR promotes the exchange 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 ALLIANCES
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
Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM, FAAP– Secretary/Treasurer
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Lee Savio Beers, MD, FAAP
Children’s National Hospital
Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH
Association of American Medical Colleges
Hannah Glass, MD
UCSF Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MBA, MSc
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Teri Turner, MD, M.P.H, M.Ed.
Baylor College of Medicine
Ex officio
Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education
Executive Clinical Director
South Main Clinic at University of Utah Health
Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM – Program Chair
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Thomas J. Coté, MBA, CAE
PAS Chief Executive Officer
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
PAS Program Chair
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP.
PAS Program Chair-elect
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education
Executive Clinical Director
South Main Clinic at University of Utah Health
Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA
PAS Board of Directors President
Weill Cornell Medicine
Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair
Associate Dean
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Milissa Jones, MD, MPH
PAS Workshop Chair-elect
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Deputy Director of the Translational Medicine Unit
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Glenda Minshew
PAS Chief Meeting Officer
Jaclyn Huff
PAS Director, Content and Conference Planning
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Matthew D. Garber, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP
PAS Topic Area: Hospital Medicine
Kathryn King, MD, MHS
Medical University of South Carolina
Affiliation: AAP
PAS Topic Area: General Pediatrics
Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS
PAS Topic Area: General Pediatrics
Hugo Ruben Martinez, MD, FAAP, FACC
The Heart Institute-Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Affiliation: AAP
PAS Topic Area: Developmental Biology/Cardiac & Pulm. Deve., Neonatal Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiology
Alan Schroeder, MD
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
PAS Topic Area: Clinical Bioethics, Critical Care, Hospital Medicine
Shabana Yusuf, MD, MEd, FAAP
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP
PAS Topic Area: Injury Prevention, Emergency Medicine, Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Arvin Garg, MD, MPH
APA President
UMass Chan Medical School
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS
PAS Topic Area: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health, General Pediatrics
Michael Steiner, MD, MPH
APA Treasurer
University of North Carolina
Affiliations: AAP, APA, APS, SPR, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Health Services Research, Public Health and Prevention, Children with Chronic Conditions
Lisa DeCamp, MD, MSPH
APA’s Chair of the Research Committee
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Affiliation: APA
PAS Topic Area: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health, Obesity, Health Services Research
Karen Wilson, MD, MPH
APA President-Elect
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Affiliations: AAP, APA, APS, SPR, CHTRC, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology; Asthma, Environmental Health
Su-Ting Li, MD, MPH
APA Education Committee Chair
University of California Davis
Affiliations: AAP, APA, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Medical Education
Jennifer Rosenthal, MD, MAS
University of California Davis
Affiliations: APA, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, MPH
APS President
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Cardiology, Neonatal Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Medicine
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
APS Secretary/Treasurer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR, SAHM
PAS Topic Area: Obesity
Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH
Boston Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Emergency Medicine
Yasmin Pedrogo, MD, MSc MEdL
APS Program Committee Member
Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico
Affiliation: AAP, APS
PAS Topic Area: Hospital Medicine, General Pediatrics
Christine Gleason, MD
APS Secretary-Treasurer Emerita
University of Washington
Affiliation: APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Historical Perspective, Neonatal Clinical Trials, Neonatal General, Neo-Perinatal Health Care Delivery
Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH
APS President-Elect
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS, SAHM
PAS Topic Area: Adolescent Medicine, Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Eric Austin, MD, MSCI
SPR President
Pediatric Pulmonology Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Pulmonology
Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS
SPR President-Elect
Kaiser Permanente
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health, Health Services Research
Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS
SPR Past President
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Clinical Trials
Daniel Moore, MD
SPR PAS Working Group Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology; Endocrinology; Immunizations/Delivery
Jacqueline Ho, MD, MSc
SPR PAS Working Group Member
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Nephrology
John Ibrahim, MD
SPR PAS Working Group Member
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Medicine, Neonatal Pulmonology
Danielle Soranno, MD
ASPN Program Committee Chair
Riley Children’s Health
Affiliation: ASPN
PAS Topic Area: Nephrology
Amrish Jain, MD
ASPN Program Committee Co-Chair
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Affiliation: ASPN
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Nephrology/AKI, Nephrology
Joshua Wolf, PhD, MBBS
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Affiliation: PIDS
PAS Topic Area: Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Infectious Diseases/Immunology
Gail Demmler-Harrison, MD
PAS CME Liaison
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, APS, & SPR
PAS Topic Area: Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Infectious Diseases/Immunology
Tetsuya Isayama, MD, MSc, PhD
JPS International Relation Committee Adviser
National Center for Child Health and Development
Affiliation: SPR, ASPR/JPS
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal/Infant Resuscitation, Neonatal Pulmonology
Noriko Iwamoto, MD, PhD
Infectious Disease, Public Health
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Affiliation: ASPR/JPS
PAS Topic Area: Infectious Diseases
Maya Suzuki, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of International Relations Committee in JPS
Kyushu University Hospital
Affiliation: ASPR/JPS
PAS Topic Area: Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Therapeutics and Pharmacology
Sylvia Lim, MD
Co-Chair – Wellbeing and Vitality Special Interest group
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) -Einstein
Affiliation: AAP, APA, CHTRC
PAS Topic Area: Mental Health
Karen Warman, MD, MS
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein
Affiliation: AAP, APA, CHTRC
PAS Topic Area: Asthma
Dawn L. Gano, MD, MAS
Pediatric Neurology
University of California San Francisco
Affiliation: SPR, CNS
PAS Topic Area: Neurology
Emily Tam, MCDM, MAS, FRCPC
Neonatal Neurology
Hospital for Sick Children
Affiliation: APS, SPR, CNS, NBS
PAS Topic Area: Neurology
Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Affiliation: SPR, CCGCH, PIDS
PAS Topic Area: Global Neonatal & Children’s Health
Rishi Mediratta, MD, MSc, MA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA, CCGCH, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Global Neonatal & Children’s Health
Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Children’s of Alabama
Affiliation: AAP, APS, ASPN, IPHA
PAS Topic Area: Children with Chronic Conditions, Hypertension, Nephrology
Andrew Tran, MD, MPH, MS
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, IPHA
PAS Topic Area: Cardiology, Hypertension, Public Health & Prevention
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
George Washington University
Affiliation: AAP, ISCHE
PAS Topic Area: Environmental Health, Asthma, Public Health & Prevention
Jonathan Cherry,
Senior Director, Research Operations
Affiliation: MOD
Rita Ryan, MD
PAS Neonatology Lead
Case Western Reserve University
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Historical Perspectives, Neonatology, Pulmonology
Cami Martin, MD, MS
Weill Cornell Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Breastfeeding/Human Milk, Neonatology
Tara Randis, MD, MS
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Immunizations/Delivery, Neonatology
Alexa Craig, MD, MSc, MS
Maine Medical Center & Maine Medical Partner Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Scholarship Academy
Affiliation: NBS
PAS Topic Area: Neurology
Sarah Mulkey, MD, PhD
Children’s National Hospital and The George Washington University School of Medicine
Affiliation: SPR, CNS, NBS
PAS Topic Area: Global Neonatal & Children’s Health, Neurology
Thomas Ciecierega, MD
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Affiliation: NASPGHAN
PAS Topic Area: Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Pediatric Nutrition, Breastfeeding/Human Milk, Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC
Javier J Monagas, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: NASPGHAN
PAS Topic Area: Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Obesity
Ricardo Quinonez, MD
Division of Hospital Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Hospital Medicine
Jacqueline Walker, MD, MHPE
Children’s Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Hospital Medicine
Jillian Cotter, MD, MSCS
University of Colorado
Affiliation: AAP, APA, PHM
PAS Topic Area: Health Services Research, Hospital Medicine
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SAHM
PAS Topic Area: Mental Health, Adolescent Medicine
Oriaku Kas-Osoka, MD, MeD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SAHM
PAS Topic Area: Adolescent Medicine, Medical Education, Mental Health
Deborah Winders Davis, PhD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Affiliation: APA, APS, SPR, SDBP
PAS Topic Area: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Douglas Vanderbilt. MD, MS, MBA
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR, SDBP
PAS Topic Area: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Juan Boriosi, MD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Affiliation: SPS
PAS Topic Area: Critical Care, Sedation Medicine
Becky Burger
Emory University School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Affiliation: AAP, SPS
PAS Topic Area: Sedation Medicine
Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SDBP
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Follow-up
Andria Tatem, MD, MEd
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
PAS Topic Area: Medical Education
Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro, MD, MSEd
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Affiliations: AAP
Adam Wolfe, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliations: APA
Sonja Ziniel, PhD, MA
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Affiliation: APA
PAS Topic Area: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention
Ken Michelson, MD, MPH
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention
Zachary Vesoulis, MD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Technology
Lindsey Knake MD, MS
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Technology
Rebecca Scherzer, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
PAS Topic Area: Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Michael Posencheg, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Quality Improvement, Neo-Perinatal Health Care Delivery, Neonatal Bilirubin Metabolism
Amy Hair, MD
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: AAP, SPR, AAP/SoNPM
PAS Topic Area: Breastfeeding/Human Milk, Neonatal Fetal Nutrition & Metabolism, Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC
Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR, AAP/SoNPM
PAS Topic Area: Neo-Perinatal Health Care Delivery, Neonatal Hematology & Transfusion Medicine
Justin Yu, MD, MS
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Affiliation: APA
PAS Topic Area: Palliative Care
Stephanie Ford, MD
UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Medicine, Neonatal <25 weeks, Pediatric Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Developmental Biology/Cardiac & Pulm. Deve., Genomics/Epigenomics
Shylaja Srinivasan, MD
University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
PAS Topic Area: Endocrinology
Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
Affiliation: APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Bilirubin Metabolism, Neonatal General, Neonatal Pulmonology, Neonatal/Infant Resuscitation
Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA
Hamlet Northwest Consulting
Affiliation: APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Genomics/Epigenomics, Hematology/Oncology
David Cooper, MD, MPH
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Affiliation: SPR
PAS Topic Area: Cardiology, Critical Care
Allan Joseph , MD, MPH
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP, APA
PAS Topic Area: Critical Care
Ravi Patel, MD, MSc
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal Hematology & Transfusion Medicine
Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD
UTHealth Houston
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
PAS Topic Area: Neonatal <25 weeks
OUR MEETINGS
Past Meetings2026 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 24 – 27 2025 ~ Honolulu, HI ~ April 24 – 28 2024 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 2 – 6 2023 ~ 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 Meetings2027 ~ Minneapolis, MN ~ April 29 – May 3 2028 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 4 – 8 2029 ~ Chicago, IL ~ April 26 – April 30 2030 ~ Phoenix, AZ ~ May 2 – 6 2031 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 24 – 28 2032 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ April 23 – 26 |
HOST CITY CRITERIA
Some of the key criteria PAS uses when selecting host cities are:
- Available: End of April/First of May
- Safe: Host City Is Perceived As Safe
- Environment: City is Welcoming & Values DEI
- Affordable: Convention Center & Hotels are affordable
- Size: Large Exhibit Hall and 70+ Meeting Rooms in the Convention Center
- Convenience: 40% of contracted PAS hotels are within 1 Block of the Convention Center
- Airport Size & Location: 50+ Non-Stop Flights per day minimum and no more than 15 miles from Convention Center
If you have any further questions or suggestions for future cities please contact info@pasmeeting.org.