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General Session

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Pediatric Board Review Course Registration & Continental Breakfast

Concourse 2

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Pediatric Board Review Course - Day 1 - 7 CME

Concourse 1

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

MCH Residents Luncheon (by invitation only)

Indigo

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

MCH Residents Dinner (by invitation only)

Concourse 2

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Pediatric Board Review Course Registration & Continental Breakfast

Concourse 2

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Pediatric Board Review Course - Day 2 - 7 CME

Concourse 1

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

MCH Residents Luncheon (by invitation only)

Concourse 2

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

President’s Gala (by invitation only)

Grand Ballroom

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Pediatric Board Review Course Registration & Continental Breakfast

Concourse 2

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Pediatric Board Review Course - Day 3 - 7 CME

Concourse 1

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Miami Children’s Hospital Alumni Association Business Lunch

(Alumni Members Only)

Trade

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

MCH Residents Luncheon (by invitation only)

Trade

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

General Session Early Registration

Mezzanine

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Opening Reception – Moulin Rouge

Chopin

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Program Registration & Continental Breakfast

Mezzanine

8:00 am – 1:30 pm

General Session - “Perspectives in Pediatrics”

Day 1 - 5 CME

Grand Ballroom

 

8:00 am – 8:15 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

M. Narendra Kini, MD, MHA

Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH

Moderator: Nolan R. Altman, MD

8:15 am - 8:55 am

13th Annual Donald Altman, M.D. Lectureship

Excellence in Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging:

A Tribute to Dr. Donald H. Altman

Nolan Altman, MD

Esperanza Pacheco-Jacome, MD

Ricardo Restrepo, MD

Cynthia L. Christoph, MD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRACK - PART 1

8:55 am – 10:20 am

Pinnacles Of Infectious Diseases: Red Book 2010 Meet The Editors

Larry Pickering, MD

Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr, MD

John Bradley, MD

10:20 am – 10:45 am

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Altman, Pacheco-Jacome, Restrepo, Christoph, Pickering, Bocchini, Bradley

10:45 am – 11:00 am

Intermission

INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRACK - PART 2

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Diagnostic Signs of Common Pediatric Infectious Diseases Interactive Session

Larry Pickering, MD

Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr, MD

John Bradley, MD

1:00 pm – 1:10 pm

Case of the Day

Gloria Riefkohl, MD

1:10 pm – 1:30 pm

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Pickering, Bocchini, Bradley, Riefkohl

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Sponsor & Exhibitor Hospitality Reception

Innovation of the Year Award & Presentation

International Participation Recognition

Exhibit Hall – Mezzanine

2:30 pm – 5 :30 pm

Pulmonology Symposium

3 CME

Theater

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Program Registration & Continental Breakfast

Mezzanine

8:00 am – 1:30 pm

General Session - “Perspectives in Pediatrics”

Day 2 - 5 CME

Grand Ballroom

 

8:00 am – 8:05 am

Welcome

Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH

MODERATOR: Phillip G. Newcomm, Jr., MD

8:05 am – 8:45 am

Child Health Lecture:

The Future of Pediatrics: Opportunities and Challenges

Renee Jenkins, MD

GASTROENTEROLOGY TRACK

8:45 am – 9:25 am

Live Transmission from Miami Children’s Hospital GI Lab

- ERCP In Children

- Esophageal Ultrasound: Esophageal Mass

- Esophageal Ultrasound & Ultrasound Guided Liver Biopsy: Portal Hypertension

Jesse Reeves-Garcia, MD

Roberto Gomara, MD

Erick Hernandez, MD

9:25 am – 9:45 am

Developments in the Management of Functional Abdominal Pain

Basil J. Zitelli, MD

9:45 am – 10:05 am

Obesity: A Practical and Novel Approach to Weight Reduction in Children

William Muinos, MD

10:05 am – 10:25 am

Caring for the Child with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alisa Muniz Crim, MD

10:25 am – 10:45 am

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Jenkins, Reeves-Garcia, Gomara, Hernandez, Zitelli, Muinos, Muniz Crim

10:45 am – 11:05 am

Intermission

MODERATOR: Steven Stylianos, MD

.

DERMATOLOGY TRACK

11:05 am – 11:25 am

Congenital Birthmarks

Ana M Duarte, MD

11:25 am – 11:45 am

Puzzling Skin Signs

Basil J. Zitelli, MD

COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS TRACK

11:45 am – 12:05 pm

Health Justice for Children: An International Agenda

Peter Gorski, MD

ENT TRACK

12:05 pm – 12:25 pm

Latest Developments in the Management of Sinusitis

Gaston DeCardenas, MD

NEURO-BEHAVIORAL/NEUROLOGY MEDICINE TRACK

12:25 pm – 12:45 pm

Adverse Cognitive, Developmental, and Behavioral Outcomes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pediatrics

Dennis Rosen, MD

12:45 pm – 1:05 pm

Autism and Epilepsy Common Determinants

Roberto Tuchman, MD

1:05 pm – 1:15 pm

Case of the Day

Iran Niroomand-Rad, DO

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Duarte, Zitelli, Gorski, DeCardenas, Rosen, Tuchman, Niroomand-Rad

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Luncheon: Fragile X

(No CME Offered – Limited Seating – max 50)

Sandringham / Windsor

2:30 pm – 5 :30 pm

Gastroenterology Symposium - 3 CME

Theater

2:30 pm – 5 :30 pm

Fragile X, Autism & other Pervasive Disorders for Pediatrics Symposium - 3 CME

Balmoral

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Physician Forum – Excellence in Pediatric Care Showcase / Reception

Mezzanine West

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Faculty Dinner – Luau (by invitation only)

Chopin

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Program Registration & Continental Breakfast

Mezzanine

7:00 am - 7:55 am

Coding De-Mystified – Q&A Session with Expert Richard Lander, MD (No CME Offered – Limited Seating – max 42)

Balmoral

8:00 am – 1:30 pm

General Session - “Perspectives in Pediatrics”

Day 3 - 5 CME

Grand Ballroom

 

8:00 am – 8:05 am

Welcome and Announcements

Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH

MODERATOR: Keith Meyer, MD

8:05 am – 8:45 am

New Frontiers Lecture: Lessons Learned from Space & Aviation Applied to Modern Medicine: Meet a Medical Astronaut

Rhea Seddon, MD

8:45 am - 9:05 am

Global Health: Haiti Relief Efforts, Science and Compassion Beyond Borders

Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH Chad A. Perlyn, MD

9:05 am - 9:25 am

Transition of Care Issues of Chronically Ill Children

Daniel V. Schidlow, MD

9:25 am - 9:45 am

Advanced Management of Common Sleep Disorders in Children & Adolescent

Dennis Rosen, MD

9:45 am - 10:05 am

The MMR-Autism Debate

Basil J. Zitelli, MD

10:05 am - 10:25 am

Evidence-Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Advanced Care of the Child with Food Allergies

Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD

10:25 am - 10:45 am

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Seddon, Perlyn, Schidlow, Rosen, Zitelli, Hernandez-Trujillo

10:45 am – 11:05 am

Intermission

MODERATOR: Alex Koetzle, MD

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CARDIOVASCULAR TRACK

11:05 am –11:45 am

Live Interventional Cardiology Case Transmission from the MCH Cath Lab

Danyal Khan, MD (transmitting from the MCH Cath Lab)

11:45 am – 12:05 pm

Child to Adult Transition of Care of the Cardiac Patient

Richard M. Zakheim, MD

12:05 pm – 12:25 pm

Extraordinary Advances in the Treatment and Management of Congenital Heart Disease

Redmond Burke, MD

12:25 pm – 12:45 pm

Latest Advancements in the Diagnosis, Treatment and Long Term Follow Up of Arrhythmias

Steven Fishberger, MD

12:45 pm – 1:05 pm

Case of the Day

Roger Stoudt, M.D.

1:05 pm – 1:30 pm

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Khan, Zakheim, Burke, Fishberger, Stoudt

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Miami Children’s Hospital Tour & Lunch (Limited Space)

Meet at MCH Global Health Exhibit Booth

2:30 pm – 5 :30 pm

Cardiology Symposium

3 CME

Theater

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Closing Reception – Flag Day

Chopin

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Program Registration & Continental Breakfast

Mezzanine

8:00 am – 1:30 pm

General Session - “Perspectives in Pediatrics”

Day 4 - 5 CME

Grand Ballroom

 

8:00 am – 8:10 am

Welcome and Announcements

Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH

MODERATOR: Barry Chandler, MD

.

RESPIRATORY TRACK

8:10 am – 8:30 am

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)

Daniel V. Schidlow, MD

8:30 am - 8:50 am

Cystic Fibrosis: Are We on the Verge of a Cure?

Maria Franco, MD

8:50 am – 9:10 am

Effective Usage of Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP and BiPAP) in the Pediatric Patient

Dennis Rosen, MD

9:10 am – 9:30 am

Pleural Effusion in Pediatrics

Daniel V. Schidlow, MD

RHEUMATOLOGY

9:30 am – 9:50 am

Diferential Diagnoses Of Arthralgias And Arthritis In Children

Rafael Rivas-Chacon, MD

SPORTS MEDICINE TRACK

9:50 am – 10:30 am

State of the Art Lecture: Sports Medicine for the Pediatrician: Keeping Up With Your Athletic Patients in 2010 and Beyond

Jordan D. Metzl, MD, FAAP

10:30 am – 10:50 am

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Schidlow, Franco, Rosen, Rivas-Chacon, Metzl

10:50 am – 11:20 am

Intermission

10:50 am – 11:20 am

Meet the Author: Book Signing Event

Jordan D. Metzl, MD

Mezzanine West / Exhibit Hall

MODERATOR: Ramon Rodriguez-Torres, MD

 

PLASTIC SURGERY TRACK

11:20 am - 12:00 pm

10th Annual D. Ralph Millard, MD Lectureship: Craniofacial Surgery – Where Less May be More

Claes Lauritzen, MD

S. Anthony Wolfe, M.D.

12:00 pm – 12:20 pm

Surgical Management of Macroglossia: The Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Experience

Chad Perlyn, MD

NEPHROLOGY TRACK

12:20 pm – 12:40 pm

Proteinuria in Children

Felix Ramirez-Seijas, MD

12:40 pm – 1:00 pm

Case of the Day

Jose Rosa-Olivares, MD

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion

Drs. Lauritzen, Wolfe, Perlyn, Ramirez-Seijas, Rosa-Olivares

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Luncheon: AXA Advisors/Summit Financial Partners – Financial Management (No CME Offered – Limited Seating – max 50)

Sandringham / Windsor

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Practice Management Symposium

3 CME

Theater

Program subject to changes and adjustments.