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43 Years of Excellence…Miami Children's Hospital is proud to present the 43rd Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course to be held Friday, March 7th, 2008 through Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at the InterContinental Miami Hotel in Miami, Florida.
Whether this is your first time attending or your 43rd, you won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field of pediatrics. A distinguished faculty will present state-of-the-art information in the prevention, pathophysiology and the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of the most prevalent pediatric and adolescent conditions.
Featured Lectures for the 2008 General Session
The 11th Annual Donald H. Altman, MD Lectureship, named for the course founder, will be given by Diego Jaramillo, MD, MPH on the topic of "Use of MRI in the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Diseases".
The Chairs' Lectures, presented by Christian C. Patrick, MD, PhD and Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH, will address "Communing with Nature: An Update on Zoonotic and Vector Borne Diseases" and "Update in the Prevention and Management of Meningoccocal Disease".
Joseph J. Chiaro, MD will give the Child Advocacy Lecture exploring "The Pediatrician and the Special Needs Child: An Affair to Remember".
The State-of-the-Art Lecture will address "Children's Health: An Issue on Everyone's Agenda" as given by Ana Maria Viamonte Ros, MD.
The 8th Annual D. Ralph Millard, MD Lectureship, presented by Serge Morax, MD, will deal with "Reconstruction of Orbital Malformation in Children".
We will continue to bring you the 3-day Pediatric Board Review Course - now in it's 11th year. Come join us Friday through Sunday, March 7- 9, for this comprehensive review for pediatricians who are preparing for the American Board of Pediatrics certification or recertification examination. As part of the Board Review Course, we are again privileged to have Basil J. Zitelli, MD, Editor-in- Chief of the Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, present the "Marathon in Visual Diagnosis".
Please take an opportunity to review this site and explore the program we have to offer.
We look forward to seeing you in Miami the Miami Children's Hospital 43rd Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course.
| Sincerely, Christian C. Patrick, MD, PhD Program Chair Chief Medical Officer Senior Vice President for Medical and Academic Affairs |
Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH Program Chair Chief, Department of Pediatric Medicine Director, Division of Preventive Medicine and Community Pediatrics |
About Miami Children's Hospital
Founded
in 1950, Miami Children's Hospital is the only licensed specialty hospital
for children in South Florida. The 275-bed freestanding facility is
ranked by Child magazine among the best children's hospitals in the
nation and is the only Florida pediatric hospital to be included in
U.S. News & World Report's 2007 listing of "America's Best
Children's Hospitals." It has also been designated an American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's
most prestigious institutional honor. Miami Children's Hospital has
expertise in all aspects of pediatric medicine and serves children from
birth to age 21.
