2009 Section on Perinatal Pediatrics Annual Meeting at NCE
Washington, DC - October 16-20, 2009
Friday, October 16th
Highlights include: Poster Session & OpeningReception, the Gerald Merenstein Lecture by Evan Snyder, MD, FAAP, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and the Organization of Neonatal Training Program Directors Meeting.
Saturday, October 17th
Don't miss the Scientific Abstract Presentations, Cone History Lecture and Apgar, Landmark & Neonatal Education Awards, and State of the Art Lecture Series: Pathophysioogy of Inflammatory Mediators and Origin of Neonatal Disease.
Sunday, October 18th
Essential sessions include: Joint Section Program: Perinatal Pediatrics & Pediatric Surgery: Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An Elusive Disease That Continues to Taunt Us, Neonatal Career Development Seminar, Meet the Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Perinatal Section Member Forum, and Concurrent Skills Workshops including Introduction to the aEEG and NIRS for the Neonatologist, New Mechanical Ventilators, and Resuscitation Simulation.
Monday, October 19th
NeoReviews Plus Live.
Tuesday, October 20th
Interesting and essential for all involved in the care of newborns: Follow-up Care of the NICU Graduate: The Difficult Feeder, Common Problems in the Newborn Nursery, Caring for the Late Preterm Newborn, and Caring for the Premature Infant After Discharge.
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In the News
AHA Issues Statement on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Choosing the best among various effective therapies can prove to be a vexing clinical challenge. Comparative effectiveness research can assist clinicians in their efforts to weight the risks and benefits of therapeutic options. The American Heart Association recently issued a vision statement of principles for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research that will be useful to researchers conducting these studies as well as to clinicians assessing the merits of such research.
Read the full text of the AHA statement »Best Practice for Infant Surgery - New Position Statement
Infants who have surgical problems are among the most vulnerable hospitalized newborns. Optimal care of these infants requires collaboration among members of skilled multidisciplinary teams. The American Pediatric Surgical Association has issued a position statement, endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which outlines best practice standards for infants with surgical conditions.
View the APSA statement »Perinatal Section News - February 09
The latest issue of the Perinatal Section Newsletter, full of the latest perinatal information to keep you up-to-date, is now available online.
Current issue»
2009 Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Awardees
This year the Section's research committee, led by Ron Ariagno, MD, FAAP awarded three Marshall Klaus Research Awards. This program of annual awards was made possible through an endowment established by Johnson & Johnson.
Katherine Bennett, MD - University of Texas/Southwestern
Mentor: Margaret Schwarz, MD
"The role of ephrin B2 reverse signaling in lung morphogenesis."
Azadeh Farzin, MD - University of California/Los Angeles
Mentor: Yvonne Bryson, MD
"Role of amniotic fluid and vernix in intrauterine HIV transmission"
Erin Plosa, MD - Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Lawrence Prince, MD, PhD
"Regulation of FGF-10 expression by inflammatory signals."
Perinatal Strategic Plan 2008
In early 2007, a new Section strategic planning process was initiated. Guided by Section members’ input, the Strategic Planning Committee identified four new areas for the Section’s strategic focus in the next 5 years: education, leadership, quality and global health.
Learn more about Strategic Plan»Neonatologist & Perinatologist Directory
As a service to Section members, Dilip Bhatt, MD, FAAP, collects and organizes data for three Section directories.
