Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

S. Michael Marcy, MD
Conference Chairman
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
USC and UCLA Schools of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Panorama City, California
Center for Vaccine Research
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Amy Jo Nopper, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Chief, Section of Pediatric Dermatology
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri

Michelle Pietzak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Attending, Gastroenterology
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Women's and Children's Hospital
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

David S. Rosen, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School
Chief, Section of Teenage & Young Adult Health
Department of Pediatrics
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Alison Schonwald, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine
Developmental Medicine Center
Children's Hospital, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. This policy is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about material presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd

7:00am Registration & Check-in During Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
S. Michael Marcy, MD

8:15 Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA): Diagnosis & Management of a "Superbug" (Rx = 35 mins.)
S. Michael Marcy, MD

9:00 Spit Happens: Gastroesophageal Reflux in the Pediatric Population (Rx = 15 mins.)
Michelle Pietzak, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Management & Prevention (Rx = 15 mins.)
David Rosen, MD, MPH

11:15 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Evaluation, Co-Morbidity & Management (Rx = 35 mins.)
Alison Schonwald, MD

Noon The Growing Problem of Pediatric Food Allergies: Prevalence & Prevention (Rx = 25 mins.)
Michelle Pietzak, MD

12:45pm Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception

THURSDAY, JULY 24th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Adolescents & Contraception: Management & Answers to your Questions (Rx = 30 mins.)
David Rosen, MD, MPH

8:45 Pediatric Celiac Disease: How Many Patients With This Are You Missing? (Rx = 10 mins.)
Michelle Pietzak, MD

9:30 Break

9:45 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 Pertussis - A Cough Commonly Misdiagnosed: Evaluation, Management & New Concepts in Prevention (Rx = 15 mins.)
S. Michael Marcy, MD

11:00 Infantile Hemangiomas: Reassure or Refer?
Amy Nopper, MD

11:45 Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Children & Adolescents: Signs, Symptoms, Screening & Management (Rx = 15 mins.)
David Rosen, MD, MPH

12:30pm Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

FRIDAY, JULY 25th

3:30pm Round Table Discussions - Session One

Complications & Management of Pediatric Obesity
Michelle Pietzak, MD

Pediatric Psychopharmacology in the Primary Care Practice
Alison Schonwald, MD

Confidentiality, Consent, Partner Treatment, & Other Legal & Ethical Issues in Managing Adolescent Sexual Health
David Rosen, MD, MPH

5:00 Break

5:15 Round Table Discussions - Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:45 Adjourn for the Day

SATURDAY, JULY 26th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Autism: What the Primary Care Provider Needs to Know & Do (Rx = 10 mins.)
Alison Schonwald, MD

8:45 Skin Manifestations of Streptococcal Infection (Rx = 20 mins.)
Amy Nopper, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel Check-out if Applicable)

10:00 Group Discussion / Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Screening Autism & Developmental Issues: The New AAP Guidelines
Alison Schonwald, MD

11:15 More Than Skin Deep: Cutaneous Clues to Rheumatic Diseases (Rx = 15 mins.)
Amy Nopper, MD

Noon Immunizations: What's New, What's on the Way, What's in the Future? (Rx = 40 mins.)
S. Michael Marcy, MD

12:45pm Group Discussion Questions & Answers
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Conference Adjourns

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions