Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

John A. Brennan, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Conference Chairman
Senior Vice President for Clinical and Emergency Services SBHCS
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Saint Barnabas Health Care System
EMS-C Medical Consultant
Department of Health
New Jersey

Judith E. Brill, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs
Department of Pediatrics
Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Robert S. Hoffman, MD, FACEP, FAACT
Director, New York City Poison Control Center
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine (Clinical Pharmacology)
New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Medical Center
New York, New York

Jordan D. Metzl, MD, FAAP
Medical Director
The Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Attending Physician
Department of Medicine
Hospital for Special Surgery
Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD
President, Perinatal Risk Management & Education Services
Certified Nurse-Midwife
Saint Anthony Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Jason Persoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Consultant in Hospital Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Jacksonville, Florida

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.

Friday, December 19

7:00am Group Registration & Check In Continental Breakfast

8:00 Conference Introduction
John Brennan, MD

8:15 Pediatric Sedation for Emergencies (Rx = 45 minutes)
Judith Brill, MD

9:00 Resuscitating Your Resuscitation: Shocking Developments in Advanced Cardiac Support
Jason Persoff, MD

9:45 Break

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

10:30 Pediatric Fever: 0-90 Days (Rx= 35 minutes)
John Brennan, MD

11:15 Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me: Cognitive Bias in Medical Decision Making
Lisa Miller, CNM, JD

Noon Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

12:30pm Lunch Break

2:00 Pediatric Airway Management: What's New (Rx = 15 minutes)
Judith Brill, MD

2:45 Management of Acute Stroke & Transient Ischemic Attack
Jason Persoff, MD

3:30 Managing Bites and Envenomations (Rx = 25 minutes)
Robert Hoffman, MD

4:15 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

5:00 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, December 20

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Evaluation of Head Injury in Children
Judith Brill, MD

8:45 Case Studies in the Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia (Rx = 15 minutes)
Jason Persoff, MD

9:45 Break (hotel check-out if applicable)

10:15 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:45 Sports Medicine Cases in Primary Care: Real Live Cases with Real Live Answers
Jordan Metzl, MD

Noon Emergencies in Primary Care: Case Presentations
John Brennan, MD

1:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30pm Conference Adjourns

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