Conference #1795
18th Annual Conference on Emergencies & Challenges in Pediatrics

December 18 - 19, 2026
New York City, New York

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Friday, December 18, 2026
 
8:15 AMKids With Abdominal Pain: Not Always Appendicitis
(Rx = 15 minutes)
Maia S. Rutman, MD, FAAP, FACEP
 
9:00Brain Trouble: Common Neurologic Complaints
Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP
 
9:45Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience
 
10:30Respiratory Infections in Children: When to Refer to the ED
Deborah A. Levine, MD
 
11:15What Was Once Old Is New Again: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Reemerging in Unvaccinated Population
(Rx = 20 minutes)
Robert Hoffman, MD
 
12:00 PMQuestions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience
 
2:00Pediatric Obesity: Guidelines for Evaluation & Practical Management
Diane E. J. Stafford, MD
 
2:45Minor Head Injury in Children: Diagnosis, Management, and Discharge
Deborah A. Levine, MD
 
3:30Before You Call the Endocrinologist: Management of Endocrine Emergencies
Diane E. J. Stafford, MD
 
4:15Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience
 
Saturday, December 19, 2026
 
8:00 AMPro Tips for Pediatric Procedures
(Rx = 20 minutes)
Maia S. Rutman, MD, FAAP, FACEP
 
8:45Pediatric Diabetes Emergencies: DKA & Severe Hyperglycemia
Diane E. J. Stafford, MD
 
9:30Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience
 
10:30Drop It Like It's Hot: Fainting in Children & Adolescents
(Rx = 5 minutes)
Maia S. Rutman, MD, FAAP, FACEP
 
11:15Working on Mysteries Without Any Clues: Classic Teaching Cases in PEM
Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP
 
12:00 PMRecognizing & Reporting Child Abuse
Deborah A. Levine, MD
 
12:45Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience
 
 
Rx = Pharmacotherapeutic CEUs for nurses will be granted for these sessions
 
 
Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP - Conference Co-Chairperson
Professor Emeritus, Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics; Medical Director Emeritus, Upstate New York Poison Center; Golisano Children's Hospital; Syracuse, New York
 
Diane Stafford, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics; Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine; Palo Alto, California
 
Robert Hoffman, MD - Conference Co-Chairperson
Professor of Emergency Medicine & Medicine; New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Attending Physician Bellevue Hospital Center; New York City, New York
 
Deborah A. Levine, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics & Clinical Emergency Medicine; Weill Cornell Medicine; New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Komansky Children's Hospital; New York City, New York
 
Maia S. Rutman, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Regional Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth Health; Lebanon, New Hampshire

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