May 1
Changing Perspectives in Kawasaki Disease: What the Community Should Know
Marc Richardson, MD, Pediatrics Community Based, Pediatric Associates of Fairfield
Thomas Kimball, MD, Medical Director, Heart Institute, Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s
- Discuss subspecialty involvement in the management of Kawasaki Disease
- Describe current acute treatments and treatment of the refractory patient
- Recognize the strategies of long-term follow-up of patients with Kawasaki Disease
- Discuss current research being performed in Kawasaki Disease
May 8
Clinical Outcomes and Patient Safety: The Role of Individual Professional Practice Evaluation
Catherine Yost, MD, Pediatrics Community Based, Pediatric Associates of Mt. Carmel
Ellis M. Arjmand, MD, MMM, PhD, Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Chair, Professional Practice Evaluation Committee, Cincinnati Children’s
- Discuss the impact of individual provider performance on patient safety and outcomes, and the prevalence and scope of medical professional impairment
- Describe the regulatory requirements and the CCHMC processes for ongoing professional performance evaluation
- Recognize the basis for referral to the professional performance evaluation committee and the professional health committee
- Describe the impact of impairment on professional license, medical staff membership and professional development, and recall the resources available at CCHMC and through the Ohio Physicians Health Program
May 15
Weech Memorial Lecture - 21st Century Approach to Treating and Preventing Childhood Malnutrition
Mark Manary, MD, Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Global Harvest Alliance, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- Describe the advances made in malnutrition treatment in the last decade that have significantly improved outcomes
- Discuss the high mortality risk associated with malnutrition on a population and individual basis, and appreciate the benefits of public health prevention program
- Recognize the potential role of agriculture and nutrient enhanced crops in improving child survival worldwide
May 22
Pediatric Obesity Update
Robert Siegel, MD, Medical Director, UC Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Monica Mitchell, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Shelly Kirk, PhD, RD, LD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of HealthWorks, Cincinnati Children's
- Recommend specific exercise and healthy lifestyle choice options to patients
- Recognize risk factors that can lead to cardiovascular disease
- Describe Cincinnati Children’s community efforts to reverse the trend of increasing obesity
May 29
Advances in Diagnosis and Medical Treatment of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Dunbar Ivy, MD, Selby’s Chair in Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
- Describe the natural history of pulmonary hypertension in children
- Discuss the diagnostic algorithm for pediatric pulmonary hypertension
- Describe conventional and future treatment options for children with pulmonary hypertension
June 5
Woman’s Faculty Association
Children’s Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease (chILD): Moving the Research Agenda Forward
Robin Deterding, MD, BA, Director, Breathing Institute Children’s Hospital Colorado
Director, Children’s Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease Research Network
Director, Aero Digestive Program Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado
- Describe basic information about Children’s Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease (chILD)
- Recognize specific chILD disorders such as Surfactant Dysfunction Mutations and Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy
- Describe novel human biomarker and cell system research strategies
June 12
What’s New in International Adoption?
Mary Allen Staat, MD, MPh, Director, International Adoption Center
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s
- Describe the changes in the demographics and screening of internationally adopted children
- Identify long-term issues affecting internationally adopted children and resources available for meeting the needs of these children and their families
June 19
Optimal Health and Well-being for Children and Youth with Down Syndrome: Navigating a Real Life Course
Carl W. Cooley, MD, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School
Chief Medical Officer, Crotched Mountain Foundation, Medical Director, Center for Medical Home Improvement
Director, Got Transition – the National Health Care Transition Center
- Discuss new preventive care guidelines for individuals with Down syndrome
- Describe the health care needs of individuals with Down syndrome from a life course perspective
- Recognize the value of the personal narrative in their approach to shared decision-making with patients and families
June 26
Targeted Therapy of Neuroblastoma: On the Right TRK
Garrett M. Brodeur, Audrey E. Evans Chair in Molecular Oncology, Professor of Pediatrics,
Associate Chair for Research, Associate Director, Abramson Cancer Center at the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Describe the role of TrkA and TrkB expression in the heterogeneous clinical behavior of neuroblastomas
- Discuss the rationale and current experience with Trk-targeted therapy of neuroblastomas
- Recognize the potential advantages of nanoparticle delivery of anticancer agents
