Save the date for our fourth annual symposium featuring current topics in pediatric hospital medicine.

Thursday and Friday
October 8-9, 2009

Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, Calif.

This event will focus on a variety of clinical subjects that pediatric hospitalists encounter on a daily basis. Medical experts from California Pacific Medical Center, the surrounding Bay Area and nationwide will discuss topics including but not limited to:
> oncologic emergencies
> acute abdomen
> imaging of the abdomen and chest
> pediatric palliative care

Our Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Division organizes this symposium annually to broaden one's knowledge of current pediatric inpatient medicine and highlight the excellent patient care received from pediatric hospitalists at CPMC and across the country.

Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for pediatric and neonatal hospitalists, pediatricians, family practice physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents and allied health professionals who participate in the care and management of sick children and neonates.

Price
$ 200 for two days
$125 for one day
$50 for residents/fellows

CME credit: 14 AMA PRA Category 1 credits

Registration and Information
Online registration is currently available for our 2009 conference. For registration questions or other information, contact Beverly Hoover at 415-600-6484

Agenda

Thursday, October 8

(Click the presentation links below to print)
7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration/Breakfast

8:00 – 8:05 AM Welcome
Jason Zamkoff M.D.

8:05 – 8:20 AM National Update in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Jennifer Daru, M.D.

8:20 – 9:20 AM Hematuria, Proteinuria and Acute Renal Failure in Children: Diagnosis and Management
Robert Mathias, M.D.

9:20 – 10:20 AM Bradycardia in Children: When Slow is Too Slow
Nikola Tede, M.D.

10:20 – 10:30 AM BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 AM Skim Milk Masquerades as Cream: Finding the Hidden Infection in the Pediatric Patient*
Robert Listernick, M.D.

11:30 – 12:30 PM Through the Radiology Looking Glass: Cases Curiouser and Curiouser*
Robert Guillerman, M.D.

12:30 – 1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30 – 2:30 PM Surgical Emergencies in the Newborn
Michael Ratner, M.D.

2:30 – 3:30 PM The Journey From ED to Inpatient Status: Evidence-Based Issues and Controversies
Richard Cantor, M.D.

3:30 – 3:45 PM BREAK

3:45 – 4:45 PM Updates in Pediatric Asthma: Prevention to PICU
John Mark, M.D.

RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM

Friday, October 9

7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration/Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 AM Newborn Update 2009
Jennifer Daru, M.D.

9:00 – 10:00 AM Emergencies in Children with Cancer
Daniel West, M.D.

10:00 – 10:15 AM BREAK

10:15 – 11:15 AM Pediatric Palliative Care: Hope and Love Never End
Barbara Beach, M.D.

11:15 – 12:15 PM The Acute Abdomen in Children
Michael Ratner, M.D.

12:15 – 1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30 – 2:30 PM Critical Toxicology Cases: When ALS Isn’t Enough
Richard Cantor, M.D.

2:30 – 3:30 PM Evaluating the Pediatric Patient with Acute and Recurring Pancreatitis
Antonio Quiros, M.D.

3:30 – 3:45 PM BREAK

3:45 – 4:45 PM Cases From An Inpatient Service: Presentations and Discussions
Kenneth Furukawa, M.D.

* Presentation will be provided on CD the day of the conference