Join us for our third annual symposium featuring current topics in pediatric hospital medicine.

Thursday and Friday
September 11-12, 2008

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

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.

Course Objectives
At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:
1) Discuss the etiology and management of various pediatric surgical, neurosurgical and neonatal emergencies
2) Review the various imaging modalities of the abdomen and chest in the pediatric population
3) Discuss the etiology, pathophysiology and current management of inflammatory bowel disease in the pediatric population
4) Obtain a better understanding of pediatric pain management and procedural sedation
5) Discuss the complexities involved with emerging antibiotic resistance in an inpatient setting

Agenda: Thursday, Sept. 11th

7:30 Breakfast/Registration

8:00: Welcome
Jason Zamkoff, M.D., program chair

8:15: Building a Career in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Jennifer R. Daru, M.D., FAAP
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center

9:15: Mistakes You Don't Want to Make
Richie Cantor, M.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University

10:15: Break

10:30: Clots in Tots: Imaging of Pediatric Vaso-Occlusive Disorders
Robert Guillerman, M.D.
Section Chief, Computed Tomography
Texas Children's Hospital,
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine

11:30: What Pediatricians Need to Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Joel Rosh, M.D., FAAP, FACG
Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Atlantic Health System, Florham Park, N.J.

12:30: Lunch (provided)

1:30: Minimally Invasive Surgery: Minimally or Maximally Effective?
Hanmin Lee, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and OB-GYN and Reproductive Health Services, Director, Fetal Treatment Center, University of California, San Francisco

2:30: Pediatric Neurosurgical Emergencies
Nalin Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Associate Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco

3:30: Break

3:45: Tales of a Transport Doc: Stablization of Sick Children
Steve Martel, M.D., FAAP
Former Director, Neonatal & Pediatric Critical Care Transport
California Pacific Medical Center

Note: A 10-minute question and answer session will follow each talk.

A reception will take place immediately following Thursday's program.

Agenda: Friday, Sept. 12th

7:30: Breakfast / Registration

8:00: Rapid Sequence Intubation and Procedural Sedation
Robert Pretzlaff, M.D., M.S., FAAP
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UC Davis Medical Center

9:00: Pediatric Neurologic Case Review
Richie Cantor, M.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University

10:00: Break

10:15: Emerging Antibiotic Resistance
Dean Blumberg, M.D.
Associate Professor / Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UC Davis Medical Center

11:15: Neonatal Emergencies
Chris Retajczyk, M.D., FAAP
Medical Director, Neonatal Hospitalist Program
California Pacific Medical Center

12:15: Lunch (provided)

1:15: The Death of Holiday and Segar: Changing Practice in IV Fluid Administration
Robert Pretzlaff, M.D.
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center

2:15: Pediatric Pain Management
Lonnie Zaltzer, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Pain Program
Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA

3:15: Break

3:30: Pediatric Shock: A Philosophical Approach
Jeff Fineman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco

Note: A 10-minute question and answer session will follow each talk.

Registration for the conference is available online at http://cpmcpediatricfrontiers.eventbrite.com. For other registration methods, contact Beverly Hoover at 415-600-6484 or see the back panel on our brochure.