Overview

This half-day symposium for pediatricians, family physicians and other healthcare providers will showcase the latest approach, updates and research related to several common patient issues confronted by primary care providers as well as newer and more complex diseases. Our speakers will address health concerns, share cases and offer guidelines on how to manage the patient. We are excited to present lectures on food allergy prevention, the role of the father in child development, chronic dialysis in children, pediatric pneumonia, hot topics in infectious diseases, birth marks & skin anomalies, and fertility preservation.

4.25 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S)TM

This course is approved for live credit only. It will not be streamed or recorded. 

There is a strict no cancellation policy that allows for cancellations up to 7 days in advance only. Consideration will be given to emergency situations and a transfer to a future event will be offered.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024; 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

This HALF DAY program is VIRTUAL & will STREAM LIVE.

Objectives

• Review data on eczema categorization and tools built to support the pediatric provider
• Current guidelines and emerging evidence on food allergy prevention and early treatment
• Address common dilemmas in implementation of early introduction of peanut 
• Discuss sociocultural shifts in families resulting in increased father engagement
• Describe the inter-relation between father wellbeing with the wellbeing of mothers and children
• Identify ways to engage with fathers in a pediatric setting
• Review of the 2 major outpatient dialysis modalities in children
• Discuss primary pediatric care through the lens of end stage kidney disease
• Discuss the etiology, identify the clinical characteristics, interpret diagnostic testing, and plan the management of children with uncomplicated pneumonia
• Recognize the unique etiologies and plan the management of children at risk for severe or recurrent pneumonia, such as children with cystic fibrosis or immunocompromise
• Discuss evidence for shorter antibiotic duration for common outpatient infections
• Discuss new vaccines and the rationale for updated vaccine recommendations
• Explain when surgery is necessary for pigmented and non-pigmented lesions
• Discuss if management of these lesions can altered by associated risks including a malignant potential and leptomeningeal melanosis
• Discuss when reconstructive options should be used and the difference between the options available and when it might be appropriate to combine the different options.
• Discuss how the optimal reconstructive options vary in different anatomic regions
• Identify which pediatric patients are at risk for infertility and how we assess that risk
• Discuss the options for fertility preservation based on the child’s diagnosis and risk assessment

AGENDA

******THIS COURSE DOES NOT HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS*******

Credit & Accreditation Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. American Board of Surgery Accredited CME and Self-Assessment: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credits. Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures

Lurie Children's CME Leadership & Staff:
Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Course Director; Claudia Cooper,CME Manager

FSM's CME Leadership & Staff:
Clara J. Schroedl, CME Medical Director; Sheryl Corey, CME Manager;  Senior Program Coordinator, Allison McCollum; Administrative Assistant, Rhea Alexis Banks have nothing to disclose.

Nothing listed if there are no disclosures

Speakers / Course Directors:

Ravi Jhaveri, MD

Receives consulting fee from AstraZeneca, Sequirus, and Dynavax and Moderna. Receives royalties and/or is a patent beneficiary of UpToDate. Is an independent contractor for Elsevier and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Receives grant/research support from Glaxo Smith Kline. He is an advisor for Sanofi-Aventis.

Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD

Other Faculty Members / Speakers:

Waheeda Samady, MD

Craig Garfield, MD

Mahima Keswani, MD

Todd Florin, MD

Receives consulting fee from Diasorin.

Arun Gosain, MD

Erin Rowell, MD