December 8-11, 2013 - Hot Topics in Neonatology

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December 8-11, 2013 - Hot Topics in Neonatology
Office of Continuing Medical Education
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Wilmington, DE 19803
Omni Shoreham Hotel | Washington, DC
December 8-11, 2013
Join us for TWO great conferences over four days:
Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics
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Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics
Join us for TWO great conferences over four days:
December 6-9, 2015
Marriott Marquis | Washington, D.C.
Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference Faculty
®
PROGRAM CHAIR
Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA
Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University
Pediatrician-in-Chief
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Alice Goffman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
FACULTY
Fernando Althabe, MD
Adjunct Professor of Public Health
University of Buenos Aires
Director, Department of Mother and
Child Health Research
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACP
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Adelaide
Medical Unit Head, Neonatal Medicine
Women and Children’s Hospital
Adelaide, Australia
Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Child Health
Newcastle University
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
James J. Cummings, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Albany Medical College
Vice Chair of Pediatrics
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Juliann Di Fiore, BSEE
Research Engineer
Case Western Reserve University
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio
Judy D’Ilario, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
McMaster University – Neonatal Trials Group
NICU Staff Nurse
McMaster Children’s Hospital
Ontario, Canada
Hege Ersdal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Studies
University of Stavanger, Norway
External Principal Investigator of the
“Safer Births” Project, Tanzania
Attending Anaesthesiologist
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
PROGRAM CHAIR
Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Attending Neonatologist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Alan W. Flake, MD
Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman
School of Medicine
Attending Surgeon
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhD
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Monash University
Director of the Ritchie Centre
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MD
Department of Neonatology
The National University Hospital - Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Giancarlo Natalucci, MD
Privat Dozent
University of Zurich
Consultant in Neonatology and
Behavioral/Developmental Pediatrics
Zurich University Hospital
Zurich, Switzerland
Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPath Section of Neonatology
Dee Lyons/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric
Aurora, Colorado
Genomic Medicine
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RD
Kansas City, Missouri
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
Angela Kribs, MD
Senior Associate Scientist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Cologne, Germany
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Children’s Hospital Department of Neonatology
and Pediatric Intensive Care
Chirag J. Patel, PhD
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Assistant Professor
Cologne, Germany
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD
Boston, Massachusetts
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Developmental Biology
DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH
University at Buffalo
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Harvard Medical School
Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Neonatologist-in-Chief
Buffalo, New York
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Abbot R. Laptook, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics
Medical Director, NICU
and Gynaecology
Women and Infants Hospital
St. Michael’s Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jørgen E. Linde, MD
PhD Fellow in Neonatology
Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM
Pediatric Department
Kristine Sandberg Knisely Chair in Neonatology
Stavanger University Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
Stavanger, Norway
University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia
Gianluca Lista, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neonatologist in Chief
Neonatal Trials Group
Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital
McMaster University
Milan, Italy
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sarah S. Long, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRS
Family Resource Specialist
Women & Infants Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
MODERATORS
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Attending Neonatologist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peter G. Davis, MD
Professor
University of Melbourne
Professor/Director of Neonatology
The Royal Women’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD
Emeritus Eliza Henry Barnes
Professor of Neonatology
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Jerold F. Lucey, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus
Wallace Professor of Neonatology, Emeritus
University of Vermont
Editor-in-Chief, Pediatrics, Emeritus
Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD, FAAP
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania
Endowed Chair and Director, Pediatric
Anesthesiology Research
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neil Finer, MD
Professor Emeritus
University of California, San Diego
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Babies
San Diego, California
Carl Bose, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Attending Physician
North Carolina Children’s Hospital
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
CHAIR EMERITUS
Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA
Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University
Pediatrician-in-Chief
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Professor of Perinatal Nursing &
Victoria Niklas, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief, Division of Neonatology and
Neonatal Services
Olive View UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Berndt Urlesberger, MD
Professor of Neonatology
Medical University of Graz
Head, Division of Neonatology
Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Nurse Researcher & Director of the
Lactation Program
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Howard Stein, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
University of Toledo
Medical Director, NICU
Promedica Toledo Children’s Hospital
Toledo, Ohio
Kevin A. Strauss, MD
Medical Director
Clinic for Special Children
Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Karl Sylvester, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Attending Surgeon, Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital Stanford
Palo Alto, California
Veeral N. Tolia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Neonatologist
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C)
Staff Neonatologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Medical Director, Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD
Professor of Neonatology
University of Amsterdam
Head, NICU
Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BC
Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University
Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee
Myra Wyckoff, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Director, Newborn Resuscitation Services
Parkland Hospital
Dallas, Texas
John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief of Neonatology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Univ. Klinik für Kinder – und Jugendheilkunde Graz
Graz, Austria
Myra Wyckoff, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Director, Newborn Resuscitation Services
Parkland Hospital
Dallas, Texas
John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief of Neonatology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
PRE-CONFERENCE FACULTY
P R E -C O N F E R E N C E S C H E D U L E
Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Quality Improvement Director
Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, December 5, 2015
PROGRAM CHAIRS
NEONATAL QUALITY AT HOT TOPICS
Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
Neonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Quality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service Line
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, Delaware
4 – 6 p.m. FACULTY
7 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. Introduction
Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS and Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc
8:05 a.m. Keynote Address: Has Quality Improvement (QI) Improved the Care of NICU Babies?
Alan R. Spitzer, MD
QI Strategies to Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis
9:05 a.m. Exclusive Human Milk-Based Diet
Amy B. Hair, MD
9:25 a.m.
Use of Lactoferrin and Probiotics
Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhD
9:45 a.m.
Using Feeding Protocols
Pauline Graziano, APN, NNP-BC
10:05 a.m.
Panel Discussion
10:20 a.m.
Break/Refreshments
Using QI to Improve Outcomes: Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
10:45 a.m. Best Practices in BPD Prevention
Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH
11:05 a.m.
Quality Improvement Approaches to BPD
Jay P. Goldsmith, MD
11:25 a.m.
Implementing Quality Improvement for BPD
Alan Picarillo, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
noon Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 1
How to Publish a QI Paper
Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
QI Tools for the Neonatologist
Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD
Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now
Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?
Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC
2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 2
How to Publish a QI Paper
Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
QI Tools for the Neonatologist
Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD
Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now
Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?
Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC
4 p.m.
Adjourn
Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC
Adjunct Faculty
School of Nursing/College of Health Sciences
University of Delaware
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Nursing Research Facilitator
Christiana Care Health System
Wilmington, Delaware
Alan de Klerk, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Central Florida
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Orlando, Florida
Jay P. Goldsmith, MD
Elsie Schaefer Chair in Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pauline D. Graziano, MS, APN, NNP-BC
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Albany Medical Center College
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Quality Improvement Director
Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Amy B. Hair, MD
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director of Neonatal Nutrition
Director of NICU Intestinal Rehab Team
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perinatal Institute and James M. Anderson Center for
Health Systems Excellence
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neonatologist
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhD
Neonatology and NICU
S. Anna Hospital
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della
Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Torino, Italy
Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
Neonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Quality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service Line
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, Delaware
Alan Picarillo, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chief, Division of Neonatology
UMassMemorial Healthcare
Worcester, Massachusetts
Alan R. Spitzer, MD
Senior Vice President for Research, Education and Quality
Mednax, Inc./Pediatrix Medical Group
Sunrise, Florida
Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH
Affiliated Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Central Florida
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics
Physician Liaison, Office of Quality and Safety
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Orlando, Florida
Registration
Sunday, December 6, 2015
CONF E R E N C E S CHEDULE
HOT TOPICS IN NEONATOLOGY
®
Sunday, December 6, 2015
9:30 a.m. Evidence-Based Strategies to Ensure Human Milk & Breastfeeding
During & Beyond the NICU Stay – Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
9:45 a.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits
GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES
Moderator – Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA
THE JEROLD F. LUCEY, MD, LECTURESHIP and KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:15 a.m. Long-Term Outcomes of Erythropoietin in Preterms* – Giancarlo Natalucci, MD
Moderator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc
10:45 a.m. The Vitamin A Shortage and CLD* – Veeral N. Tolia, MD
5 – 6 p.m.
11:15 a.m. Choosing Wisely: Opportunities to Increase Value in Newborn Medicine*
– DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH
11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City – Alice Goffman, PhD
6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception
Monday, December 7, 2015
7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
– Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA, and Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc
GENETICS
Moderator – Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD
1:15 p.m. Rapid Genome Sequencing for Genetic Diagnosis in Newborns*
– Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPath
1:45 p.m. Tissue Transplant for Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Longitudinal Insights and
New Frontiers* – Kevin A. Strauss, MD
Moderator – Myra Wyckoff, MD
2:15 p.m. A Health Economic Approach to Expensive Technology – John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD
8:30 a.m. ILCOR New Recommendations – Myra Wyckoff, MD
8:50 a.m. Aeration of the Lung at Delivery – Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhD
2:30 p.m. Big Data Streams to Elucidate the Role of Environment in Pediatric Outcomes*
– Chirag J. Patel, PhD
9:10 a.m. Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy – Angela Kribs, MD
3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibit
9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
10 a.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits
RESUSCITATION AND NEW ILCOR GUIDELINES
NEW HORIZONS FOR VENTILATION
Moderator – Peter G. Davis, MD
10:30 a.m. Electrical Impedance Tomography: From Research to Clinical Tool in
Newborn Infants* – Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD
11 a.m. Sustained Inflation and Its Role in Delivery Room Management* – Gianluca Lista, MD
11:30 a.m. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assistance in Neonates* – Howard Stein, MD
noon Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits
GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES
Moderator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSC
1:30 p.m. Aerosolized Surfactant – Safety and Tolerability of Lucinactant for
Inhalation in Preterm Infants* – Neil Finer, MD
2 p.m. Can You Hemodialyze Your Premature Infant?* – Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD
2:30 p.m. Extracorporeal Support of the Premature Infant: The Artificial Placenta/Uterus*
– Alan W. Flake, MD
3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits
CEREBRAL OXYGEN MONITORING
Moderator – Berndt Urlesberger, MD
3:30 p.m. Oxygen Extraction – Use for Prediction of Outcome* – Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACP
4 p.m. Niroscopy in Cardiac OR* – Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD, FAAP
4:30 p.m. RCT of Cerebral Saturation Boundaries* – Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MD
5 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 –
6:30 p.m. Reception
GLOBAL NEONATOLOGY
Moderator – Carl Bose, MD
3:30 p.m. Antenatal Corticosteroid Trials in Low Resourced Settings* – Fernando Althabe, MD
4 p.m. Helping Babies Survive Educational Programs for Health Care Providers
– Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH , FAAP
4:20 p.m. The “Safer Births” Research Project in Tanzania – New Knowledge Using Innovative Resuscitation Equipment– Jørgen E. Linde, MD, and Hege Ersdal, MD, PhD
4:50 p.m. Panel Discussion/ Q & A
5 p.m. A Randomized Trial of Hypothermia for Encephalopathy in Premature Infants 33-35 Weeks Gestation: Rationale and Study Design of a New Trial – Abbot R. Laptook, MD
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
CLINICAL PEARLS
Moderator – John A.F. Zupancic, MD, ScD
8 a.m. Using a Count of 3 Neonatal Morbidities to Select Very Low Birth Weight Children for Prolonged Follow-Up* – Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM
8:30 a.m. Early Onset Sepsis and Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections in the NICU*
– Sarah S. Long, MD
9 a.m. Partnering with Parents, the Medical Home and Community Providers to Improve Transition Services for High-Risk Preterm Infants: Role of Family Resource Specialists*
– Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRS
9:30 a.m. The NNP Workforce Survey: Findings, Challenges and Planning for the Future
– Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BC
9:45 a.m. Break
WHAT OXYGEN SATURATION SHOULD WE USE? ARE WE ANY FURTHER?
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Moderator – Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD
10:15 a.m. Fellow Abstract Presentation
7 a.m. 10:30 a.m. GRADING the Oxygen Trials in Preterms – Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD
Registration/Continental Breakfast
NUTRITION
Moderator – Victoria Niklas, MD
8 a.m. Measuring Growth – Ethnicity Matters* – Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc
8:30 a.m. Growth and Health Outcomes in Donor Human Milk Fed VLBW Infants:
Results from the DoMINO RCT* – Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RD, and
Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C)
9 a.m. Metabolism in Preemies, Biology and Association with Disease* – Karl Sylvester, MD
10:50 a.m. Lessons Learned From Pulse Oximetry – Juliann Di Fiore, BSEE
11:10 a.m. AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn Clinical Report on Oxygen
Targeting in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants– James J. Cummings, MD
11:30 a.m. Staying on Target: What Helps and What Doesn’t? A Nursing Perspective on Oxygen Saturation Monitoring – Judy D’Ilario, RN
11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion
12:15 p.m. Adjourn
* Talk includes 10 minutes for audience questions and discussion.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Site The program will be held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
This brand new hotel is designed to reflect its surroundings and has four
on-property restaurants. Conveniently located near Penn Quarter, DC City
Center, the Verizon Center, Union Station Chinatown and the National Mall,
this downtown Washington, D.C. hotel makes it easy to explore the city’s best
attractions. For more information, please visit www.HotTopics.org and click
on the hotel tab.
Accommodations Rooms have been reserved at the Marriott Marquis
Washington D.C. at a special conference rate of $274 per night single or
double occupancy, not including sales tax. Please make your reservations
through the Marriott Marquis’ Reservation Department at (800) 228-9290
or through the www.HotTopics.org website. Please ask to be assigned to
the Hot Topics in Neonatology® room block in order to receive the special
conference rate. The conference rate is only available for reservations made
before Monday, November 9, 2015, and is based on availability. Group rates
will be offered three (3) days prior and (3) days after the meeting dates, based
on availability.
Americans with Disabilities Act In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the duPont Hospital for Children will provide modifications
in teaching methodologies to accommodate individual needs. To request
disability accommodations, contact the Office of Continuing Medical
Education at least 15 days in advance of the program at (302) 651-6750.
COURSE REGISTRATION
Fees
NEW THIS YEAR: Lower registration fees for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health.
The conference registration fee for the Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics Preconference is $100 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health, and $200
for all other registrants.
The conference registration fee for Hot Topics in Neonatology® is $400 for
fellows, residents, nursing and allied health, and $750 for all other registrants.
These fees include all course materials and refreshments as noted on the
schedule. There is no additional charge for CME credit.
The hotel often sells out well before the conference date. Please reserve your
hotel room and make your conference registration early!
AGAIN THIS YEAR! A $100 discount on Hot Topics registration for
clinicians who are members of the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine and TECaN.
A Suite Deal for Early Registrants All conference attendees whose
PLEASE NOTE: There is no audiovisual room in 2015 – all attendees will be
in the same general session room, as opposed to being split into two rooms as
in previous years.
registration is received by October 2, 2015 and who register to stay at the
Marriott Marquis, will be entered in a drawing to win a free upgrade to a
one bedroom suite for the evenings of December 5, 6, 7 and 8. This large,
luxurious suite includes a bedroom and separate living room.
Accreditation Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Nemours designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA
Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Registration Advance registration is required and should be received by
November 6, 2015. All registrations received by this date will be confirmed
via email. Registration is limited and will be honored in the order of the date
received.
TO REGISTER WITH A CHECK: Return the completed registration form with full payment using
check (payable to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children) to the Continuing Medical
Education Office, duPont Hospital for Children, PO Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899.
TO REGISTER WITH A CREDIT CARD: If you are paying by MasterCard, VISA, American Express or
Discover Card, please complete the registration form found online at www.hottopics.org
Learning Objectives Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics will offer presentations Cancellation Policy A refund, less a $100 processing fee, will be given for
and workshops designed to help neonatal clinicians improve the care they
provide at the bedside. It will open with a keynote address by a national
leader that will review the impact of quality improvement (QI) on neonatal
care. There will be panel discussions on necrotizing enterocolotis and
bronchopulmonary dysplasia that focus on how quality improvement
methods can reduce the burden of these morbidities, and breakout sessions
with hands-on training in essential skills needed to carry out a successful
QI Project from inception through completion and publication.
The faculty at Hot Topics in Neonatology® will review current levels of
evidence and practice in the areas of neonatology and perinatology. The
program will include talks and discussion on the newest research on the
diagnosis, prevention and treatment of health problems in the neonate, as
well as long-term follow-up for the NICU graduate. Hot Topics seeks to
involve clinicians from around the globe in the debate around both existing
and emerging therapies and neonatal science, with the goal of providing
clinicians with implementable practice change.
Posters Posters for both the Quality and Hot Topics conferences will be
accepted for continuous display during breaks, and before and after
receptions. Posters must be on a subject that is being presented at the meeting.
Please indicate Quality Conference in the subject line of your email if you are
submitting an abstract for the Quality Conference.
NEW THIS YEAR: Clinicians currently enrolled in a fellowship who wish to submit their
abstracts for consideration for the Hot Topics in Neonatology Award for Fellows, should
indicate Fellow in the subject line of their submission email. The author of the winning
abstract will be asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation, which will be given at Hot
Topics in Neonatology™ the morning of Wednesday, December 9, 2015, and will receive
complimentary conference registration and hotel.
For more information on abstract requirements and submission, please check
our website – www.HotTopics.org. Deadline is October 1.
Syllabus In the interest of running a greener meeting, all registrants will have
access to an online syllabus, which can be viewed from a computer, smart
phone or tablet before or during the conference. There will be free WiFi in
the meeting rooms. You may still order a print syllabus when you register if
you would like, for a small additional fee.
WRITTEN cancellations received before November 1, 2015. No refunds will
be given after this date. Nemours is not responsible for any cancellation or
change fees assessed by hotels, airlines or travel agencies.
Disclosure Policy As a provider accredited by the ACCME, Nemours must
ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational
activities. All faculty involved in the development of CME content are required
to disclose to Nemours their relevant financial relationships. An individual
has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in
any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose
products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which
the individual has control. Nemours has policies in place to resolve potential
financial conflicts of interest. Relevant financial relationships will be disclosed
to the activity audience.
For More Information CONTACT KAREN BIDUS, (302) 651-6752, or kbidus@nemours.org
Commercial Support This program may be supported in part by unrestricted
educational grants in accordance with ACCME Standards. At the time of
this printing, a list of commercial supporters was not available. Appropriate
acknowledgement will be given to all exhibitors and supporters in conference
materials and at the time of the meeting.
Being held in conjunction with Hot Topics:
5th Annual Bubble CPAP & Non-Invasive Respiratory Management of the
Neonate Conference | December 5-6, 2015 | Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C.
www.bubblecpap.org
PROGRAM FACILITATORS: The George Washington University School of Medicine and
Health Sciences
This two-day course will provide members of the neonatal critical care team with a
comprehensive overview, practical strategies and lectures on ventilation and instruction
on the correct use of Bubble CPAP in infants with respiratory distress. This conference
will include both didactic and hands-on instruction and will be presented by a
multidisciplinary panel of experts.
REGISTRATION FORM
Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics
December 6, 2015
Hot Topics in Neonatology®
December 6-9, 2015
Registration deadline: November 6, 2015 Register with credit card online at www.HotTopics.org
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FEES: Full payment is due with registration
NEONATAL QUALITY AT HOT TOPICS
December 6, 2015
_____$100 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health
_____$200 all other registrants
HOT TOPICS IN NEONATOLOGY®
Quality Conference attendees, please number (1,2,3,4) in order of preference
for each session:
Concurrent Session One – 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
SYLLABUS: An ONLINE SYLLABUS accessible by smartphone, tablet
_____ How to Publish a QI Paper
_____ QI Tools for the Neonatologist
_____ Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now
_____ QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?
Concurrent Session Two – 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
December 6-9, 2015
_____ $400 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health
_____ $750 for all other registrants
or computer will be available to all registrants, and there will be Internet
available in the conference rooms. A printed syllabus can be ordered for
a small additional cost.
In addition to the online syllabus, I would like to order a printed version:
_____ $30 Printed Syllabus
_____ How to Publish a QI Paper
_____ QI Tools for the Neonatologist
_____ Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now
_____ QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?
Enclosed is my check for $_____ made payable to Nemours in U.S.
Dollars. Please include name of registrant on memo line.
Register with credit card online at www.HotTopics.org
Send check and completed registration form to:
(Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover Card)
or Enclosed is my check for $_____ made payable to Nemours in
U.S. Dollars. Please include name of registrant on memo line.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
November 6, 2015
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Attn: Office of Continuing Medical Education
PO Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Karen Bidus, (302) 651-6752, or kbidus@nemours.org