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  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET
    PAS Postgraduate Course: Building a World Without NEC: A PAS Post-Graduate Course on Necrotizing Enterocolitis
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Chair: Camilia Martin, MD. MS (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Chair: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 7:30 AM ET
    Why Models of NEC Are Critical for Scientific Progress
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Steven McElroy, MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:30 AM – 8:00 AM ET
    What Are the Scientific Gaps in the NEC Field
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: mickey s. caplan, MD (he/him/his) – northshore university healthsystem/endeavor health
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    The Interplay of Gastrointestinal Development and Intestinal Injury in Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Camilia Martin, MD. MS (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Using Epidemiology to Understand Where We Are with NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Khyzer Aziz, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Applying Implementation Science to NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Margaret Parker, MD, MPH – UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Let's Start Improving Today: Use of QI Methodology to Reduce the Incidence of NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Amy T. Nathan, MD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Building and Spreading a NEC Prevention Bundle
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Robert Ursprung, MD, MMSc (he/him/his) – Pediatrix Medical Group
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    The NEC Society's Vision for a World without NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Jennifer M. Canvasser, MSW (she/her/hers) – NEC Society
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Developing a Novel Treatment for NEC-Associated Brain Injury: A Clinicians Perspective on Drug Development
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Eric J. Benner, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    Targeting NEC-Associated Inflammatory Injury: A Perspective from Industry
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Robert W. Boyce (he/him/his) – Plakous Therapeutics, Inc.
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    The Regulatory Environments for Prevention and Treatment For NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Jonathan M. Davis, MD (he/him/his) – Tufts University School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkCareer DevelopmentGastroenterology/HepatologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk 1
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Moderator: Lindsay Ellsworth, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Medical School
    Moderator: Ariel A. Salas, MD, MSPH – University of Alabama School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Quantifying the association of breast pump use and breastfeeding duration using CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Deanna Nardella, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Racial Differences in Receipt of Baby-Friendly Breastfeeding Support Practices
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Katherine R. Standish, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mother’s Milk Initiation and Continuation among Mothers of Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Nikita S. Kalluri, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Human milk macronutrient composition in an exclusively breastfeeding cohort: Relationships with maternal and infant health
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Ellen W. Demerath, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota School of Public Health
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Associations of Maternal Body Mass Index and Milk Feeding Practices with Growth Trajectories throughout Infancy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Maternal age and principal sociodemographic variables that predict formula supplementation during newborn hospitalization
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Georgette Richardson, PhD Psychology (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Bilirubin Club
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Chair: Timothy M. Bahr, MD – Intermountain Health/University of Utah
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Focus Group
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Chair: Camilia Martin, MD. MS (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatologyTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 12:38 PM ET
    Uniting Against a Rare Disease: Collaborative Approaches to Necrotizing Enterocolitis Research
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Misty Good, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 12:40 PM ET
    Introduce Discussion of the Advances in "Pixels" of Jaundice for Telehealth
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Timothy M. Bahr, MD – Intermountain Health/University of Utah
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:38 PM – 12:56 PM ET
    From an audacious idea to an international movement: how the NEC Society is building a world without NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Jennifer M. Canvasser, MSW (she/her/hers) – NEC Society
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:40 PM – 12:45 PM ET
    Lois H. Johnson and her Champions of Bilirubin
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Ronald J. Wong, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:45 PM – 12:55 PM ET
    Introduce Discussion of the Advances in "Physics" of Jaundice for Telehealth
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Daniele De luca, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Paris Saclay University
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:55 PM – 1:05 PM ET
    Mount Sinai Newborn G6PD screening Strategy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Sarah Milburn, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:56 PM – 1:04 PM ET
    Five New Studies in NEC: Research Advances in the Field
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:04 PM – 1:22 PM ET
    Understanding neurodevelopmental and long-term outcomes after NEC: Opportunities for improvement
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Susan R. Hintz, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:05 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    Telehealth of Newborn Jaundice
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Tina M. Slusher, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota Medical School
    AdvocacyAwardsBreastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchHematology/OncologyNeonatologyQuality Improvement/Patient Safety
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:22 PM – 1:40 PM ET
    Opportunities, Challenges and Updates on Large Clinical Trials for NEC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
    Speaker: Chris Gale, PhD MSc MBBS (he/him/his) – Imperial College London
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkChildren with Chronic ConditionsGastroenterology/HepatologyHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk 2
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Moderator: Charles T. Wood, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Duke University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Carol L. Wagner, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Associations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Brain Size in Very Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Margaret L. Ong, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    An Innovative Approach to Increase Fat and Calorie Delivery of Donor Human Milk in the NICU
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Caitlin Irwin, DO (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    An Enhanced Fortification Strategy for Human Milk to Meet Preterm Infant Nutritional Targets
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Ting Ting Fu, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    B-Vitamins: Preliminary Findings from a Global Study to Characterize Nutrients in Human Milk from Approved Milk Bank Donors
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Maryanne T. Perrin, PhD, MBA, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina Greensboro
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Characterization of the Extracellular Vesicles in Human Milk and Infant Formulas
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Monica Hanna, MD – The Children’s Medical Center at NYU Winthrop Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Comprehensive analysis of breastmilk macronutrients in relation to maternal gravidity, neonatal gender and gestational age: A Prospective Observational Study
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
    Presenting Author: Sushma Nangia, MBBS, MD, DM – Lady Hardinge Medical College & Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human Milk
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Milk Club: Optimizing human milk delivery to the most vulnerable infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Chair: Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Chair: Sarah Keim, PhD MA MS (she/her/hers) – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 12:40 PM ET
    Welcome to Milk Club
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Sarah Keim, PhD MA MS (she/her/hers) – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:40 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    Optimizing human milk in the NICU: Best practices in human milk fortification
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Sharon L. Unger, MD, FRCP(C) (she/her/hers) – Sinai Health
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Sunday, May 5th
    1:20 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Community Supports for Human Milk Feeding among Families Facing Challenging Life Circumstances
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Alison Mildon, PhD RD – University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthHealth Services ResearchNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    Perinatal Nutrition and Metabolism Club
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Chair: Cynthia Blanco, MD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    Chair: Mandy Belfort, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Chair: Gustave H. Falciglia, MD MSCI MSHQPS – Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGenomics/EpigenomicsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:30 AM – 2:00 AM ET
    Fatty Acids in the Perinatal Period, a Path for Evidence Based Supplementation
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Camilia Martin, MD. MS (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkGenomics/EpigenomicsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Updates on human milk analysis for nutrient content: what clinicians need to know
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Chair: Mandy Belfort, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    1 - Variability of human milk: so what? (Why clinicians need to know about human milk analysis)
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Sharon L. Unger, MD, FRCP(C) (she/her/hers) – Sinai Health
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:20 PM – 1:40 PM ET
    Gold standards for protein, carbs, fat, and energy in human milk: what clinicians need to know about human milk analysis
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Deborah O'Connor, PhD RD – Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:40 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Experiences integrating human milk analysis in a clinical setting
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Mandy Belfort, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition
  • Monday, May 6th
    2:00 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Human milk analysis: implications when using donor human milk
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Maryanne T. Perrin, PhD, MBA, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina Greensboro
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition