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  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 1:15 PM ET
    PAS Postgraduate Course: Hot Topics in Pediatric Bioethics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Chair: Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD (he/him/his) – UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital / Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Chair: Naomi T. Laventhal, MD, MA, FAAP, HEC-C (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Medical School
    Clinical BioethicsNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsAdolescent MedicineEndocrinologyCritical CarePalliative CareGenomics/EpigenomicsSocial Media & TechnologyClinical Research
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET
    PAS Postgraduate Course: Neonatal Pulmonology: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia - Back to Basics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Chair: Rita M. Ryan, MD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University
    Chair: Vineet Bhandari, MD DM (he/him/his) – The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper
    NeonatologyPulmonologyBasic ScienceChildren with Chronic ConditionsCore Curriculum for FellowsCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/Epigenomics
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET
    PAS Postgraduate Course: What to do while you wait to hear "It's not the heart:" Hot Topics in Neonatal Cardiac Care
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Chair: Stephanie Ford, MD (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicne
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:00 AM – 7:05 AM ET
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Stephanie Ford, MD (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicne
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:05 AM – 7:15 AM ET
    Why make it so hard? The importance of communication and collaboration, Part I
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Richard Martin, MD (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:15 AM – 7:25 AM ET
    Why make it so hard? The importance of communication and collaboration, Part II
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Christopher Snyder, MD, FACC,FAAP (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:25 AM – 7:55 AM ET
    Lemons into lemonade: The benefits of fetal echocardiography and antenatal consults
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: James Strainic, MD (he/him/his) – UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:55 AM – 8:25 AM ET
    'Rooing in the room: The team approach to delivery room kangaroo care
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Monika Bhola, MD – UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:25 AM – 9:05 AM ET
    Don't Panic: Delivery room resuscitation of neonates with critical congenital heart disease
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Shazia Bhombal, MD – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:05 AM – 9:35 AM ET
    Things that go bump in the night: Interpretation of EKGs and management of arrhythmias
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Christopher Snyder, MD, FACC,FAAP (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:35 AM – 10:05 AM ET
    Growing Pains: Evidence for feeding protocols in neonates with congenital heart disease
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: J Lauren L. Ruoss, MD (she/her/hers) – Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:05 AM – 10:35 AM ET
    Beyond NRP: Codes with cardiac etiologies in the NICU
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Samuel Casella, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:35 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Right ventricles great and small: Management of pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Mjaye L. Mazwi, MD (he/him/his) – Seattle Childrens
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:15 PM – 12:45 PM ET
    Red vs Blue: Perspectives on PDA closure Part I
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Joseph A. Khoury, MD – Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    Red vs Blue: Perspectives on PDA closure Part II
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Samuel Casella, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Q & A / Closing
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Stephanie Ford, MD (she/her/hers) – Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicne
    Adolescent MedicineClinical BioethicsCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatologyPalliative Care
  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Childhood Cancer and the Environment
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Chair: Mark Miller, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, California Environmental Protection Agency
    Academic and Research SkillsAdvocacyChildren with Chronic ConditionsCommunity PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyEnvironmental HealthEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyPublic HealthTobacco Prevention
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:45 PM – 4:10 PM ET
    Environmental Epidemiology of Childhood Cancers
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Academic and Research SkillsAdvocacyChildren with Chronic ConditionsCommunity PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyEnvironmental HealthEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyPublic HealthTobacco Prevention
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:10 PM – 4:35 PM ET
    Developmental Origins of Childhood Cancers: Genes and Environment
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Joseph L. Wiemels, PhD (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Academic and Research SkillsAdvocacyChildren with Chronic ConditionsCommunity PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyEnvironmental HealthEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyPublic HealthTobacco Prevention
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:35 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Integrating Knowledge of Childhood Cancer Risk Factors into Primary Care and Specialty Practice
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Speaker: Mark Miller, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, California Environmental Protection Agency
    Academic and Research SkillsAdvocacyChildren with Chronic ConditionsCommunity PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyEnvironmental HealthEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyPublic HealthTobacco Prevention
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Genomics/Epigenomics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Moderator: De-Ann M. Pillers, MDPhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Moderator: Deepthi Alapati, MD – Nemours Children's Hospital
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    NEW: Society for Pediatric Research Basic/Translational Research Assembly: Delineating pathways regulating development and disease at molecular and cellular resolution
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 714
    Chair: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyInfectious DiseasesNeonatology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 714
    Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyInfectious DiseasesNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    The Genetic Architecture of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: Miguel A. Guardado (he/him/his) – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
    Genomics/Epigenomics
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Molecular Evidence of Sex Effects in Neonates with Prenatal Opioid Exposure
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Yen, MD – Tufts Medicine Pediatrics-Boston Children's
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:25 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Extracellular Vesicles as Therapeutic and Diagnostic Tools
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 714
    Speaker: Augusto Zani, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyInfectious DiseasesNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    DNA methylation as a mediator of the association between NICU morbidities and prospective Bayley Scores at 24 months of age
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: KENYAITA M. HODGE, MPH (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Integrated multi-omics approach reveals the role of SPEG in skeletal muscle including its relationship with myospryn complex
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: Qifei Li, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    DNA methylation scores derived in saliva capture systemic inflammation in preterm infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: Katie Mckinnon, MBBS BA MRCPCH (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:05 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Q & A
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 714
    Speaker: Lillian Juttukonda, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Krithika LIngappan, MD MS PhD – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/EpigenomicsHematology/OncologyInfectious DiseasesNeonatology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Progression Of Leucocyte Telomere Length In The Neonatal Period - The Impact Of Preterm Birth and White Cell Frequencies
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 501
    Presenting Author: Kajsa Bohlin, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Karolinska Institutet
    Genomics/Epigenomics
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Impact of Diversity on Pediatric Pharmacogenetics: Implications for Research and Clinical Implementation
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Chair: Sonya C. Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children' Hospital Medical Center
    Chair: Laura Ramsey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Kansas City
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 8:10 AM ET
    The Case for pharmacogenetics: Prescribing drugs by race is bad medicine (introduction); Q&A session (end)
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Sonya C. Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children' Hospital Medical Center
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:10 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Association of genetic ancestry on pharmacogenetic allele frequency
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Laura Ramsey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Kansas City
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:20 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Diversity of participants in pharmacogenetic research: Needs and opportunities
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Sara L. Van Driest, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:30 AM – 8:40 AM ET
    Engaging indigenous communities in pharmacogenetic research
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Erica L. Woodahl, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:40 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    Genetic ancestry vs pharmacogenetics in kidney transplant
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: H. Rhodes R. Hambrick, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:50 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Case studies in how lack of diverse representation in pharmacogenetic variant panels can impact test results
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    9:00 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    A call to action for implementing pharmacogenetics in diverse populations
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Speaker: Kathryn E. Kyler, MD, MS – Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Sunday, May 5th
    9:10 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Q&A session
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
    Chair: Sonya C. Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children' Hospital Medical Center
    AdvocacyClinical ResearchDiversity, Equity, and InclusionGenomics/EpigenomicsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNephrologyPharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Transient and Persistent Neonatal Hyperglycemia: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Options
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Chair: Sara E. Pinney, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia/ University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Alfonso Galderisi, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Yale School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsClinical ResearchCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Diagnostic challenges of neonatal hyperglycemia : genetics and non-genetic causes
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Michel Polak, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Université Paris Cité, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
    Academic and Research SkillsClinical ResearchCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:20 AM – 8:40 AM ET
    Therapeutic options for neonatal hyperglycemia : when to treat and how to treat
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Elsa Kermorvant, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Paris Cité, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades
    Academic and Research SkillsClinical ResearchCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:40 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Evidence from the bench: hyperglycemia and neonatal neuroretina
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Marianne Berdugo, DVM, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Paris Cité - INSERM 1138
    Academic and Research SkillsClinical ResearchCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatology
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:00 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    Evidence from the clinic: Hyperglycemia and neonatal brain : why to treat - a clinical perspective
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Siri Atma Greeley, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Speaker: Sarbattama Sen, MD (she/her/hers) – Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island
    Academic and Research SkillsClinical ResearchCritical CareEndocrinologyGeneral PediatricsGenomics/EpigenomicsNeonatology
  • 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
    Basic ScienceBreastfeeding/Human MilkClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/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
    Basic ScienceBreastfeeding/Human MilkClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyGenomics/EpigenomicsGlobal Neonatal & Children's HealthNeonatologyPediatric Nutrition