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  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET
    PAS Postgraduate Course: Perinatal Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Chair: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Dawn Gano, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET
    Introduction
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:05 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Mary Dunbar, MSc MD MSc FRCPC CSCN EEG (she/her/hers) – University of Calgary
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:30 AM – 8:55 AM ET
    Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis in the Newborn
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Mahendra Moharir, MD, MSc, FRACP – The Hospital for Sick Children
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:55 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    New and Emerging Neuroprotection Strategies for Perinatal Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Fernando F. Gonzalez, MD (he/him/his) – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:20 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    Fetal Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Dawn Gano, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:45 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    Stroke in the Preterm Newborn
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Linda de Vries, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – UMCU
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:10 AM – 10:35 AM ET
    Stroke in the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Thiviya Selvanathan, MD FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:35 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Long-term Outcomes After Perinatal Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Niek E. Van der Aa, MD PhD (he/him/his) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    11:00 AM – 11:25 AM ET
    The Importance of Parent Experience in Newborns with Stroke
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Tricia Williams, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:00 PM – 12:45 PM ET
    Panel Discussion on Stroke Guidelines and Controversies
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Donna M. Ferriero, MD MS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
    NeonatologyNeurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Neonatal Neurology 1: Preterm Clinical
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Moderator: Mireille Guillot, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Medicine Université Laval
    Moderator: Semsa Gogcu, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Maternal psychopathology and SSRI use during pregnancy are associated with altered fetal hippocampal connectivity in utero
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's National Health System
    Neurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Impact of Fetal Inflammatory Response on Brain Abnormalities seen on MRI Imaging in Extremely Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Imran N. Mir, MD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Histologic Chorioamnionitis and Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Viral Jain, MD – University of Alabama School of Medicine
    Neurology
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Brain injury patterns and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants with perinatal asphyxia.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Corline EJ Parmentier, MD (she/her/hers) – University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Minimally Affects Term Equivalent Brain MRI Findings in Extremely Premature Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Janessa Law, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Friday, May 3rd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Associations of Chronic Lung Disease with Brain Development and Long-term Outcomes in Preterm Children
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Presenting Author: Caroline Kim, BASc (she/her/hers) – The University of British Columbia
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    The Science of Rehabilitation in High-Risk Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Chair: Terrie E. Inder, MBChB, MD (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Orange County
    Chair: Carmina Erdei, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:00 AM – 8:10 AM ET
    Introduction to the Current State of the Science and Gaps in Knowledge
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Terrie E. Inder, MBChB, MD (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Orange County
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:10 AM – 8:25 AM ET
    The Neurobiological Basis for Neonatal Rehabilitative Strategies
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Vittorio Gallo, PhD (he/him/his) – Seattle Children's Hospital
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:25 AM – 8:40 AM ET
    Rehabilitative Strategies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for High-risk Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Carmina Erdei, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:40 AM – 8:55 AM ET
    Early Sensory Systems and Implications for Motor Rehabilitation Over the First Year of Life
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Nathalie L. Maitre, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    8:55 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    Rehabilitative Approaches Throughout Early Childhood – What We Know and How to Guide Us?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Speaker: Alicia Spittle, Phd (she/her/hers) – University of melbourne
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Neonatal Neurology 2: Term Clinical
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Moderator: Jill Chang, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Moderator: Mohamed El-Dib, MD – Harvard Medical School
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Antenatal Opioid Exposure is Associated with Punctate White Matter Lesions in Term Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: Stephanie L. Merhar, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Associations Between Antenatal Opioid Exposure and Newborn Functional Brain Connectivity
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's National Health System
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Therapeutic Hypothermia after Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Results in Similar Outcomes by Sex – An Individual Patient Data Mixed Effects Meta-Analysis of Landmark Clinical Trials
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: Thomas R. Wood, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Evolution of Fractional Anisotropy over the First Month of Life in the Context of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Hypothermia and Sildenafil
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: María Jose C. Gomez, MSc. (she/her/hers) – McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Relationship Between Childhood Opportunity Index and Cognitive Outcomes in Early Childhood After Neonatal Encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: Ashley M. Bach, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:30 PM – 11:45 AM ET
    Validation of Neonatal Encephalopathy Scores Using Neurophysiology Measures
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Presenting Author: Emily M. Herzberg, MD (she/her/hers) – Department of Neonatology and Newborn Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Neonatal Neurology 3: Preclinical
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Moderator: Camille Fung, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
    Moderator: Anna Penn, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Pediatric Neurology: Oral Poster Symposia
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Moderator: Thiviya Selvanathan, MD FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Moderator: Andrea Catalina Pardo, MD (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Glutamate receptor (GluR) agonist, 2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine (CHPG), preserves primary myelination disrupted by intermittent hypoxia in neonatal mice.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Casey E. Lamar, MD (he/him/his) – Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    1 - Impaired Neural Speech Tracking in Adolescents with Listening Difficulty: Effects of Talker and Spatial Cues (Poster 1)
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Katsuaki Kojima, MD, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    2 - Brain Structural Abnormalities in Children and Youth with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A 12-Year Retrospective MRI Study
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Diana Valdes Cabrera, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    3 - Multinational surveillance of severe microcephaly in children under 1-year in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and United Kingdom
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Daniel S. Farrar, MPH (he/him/his) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    4 - Concussions in a Pediatric Population: Patient Loss to Follow-up at a Safety-Net Hospital
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Emilia S. Nunez (she/her/hers) – Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    5 - Computational measurement of extra-axial space thickness by MRI: pilot demonstration with clinical relevance
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: M Katherine Henry, MD, MSCE (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    6 - Cyclical trends in Emergency Room visits for Seizures in pediatric patients
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: David Velez, MD (he/him/his) – Cohen Children's Medical Center
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    7 - Find those spots! Non-inferiority of a commercial hand-held blacklight over a Wood’s lamp to facilitate screening for hypomelanotic skin lesions in neurocutaneous disorders
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Micheline Lagacé, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine & the Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto)
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    8 - An Analysis Of Stroke Code Utilization And Outcomes At A Pediatric Quaternary Care Center
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Benjamin Africk, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    9 - The Rarity in Reporting Cardiac Events and their Relationship to Blood Brain Biomarkers: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 1998 to 2023
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Ryan L. Sodemann (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    D-Syn3 Reduced Brain Volume Loss and Affected p-Tau Expression in Neonatal Rats with Exposure to Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Xiaodi Felix Chen, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Human ApoE4 haplotype impairs bioenergetic responses to neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and increases neuroinflammation in mice.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Raul Chavez-Valdez, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Neuroimmune organoids: a model to study role of microglia in human neurodevelopment in physiologic and pathologic conditions.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Samhita Jain, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Intranasal human umbilical Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Augment Therapeutic Hypothermia in a Piglet Hypoxia-Ischemia Model
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Alison Mintoft, MBChB – University College London
    Neurology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Efficacy of Cytoprotective Therapies in Newborn Piglets following Inflammation-Amplified Hypoxia-Ischaemia: a Large Multidrug Preclinical Trial
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 103
    Presenting Author: Raymand Pang, MB ChB, PhD – University College London
    Neurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Hyperglycemia and outcomes after neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Chair: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Paolo Montaldo, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Imperial College London
    EndocrinologyNeonatologyNeurologyTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    The role of non-opioid management in pediatric patients for pain: Is this the new preference?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
    Chair: Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, DO, FAAP, FAAHPM (she/her/hers) – Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
    General PediatricsNeurologyPalliative CareSedation Medicine
     CE Live CME: 1.5
    Pain Management CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET
    Introduction to the opioid crisis, why are parents and providers looking for alternatives? Polypharmacy and interactions?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
    Speaker: Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, DO, FAAP, FAAHPM (she/her/hers) – Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
    General PediatricsNeurologyPalliative CareSedation Medicine
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Pre-clinical studies of brain injury after hyperglycemia in neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Susan S. Cohen, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Wisconsin
    EndocrinologyNeonatologyNeurologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:05 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Acupuncture
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
    Speaker: Shiu-Lin Tsai, MD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    General PediatricsNeurologyPalliative CareSedation Medicine
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:20 AM – 8:35 AM ET
    Interventional Techniques and Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Pain Management
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
    Speaker: Anjali Koka, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
    General PediatricsNeurologyPalliative CareSedation Medicine
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:20 AM – 8:40 AM ET
    Clinical studies of brain injury after hyperglycemia in neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    EndocrinologyNeonatologyNeurologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:35 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    How can we safely and effectively manage pain without using opioids?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
    Speaker: William Zempsky, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Connecticut Children's Medical Center
    General PediatricsNeurologyPalliative CareSedation Medicine
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:40 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Glucose metabolism and treatment considerations in neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Elizabeth Rosenfeld, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    EndocrinologyNeonatologyNeurologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    9:00 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    Next steps towards management of hyperglycemia in neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Paolo Montaldo, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Imperial College London
    EndocrinologyNeonatologyNeurologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The Heart and Brain Unite: Their Interconnections in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Chair: Audrey Hebert, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval
    Chair: Mireille Guillot, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Medicine Université Laval
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Physiopathology of the cardiovascular and brain injury in HIE and the impact of therapeutic hypothermia and rewarming
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Audrey Hebert, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Special hemodynamic considerations in HIE: how optimizing cardiovascular management can impact the brain
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Patrick J. McNamara, MB, BCH, BAO, DCH, MSc (Paeds), MRCP, MRCPCH, FASE – University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Multimodal brain and cardiovascular monitoring in HIE
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Zachary A. Vesoulis, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Brain and heart: experimental treatment modalities in HIE
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Pia Wintermark, MD – McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Optimizing long term neurological and cardiovascular health after HIE
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 206 BD
    Speaker: Mireille Guillot, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Medicine Université Laval
    CardiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Perinatal Brain Club: Promoting Brain Health of Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Chair: Steven P. Miller, MDCM FRCPC (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Christopher D. Smyser, MD, MSCI (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 12:35 PM ET
    Introduction
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Steven P. Miller, MDCM FRCPC (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:35 PM – 12:50 PM ET
    Fetal Brain Health and long term outcomes
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Caitlin K. Rollins, MD, SM (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:50 PM – 1:05 PM ET
    Intensive Care Approaches to Promoting Brain Health
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Justin Elhoff, MD, MSCR – Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada - Las Vegas
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    1:05 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    Promoting Neurodevelopmental outcomes – role of the social determinants of health
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    1:35 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Christopher D. Smyser, MD, MSCI (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    CardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthMental HealthNeonatologyNeurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Children, Youth, and Cannabis: What Does the Evidence Say?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Chair: Amy Yule, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Medicine
    Chair: Evangelia Lila Amirali, MD, FRCPC, DFAPA, MMGMT (IMHL) (she/her/hers) – CHU Sainte-Justine
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Neonatal Neurology 4: Neurodevelopment
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Moderator: Amr El Shahed, Staff Neonatologist (he/him/his) – University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
    Moderator: Tara L. DuPont, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah School of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024: State, Needs, Barriers, and Solutions
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Chair: Christiane EL Dammann, MD (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
    Chair: Maria Trent, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Chair: Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD FAAP (he/him/his) – UC Davis Children's Hospital
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-beingTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 2:10 PM ET
    Introduction
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Christiane EL Dammann, MD (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Population-level relationships between cannabis and adolescent brain health
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Patricia Conrod, PhD, Clin Psych – Universite de Montreal Faculty of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    In utero SSRI exposure alters fetal cerebral cortical development and structural brain connectivity
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's National Health System
    Neurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:10 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the AAP
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Benjamin Hoffman, MD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Cannabis and Psychosis: population trends and clinical presentation among youth
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Evangelia Lila Amirali, MD, FRCPC, DFAPA, MMGMT (IMHL) (she/her/hers) – CHU Sainte-Justine
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Updated, Severity-based Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Definition and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 18-22 months’ corrected age
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Mireille Guillot, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Medicine Université Laval
    Neurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:20 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the NMA
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: William C. Golden, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:30 PM – 2:40 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of AMSPDC
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD (he/him/his) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Treatment of co-occurring cannabis use disorder and psychotic disorders in the context of social and health inequities.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Amy Yule, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Neurodevelopmental outcomes and mortality after IVH grade 3-4: a population matched cohort study
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Philippa Rees, BSc (Hons) MPhil MBBCh MRCPCH – UCL Institute of Child Health
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:40 PM – 2:50 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the ABP
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – American Board of Pediatrics
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Cannabis poisoning in children
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Speaker: Yaron Finkelstein, MD (he/him/his) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Cerebellar GABA and Glutamate Concentrations at Term-equivalent age Predicts 18-month Cognitive Deficits in Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Sudeepta K. Basu, MD (he/him/his) – Children's National Health System
    Neurology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    2:50 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the NICHD
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Karen Winer, MD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:00 PM – 3:10 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the SPR
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Q & A
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 A
    Adolescent MedicineBasic ScienceClinical ResearchGeneral PediatricsInjury PreventionMental HealthNeurologyPublic Health
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Morphine Exposure in the NICU in Relation to Thalamic Volume and Autism Spectrum Symptoms at Age 8 Years in Children Born Very Preterm
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Cecil M Y Chau (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:10 PM – 3:20 PM ET
    The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the APS
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 105
    Speaker: Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Bethesda, MD
    Adolescent MedicineAdvocacyAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyAsthmaBasic ScienceCardiologyCareer DevelopmentChild Abuse & NeglectCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsDevelopmental BiologyDiversity, Equity, and InclusionEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesMedical EducationMental HealthNeonatologyNephrologyNeurologyPublic HealthWellness and Well-being
  • Sunday, May 5th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Neurodevelopmental outcomes prediction in newborns with seizures caused by KCNQ2 gene defects
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
    Presenting Author: Zhelan Huang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children’s Hospital of Fudan University
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Neuroplacentology: Placental Connections to Brain Development and Neurologic Outcomes
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Chair: Anna Penn, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Chair: Rachel L. Leon, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    Chair: Imran N. Mir, MD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Placental Hormones in Brain Development and Injury
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Anna Penn, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:20 AM – 8:35 AM ET
    Chronic Placental Inflammation and Postnatal Cerebrovascular Response in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Rachel L. Leon, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    Impact of Placental Inflammation on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Term and Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Imran N. Mir, MD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:50 AM – 9:05 AM ET
    Influence of Placental Dysfunction on Early Brain Development in CHD: Novel Insights using MRI
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Vidya Rajagopalan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:05 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    CRISPR Modification of Placental Igf-1 and Neurobehavioral Outcomes
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 CD
    Speaker: Hanna Stevens, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
    Basic ScienceClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyNeurology
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Neonatal Neurology 5: Oral Poster Symposia
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Moderator: Oscar DeLaGarza-Pineda, n/a (he/him/his) – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
    Moderator: Rakesh Rao, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Neurology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    1 - Improved prediction of fetal neurobiological features by censoring high-motion frames in fetal functional MRI
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Junghoon Kim, PhD (he/him/his) – Children's National Health System
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    2 - Long-range fetal cortico-subcortical connectivity development in the third trimester.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Allyson J. Wood, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Galway
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    3 - Inequalities in national rates of perinatal brain injuries related to ethnicity and deprivation
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: James W H Webbe, PhD MRCPCH (he/him/his) – Imperial College London
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    4 - Temporal Trends in Severe Brain Injury and Associated Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Abdul Razak, MD (he/him/his) – Monash University
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    5 - Neonatal dysglycemia and resting-state networks measured with magnetoencephalography at early school-age after neonatal encephalopathy
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Micheline Lagacé, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine & the Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto)
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    6 - A Novel Neonatal Brain Injury Score for Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Sandy Johng, MD (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's Hospital
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    7 - Harmonizing multisite neonatal diffusion-weighted brain MRI data
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Alexandra F. Bonthrone, PhD (she/her/hers) – Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    8 - Unsupervised Neonatal Brain MRI Harmonization: An Iterative Deep Learning Approach for large multicenter imaging trials
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 203
    Presenting Author: Farzad Beizaee, PhD student – École de technologie supérieure
    Neurology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25