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  • 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
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    SPR Presidential Plenary: Innovative Discoveries to Transform Child Health Across the Translational Spectrum
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 B
    Chair: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    AdvocacyBasic ScienceClinical ResearchInfectious DiseasesPharmacology and TherapeuticsPublic HealthPulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:15 PM – 9:00 PM ET
    Lung Club
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Canadian Room
    Chair: Steve Abman, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Chair: Robin Steinhorn, MD – University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
    Basic ScienceCardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.75
  • Friday, May 3rd
    7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    Early Origins of Adult Respiratory Disease
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Concert Hall
    Speaker: Anne Greenough, MD(Cantab), MB BS, DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH – King's College London
    Basic ScienceCardiologyClinical ResearchCritical CareDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Controversies in Pediatric Pneumonia: A Pro/Con Debate
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Chair: Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:00 AM – 11:10 AM ET
    PRO: Chest radiography is the gold standard for pneumonia diagnosis
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:10 AM – 11:20 AM ET
    CON: Chest radiography is the gold standard for pneumonia diagnosis
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Mark I. Neuman, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:20 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    PRO: All children with CAP should receive antibiotics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:30 AM – 11:40 AM ET
    CON: All children with CAP should receive antibiotics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Derek Williams, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:40 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    PRO: VATS is the most effective initial intervention for moderate-to-large parapneumonic effusions and empyemas
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Deb Palazzi, MD, MEd – Baylor College of Medicine
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    11:50 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CON: VATS is the most effective initial intervention for moderate-to-large parapneumonic effusions and empyemas
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Michelle Gill, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Critical CareEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic HealthPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    NICU Follow-up Club
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Canadian Room
    Chair: Raye-Ann deRegnier, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Chair: Yvette R. Johnson, MD, MPH – Cook Children's Hospital
    Chair: RICKI GOLDSTEIN, MD – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Deborah Campbell, MD (she/her/hers) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Children with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatologyPediatric NutritionPulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:30 PM – 12:55 PM ET
    Supporting development in infants with severe BPD: Hospital to home
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Canadian Room
    Speaker: Audrey Miller, MD – Ohio State University College of Medicine and Nationwide Children’s Hospital
    Children with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatologyPediatric NutritionPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    12:55 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    Preparing an infant with severe BPD for discharge home: a family-centered interdisciplinary approach to optimize development
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Canadian Room
    Speaker: Connie Williams, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – McMaster University
    Children with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatologyPediatric NutritionPulmonology
  • Saturday, May 4th
    1:20 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    Neurodevelopmental disability risks in children with tracheostomies and ventilators
    Location: Fairmont Royal York: Canadian Room
    Speaker: Sarah A. Sobotka, MD, MSCP (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
    Children with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsGeneral PediatricsHealth Equity/Social Determinants of HealthNeonatologyPediatric NutritionPulmonology
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Tantalizing Novel Therapeutics to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants - Where are we now ?
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Chair: Venkatesh Sampath, MBBS, MRCPCh – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
    Chair: Vineet Bhandari, MD DM (he/him/his) – The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:02 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Stem cell therapy for BPD
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Bernard Thebaud, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:20 AM – 8:38 AM ET
    MicroRNAs and small molecule therapy in BPD
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Vineet Bhandari, MD DM (he/him/his) – The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:38 AM – 8:56 AM ET
    Biotherapeutics in BPD
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Charitharth Vivek Lal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    8:56 AM – 9:14 AM ET
    A brain-sparing steroid for BPD
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Venkatesh Sampath, MBBS, MRCPCh – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Q&A (full panel)
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Chair: Venkatesh Sampath, MBBS, MRCPCh – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
    Chair: Vineet Bhandari, MD DM (he/him/his) – The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper
    Speaker: Bernard Thebaud, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Speaker: Charitharth Vivek Lal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Q&A (full panel)
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Chair: Venkatesh Sampath, MBBS, MRCPCh – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
    Chair: Vineet Bhandari, MD DM (he/him/his) – The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper
    Academic and Research SkillsBasic ScienceCareer DevelopmentClinical ResearchDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Hot Controversies in Pediatric Lung Infections: Debates that Could Change your Practice
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Chair: Joshua Wolf, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Wake up and smell the coffee! Caffeine use in the NICU”
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Chair: Richard Martin, MD (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 11:13 AM ET
    Routine bronchoalveolar lavage in profoundly immunocompromised children with suspected lung infection - Pro
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Diego R. Hijano, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Caffeine Mechanisms of Action
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Richard Martin, MD (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:13 AM – 11:26 AM ET
    Routine bronchoalveolar lavage in profoundly immunocompromised children with suspected lung infection - Con
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Pratik A. Patel, MD (he/him/his) – Emory/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Caffeine: Evidence-based Practice
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Eric Eichenwald, MD (he/him/his) – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:26 AM – 11:39 AM ET
    Inhaled antibiotics for treatment of children with complicated lung infections - Pro
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Shane J. Cross, PharmD – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Neonatal Caffeine Pharmacokinetics
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Christopher McPherson, PharmD, BCPPS (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:39 AM – 11:52 AM ET
    Inhaled antibiotics for treatment of children with complicated lung infections - Con
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Tonya Scardina, PharmD, BCIDP (she/her/hers) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Innovative European Approaches
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD – Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    11:52 AM – 12:05 PM ET
    Avoid empiric atypical therapy for children with community-acquired pneumonia - Pro
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Joshua Wolf, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:00 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Caffeine for Peterm Infants: Outcomes Beyond “Survival Free of BPD”
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
    Speaker: Jeanie Cheong, MBBS MD – Murdoch Children's Research Institute
    Academic and Research SkillsChildren with Chronic ConditionsDevelopmental BiologyGeneral PediatricsHospital MedicineNeonatologyPharmacology and TherapeuticsPulmonologyTrainee
  • Sunday, May 5th
    12:05 PM – 12:18 PM ET
    Avoid empiric atypical therapy for children with community-acquired pneumonia - Con
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
    Speaker: Elizabeth Lloyd, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Medical School
    Academic and Research SkillsAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCritical CareGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonologyTrainee
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Nitric Oxide Resistant Acute Pulmonary Hypertension in Neonates
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Chair: Amish Jain, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Steve Abman, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Pulmonology
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Moderator: NIdhy P. Varghese, MD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Chil
    Moderator: Krithika LIngappan, MD MS PhD – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    Pulmonology
     CE Live CME: 1.5
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET
    Introduction to iNO Resistant Pulmonary Hypertension
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Steve Abman, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM ET
    Mobile Spirometry is Feasible, Acceptable, and Accessible in Children with Asthma from Rural and Medically-Underserved Areas
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Abigail R. Strang, MD (she/her/hers) – Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    Pulmonology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:05 AM – 8:20 AM ET
    Pathophysiology of iNO Resistance
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD FAAP (he/him/his) – UC Davis Children's Hospital
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    The effect of moderate to late preterm birth on lung function at 9 years of age: evidence from an Australian birth cohort study
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Jeanie Cheong, MBBS MD – Murdoch Children's Research Institute
    Pulmonology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:20 AM – 8:35 AM ET
    Respiratory Management of iNO Resistant Pulmonary Hypertension
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Michelle Baczynski, Bsc – Mount Sinai Hospital
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM ET
    Assessing Barriers to Primary Care Provider Referral for First Sweat Test: Enhancing Timeliness to Diagnosis in Cystic Fibrosis After Positive Newborn Screening
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Kristen Richard, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Pulmonology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:55 AM ET
    Echocardiographic Features of Pulmonary Hypertension Not Responding to iNO
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Bonny Jasani, MBBS, MD, DM (he/him/his) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Human Lung Bioinks Embedded with Induced Basal Stem Cells can be used to 3D Bioprint Pediatric-Sized Airways
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Heather Wanczyk, MS – Uconn Health Center
    Pulmonology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:55 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy Beyond iNO
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Dany Weisz, MD MSc – University of Toronto
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
    Duration of Home Oxygen in Preterm Infants: Factors Influencing Different Phenotypes to Predict Duration of Home Oxygen
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Heather White, MPH (she/her/hers) – UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center
    Pulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:10 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Q & A: Discussion of Two Cases
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 106
    Speaker: Faith Zhu, MBChB (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
    CardiologyDevelopmental BiologyNeonatologyPulmonology
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Social determinants of health are associated with prolonged hospital length of stay for children with tracheostomy and ventilator dependence.
    Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
    Presenting Author: Christopher D. Baker, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Pulmonology
     CE Enduring CME: 0.25