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Contemporary Management of


Neonatal Pulmonary Disorders


Conference


November 4 - 5, 2010

 


Tempe, Arizona

 
 

Last Year's Program:

 

 

Thursday October 29, 2009

 

 

 

     0700 – 0750 AM:  Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

     0750 – 0800 AM:  Introduction, Acknowledgements, and Announcements 

 

                                    Lawrence Lilien, MD

 

     0800 – 0850 AM:  Neonatal Resuscitation: Lack of Evidence for Common Therapies

 

                                    Patrick McNamara, MB, MRCP, MRCPCH

 

     0850 – 0940 AM:  Oxygen in the Newborn: Friend or Foe?

 

                                    Rita Ryan, MD

 

     0940 – 1000 AM:  Break

 

     1000 – 1050 AM:  Ventilation Techniques - It's Technique, Not Technology

 

                                    Mark Mammel, MD

 

     1050 – 1140 AM:  HFOV is equivalence with CMV enough?

 

                                    Eric C. Eichenwald, MD

 

     1145 – 1300 PM:  Lunch

 

     1300 – 1350 PM:  Meconium Aspiration Syndrome - Epidemiology and Management

 

                                    Rita Ryan, MD

 

     1350 – 1440 PM:  Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: Epidemiology and Treatment

 

                                    Linda Van Marter, MD, MPH

 

     1440 – 1500 PM:  Break

 

     1500 – 1550 PM:  Functional ECHO in the NICU

  

                                    Patrick McNamara, MB, MRCP, MRCPCH 

 

     1550 – 1640 PM:  Panel Discussion: Ask The Faculty

 

     1645 – 1650 PM:  Announcements and Adjournment

 

     1650 - 1800 PM:  Faculty and Registrant Reception

 


Friday October 30, 2009

 

 

     0700 – 0750 AM:  Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

     0750 – 0800 AM:  Acknowledgements and Announcements

 

                                    Lawrence Lilien, MD

 

     0800 - 0850 AM:  Respiratory Distress in the Late-Preterm Infant

 

                                    Rita Ryan, MD

 

     0850 – 0940 AM:  How to Pick Your Next Ventilator

 

                                    Mark Mammel, MD

 

     0940 – 1000 AM:  Break

 

     1000 – 1050 AM:  "New" Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Vascular and Alveolar Maldevelopment

 

                                    and Preventive Therapies in the Current Era 

 

                                    Linda Van Marter, MD, MPH

 

     1050 – 1140 AM:  Use of iNO in Preterm Infants

 

                                    Eric C. Eichenwald, MD

 

     1145 – 1300 PM:  Lunch

 

     1300 – 1350 PM:  Advanced Imaging of the Neonatal Airway  

 

                                    Randy Richardson, MD 

 

     1350 – 1440 PM:  Nasal Ventilation: Its time has come

 

                                    Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD

 

     1440 – 1500 PM:  Break

 

     1500 – 1550 PM:  Lung Angiogenesis and Functional Implications

 

                                    Daphne DeMello, MD

 

     1550 – 1640 PM:  Molecular Basis of Lung Injury: New BPD: Is it an Inflammatory Lung Disease?

                          

                                    Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD

 

     1640 – 1645 PM:  Conference Summary and Adjournment

 

                                    Lawrence Lilien, MD 

 

Neonatology Conference Faculty

 

 

       Daphne DeMello, MD
 
                                                      
Eric C. Eichenwald, MD
Medical Director
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
     
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Newborn Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas
 

 

Mark Mammel, MD
Patrick J. McNamara, MB, MRCP.
  MRCPCH
   
Director, Infant Diagnostic and Research Center
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Children's Hospital - St Paul
Director-Clinical Research, NICU 
The Hospital For Sick Children
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Toronto
St. Paul, Minnesota Toronto, Canada
   

 

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Randy Richardson, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California Hospital
LAC+USC Medical Center
Children's Hospital - Los Angeles
Chairman of Radiology
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Los Angeles, California  
 

Rita Ryan, MD
Linda Van Marter, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology/Anatomical Sciences Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Gynecology-Obstetrics Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Neonatology
University of Buffalo
Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Children's Hospital of Boston
Brigham and Woman's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts





Accommodations and Location
     
       Tempe Mission Palms
     60 East Fifth Street
     Tempe, AZ 85281
     Phone: (800) 547-8705
                  (480) 894-1400
     Fax:     (480) 968-7677
Conference Rates:
$169.00 plus tax & fees
(single or double occupancy)

$179.00 plus tax and fees
(triple occupancy)

$189.00 plus tax and fees
(quadruple occupancy)
   
The rates will be held until October 7, 2009.  Be sure to indicate that you will be attending the Contemporary Management of Neonatal Pulmonary Disorders Conference when making your reservations.  All accommodations must be guaranteed by a deposit and are subject to the appropriate taxes & fees.
 
Registration and Fees

 
    Advanced registration is required.  Please complete the registration form, enclose a check or money order, and mail to the address indicated on the form.  Registrations will be accepted at the neonatology conference on a space available basis.
                       
                         Physicians....................................................$375
                         Neonatology Fellows..................................$250
                         NNP, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists.....$250
                         Students.......................................................$200

The fee includes a neonatal conference syllabus, handouts, continental breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks and an evening reception.  Cancellations will be accepted if received by October 7, 2009, however a $30 administration fee will be deducted from the refund.

Registration Form
     
    For Further Information
   
 
Cathy Martinez
Neonatology Associates, LTD.
300 West Clarendon Ave., #375, Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone:      (602) 277-4161 X 11
Fax:           (602) 265-2011
E-mail:     
  cathy (at) nalweb (dot) com
website:    www.nalweb.com/cmnpdconference
 
Accreditation

 
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - CHW is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.  St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - CHW designates this continuing medical education activity for 14.25 CME hours of Category 1 Credit toward the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.  Each physician should claim only those hours that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

The Conference has been approved for the following:

           * 14.0 hours of Continuing Eduction Units
              Arizona Nurse's Association

           * 12.5 hours of Continuing Education Units
              Arizona Society for Respiratory Care

           * 12.5 hours of Continuing Education Units
              American Association for Respiratory Care