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Say aloha to top-quality CME at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

The four sponsoring societies — the American Pediatric Society, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the Academy will meet in conjunction with the Asian Society for Pediatric Research. State-of-the-art plenaries, hot topics, topic symposia, mini courses and workshops are offered.

State-of-the-art plenaries

Invited lectures from international leaders in the field include:

• Addressing the Social Determinants of Health, with chairs, Douglas Jutte, M.D., FAAP, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, Calif., and Lisa J. Chamberlain, M.D., FAAP, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif; and
  
• A National Agenda for America’s Children and Adolescents, with chairs, Myron Genel, M.D., FAAP, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., and Mary Anne McCaffree, M.D., FAAP, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City.
  

Topic symposia

Issues and controversies around topics of interest include:

• Child Health Equity and Children’s Rights: A New Paradigm for Pediatrics, with chair, Jeffrey Goldhagen, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville; and
  
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Due to Resistant Pathogens: Impact on Clinical Practice, with chairs, Tina Tan, M.D., FAAP, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Stephen I. Pelton, M.D., FAAP, Boston Medical Center.
  

Hot topics

Rapid clinical discoveries and controversial issues include:

• Countering Misinformation about Vaccine Safety, with chairs, Martin G. Myers, M.D., FAAP, University of Texas Medical Branch and the National Network for Immunization Information, Galveston, Texas; and Yoshikatsu Eto, M.D., Tokyo Jikei University, Japan; and
  
• Darwin, Science and Humanity: The Impact on Pediatrics, with chairs, De-Ann M. Pillers, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, and Ron G. Rosenfeld, M.D., FAAP, Lucile Packard Foundation For Children’s Health, Palo Alto, Calif.
  

Mini courses

Highly interactive programs on practical, relevant topics for practicing physicians include:

• Bipolar Disease in Children and Adolescents, with chair, Sheryl Ryan, M.D., FAAP, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; and
  
• Update in Adolescent Medicine, with chair, Donald E. Greydanus, M.D., FAAP, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo.
  

Resource For more information and to download the convention program, visit the PAS meeting Web site: http://pediatrics.hawaiiconvention.com.

 

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