program

The conference will be held at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago.

FRIDAY JUNE 19, 2009

7:00 amBreakfast & Registration
8:00 am

Welcome/Introduction

Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS
Program Chair
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
Session 1: Focus on Nutrition and Infection
Moderator: Kris Sekar, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
8:10 am

Medical Management of Short Gut Syndrome: Use of Specialized Formulas

Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
8:50 am

2009 Update on Jaundice

Vinod Bhutani, MD
Stanford School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
9:30 am

Changing Spectrum of Neonatal Infectious Disease

Lisa W. Plano, MD, PhD
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL
10:10 amBreak
10:30 am

Far-Reaching Effects of Chorioamnionitis

Boris W. Kramer, MD
University Hospital Maastricht
Maastricht, The Netherlands
11:10 amDiscussion
Session 2A: Focus on Hemodynamics and Monitoring
Moderator: Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
11:25 am

PDA: Treat or Not to Treat?

Shahab Noori, MD
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
12:05 pmLunch
Session 2B: Focus on Hemodynamics and Monitoring
Moderator: Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
1:15 pm

Is There a Hemodynamic Basis for Cerebrovascular Injury in the Premature Infant?

Adre J. du Plessis, MD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
1:55 pm

Advances in Hemodynamic Monitoring in Neonatology: The Past, Present and Future

Istvan Seri, MD, PhD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
2:35 pmDiscussion
2:50 pmBreak
Session 3: Focus on Oxygen and Iatrogenia
Moderator: Istvan Seri, MD, PhD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
3:10 pm

Why Are We Still Using Oxygen to Resuscitate Term Infants?

Ola D. Saugstad, MD
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
3:50 pm

Iatrogenic Complications in the NICU

Kris Sekar, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
4:30 pmDiscussion
4:45 pmAdjournment
6:30 pmDinner Reception

SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2009

7:00 amBreakfast
8:00 am

Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
8:15 amKeynote Presentation

Art and Science of Neonatal Resuscitation in the ELBW Infant

Neil N. Finer, MD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Session 4: Focus on Ventilation and Brain Injury
Moderator: Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
9:00 am

Nasal Ventilation: Its Time Has Come!

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
9:40 am

Utilizing EEG in the Neurological Assessment of Term and Preterm Neonates

Amit Mathur, MD, MRCP
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
10:20 amBreak
10:40 am

Cooling to Prevent HIE: A Metanalysis

Roger F. Soll, MD
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT
11:20 amDiscussion
11:35 pmProgram Wrap-Up
11:50 pmAdjournment

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