program

The conference will be held in the Grand Ballroom at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel.

Friday June 20, 2008

7:00 am	Breakfast & Registration
7:50 am	Welcome/Introduction Kris Sekar, MD Program Chair University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK
Session 1: Focus on Nutrition Moderator: Kris Sekar, MD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK
8:00 am	Prebiotics and Probiotics Michael Caplan, MD Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Evanston, IL
8:45 am	GERD and Gut Dysmotility in Preterm Infants Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
9:30 am	Late Preterm Infants: Unique Problems David Adamkin, MD University of Louisville Louisville, KY
10:15 am	Discussion
10:30 am	Break
Session 2A: Focus on Surfactants Moderator: Istvan Seri, MD, PhD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
10:45 am	Surfactant Treatment for ARDS Christian P. Speer, MD University Children's Hospital Würzburg, Germany
11:30 am	Surfactant Kinetics – Use of Surfactant Pre-Extubation Virgilio P. Carnielli, MD, PhD Polytechnic University of Marche Ancona, Italy
12:15 pm	Lunch
Session 2B: Focus on Surfactants Moderator: Istvan Seri, MD, PhD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
1:15 pm	Synthetic Surfactants – Where Are We? Fernando Moya, MD University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
2:00 pm	Natural Surfactants – Where Are We? Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
2:45 pm	Discussion
3:00 pm	Break
Session 3A: Focus on Hemodynamics Moderator: Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
3:15 pm	Relative Adrenal Insufficiency Kristi Watterberg, MD University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM
4:00 pm	Yes or No for iNO in Preterm Infants? Roger Soll, MD University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT
4:45 pm	Discussion
5:00 pm	Adjournment
6:30 pm	Dinner

Saturday June 21, 2008

7:00 am	Breakfast
Session 3B: Focus on Hemodynamics Moderator: Jatinder Bhatia, MBBS Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
8:00 am	Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Istvan Seri, MD, PhD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
8:15 am	Keynote Presentation Low Systemic Blood Flow and Neurodevelopmental Outcome Nicholas J. Evans, DM, MRCPCH Sydney, NSW, Australia
9:00 am	Definition of Hypotension in Preterm Infants Istvan Seri, MD, PhD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
9:45 am	Discussion
10:00 am	Break
Session 4: Focus on Ventilation Moderator: Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA
10:15 am	To Tube or Not to Tube Babies with RDS? Kris Sekar, MD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK
11:00 am	Neonatal Ventilators: How Do They Differ? Steven Donn, MD University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI
11:45 am	Discussion
12:00 pm	Program Wrap-Up
12:15 pm	Adjournment

program

Friday June 20, 2008

Welcome/Introduction

Prebiotics and Probiotics

GERD and Gut Dysmotility in Preterm Infants

Late Preterm Infants: Unique Problems

Surfactant Treatment for ARDS

Surfactant Kinetics – Use of Surfactant Pre-Extubation

Synthetic Surfactants – Where Are We?

Natural Surfactants – Where Are We?

Relative Adrenal Insufficiency

Yes or No for iNO in Preterm Infants?

Saturday June 21, 2008

Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Low Systemic Blood Flow and Neurodevelopmental Outcome

Definition of Hypotension in Preterm Infants

To Tube or Not to Tube Babies with RDS?

Neonatal Ventilators: How Do They Differ?