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Primary Care Pediatrics

The practice of general pediatrics requires a large knowledge base covering many areas of practice. Keeping up to date is a challenge. Using the yearly course evaluations, we determine the topic areas most needed by pediatricians. These generally include disciplines that are not well-taught during training. The course attempts to present state of-the-art information that pediatricians can incorporate into their daily practices.

This course is full

Wednesday-Friday, December 5-7, 2012
Marriott-Long Wharf, Boston, MA

Course Directors

Ronni L. Goldsmith, MD
Peter T. Greenspan, MD
Janie A. Lowe, MD
John Patrick T. Co, MD MPH

Course Schedule

December 5, 2012

TIME	EVENT
7:30-8:10	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:10-8:30	Welcome Peter T. Greenspan, MD, Ronald E. Kleinman, MD
8:30-10:30	Lectures Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: An Update Jefferson Prince, MD Childhood Obesity: Matching the Clinical Approach to the Spectrum of Disease Allison Hoppin, MD, Janey Pratt, MD, Paul Boepple, MD, Christina Scirica, MD, Mark Gorman, PhD
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:45	Seminars Select 1 Pediatric Endocrinology; Problems for the Perplexed Lynne Levitsky, MD Pain Management in the Outpatient Office Padma Gulur, MD Common Issues in the Well Newborn Nursery Marvin Wang, MD Hematuria, Proteinuria, and So Much More! Avi Traum, MD
11:45-12:55	Lunch Break
1:00-4:15	Lectures Recreational Drugs - What's in Vogue? Mona Potter, MD Clinicopathological Conference: Case Records of the MGH for the New England Journal of Medicine Moderator: Nancy Harris, MD Coffee Break Eye Problems Seen in the Primary Care Office Mitchell Strominger, MD
4:20-5:20	Seminars Select 1 Autism: Are We Any Closer to Some Solid Answers? Margaret Bauman, MD Breastfeeding for the Primary Care Provider Leslie Kerzner, MD Headaches in Children Robin Jones, MD Practical Approach to Medical Home Transformation Alexi Arauz Boudreau, MD, Diana Palmer, MD

December 6, 2012

TIME	EVENT
7:30-8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:00-11:15	Lectures Tick Borne Diseases - An Update Mark Pasternack, MD Problems with Breathing and Swallowing Christopher Hartnick, MD, Shannon Fracchia, MD, Jyoti Ramakrishna, MD
10:00-10:15	Coffee Break
10:15-11:20	The Physiologic and Clinical Aspects of Concussion in Sport Ross Zafonte, DO
11:20-12:20	Seminars Select 1 Global Payments - What does this mean for Pediatrics? Peter T. Greenspan, MD Post Concussive Syndrome, a Legitimate Reaction to Concussion or Culture Induced Hysteria? Richard Ginsburg, MD "I Think I Want to Start Birth Control": Guiding Teens Through Contraception Options Evangeline Galvez, MD Common Nutritional Dilemmas in Primary Care Pediatrics: A Framework for Assessment and When to Refer to a Registered Dietitian Melanie Pearsall, RD, CDE
12:20-1:30	Lunch Break
1:30-3:45	Lectures Adolescent Development and Interviewing Michael Jellinek, MD Office Evaluation of Pediatric Sports Injuries Brian Grottkau, MD
3:45-4:00	Coffee Break
4:00-5:00	Seminars Select 1 Office Exam of Lower Extremities Brian Grottkau, MD Current Best Practices for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies Wayne G. Shreffler, MD, PhD Asthma Has Changed: Implications for Primary Care Bernard Kinane, MD Infectious Disease Evaluation of Recent Travelers & Immigrants Jason Harris, MD

December 7, 2012

TIME	EVENT
7:30-8:00	Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:15	Get a Whiff of This - A Panel to Answer Your Most Pressing GI Questions Jeffrey Biller, MD, Jess Kaplan, MD, Christopher Moran, MD
9:20-10:20	Seminars Select 1 Primary Care Dysmorphology: Recognizing Syndromes in Your Office Angela Lin, MD Otolaryngology: Practical Pediatric Topics Leila Mankarious, MD Selected Cases in Behavioral Medicine Bruce Masek, PhD Evaluation of Sleep Disorders Craig Canapari, MD
10:20-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-12:45	Lectures We Won't Get Fooled Again: Interesting Cases in Pediatric Dermatology Ira Skolnik, MD Chest Pain in Children - When to Worry Oscar Benavidez, MD

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