TUESDAY, March 4, 2025

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
In-Person & Virtual Breakfast Workshop Option #1

“Building Brave Families to Address Early Childhood Anxiety” 

Elizabeth Chawla, MD
  • Understand how parent-child dynamics can effect anxiety in early childhood 
  • Review evidence-based strategies for teaching and supporting parent-led early childhood CBT techniques 
In-Person Breakfast Workshop Option #2

“Current approaches towards Diagnosis & Management of Food Allergies” 

David Stukus, MD 
  • Utilize the clinical history to determine whether food allergy testing is appropriate 
  • Interpret food allergy test results in the proper context 
  • Treat each patient in an individualized manner 

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
BREAK

8:30 - 8:40 a.m.
INTRODUCTION

8:40 - 9:20 a.m.
“5 Neurological Disorders You Do Not Want To Miss”

Neil Friedman, MD
  • To review common medical problems presenting to a pediatrician’s office that should raise concern for an important underlying neurological disorder 
  • To increase awareness of the neurological associations of select pediatric medical disorders requiring urgent interventions 

9:20 - 10 a.m.
“The Evolving Paradigm of Drug Allergies”

David Stukus, MD
  • Ask questions to assess for suspected penicillin allergy 
  • Utilize graded dose challenges to delabel drug allergies 
  • Prescribe non-cross reactive antibiotics for patients with suspected penicillin allergy 

10 - 10:20 a.m.
BREAK 

10:20 - 11 a.m.
“It’s Just A Cough”
Sophia Williams, MD
  • Recognize the common etiologies of chronic cough
  • Understand the current approaches to managing chronic cough 

11 - 11:40 a.m.
“Bariatric Surgery in adolescents with special needs”
Jason Fraser, MD
  • Describe the health effects of untreated obesity in adolescents 
  • Explain the safety profile of bariatric surgery in adolescents
  • Associate the outcomes of bariatric surgery in adolescents with and without special needs 

11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
“ADHD Meds: New Kids on the Block”

Elizabeth Chawla, MD
  • Review new formulations and classes of medications approved to treat ADHD in children within the last 5 years