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