Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get Adobe Flash player

26th Annual Conference
Memorial Day Weekend 2012
Join us for our 2012 Conference
May 24 to 27, 2012
Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa
400 S. Collier Blvd.
Marco Island, Florida
Register now »

Jointly sponsored and supported by:

Latest News
Register now »

Contact Us
1613 N Harrison Parkway, Suite 200 | Sunrise, FL 33323
954-838-2716
The Conference Program

Physician target audience
Registration for this CME activity continues to be open to physicians only.
The targeted specialty is neonatology.



THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012
2:00 pm Conference Registration
3:00 pm “Fatty Acids Requirements during Fetal Development: What is Known that May Guide Early Postnatal Nutritional Standards"
Camilia Martin, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Delivery of breast milk will be made in the early postnatal period.
4:00 pm “Platelet Transfusions in the NICU: Risks, Benefits, Alternatives”
Robert Christensen, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: : Always weigh risks and benefits of platelet transfusions.
5:00 pm 16TH ANNUAL JERRY ELLIOTT MEMORIAL LECTURE
“Limits of Viability: What is a Neonatologist to Do?”

Michael Caplan, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Carefully communicate potential risks and benefits with families during difficult decision making in periviable infants.
6:00 pm Panel Discussion by Thursday’s Speakers
6:30 pm Adjourn
7:00 pm Welcome Reception and Dinner

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012
7:30 am “Etiology of Preterm Labor"
Laura Riley, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Have 17x-hydroxyprogesterone caproate given to all women with a previous unexplained preterm birth.
(SPONSORED BY AAP PERINATAL SECTION X)
8:30 am “Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Lung Injury: Role of Nitric Oxide”
Richard Martin, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: : Inhaled nitric oxide is of limited value in clinical trials of BPD.
9:30 am Break
9:45 am “Prebiotics and Probiotics for Preterm Infants”
Michael Caplan, M.D
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Continue to have equipoise regarding the use of probiotics in NEC.
10:45 am “Intermittent Hypoxic Episodes in Premies: Do They Matter?”
Richard Martin, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Baseline oxygen saturation will determine the magnitude of intermittent hypoxic episodes.
11:45 am Panel Discussion with Friday’s Speakers
1:00 pm Adjourn
1:00 pm (optional) Florida Society of Neonatologists lecture, luncheon and business meeting
AAP Perinatal Section District X Business Meeting
Afternoon Free • Dinner on Your Own

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012
7:30 am “The Dilemma of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Neonates"
Richard Martin, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Pharmacotheraphy for GER is of limited value in preterm infants.
(SPONSORED BY AAP PERINATAL SECTION DISTRICT X)
8:30 am “Group B Strep Guidelines”
Laura Riley, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Exposure to maternal GBS colonization is documented on all newborns.
9:30 am Break
9:45 am SAN Business Meeting
10:15 am “Successful Efforts to Reduce NICU Erythrocyte Transfusions in a Multi-Hospital Healthcare System"
Robert Christensen, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Many NICU practices can reduce RBC transfusions and in so doing improve outcomes.
11:15 am “Immunonutrients: Their Potential Role in Modulating Systemic Disease in Premature Infants"
Camilia Martin, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Enteral feedings in the extremely premature infant will be initiated early in the postnatal period.
12:15 pm Panel Discussion with Saturday’s Speakers
12:45 pm Adjourn
Afternoon Free
6:00 pm Reception and SAN Lobster and Seafood Banquet

SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
7:30 am “What the Neonatologist Needs to Know About Fetal Origins of Adult Disease"
Fernando Moya, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Increase awareness of impact of fetal problems on childhood and adult conditions.
(SPONSORED BY AAP PERINATAL SECTION DISTRICT X)
8:30 am “Evidence-Based Medicine: Interpretation of Recent Clinical Trials in Neonatology: Should We Change Practice?"
Jonathan Davis, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Keep current in the neonatal literature and make practice changes with convincing evidence-based studies.
9:30 am Break
9:45 am CMV and Parvovirus in Pregnancy”
Laura Riley, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: CMV screening is not done routinely on all pregnant women.
10:45 am “Associations: Early RBC Transfusions and IVH; Late RBC Transfusions and NEC”
Robert Christensen, M.D.
DESIRED PRACTICE CHANGE: Always weigh risks and benefits when ordering RBC transfusions.
11:45 am Panel Discussion with Sunday’s Speakers
12:00 pm Conference Adjournment