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

Thursday, May 20
 
2:00 pm Conference Registration
 
3:00 pm "Oxygen Therapy: Why Can't We Get It Right?"
Steven M. Donn, M.D.
Desired practice change: Appropriately manage oxygen therapy
 
3:45 pm "Antenatal Corticosteroids: The New Stuff"
Alan H. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change:Routine use of antenatal steroids – consider a repeated dose.
 
4:30 pm 14th Annual Jerry Elliott Memorial Lecture
"Strategies for the Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia"
Richard Polin, M.D.
Desired practice change: Outline the pathophysiology and best management of infants with BPD.
 
5:30 pm Panel Discussion by Thursday’s Speakers
 
7 pm Welcome Reception and Dinner
 

Friday, May 21
 
7:30 am "Neuroprotective Strategies After HIE: The Signaling Pathways, the Potential Mechanisms of Action and Why It Is Good to Be a Girl"
James Moore, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Recognize why combination therapies may be more effective.
(Sponsored by AAP Perinatal Section District X)
 
8:30 am "Treatment Options and Outcomes in Infants with Perforated NEC"
Steven Stylianos, M.D.
Desired practice change: Increase use of peritoneal drainage in VLBW infants.
 
9:30 am Break
 
9:45 am "New Controversies in Neonatal Resuscitation"
Richard Polin, M.D.
Desired practice change: Recognize the risks and benefits of oxygen for resuscitation.
 
10:30 am "Difficult Questions About Clinical Research in Neonatology"
Alan H. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change: Recognize the limitations of evidence-based decisions in neonatology.
 
11:15 am "Conventional Mechanical Ventilation: Pressure or Volume?"
Steven M. Donn, M.D.
Desired practice change: Monitor tidal volume closely.
 
12:00 noon Panel Discussion by Friday’s Speakers
 
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 22
 
7:30 am "Neonatal and Infantile Metabolic Diseases"
Bruce H. Cohen, M.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Recognition of patterns of clinical presentation and initiating evaluation in babies with inborn errors of metabolism.
(Sponsored by AAP Perinatal Section District X)
 
8:30 am "Near-infrared Spectroscopy in Neonatology: The Evidence, Current Research and Limitations for Use"
James Moore, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change: New noninvasive monitoring determines real-time perfusion changes in neonatal disease states.
 
9:15 am Break
 
9:30 am SAN Business Meeting
 
10:00 am "Conjoined Twins: History and Current Issues"
Steven Stylianos, M.D.
Desired practice change: Multidisciplinary strategies are coordinated.
 
10:45 am "Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis"
Richard Polin, M.D.
Desired practice change: Employ strategies to prevent early-onset sepsis and more efficiently utilize diagnostic testing for suspected sepsis.
 
11:30 "Newborn Implications of Immune Modulation in the Fetus"
Alan H. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Assess inflammatory exposures of all preterm infants.
 
12:15 pm Panel Discussion by Saturday’s Speakers
 
  Afternoon Free
 
6 pm Reception
 
7 pm SAN Lobster and Seafood Banquet
 

Sunday, May 23
 
7:30 am "What Neonatologists Need to Know About Neurogenetic Disorders"
Bruce H. Cohen, M.D.
Desired practice change: Assess the need for genetic testing in sick infants.
(Sponsored by AAP Perinatal Section District X)
 
8:30 am "Transfusions and the Issues Regarding Treatment: Does the Age of the Stored Blood Matter?"
James Moore, M.D., Ph.D.
Desired practice change: Identify the risks of red cell transfusions in neonates.
 
9:15 am Break
 
9:30 am "Neonatal Pulmonary Graphics: Every Breath You Take..."
Steven M. Donn, M.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Employ real-time graphics as a management tool.
 
10:30 am "Newborn Surgical Lesions: Operate Now or Operate Later?"
Steven Stylianos, M.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Increase use of elective major surgical interventions in newborns with stable congenital anomalies that were previously done urgently in the newborn period.
 
11:15 am "Neonatal Neurology Case Studies"
Bruce H. Cohen, M.D.
Desired practice change: Desired practice change: Recognize common neonatal neurological disorders.
 
12:15 am Adjournment