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1600 Rockland Road Rockland 1600 Office of Continuing Medical Education Medical Continuing of Office PRE-CONFERENCE FACULTY PRE-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE PROGRAM CHAIRS Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc NEONATAL QUALITY AT HOT TOPICS Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Quality Improvement Director Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Saturday, December 5, 2015 Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS 4 – 6 p.m. Registration Neonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Quality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service Line Christiana Care Health System Newark, Delaware Sunday, December 6, 2015 FACULTY 7 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC Adjunct Faculty School of Nursing/College of Health Sciences 8 a.m. Introduction University of Delaware Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS and Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Nursing Research Facilitator 8:05 a.m. Keynote Address: Has Quality Improvement (QI) Improved the Care of NICU Babies? Christiana Care Health System Wilmington, Delaware Alan R. Spitzer, MD Alan de Klerk, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics QI Strategies to Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis University of Central Florida Chief, Division of Neonatology Nemours Children’s Hospital 9:05 a.m. Exclusive Human Milk-Based Diet Orlando, Florida Amy B. Hair, MD Jay P. Goldsmith, MD Elsie Schaefer Chair in Neonatology Department of Pediatrics 9:25 a.m. Use of Lactoferrin and Probiotics Tulane University School of Medicine Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhD New Orleans, Louisiana Pauline D. Graziano, MS, APN, NNP-BC 9:45 a.m. Using Feeding Protocols Instructor, Department of Pediatrics Albany Medical Center College Pauline Graziano, APN, NNP-BC Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center Albany, New York 10:05 a.m. Panel Discussion Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School 10:20 a.m. Break/Refreshments Quality Improvement Director Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Using QI to Improve Outcomes: Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Amy B. Hair, MD Assistant Professor 10:45 a.m. Best Practices in BPD Prevention Baylor College of Medicine Medical Director of Neonatal Nutrition Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH Director of NICU Intestinal Rehab Team Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas 11:05 a.m. Quality Improvement Approaches to BPD Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE Jay P. Goldsmith, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Perinatal Institute and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence 11:25 a.m. Implementing Quality Improvement for BPD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Alan Picarillo, MD Cincinnati, Ohio Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neonatologist noon Lunch (on your own) UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 1 Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhD Neonatology and NICU How to Publish a QI Paper S. Anna Hospital Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino QI Tools for the Neonatologist Torino, Italy Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now Neonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE Quality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service Line Christiana Care Health System QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started? Newark, Delaware Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC Alan Picarillo, MD Assistant Professor in Pediatrics 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 2 University of Massachusetts Medical School Chief, Division of Neonatology How to Publish a QI Paper UMassMemorial Healthcare Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS Worcester, Massachusetts QI Tools for the Neonatologist Alan R. Spitzer, MD Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD Senior Vice President for Research, Education and Quality Mednax, Inc./Pediatrix Medical Group Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now Sunrise, Florida Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH Affiliated Associate Professor of Pediatrics QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started? University of Central Florida Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Physician Liaison, Office of Quality and Safety Nemours Children’s Hospital 4 p.m. Adjourn Orlando, Florida Hot Topics in Neonatology® Conference Faculty PROGRAM CHAIR PROGRAM CHAIR CHAIR EMERITUS Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc Jerold F. Lucey, MD, FAAP Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus Department of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine Wallace Professor of Neonatology, Emeritus Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at University of Pennsylvania University of Vermont Thomas Jefferson University Attending Neonatologist Editor-in-Chief, Pediatrics, Emeritus Pediatrician-in-Chief Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Alan W. Flake, MD Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD, FAAP Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition KEYNOTE SPEAKER Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Alice Goffman, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman Perelman School of Medicine at the Nurse Researcher & Director of the Assistant Professor of Sociology School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Lactation Program University of Wisconsin – Madison Attending Surgeon Endowed Chair and Director, Pediatric The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Madison, Wisconsin Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Anesthesiology Research Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia FACULTY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Howard Stein, MD Fernando Althabe, MD Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhD Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Adjunct Professor of Public Health Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Giancarlo Natalucci, MD College of Medicine and Life Sciences University of Buenos Aires Monash University Privat Dozent University of Toledo Director, Department of Mother and Director of the Ritchie Centre University of Zurich Medical Director, NICU Child Health Research Hudson Institute of Medical Research Consultant in Neonatology and Promedica Toledo Children’s Hospital Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy Clayton, Victoria, Australia Behavioral/Developmental Pediatrics Toledo, Ohio Buenos Aires, Argentina Zurich University Hospital Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MD Zurich, Switzerland Kevin A. Strauss, MD Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACP Department of Neonatology Medical Director Honorary Senior Lecturer The National University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, FAAP Clinic for Special Children Obstetrics and Gynaecology Copenhagen, Denmark Professor of Pediatrics Strasburg, Pennsylvania University of Adelaide University of Colorado School of Medicine Medical Unit Head, Neonatal Medicine Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPath Section of Neonatology Karl Sylvester, MD Women and Children’s Hospital Dee Lyons/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Aurora, Colorado Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Adelaide, Australia Genomic Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Children’s Mercy Hospital Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RD Attending Surgeon, Lucile Packard Children’s Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD Kansas City, Missouri Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences Hospital Stanford Senior Lecturer in Child Health University of Toronto Palo Alto, California Newcastle University Angela Kribs, MD Senior Associate Scientist Honorary Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist Assistant Professor of Pediatrics The Hospital for Sick Children Veeral N. Tolia, MD Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom University of Cologne, Germany Toronto, Ontario, Canada Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hospital Department of Neonatology Texas A&M Health Science Center James J. Cummings, MD and Pediatric Intensive Care Chirag J. Patel, PhD Neonatologist Professor of Pediatrics Chief, Division of Neonatology Assistant Professor Baylor University Medical Center Albany Medical College Cologne, Germany Department of Biomedical Informatics Dallas, Texas Vice Chair of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Albany Medical Center Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD Boston, Massachusetts Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C) Albany, New York Professor of Pediatrics Staff Neonatologist, Mount Sinai Hospital Director, Center for Developmental Biology DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH Associate Professor, University of Toronto Juliann Di Fiore, BSEE University at Buffalo Associate Professor of Pediatrics Medical Director, Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank Research Engineer Chief, Division of Neonatology Harvard Medical School Toronto, Ontario, Canada Case Western Reserve University Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Neonatologist-in-Chief Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Buffalo, New York Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD Cleveland, Ohio Boston, Massachusetts Professor of Neonatology Abbot R. Laptook, MD University of Amsterdam Judy D’Ilario, RN Professor of Pediatrics Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc Head, NICU Clinical Research Nurse Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center McMaster University – Neonatal Trials Group Medical Director, NICU and Gynaecology Amsterdam, The Netherlands NICU Staff Nurse Women and Infants Hospital St. Michael’s Hospital McMaster Children’s Hospital Providence, Rhode Island University of Toronto Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BC Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing Jørgen E. Linde, MD Vanderbilt University Hege Ersdal, MD, PhD PhD Fellow in Neonatology Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist Associate Professor Pediatric Department Kristine Sandberg Knisely Chair in Neonatology Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Department of Health Studies Stavanger University Hospital Professor of Pediatrics Nashville, Tennessee University of Stavanger, Norway Stavanger, Norway University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital External Principal Investigator of the of Philadelphia Myra Wyckoff, MD “Safer Births” Project, Tanzania Gianluca Lista, MD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Professor of Pediatrics Attending Anaesthesiologist Neonatologist in Chief Neonatal Trials Group UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Stavanger University Hospital Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital McMaster University Director, Newborn Resuscitation Services Stavanger, Norway Milan, Italy Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Parkland Hospital Dallas, Texas Neil Finer, MD Sarah S. Long, MD Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRS Professor Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics Family Resource Specialist John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD University of California, San Diego Drexel University College of Medicine Women & Infants Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Babies Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases Providence, Rhode Island Harvard Medical School San Diego, California St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Associate Chief of Neonatology Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Professor of Perinatal Nursing & Boston, Massachusetts

Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc Univ. Klinik für Kinder – und Jugendheilkunde Graz MODERATORS Case Western Reserve University Professor of Pediatrics Graz, Austria Carl Bose, MD School of Medicine Perelman School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Cleveland, Ohio University of Pennsylvania Myra Wyckoff, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Attending Neonatologist Professor of Pediatrics Attending Physician Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas North Carolina Children’s Hospital Robert L. Brent Professor and Chairman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Director, Newborn Resuscitation Services Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Pediatrics Parkland Hospital Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Victoria Niklas, MD Dallas, Texas Peter G. Davis, MD Thomas Jefferson University Professor of Pediatrics Professor Pediatrician-in-Chief David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD University of Melbourne Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Chief, Division of Neonatology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics Professor/Director of Neonatology Wilmington, Delaware Neonatal Services Harvard Medical School The Royal Women’s Hospital Olive View UCLA Medical Center Associate Chief of Neonatology Melbourne, Australia Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD Los Angeles, California Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Professor of Pediatrics Boston, Massachusetts Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD University of Cincinnati Berndt Urlesberger, MD Emeritus Eliza Henry Barnes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Professor of Neonatology Professor of Neonatology Cincinnati, Ohio Medical University of Graz Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Head, Division of Neonatology CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 9:30 a.m. Evidence-Based Strategies to Ensure Human Milk & Breastfeeding During & Beyond the NICU Stay – ® Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN HOT TOPICS IN NEONATOLOGY 9:45 a.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES Sunday, December 6, 2015 Moderator – Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA THE JEROLD F. LUCEY, MD, LECTURESHIP and KEYNOTE ADDRESS 10:15 a.m. Long-Term Outcomes of Erythropoietin in Preterms* – Giancarlo Natalucci, MD Moderator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc 10:45 a.m. The Vitamin A Shortage and CLD* – Veeral N. Tolia, MD 5 – 6 p.m. On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City – Alice Goffman, PhD 11:15 a.m. Choosing Wisely: Opportunities to Increase Value in Newborn Medicine* – DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH 6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception 11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits Monday, December 7, 2015 GENETICS Moderator – Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD 7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast 1:15 p.m. Rapid Genome Sequencing for Genetic Diagnosis in Newborns* 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction – Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPath – Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA, and Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc 1:45 p.m. Tissue Transplant for Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Longitudinal Insights and RESUSCITATION AND NEW ILCOR GUIDELINES New Frontiers* – Kevin A. Strauss, MD Moderator – Myra Wyckoff, MD 2:15 p.m. A Health Economic Approach to Expensive Technology – John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD 8:30 p.m. ILCOR New Recommendations – Myra Wyckoff, MD 2:30 p.m. Big Data Streams to Elucidate the Role of Environment in Pediatric Outcomes* – Chirag J. Patel, PhD 8:50 p.m. Aeration of the Lung at Delivery – Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhD 3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibit 9:10 p.m. Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy – Angela Kribs, MD 9:30 p.m. Panel Discussion GLOBAL NEONATOLOGY 10 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits Moderator – Carl Bose, MD NEW HORIZONS FOR VENTILATION 3:30 p.m. Antenatal Corticosteroid Trials in Low Resourced Settings* – Fernando Althabe, MD Moderator – Peter G. Davis, MD 4 p.m. Helping Babies Survive Educational Programs for Health Care Providers – Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH 10:30 a.m. Electrical Impedance Tomography: From Research to Clinical Tool in Newborn Infants* – Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD 4:20 p.m. The “Safer Births” Research Project in Tanzania – New Knowledge Using Innovative Resuscitation Equipment– Jørgen E. Linde, MD, and Hege Ersdal, MD, PhD 11 a.m. Sustained Inflation and Its Role in Delivery Room Management* – Gianluca Lista, MD 4:50 p.m. Panel Discussion/ Q & A 11:30 a.m. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assistance in Neonates* – Howard Stein, MD 5 p.m. A Randomized Trial of Hypothermia for Encephalopathy in Premature Infants 33-35 Weeks Gestation: Rationale and Study Design of a New Trial – Abbot R. Laptook, MD noon Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits 5:15 p.m. Adjourn GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES Moderator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSC Wednesday, December 9, 2015 1:30 p.m. Aerosolized Surfactant – Safety and Tolerability of Luminactant for Inhalation in Preterm Infants* – Neil Finer, MD 7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast 2 p.m. Can You Hemodialyze Your Premature Infant?* – Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD

2:30 p.m. Extracorporeal Support of the Premature Infant: The Artificial Placenta/Uterus* CLINICAL PEARLS – Alan W. Flake, MD Moderator – John A.F. Zupancic, MD, ScD 3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits 8 a.m. Using a Count of 3 Neonatal Morbidities to Select Very Low Birth Weight Children for Prolonged Follow-Up* – Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM CEREBRAL OXYGEN MONITORING 8:30 a.m. Early Onset Sepsis and Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections in the NICU* – Sarah S. Long, MD Moderator – Berndt Urlesberger, MD 9 a.m. Partnering with Parents, the Medical Home and Community Providers to Improve 3:30 p.m. Oxygen Extraction – Use for Prediction of Outcome* – Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACP Transition Services for High-Risk Preterm Infants: Role of Family Resource Specialists* 4 p.m. Niroscopy in Cardiac OR* – Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD – Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRS 4:30 p.m. RCT of Cerebral Saturation Boundaries* – Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MD 9:30 a.m. The NNP Workforce Survey: Findings, Challenges and Planning for the Future – Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BC 5 p.m. Adjourn 9:45 a.m. Break 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception WHAT OXYGEN SATURATION SHOULD WE USE? ARE WE ANY FURTHER? Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Moderator – Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD 10:15 a.m. Fellow Abstract Presentation 7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast 10:30 a.m. GRADING the Oxygen Trials in Preterms – Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD NUTRITION 10:50 a.m. Lessons Learned From Pulse Oximetry – Juliann Di Fiore, BSEE Moderator – Victoria Niklas, MD 11:10 a.m. AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn Clinical Report on Oxygen Targeting in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants– James J. Cummings, MD 8 a.m. Measuring Growth – Ethnicity Matters* – Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc 11:30 a.m. Staying on Target: What Helps and What Doesn’t? A Nursing Perspective on Oxygen 8:30 a.m. Growth and Health Outcomes in Donor Human Milk Fed VLBW Infants: Saturation Monitoring – Judy D’Ilario, RN Results from the DoMINO RCT* – Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RD, and Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C) 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion 9 a.m. Metabolism in Preemies, Biology and Association with Disease* – Karl Sylvester, MD 12:15 p.m. Adjourn * Talk includes 10 minutes for audience questions and discussion. GENERAL INFORMATION Americans with Disabilities Act In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the duPont Hospital for Children will provide modifications Site The program will be held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. in teaching methodologies to accommodate individual needs. To request This brand new hotel is designed to reflect its surroundings and has four disability accommodations, contact the Office of Continuing Medical on-property restaurants. Conveniently located near Penn Quarter, DC City Education at least 15 days in advance of the program at (302) 651-6750. Center, the Verizon Center, Union Station Chinatown and the National Mall, this downtown Washington, D.C. hotel makes it easy to explore the city’s best attractions. For more information, please visit www.HotTopics.org and click COURSE REGISTRATION on the hotel tab. Fees Accommodations Rooms have been reserved at the Marriott Marquis NEW THIS YEAR: Lower registration fees for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health. Washington D.C. at a special conference rate of $274 per night single or The conference registration fee for the Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics Pre- double occupancy, not including sales tax. Please make your reservations conference is $100 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health, and $200 through the Marriott Marquis’ Reservation Department at (800) 228-9290 for all other registrants. or through the www.HotTopics.org website. Please ask to be assigned to the Hot Topics in Neonatology® room block in order to receive the special The conference registration fee for Hot Topics in Neonatology® is $400 for conference rate. The conference rate is only available for reservations made fellows, residents, nursing and allied health, and $750 for all other registrants. before Monday, November 9, 2015, and is based on availability. Group rates will be offered three (3) days prior and (3) days after the meeting dates, based These fees include all course materials and refreshments as noted on the on availability. schedule. There is no additional charge for CME credit. The hotel often sells out well before the conference date. Please reserve your AGAIN THIS YEAR! A $100 discount on Hot Topics registration for hotel room and make your conference registration early! clinicians who are members of the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and TECaN. A Suite Deal for Early Registrants All conference attendees whose PLEASE NOTE: There is no audiovisual room in 2015 – all attendees will be registration is received by October 2, 2015 and who register to stay at the in the same general session room, as opposed to being split into two rooms as Marriott Marquis, will be entered in a drawing to win a free upgrade to a in previous years. one bedroom suite for the evenings of December 5, 6, 7 and 8. This large, luxurious suite includes a bedroom and separate living room. Registration Advance registration is required and should be received by November 6, 2015. All registrations received by this date will be confirmed via email. Registration is limited and will be honored in the order of the date Accreditation Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for received. Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. TO REGISTER WITH A CHECK: Return the completed registration form with full payment using check (payable to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children) to the Continuing Medical Nemours designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA Education Office, duPont Hospital for Children, PO Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899. Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. TO REGISTER WITH A CREDIT CARD: If you are paying by MasterCard, VISA, American Express or Discover Card, please complete the registration form found online at www.hottopics.org Learning Objectives Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics will offer presentations A refund, less a $100 processing fee, will be given for and workshops designed to help neonatal clinicians improve the care they Cancellation Policy WRITTEN cancellations received before November 1, 2015. No refunds will provide at the bedside. It will open with a keynote address by a national be given after this date. Nemours is not responsible for any cancellation or leader that will review the impact of quality improvement (QI) on neonatal change fees assessed by hotels, airlines or travel agencies. care. There will be panel discussions on necrotizing enterocolotis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia that focus on how quality improvement As a provider accredited by the ACCME, Nemours must methods can reduce the burden of these morbidities, and breakout sessions Disclosure Policy ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational with hands-on training in essential skills needed to carry out a successful activities. All faculty involved in the development of CME content are required QI Project from inception through completion and publication. to disclose to Nemours their relevant financial relationships. An individual The faculty at Hot Topics in Neonatology® will review current levels of has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in evidence and practice in the areas of neonatology and perinatology. The any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose program will include talks and discussion on the newest research on the products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which diagnosis, prevention and treatment of health problems in the neonate, as the individual has control. Nemours has policies in place to resolve potential well as long-term follow-up for the NICU graduate. Hot Topics seeks to financial conflicts of interest. Relevant financial relationships will be disclosed involve clinicians from around the globe in the debate around both existing to the activity audience. and emerging therapies and neonatal science, with the goal of providing clinicians with implementable practice change. 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Posters Posters for both the Quality and Hot Topics conferences will be Commercial Support This program may be supported in part by unrestricted accepted for continuous display during breaks, and before and after educational grants in accordance with ACCME Standards. At the time of receptions. Posters must be on a subject that is being presented at the meeting. this printing, a list of commercial supporters was not available. Appropriate Please indicate Quality Conference in the subject line of your email if you are acknowledgement will be given to all exhibitors and supporters in conference submitting an abstract for the Quality Conference. materials and at the time of the meeting. NEW THIS YEAR: Clinicians currently enrolled in a fellowship who wish to submit their Being held in conjunction with Hot Topics: abstracts for consideration for the Hot Topics in Neonatology Award for Fellows, should indicate Fellow in the subject line of their submission email. The author of the winning abstract will be asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation, which will be given at Hot 5th Annual Bubble CPAP & Non-Invasive Respiratory Management of the Topics in Neonatology™ the morning of Wednesday, December 9, 2015, and will receive Neonate Conference | December 5-6, 2015 | Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C. complimentary conference registration and hotel. www.bubblecpap.org For more information on abstract requirements and submission, please check PROGRAM FACILITATORS: The George Washington University School of Medicine and our website – www.HotTopics.org. Deadline is October 1. Health Sciences This two-day course will provide members of the neonatal critical care team with a Syllabus In the interest of running a greener meeting, all registrants will have comprehensive overview, practical strategies and lectures on ventilation and instruction access to an online syllabus, which can be viewed from a computer, smart on the correct use of Bubble CPAP in infants with respiratory distress. This conference phone or tablet before or during the conference. There will be free WiFi in will include both didactic and hands-on instruction and will be presented by a the meeting rooms. You may still order a print syllabus when you register if multidisciplinary panel of experts. you would like, for a small additional fee. * Talk includes 10 minutes for audience questions and discussion. REGISTRATION FORM Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics December 6, 2015 Hot Topics in Neonatology® December 6-9, 2015

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