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Updates in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Saturday, April 1, 2011
8:30 AM to 4 PM
Register by March 1st for Early Bird Rates
Online registration now open!
We invite you to attend this one-day comprehensive course on gastroenterologic complaints affecting the pediatric population, including new developments in diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, GERD, liver disease, allergic GI disorders, neonatal nutrition and infantile gastrointestinal diseases.
This course is designed for academic pediatric gastroenterologists, GI fellows, pediatricians, family practitioners, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals who specialize in the treatment and diagnosis of common medical illnesses in the adult and pediatric community.
To download the conference brochure, go to:
Updates in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Location
Weill Cornell Medical College
Uris Auditorium
1300 York Avenue @ 69th Street
New York City
Register by Mail
Send your completed registration form and a check payable to:
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Attn: Jessica Grajales
525 E. 68th Street, Box 51
New York, NY 10065
To Register Online
http://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=7a996269-2c84-4c0c-8bf6-e2e6f5e4381c
Course Objectives
It is intended that this Weill Cornell CME activity will lead to improved patient care. At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of the diseases presented
- Provide better diagnostic tools and treatment regimen to patients with conditions mentioned
- Know the recent literature related to the topics
- Identify new research findings and develop new treatment strategies
Course Schedule
8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
9:10 AM
Congenital Diarrhea
Martin G. Martin, MD
9:50 AM
Treatment of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
Mark Puder, MD, PhD
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:45 AM
Approach to Hepatitis B in Children
Mercedes Martinez, MD
11:30 AM
The Treatment of Functional Abdominal Pain in Children
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM
Coping with IBD
Laura Mackner, PhD
1:45 PM
When to Use a Biologic?
Ellen Scherl, MD
2:15 PM
Postoperative Prophylaxis in Pediatric IBD
Petar Mamula, MD
2:45 PM
Panel Discussion/Q and A
Moderators: Robbyn E. Sockolow, MD and Brian Bosworth, MD
3:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Course Director
Aliza Solomon, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health
Planning Committee
Robbyn E. Sockolow, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health
Denise Miles
Patient Navigator
Center for Advanced Digestive Care
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Todd Lyon
Divisional Administrator
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Weill Cornell Medical College
Course Coordinator
Jessica Grajales
212-585-6800
jeg9059@nyp.org
Course Faculty
Brian Bosworth, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor or Clinical Pediatrics
The Ohio State University
Laura Mackner, PhD
Center for Behavioral Health at The Research Institute
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
The Ohio State University
Petar Mamula, MD
Director, Endoscopy Suite
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Martin G. Martin, MD
Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Director
UCLA Center for Pediatric Diarrheal Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mercedes Martinez, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Mark Puder, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital of Boston
Ellen J. Scherl, MD
Director, Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Jill Roberts Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Robbyn E. Sockolow, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health
