`Practical Pediatrics' comes to Seattle, Hilton Head in May
The continuing medical education (CME) course "Practical
Pediatrics,"for pediatricians and other health care professionals
caringfor children, is set for May 18-20 in Seattle and May 25-27(Memorial
Day weekend) on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Some of the topics and faculty to be featured in Seattle include:
Sleepless (in Seattle): Bedtime Struggles and Night Wakings,with
Nathan Blum, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics,University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia;
The Relationship Between Obesity and Respiratory Disease in
Children,with Michael Tsangaris, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of
clinicalpediatrics, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Critical Careand
Allergy, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis;
"My Head Hurts": Evaluation and Management of the Child
withHeadache, with Robert C. Pedersen, M.D., FAAP, assistant professor
ofpediatrics and neurology, Uniformed Services University of theHealth
Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu;
MetabolicSyndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: More than Just Obesity,
withGaryL. Francis, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics,Virginia
CommonwealthUniversity, Medical College of Virginia,Richmond.
Among the sessions to be featured at Hilton Head are:
Autism: Making the Diagnosis Before Age 2, with Chris
PlauchéJohnson, M.D., M.Ed., FAAP, professor of pediatrics, University
ofTexas Health Science Center at San Antonio;
Pediatric DiagnosticDilemmas, with Robert Listernick, M.D.,FAAP,
professor of pediatrics,Northwestern University, FeinbergSchool of Medicine,
Chicago;
Problem Cases in Pediatric Cardiology, with William A. Lutin,
M.D.,Ph.D., FACC, FAAP, professor of pediatrics (cardiology), MedicalCollege
of Georgia, Augusta; and
Management of the DrainingEar, with David H. Darrow, M.D.,
D.D.S.,FAAP, associate professorof otolaryngology and pediatrics,Eastern
Virginia Medical School,Norfolk.
For each course, participants can earn a maximum of 16.5 AMAPRA Category 1
Credits.
Find information on these CME courses or request a brochurefor upcoming
AAP CME activities by accessing
www.pedialink.org/cmefinder,
e-mailing
cme{at}aap.org
orcalling toll-free (866) The AAP1 (866-843-2271). Outside theUnited States
and Canada, call (847) 434-4000, option 3.
To enroll in a CME activity, access
www.pedialink.org/cmefinder
orcall toll-free (800) 433-9016, option 3. Outside the UnitedStates and
Canada, call (847) 434-4000, option 3.
