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Join like-minded attendees for organized networking on Saturday at PAS. There is one goal – to meet as many people as possible in your subspecialty while you are in Hawaii!

Limited seating. RSVP is required via online program guide.

Networking Breakouts

  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Addressing the Pediatrics Workforce Crisis
    Location:  Convention Center: 319
    Facilitator: Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Robert JJ Vinci, MD (he/him/his) – Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Sallie Permar, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Adolescent MedicineAllergy, Immunology and RheumatologyCardiologyCritical CareDevelopmental and Behavioral PediatricsEmergency MedicineEndocrinologyGastroenterology/HepatologyGeneral PediatricsHematology/OncologyHospital MedicineInfectious DiseasesNeonatal GeneralNephrologyNeurologyPulmonologyTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Artificial Intelligence in Neonatology
    Location:  Convention Center: 306
    Facilitator: Ameena Husain, D.O. (she/her/hers) – University of Utah School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Ryan M. McAdams, MD (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin
    Facilitator: Zachary A. Vesoulis, MD MSCI (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Lindsey Knake, MD, MS – University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
    Facilitator: Kristyn Beam, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Artificial IntelligenceNeonatologyNeonatal GeneralNeonatal Quality ImprovementNeonatal-Perinatal Health Care DeliveryNewborn CareSocial Media & TechnologyTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Asthma, Allergy, and Environmental Management
    Location:  Convention Center: Pa Kaloka "Charlot Courtyard" (Level 3)
    Facilitator: Karen L. Warman, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
    Facilitator: Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD – George Washington University
    Facilitator: Rita M. Ryan, MD (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Eric D. Austin, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    AsthmaEnvironmental HealthNeonatologyPulmonologyTraineeNeonatal Pulmonology
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Building a Sustainable Pediatric Nephrology Workforce and Research Career
    Location:  Convention Center: 325
    Facilitator: Jennifer Charlton, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Katherine Twombley, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina
    Facilitator: Larry A. Greenbaum, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Susan Halbach, MD, MPH – University of WA/Seattle Children's Hospital
    Facilitator: Bernarda Viteri, MD, MSTR (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Facilitator: Diana Zepeda-Orozco, MD (she/her/hers) – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    NephrologyTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Cognitive and Compassionate Subspecialties; ID, Endocrinology and Adolescent Medicine
    Location:  Convention Center: 305
    Facilitator: Joshua Wolf, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Facilitator: Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Facilitator: Sara M. Buckelew, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Ucsf
    Adolescent MedicineEndocrinologyInfectious DiseasesTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and NICU Follow Up
    Location:  Convention Center: 303
    Facilitator: Douglas Vanderbilt, MD, MS, MBA (he/him/his) – USC/CHLA
    Facilitator: Deborah W. Davis, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Louisville School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Salathiel Renee' Kendrick-Allwood, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Facilitator: Mary Lauren Neel, MD, MSCI (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Nathalie L. Maitre, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Developmental and Behavioral PediatricsNeonatologyNeonatal Follow-upTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Emergency Medicine and Sedation
    Location:  Convention Center: Kalākaua Ballroom B (Level 4)
    Facilitator: Kenneth Michelson, MD MPH – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Facilitator: Frances Balamuth, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/CHOP
    Facilitator: Juan Boriosi, MD (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Facilitator: Rebecca Kriss Burger, MD, FAAP, FACEP (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Emergency MedicineSedation MedicineTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Hot Topics in Neonatal Nutrition and Research Methods to Address Critical Gaps
    Location:  Convention Center: 323
    Facilitator: Amy B. Hair, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Facilitator: Camilia R. Martin, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Facilitator: Sarah Taylor, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Cynthia L. Blanco, MD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Gregory C. Valentine, MD, MED, FAAP (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatal Fetal Nutrition & MetabolismNeonatologyTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: HSR Child Health Services and Outcomes Research
    Location:  Convention Center: 322
    Facilitator: Valerie S. Harder, PhD, MHS (she/her/hers) – Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
    Facilitator: Alyna T. Chien, MDMS – Boston Children's Hospital
    Child Abuse & NeglectHealth Services ResearchHistorical PerspectivesTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Navigating the Future of Pediatric Hospital Medicine when ACGME Residency Changes Occur
    Location:  Convention Center: 318 B
    Facilitator: Rachel Peterson, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    General PediatricsHospital MedicineMedical EducationTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: NEC
    Location:  Convention Center: 324
    Facilitator: Jennifer M. Canvasser, MSW (she/her/hers) – Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society
    Facilitator: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Facilitator: Misty Good, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – UNC Chapel Hill
    Breastfeeding/Human MilkNeonatal GI Physiology & NECTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Neonatal Neurology
    Location:  Convention Center: 308
    Facilitator: Dawn Gano, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
    Facilitator: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
    NeurologyNeonatologyTrainee
     Credit: CME: 1.5
    Ethics CME: 1.5
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Neonatal Quality Improvement, Practices, and Procedures
    Location:  Convention Center: 321
    Facilitator: Michael Posencheg, M.D. – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Facilitator: Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Facilitator: Munish Gupta, MD MMSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Neonatal Quality ImprovementTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Subspecialty Networking Breakout: Neo-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Epidemiology/Health Services Research
    Location:  Convention Center: Pa Kamali'I "Children's Courtyard" (Level 3)
    Facilitator: Erika M. Edwards, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Vermont Oxford Network
    Facilitator: Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    NeonatologyTrainee
  • Saturday, Apr 26th
    8:50am – 9:50am HST
    Workshop Office Hours: Pulling Back the Curtain on PAS Workshop Submissions
    Location:  Convention Center: 313 B
    Facilitator: Caroline R. Paul, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky College of Medicine