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Yale Pediatric Update 2006 - Curriculum
November 3, 2006

Course Director:
Linda D. Arnold, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine

Learning Objectives:

Participants who attend this conference will be able to:

• Summarize new information on assessment and treatment of infectious diseases, headaches, sports injuries, and growth problems in children.

Schedule:

Plenary Session I - Evaluation and Management of Common Pediatric Complaints

Urinary Tract Infections — Treatment and Follow-up Imaging
  Thomas Kennedy, MD
  Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
  Yale School of Medicine

Screening for Autism/PDD
  Fred Volkmar, MD
  Harris Professor, Child Psychiatry
  Director, Child Study Center
  Yale School of Medicine

What's Your Diagnosis?
  Linda Brown, MD
  Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  Yale School of Medicine

Plenary Session II - Hot Topics in Pediatrics

Growth Hormone - Ethics & Indications
  Scott Rivkees, MD
  Professor, Pediatrics
  Yale School of Medicine

Cumulative Effects of Radiation in Children
  Alan Friedman, MD
  Associate Professor, Pediatrics
  Yale School of Medicine

Mercury and Autism: Facts & Fiction
  Carl Baum, MD
  Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  Yale School of Medicine

Special Seminar:

  HIV Prevention in High Risk Adolescents
    Robert Garofalo, MD
    Director, Adolescent HIV Services
    Children's Memorial Hospital
    Assistant Professor,Pediatrics
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Workshops:

• Pumps, Tubes, and Gadgets (insulin pumps, G/J tubes, ports, AED)
• Adolescent Topics: Issues of Consent & Confidentiality
Sheryl Ryan, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Robert Garofalo, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Northwestern University
Feingberg School of Medicine

• Orthopedic Injuries in Child Athletes
Michael Medvecky, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
Yale School of Medicine