June 2008 - Grand Rounds
All sessions of grand rounds for physicians are held in the Kogut auditorium on the lower level of The Children's Medical Center of Dayton. Continuing medical education (CME) and continuing nursing education (CEs) is provided as part of the medical center's mission of service, education, research and advocacy.

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All grand rounds sessions begin at 8:30 am in the Kogut auditorium (lower level of Taggart Pavilion). Speakers need to arrive by 8:00 am.

June 4, 2008

8:30 am
Topic: Recent advances in pediatrics: highlights from the 2008 pediatric academic societies meeting
Speaker: John Pascoe, MD, MPH; Anne Burke, MD; Shalini Forbis, MD, MPH; Eileen Kasten, MD; Erin McConnell, MD - Dayton Children's

9:30 am - Leonardo Canessa, MD - Glomerulonephritis

June 11, 2008

8:30 am
Topic: Infective endocarditis and the recently revised guidelines for prevention
Speaker: Sherman Alter, MD; Joseph Ross, MD - medical directors, infectious disease and cardiology, Dayton Children's

Objectives:

1. Review the entity of infective endocarditis and its changing patterns in pediatrics.
2. Recognize the appropriate use of testing in regards to diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.
3. Apply the most current antimicrobial management and recommendations regarding prophylaxis for infective endocarditis.

9:30 am - Adam Mezoff, MD - Hepatitis

June 18, 2008 


8:30 am
Topic: Upper extremity injuries in the young athlete, a case based approach
Speaker: David Marshall, MD, Emory University

Objectives: 

1. Recognize the signs and symptoms of common pediatric sports medicine injuries.
2. Describe the anatomy and biomechanics behind upper extremity injuries in youth.
3. Illustrate a sports oriented physical exam on the injured young athlete.
4. Review return to play criteria for common youth sports injuries.
   

8:30 am
Topic: Preventing kernicterus:  management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Speaker: Jay Dritz, MD, newborn medicine, Dayton Children's

Objectives:

1. Recognize the risk factors for newborn jaundice.
2. Review the long-term consequences of untreated neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
3. Assess treatment options for hyperbilirubinemia.

9:30 am - Core Conference - Michael Bloom, MD - Eye injuries

 

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