Hybrid Conference (in-person or Virtual)

(Recorded sessions will be available till December 5, 2025)

Location

Student Center West auditoriums

University of Illinois - Chicago Campus

Chicago, Illinois

September 4 & 5, 2025

Thursday, september 4 Plenary session:

Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00 am

• Infant Feeding and Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Is Breast Still Best? – Lukasz Weiner, MD

• Updates in Retinopathy of Prematurity -  Hawke Yoon, MD

• The Game Changer: Teamwork and Self-Discovery – Clara Song, MD

• When Expertise Clashes: A Panel Discussion on How Should We Handle Disagreement in Neonatal Care – Amy Pham, MD, Aarti Raghavan, MD, Alan Schwartz, PhD, JD

• SONPM Update – Clara Song, MD

• Updates on Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants - Ravi Patel, MD

• Weeding through the Challenges of Perinatal Cannabis Use  – Erica Wymore, MD

• Amnioinfusions: Are They Here to Stay? - Melissa Muff-Luett, MD and David Soffer, MD

Friday, September 5 Plenary session:

Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00 am

•  Advocacy Update – Mark Del Monte, JD

• Advances and Opportunities in Neonatal Transfusion Medicine - Ravi Patel, MD

• Skincare for the ELBW – Amy Hobson, MD

• Palliative Care in the NICU   – Erin Rholl, MD

• Tiny Clues, Big Outcomes: How Innovation in Fetal Diagnosis is Reshaping Pediatric Care – Aswathi Jayaram, MD

• Updates from the TeCAN Advocacy Group – Erin Rholl, MD

• Wins and Losses in Trisomy 13 & 18: Does Practice Change Outcomes or do the Outcomes Change Practice? – Natalia Henner, MD

  
  

Total of 11.5 CME Credits

Recorded sessions will be available to virtual stream until December 5, 2025 for in person and virtual attendees.

Accomodation:

Courtyard Chicago at Medical District/UIC

625 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60607

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Welcome!

We, the District Six Association of Neonatologists (DSAN), cordially welcome you to the 18th Annual “Controversies in Neonatal and Perinatal Clinical Care” conference. Our conference planning committee continues to strive to recruit experts in their respective fields as faculty presenters, and this year is no exception! The meeting consists of four half-day sessions and is applicable to practitioners in academic or private practice neonatology. We offer a forum for education and discussion of controversial issues in neonatal clinical care, provider education, advocacy, and quality improvement.

Program overview:

The goal of this activity is to improve patient care by increasing learner competence in implementing the most current guidelines and evidence-based practice into the management of the neonate in the NICU setting.

Statement of need:

While guidelines in the treatment of the newborn do exist and are continuously updated, controversies within the field challenge physicians who are looking for the most effective evidence-based solutions to common and uncommon conditions in the NICU. Collaborative and solution-based forums like this regional conference are needed to foster discussion, promote dissemination and adoption of updated clinical guidelines and identify and implement evidence-based practice changes.

Target audience:

Target attendees include neonatologists, pediatricians, family practitioners, perinatal maternal care providers, advance practice providers caring for infants and newborns, and trainees with a focus in neonatology or perinatology.

Activity purpose and objectives:

The Controversies in Neonatal and Perinatal Clinical Care Conference was created in 2008 as a source for high quality neonatal professional education for the providers in AAP District Six of the Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (SoNPM). This educational conference seeks to:

• Provide guidance and support to physicians in the daily practice of neonatal-perinatal medicine

• Offer a forum for the discussion of a variety of important clinical issues, but also include topics addressing the logistics of practice including advocacy, health care reform, and ethical and societal perspectives as they relate to neonatal-perinatal medicine

• Create networking opportunities for neonatologists and other professionals responsible for the delivery of care to the fetus and newborn

Credit Statements:

·         The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

·         The AAP designates this (live in-person, Internet Live & Internet Enduring ) Activity for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

·         This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 11.5 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

·         PAs may claim a maximum of 11.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

·         This program is accredited for 11.5 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 0 contain pharmacology (Rx) content, (0 related to psychopharmacology) (0 related to controlled substances), per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Continuing Education Guidelines.