THEME:  QUESTIONS CLINICIANS ASK
Moderator: Chad K. Brands, M.D. – Course Director

6:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:20 a.m.

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Pre-Plenary Assessment
Chad K. Brands, M.D

7:45 a.m.

Can You Tell Me More About Common Skin Problems?
Dawn Marie R. Davis, M.D.

8:15 a.m.

What is New in Pediatric Infectious Diseases?
Nancy K. Henry, M.D.

8:45 a.m.  

What About Restless Legs Syndrome?
Suresh Kotagal, M.D.

9:15 a.m. 

Break

9:30 a.m.

How Can Patients with Head Injuries be Optimally Evaluated and Managed?
Christopher D. Spahr, M.D.

10:00 a.m. 

How Can Genetic Testing Help Clinicians Make Diagnoses in 2008?
Virginia V. Michels, M.D.

THEME:  RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION WITH PATIENT CARE

10:30 a.m. 

Future Expansions of Newborn Screening
Piero Rinaldo, M.D., Ph.D.

11:15 a.m.

Pyloric Stenosis
Christopher Moir, M.D. and Penny L. Stavlo, C.N.P., R.N.

THEME:  PROMOTING HEALTH FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS

12:00 p.m. 

Amberg-Helmholtz Professorship Luncheon
The Silent Anguish of the Healer: Work-Life Balance and the Book of Past, Present, and Future
Gregory A. Poland, M.D.
Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group
Director, Program in Translational Immunovirology and Biodefense

1:15 p.m.

Q and A with Visiting Professor

1:30 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m.

2008 Update on Childhood and Adolescent Vaccinations
Robert M. Jacobson, M.D.

2:45 p.m.

Adjourn to Enjoy Downtown Chicago