THEME:  CHALLENGES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Moderator: Robert G. Voigt, M.D., Assistant Course Director 

6:30 a.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast – Ask the Experts Roundtables 

7:40 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Robert G. Voigt, M.D.

7:50 a.m.

Strategies for Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Seema Kumar, M.D.

8:20 a.m.  

Acute Abdominal Pain in the Young Pediatric Patient
Mark S. Mannenbach, M.D.

8:50 a.m.

Eating Disorders
Leslie A. Sim, Ph.D.   

9:15 a.m.  

Break

9:30 a.m.

Learner-Centric Needs Assessment Using Audience Response

9:45 a.m.

Hypercoagulability
Vilmarie Rodriguez, M.D.

10:30 a.m. 

Post-Plenary Assessment Using Audience Response

Mayo Clinic Grand Rounds on the Road in the Windy City

11:00 a.m. 

Concurrent Session I

Plato, Epistemology, and Pediatrics, or Should Doctors Think Like Lawyers?
David J. Driscoll, M.D.

Evidence-Based Management for New-Onset Seizures in Children
Elaine C Wirrell, M.D.

Asthma
Paolo T. Pianosi, M.D.

Update on Food Allergies in Children
Martha F. Hartz, M.D.

Elimination Disorders in Children: Constipation & Encopresis
Michael W. Mellon, M.D.

The Musculoskeletal System in Children:  Common Conditions and Examination Techniques 
Thomas G. Mason, M.D.

Atopic Dermatitis
Dawn Marie R. Davis, M.D.

Noon

Lunch on Your Own/With Colleagues in Downtown Chicago

1:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session II

Transitioning and Integrating Technology-Dependent Children in the Hospital into the Community
Sheri Crow, M.D. and Shelley P. Ahrens, C.N.P., C.N.S.  

Pediatric Orthopedic Injuries: Casting and Splinting
Amy McIntosh, M.D., Wendy Moon, C.N.P., Kathleen Augustine, C.N.P. and Diana Barr, C.N.P.

Addressing Common Symptoms and Problems in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Jeanne Tung, M.D.

Completing a QA Project for Your Maintenance of Certification Requirements
Karen L. Ytterberg, M.D. 

Sports Medicine
David C. Agerter, M.D.

Teaching Learners in the Outpatient Setting
Stephanie R. Starr, M.D. and Erin E. Knoebel, M.D.

Asthma
Paolo T. Pianosi, M.D.

Adolescent Gynecology
Marcie Billings, M.D.

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Session III

Depression and Anxiety
John E. Huxsahl, M.D.

A Case Book of Headaches
Kenneth J. Mack, M.D., Ph.D.

Cases in Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Robert G. Voigt, M.D.

Common Scenarios in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Thomas G. Boyce, M.D.

Working with Parents and Families 
Dawn E. Nelson, R.N. and Penny L. Stavlo, C.N.P., R.N.

Chronic Fatigue
Philip R. Fischer, M.D.

Sports Medicine
David C. Agerter, M.D.

3:45 p.m.

Course Adjourned