Pediatrics Conference Keynote Speakers
Lawrence Frenkel, MD
Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Gerald Katzman, MD, FAAP, CPE
Clinical Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI
Sharon Cermak, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, CA
Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Professor of Perinatal Nursing & Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, PA
Rita P. Verma, MD, FAAP
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Director of Neonatal –Perinatal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, NY
Robert L. Selman, PhD
Roy E. Larsen Professor of Human Development and Education, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard University, MA
Yvonne M. Vissing, PhD
Policy Chair, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Professor, Salem State University, MA
Sami Bahna, MD, DrPH
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, Chief of Allergy & Immunology Section, Reddy Professor of Allergy & Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, LA
Featured Speakers
Paul S. Visich, PhD, MPH
University of New England,
Professor/Chair, Exercise and Sport Performance Department, ME
Ramani Ramchandran, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Translational Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI
Thomas Ciecierega, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY
Christos Papadelis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA
Indira Narayanan, MD
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics/Neonatology, Georgetown University and Consultant, Global Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition, Washington, D.C.
Sushitha Surendran, MD
Assistant professor, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, TN
Marina M Zamith, MD, PhD
Paediatric cardiologist
UNIFESP_Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Elisabeth C. McGowan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, RI
Jimmy-Sanderson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management,
Texas Tech University, TX
Kimberly Frame, PhD
Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Savannah State University, GA
Andrew M. Campbell, Founder/CEO
Campbell Research & Consulting, IN
Kristen Lwin, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Canada
Fernando Gomez, MD
Professor of Pathology, Department of Specialty Medicine, Rocky Vista University, CO
Ayumi Nagase, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Studies, Sonoma State University, CA
Christie J. Bruno, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Attending Neonatologist, Yale School of Medicine, CT
Alexis R. Lauricella, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Technology in Early Childhood Center, Erikson Institute, IL
Ahmed Mohamed Refaat, PhD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology,
Ain-Shams University, Egypt
Shridevi Pandya Shah, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ
Bonnie W. Lau, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, NH
Bonnie Mark Goldstein, LCSW, Ed.M., PhD
Founder & Director, Lifespan Psychological Center, Integrative Individual, Family and Group Therapy, CA
Margaret Danielle Weiss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Director, Clinical Research in Child Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, MA
Sara D. Gungor, MD
PGY-2 Pediatric Resident,
Stony Brook Children's, NY
Silvia Gartner, MD
Principal Investigator of ECFS-CTN Barcelona center, Pediatric Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Spain
Gordon Harper, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School, MA
Gwen Fosse, MSA, BSN, RN
Clinical Outreach Specialist, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, MI
Virtual Talks
David H Adamkin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Director of Neonatal Nutrition Research, University of Louisville, KY
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, MBA
CU Medicine Endowed Professor, Chair, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Colorado School of Medicine, CO
Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou, MD, PhD
Chief, Section of Pediatric Neurology, Professor of Child Neurology, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, WI
Jane Greene Ryan, PhD, CNM, RN
Associate Professor, Drexel College of Nurses and Health Professions, PA
Visiting Professor, Eternal University, India
Felipe de Souza Rossi, MD
Departamento Materno-Infantil,
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kenji Sasaki, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine,
Midtown Medicare Clinic, Japan
Yu Chen, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health and Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, NY
Carolyn S. Quinsey, MD
Assistant Professor
Skull Base/ Skills Lab Director, Department of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Anthony C. Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer
Medical Director, The Sharon Disney Lund, Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3), Children's Hospital of Orange County, CA
Jay Portnoy, MD
Director, Division of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology,
Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, MO
Ravi Sharma, MD
Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital
India
Amy Lee, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado Medicine, Section of Pediatric
Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, CO
Peter J. Smith, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Chicago, IL
Albert S. Woo, MD, FACS
Chief, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Director, Craniofacial Program, Director, Lifespan 3D Printing Lab, Co-Director, Lifespan Neuroplastic Institute, Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
Luis Murguia-Favela, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Immunology, Alberta Children's Hospital
University of Calgary, Canada
Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS, MD
Associate Center Director, Center for Neonatal Medicine, Director of Neonatology, Professor of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, CA
Junyan Han, MD
Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, China
Heather J. Jackson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC
Administrative Director, Advanced Practice
Instructor, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, T