Agenda

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

7:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:50  Welcome Remarks:  Sandra Suchomski, M.D., Symposium Chairman
8:00 Hypothermia for the Treatment of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy – KIM VITTORIO, BSN, RN, NATUS MEDICAL
9:00 Preparing for and Giving a Deposition – CHARLES THOMAS SHAD, ESQ., SAALFIELD, SHAD, JAY, STOKES & INCLAN, P.A.
10:45 Break
11:15 From Neurodevelopment to Immunology:  The Impact of LCPUFAs on Fetal, Infant and Child Health – Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Shogan and Associates
12:15 pm Lunch
1:30 Oral Feeding the Infant in the NICU: What’s important? –LIZ IZOWER, MS, CCC-SLP, AND CATHI
ALLISON, SLP, BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
2:30 New” Drugs in Pregnancy:  Effects of use/abuse of opiates, OxyContin, Vicodin, Methadone and SSRIs – Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Shogan and Associates
3:30  Adjourn
   

Thursday, April 23, 2009

7:15 am  Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00  Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – Sandra Suchomski, MD, Assistant Professor Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine; Medical Director, Memorial Hospital NICU
9:00 Neonatal ECMO – Tammy Sleeper, M.Ed, RRT-NPS, RN, Nurse Manager ECMO, Wolfson Children’s Hospital
10:00 Break
10:30 NCPAP and Non-Invasive Ventilation in Neonates – Thomas George, RRT, Cardinal Health/Viasys
11:30   High Frequency Jet Ventilation – Keith Kohutek, BS, RRT/NPS, Bunnell, Inc.
12:30 pm Lunch
1:45 17 Fool-Proof Secrets of Addressing Conflict – Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Shogan and Associates
2:45  Put on YOUR Oxygen Mask First, Before Assisting Small Children and Others:  NURSE the Nurse – Maureen Shogan, MN, RNC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Shogan and Associates
3:45 Adjourn
   

Friday, April 24, 2009

7:15 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Ethical Issues in the NICU – Alissa Hurwitz Swota, Ph.D., University of North Florida
9:00 Having the Difficult Talk with Families: Strategies to Assist – KAREN PAINTER, MSW, COMMUNITY
PEDSCARE
10:00 Break
10:30  Hepatitis Update – Nizar Maraqa, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine
11:30 The Genetic Neonatal Consult – Anthony Perszyk, MD, Assistant Professor and Section Chief, Genetics, UF Pediatric Multi-Specialty Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
12:30 pm Wrap-Up, Evaluations, Certificates