Conference Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Monday, June 1, 2026

Tracks: Clinical / Medical Education, Newborn, and Professional Development / Clinical Reasoning

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM	Registration & Breakfast
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM	Welcoming Remarks
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	Battle of the Pediatric Nephrologists Jennifer Fishbein, Weizhen Tan, UMass/Mass General Brigham for Children	Curiouser & Curiouser: Unexpected Findings in the Newborn Nursery Sevde Felek Boyvat, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital	Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Claire Abraham, Boston Children's Hospital
9:25 AM - 10:15 AM	Frontiers in Pediatric Infectious Disease: Emerging Threats and Key Updates Chadi El Saleeby, Mass General Brigham for Children	Compassionate, Competent Care for Immigrant Children: Practical Approaches Across Pediatric Settings Agnes Hernandez-Grande, Newton Wellesley Hospital	Zebras Hinding in Plain Sight: Rare Presentations of Common Pediatric Diseases Kerstin Zanger, Mass General Brigham for Children
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Workshop Updates in Artificial Intelligence (for the Apprehensive Pediatric Hospitalist) C. Ezzio, K. Hart, J. Hron, D. Kats, Umass/Boston Children's Hospital	Workshop Trauma-Informed Care Principles and Debriefing Strategies for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Teams A. Backman, E. Hogeland, K. Maynes, C. Skurkis, Connecticut Children's	Workshop The Council: A novel approach to fostering interprofessional relationships and project completion M. DuMont, E. Lewis, D. Walcott, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Lunch Break & Poster Session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Keynote Address: Keynote Address: Maximize Your Message - The importance of social media as a healthcare provider Tommy Martin, MD Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA
1:35 PM - 2:45 PM	Workshop From Boredom to Board Games: A Low-Prep, High-Yield Teaching Model for PHM L. Batey, H. Gurji, J. Mcintyre, S. Szkola, BCH/UT Houston/Elliot Hospital/Stanford	Workshop My Way or the Highway: When Parents Refuse Care in the Newborn Nursery E. Aragona, M. Church, E. Kung, J. Loyal, Yale/Emerson Hospital/MGBfC	Workshop Searching for Awe and Finding Connection, Meaning, and Purpose in Healthcare E. Miller, O. Ogundeyi, E. Salib, University of Rochester
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Clinico-pathological Conference/New England Journal of Medicine A 6-Week-Old Girl with Fever and Seizures Katie O'Donnell, MD Pediatric Hospital Medicine & Medical Toxicology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Closing Remarks