Join us for TWO great conferences over four days:

December 8-11, 2013 Omni Shoreham Hotel | Washington, DC

ENROLL FOR THE PRE-CONFERENCE

Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics

Join us for TWO great conferences over four days:

December 6-9, 2015

Marriott M

arquis | Washington, D.C.

ENROLL FOR THE PRECONFERENCE

Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics

Office of Continuing Medical Education1600 Rockland RoadWilmington, DE 19803

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERAlice Goffman, PhDAssistant Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin – MadisonMadison, Wisconsin

FACULTY Fernando Althabe, MD Adjunct Professor of Public Health University of Buenos AiresDirector, Department of Mother and Child Health ResearchInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health PolicyBuenos Aires, Argentina

Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACPHonorary Senior LecturerObstetrics and Gynaecology University of AdelaideMedical Unit Head, Neonatal MedicineWomen and Children’s Hospital Adelaide, Australia

Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD Senior Lecturer in Child Health Newcastle University Honorary Consultant Paediatric NephrologistNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

James J. Cummings, MD Professor of PediatricsAlbany Medical CollegeVice Chair of PediatricsAlbany Medical CenterAlbany, New York

Juliann Di Fiore, BSEEResearch EngineerCase Western Reserve UniversityRainbow Babies & Children’s HospitalCleveland, Ohio

Judy D’Ilario, RNClinical Research NurseMcMaster University – Neonatal Trials GroupNICU Staff NurseMcMaster Children’s Hospital Ontario, Canada

Hege Ersdal, MD, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Health StudiesUniversity of Stavanger, NorwayExternal Principal Investigator of the “Safer Births” Project, TanzaniaAttending AnaesthesiologistStavanger University HospitalStavanger, Norway

Neil Finer, MDProfessor EmeritusUniversity of California, San DiegoSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and BabiesSan Diego, California

Alan W. Flake, MD Professor of Surgery and ObstetricsUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineAttending SurgeonChildren’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhDProfessor, Obstetrics and GynaecologyMonash University Director of the Ritchie CentreHudson Institute of Medical ResearchClayton, Victoria, Australia

Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MDDepartment of NeonatologyThe National University Hospital - RigshospitaletCopenhagen, Denmark

Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPathDee Lyons/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Genomic MedicineChildren’s Mercy HospitalKansas City, Missouri

Angela Kribs, MDAssistant Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Cologne, GermanyChildren’s Hospital Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive CareChief, Division of NeonatologyCologne, Germany

Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MDProfessor of PediatricsDirector, Center for Developmental Biology University at BuffaloChief, Division of Neonatology Women and Children’s Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo, New York

Abbot R. Laptook, MDProfessor of PediatricsWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityMedical Director, NICU Women and Infants Hospital Providence, Rhode Island

Jørgen E. Linde, MDPhD Fellow in Neonatology Pediatric DepartmentStavanger University HospitalStavanger, Norway

Gianluca Lista, MDNeonatologist in ChiefVittore Buzzi Children’s HospitalMilan, Italy

Sarah S. Long, MDProfessor of PediatricsDrexel University College of MedicineChief, Section of Infectious DiseasesSt. Christopher’s Hospital for ChildrenPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD, FAAPProfessor of Anesthesiology and Critical CarePerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaEndowed Chair and Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Research The Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Giancarlo Natalucci, MDPrivat DozentUniversity of ZurichConsultant in Neonatology and Behavioral/Developmental PediatricsZurich University HospitalZurich, Switzerland

Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH, FAAPProfessor of PediatricsUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineSection of NeonatologyAurora, Colorado

Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RDProfessor, Department of Nutritional SciencesUniversity of TorontoSenior Associate ScientistThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenToronto, Ontario, Canada

Chirag J. Patel, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical InformaticsHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts

DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH Associate Professor of PediatricsHarvard Medical School Neonatologist-in-ChiefBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts

Joel G. Ray, MD, MScProfessor of Medicine and Obstetrics and GynaecologySt. Michael’s HospitalUniversity of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada

Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CMKristine Sandberg Knisely Chair in NeonatologyProfessor of PediatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaNeonatal Trials GroupMcMaster UniversityHamilton, Ontario, Canada Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRSFamily Resource Specialist Women & Infants HospitalProvidence, Rhode Island

Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAANProfessor of Perinatal Nursing &

Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Nurse Researcher & Director of the Lactation ProgramThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Howard Stein, MDClinical Professor of PediatricsCollege of Medicine and Life SciencesUniversity of ToledoMedical Director, NICU Promedica Toledo Children’s Hospital Toledo, Ohio

Kevin A. Strauss, MDMedical DirectorClinic for Special ChildrenStrasburg, Pennsylvania

Karl Sylvester, MD Associate Professor of Surgery and PediatricsStanford University School of MedicineAttending Surgeon, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital StanfordPalo Alto, California

Veeral N. Tolia, MD Assistant Professor of PediatricsTexas A&M Health Science CenterNeonatologistBaylor University Medical CenterDallas, Texas

Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C)Staff Neonatologist, Mount Sinai HospitalAssociate Professor, University of TorontoMedical Director, Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk BankToronto, Ontario, Canada

Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhDProfessor of Neonatology University of Amsterdam Head, NICU Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical CenterAmsterdam, The Netherlands

Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BCClinical Instructor, School of NursingVanderbilt UniversityClinical Quality Improvement Specialist Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tennessee

Myra Wyckoff, MDProfessor of PediatricsUT Southwestern Medical Center at DallasDirector, Newborn Resuscitation Services Parkland HospitalDallas, Texas

John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScDAssociate Professor of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolAssociate Chief of NeonatologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts

Hot Topics in Neonatology® Conference Faculty

MODERATORS Carl Bose, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of North Carolina School of Medicine Attending Physician North Carolina Children’s HospitalChapel Hill, North Carolina

Peter G. Davis, MDProfessorUniversity of Melbourne Professor/Director of Neonatology The Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia

Avroy A. Fanaroff, MDEmeritus Eliza Henry Barnes Professor of NeonatologyRainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

Emeritus Professor of PediatricsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineCleveland, Ohio

Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBARobert L. Brent Professor and ChairmanDepartment of PediatricsNemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPediatrician-in-ChiefNemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenWilmington, Delaware

Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics University of CincinnatiCincinnati Children’s Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio

Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MScProfessor of PediatricsPerelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Attending NeonatologistChildren’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Victoria Niklas, MDProfessor of PediatricsDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAChief, Division of Neonatology and Neonatal ServicesOlive View UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, California

Berndt Urlesberger, MD Professor of Neonatology Medical University of GrazHead, Division of Neonatology

Univ. Klinik für Kinder – und Jugendheilkunde GrazGraz, Austria

Myra Wyckoff, MDProfessor of PediatricsUT Southwestern Medical Center at DallasDirector, Newborn Resuscitation Services Parkland HospitalDallas, Texas

John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScDAssociate Professor of PediatricsHarvard Medical SchoolAssociate Chief of NeonatologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts

PROGRAM CHAIRJay S. Greenspan, MD, MBARobert L. Brent Professor and ChairmanDepartment of PediatricsNemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPediatrician-in-ChiefNemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

PROGRAM CHAIR Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MScProfessor of PediatricsPerelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Attending Neonatologist Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

CHAIR EMERITUS Jerold F. Lucey, MD, FAAPProfessor of Pediatrics, EmeritusWallace Professor of Neonatology, EmeritusUniversity of VermontEditor-in-Chief, Pediatrics, Emeritus

FACULTYLynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BCAdjunct FacultySchool of Nursing/College of Health SciencesUniversity of DelawareNeonatal Nurse PractitionerNemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Nursing Research FacilitatorChristiana Care Health SystemWilmington, Delaware

Alan de Klerk, MDAssistant Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Central FloridaChief, Division of NeonatologyNemours Children’s Hospital Orlando, Florida

Jay P. Goldsmith, MDElsie Schaefer Chair in Neonatology Department of PediatricsTulane University School of MedicineNew Orleans, Louisiana

Pauline D. Graziano, MS, APN, NNP-BCInstructor, Department of PediatricsAlbany Medical Center CollegeNeonatal Nurse PractitionerBernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical CenterAlbany, New York

Munish Gupta, MD, MMScInstructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolQuality Improvement DirectorDepartment of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts

Amy B. Hair, MD Assistant ProfessorBaylor College of Medicine Medical Director of Neonatal NutritionDirector of NICU Intestinal Rehab Team Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas

Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCEAssistant Professor of PediatricsPerinatal Institute and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems ExcellenceCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnati, Ohio

Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPHAssociate Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NeonatologistUNC Hospitals Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhDNeonatology and NICU S. Anna HospitalAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di TorinoTorino, Italy

Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQSNeonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of PediatricsSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityQuality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service LineChristiana Care Health SystemNewark, Delaware

Alan Picarillo, MD Assistant Professor in PediatricsUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School Chief, Division of Neonatology UMassMemorial HealthcareWorcester, Massachusetts

Alan R. Spitzer, MD Senior Vice President for Research, Education and Quality Mednax, Inc./Pediatrix Medical GroupSunrise, Florida

Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPHAffiliated Associate Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Central FloridaChief, Division of General PediatricsPhysician Liaison, Office of Quality and Safety Nemours Children’s HospitalOrlando, Florida

PROGRAM CHAIRSMunish Gupta, MD, MMScInstructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolQuality Improvement DirectorDepartment of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts

Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQSNeonatology Fellowship Director and Clinical Professor of PediatricsSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityQuality and Safety Officer, Women and Children’s Service LineChristiana Care Health SystemNewark, Delaware

Saturday, December 5, 20154 – 6 p.m. Registration

Sunday, December 6, 20157 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8 a.m. Introduction Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS and Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc

8:05 a.m. Keynote Address: Has Quality Improvement (QI) Improved the Care of NICU Babies? Alan R. Spitzer, MD

QI Strategies to Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis

9:05 a.m. Exclusive Human Milk-Based Diet Amy B. Hair, MD

9:25 a.m. Use of Lactoferrin and Probiotics Paolo Manzoni, MD, PhD

9:45 a.m. Using Feeding Protocols Pauline Graziano, APN, NNP-BC

10:05 a.m. Panel Discussion

10:20 a.m. Break/Refreshments

Using QI to Improve Outcomes: Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

10:45 a.m. Best Practices in BPD Prevention Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH

11:05 a.m. Quality Improvement Approaches to BPD Jay P. Goldsmith, MD

11:25 a.m. Implementing Quality Improvement for BPD Alan Picarillo, MD

11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion

noon Lunch (on your own)

1:15 p.m. Concurrent Session 1

How to Publish a QI Paper Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS QI Tools for the Neonatologist Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started? Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC

2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session 2 How to Publish a QI Paper Stephen A. Pearlman, MD, MSHQS QI Tools for the Neonatologist Lloyd N. Werk, MD, MPH, and Alan de Klerk, MD Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc, and Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started? Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC

4 p.m. Adjourn

PRE-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

NEONATAL QUALITY AT HOT TOPICSPRE-CONFERENCE FACULTY

Sunday, December 6, 2015

THE JEROLD F. LUCEY, MD, LECTURESHIP and KEYNOTE ADDRESSModerator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc

5 – 6 p.m. On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City – Alice Goffman, PhD

6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception

Monday, December 7, 20157 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction – Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA, and Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSc

RESUSCITATION AND NEW ILCOR GUIDELINES Moderator – Myra Wyckoff, MD

8:30 a.m. ILCOR New Recommendations – Myra Wyckoff, MD

8:50 a.m. Aeration of the Lung at Delivery – Stuart Hooper, BSc (Hons), PhD

9:10 a.m. Minimally Invasive Surfactant Therapy – Angela Kribs, MD

9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion

10 a.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits

NEW HORIZONS FOR VENTILATION Moderator – Peter G. Davis, MD

10:30 a.m. Electrical Impedance Tomography: From Research to Clinical Tool in Newborn Infants* – Anton H. van Kaam, MD, PhD

11 a.m. Sustained Inflation and Its Role in Delivery Room Management* – Gianluca Lista, MD

11:30 a.m. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assistance in Neonates* – Howard Stein, MD

noon Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits

GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES Moderator – Haresh Kirpalani, BM, MSC

1:30 p.m. Aerosolized Surfactant – Safety and Tolerability of Lucinactant for Inhalation in Preterm Infants* – Neil Finer, MD

2 p.m. Can You Hemodialyze Your Premature Infant?* – Malcolm Coulthard, FRCPCH, PhD

2:30 p.m. Extracorporeal Support of the Premature Infant: The Artificial Placenta/Uterus* – Alan W. Flake, MD

3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits

CEREBRAL OXYGEN MONITORING Moderator – Berndt Urlesberger, MD

3:30 p.m. Oxygen Extraction – Use for Prediction of Outcome* – Chad Andersen, MBBS, FRACP

4 p.m. Niroscopy in Cardiac OR* – Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD, FAAP

4:30 p.m. RCT of Cerebral Saturation Boundaries* – Simon Hyttel-Sorenson, MD

5 p.m. Adjourn

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

NUTRITION Moderator – Victoria Niklas, MD

8 a.m. Measuring Growth – Ethnicity Matters* – Joel G. Ray, MD, MSc

8:30 a.m. Growth and Health Outcomes in Donor Human Milk Fed VLBW Infants: Results from the DoMINO RCT* – Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RD, and Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C)

9 a.m. Metabolism in Preemies, Biology and Association with Disease* – Karl Sylvester, MD

9:30 a.m. Evidence-Based Strategies to Ensure Human Milk & Breastfeeding During & Beyond the NICU Stay – Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

9:45 a.m. Break/Posters/Exhibits

GREEN OR ROTTEN APPLES Moderator – Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA

10:15 a.m. Long-Term Outcomes of Erythropoietin in Preterms* – Giancarlo Natalucci, MD

10:45 a.m. The Vitamin A Shortage and CLD* – Veeral N. Tolia, MD

11:15 a.m. Choosing Wisely: Opportunities to Increase Value in Newborn Medicine* – DeWayne M. Pursley, MD, MPH

11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)/Posters/Exhibits

GENETICS Moderator – Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD

1:15 p.m. Rapid Genome Sequencing for Genetic Diagnosis in Newborns* – Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, BAO, DSc, FRCPath

1:45 p.m. Tissue Transplant for Inherited Metabolic Disorders: Longitudinal Insights and New Frontiers* – Kevin A. Strauss, MD

2:15 p.m. A Health Economic Approach to Expensive Technology – John A. F. Zupancic, MD, ScD

2:30 p.m. Big Data Streams to Elucidate the Role of Environment in Pediatric Outcomes* – Chirag J. Patel, PhD

3 p.m. Break/Posters/Exhibit

GLOBAL NEONATOLOGY Moderator – Carl Bose, MD

3:30 p.m. Antenatal Corticosteroid Trials in Low Resourced Settings* – Fernando Althabe, MD

4 p.m. Helping Babies Survive Educational Programs for Health Care Providers – Susan Niermeyer, MD, MPH , FAAP

4:20 p.m. The “Safer Births” Research Project in Tanzania – New Knowledge Using Innovative Resuscitation Equipment– Jørgen E. Linde, MD, and Hege Ersdal, MD, PhD

4:50 p.m. Panel Discussion/ Q & A

5 p.m. A Randomized Trial of Hypothermia for Encephalopathy in Premature Infants 33-35 Weeks Gestation: Rationale and Study Design of a New Trial – Abbot R. Laptook, MD

5:15 p.m. Adjourn

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 7 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

CLINICAL PEARLS Moderator – John A.F. Zupancic, MD, ScD

8 a.m. Using a Count of 3 Neonatal Morbidities to Select Very Low Birth Weight Children for Prolonged Follow-Up* – Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM

8:30 a.m. Early Onset Sepsis and Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections in the NICU* – Sarah S. Long, MD

9 a.m. Partnering with Parents, the Medical Home and Community Providers to Improve Transition Services for High-Risk Preterm Infants: Role of Family Resource Specialists* – Jennifer M. Silva, BSBA, FRS

9:30 a.m. The NNP Workforce Survey: Findings, Challenges and Planning for the Future – Tamara Wallace, DNP, NNP-BC

9:45 a.m. Break

WHAT OXYGEN SATURATION SHOULD WE USE? ARE WE ANY FURTHER? Moderator – Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD

10:15 a.m. Fellow Abstract Presentation

10:30 a.m. GRADING the Oxygen Trials in Preterms – Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD

10:50 a.m. Lessons Learned From Pulse Oximetry – Juliann Di Fiore, BSEE

11:10 a.m. AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn Clinical Report on Oxygen Targeting in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants– James J. Cummings, MD

11:30 a.m. Staying on Target: What Helps and What Doesn’t? A Nursing Perspective on Oxygen Saturation Monitoring – Judy D’Ilario, RN

11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion

12:15 p.m. Adjourn

CONFERENCE SCHEDULEHOT TOPICS IN NEONATOLOGY®

* Talk includes 10 minutes for audience questions and discussion.

GENERAL INFORMATION

* Talk includes 10 minutes for audience questions and discussion.

Site The program will be held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. This brand new hotel is designed to reflect its surroundings and has four on-property restaurants. Conveniently located near Penn Quarter, DC City Center, the Verizon Center, Union Station Chinatown and the National Mall, this downtown Washington, D.C. hotel makes it easy to explore the city’s best attractions. For more information, please visit www.HotTopics.org and click on the hotel tab.

Accommodations Rooms have been reserved at the Marriott Marquis Washington D.C. at a special conference rate of $274 per night single or double occupancy, not including sales tax. Please make your reservations through the Marriott Marquis’ Reservation Department at (800) 228-9290 or through the www.HotTopics.org website. Please ask to be assigned to the Hot Topics in Neonatology® room block in order to receive the special conference rate. The conference rate is only available for reservations made before Monday, November 9, 2015, and is based on availability. Group rates will be offered three (3) days prior and (3) days after the meeting dates, based on availability.

The hotel often sells out well before the conference date. Please reserve your hotel room and make your conference registration early!

A Suite Deal for Early Registrants All conference attendees whose registration is received by October 2, 2015 and who register to stay at the Marriott Marquis, will be entered in a drawing to win a free upgrade to a one bedroom suite for the evenings of December 5, 6, 7 and 8. This large, luxurious suite includes a bedroom and separate living room.

Accreditation Nemours is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nemours designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Learning Objectives Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics will offer presentations and workshops designed to help neonatal clinicians improve the care they provide at the bedside. It will open with a keynote address by a national leader that will review the impact of quality improvement (QI) on neonatal care. There will be panel discussions on necrotizing enterocolotis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia that focus on how quality improvement methods can reduce the burden of these morbidities, and breakout sessions with hands-on training in essential skills needed to carry out a successful QI Project from inception through completion and publication.

The faculty at Hot Topics in Neonatology® will review current levels of evidence and practice in the areas of neonatology and perinatology. The program will include talks and discussion on the newest research on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of health problems in the neonate, as well as long-term follow-up for the NICU graduate. Hot Topics seeks to involve clinicians from around the globe in the debate around both existing and emerging therapies and neonatal science, with the goal of providing clinicians with implementable practice change.

Posters Posters for both the Quality and Hot Topics conferences will be accepted for continuous display during breaks, and before and after receptions. Posters must be on a subject that is being presented at the meeting. Please indicate Quality Conference in the subject line of your email if you are submitting an abstract for the Quality Conference.

NEW THIS YEAR: Clinicians currently enrolled in a fellowship who wish to submit their abstracts for consideration for the Hot Topics in Neonatology Award for Fellows, should indicate Fellow in the subject line of their submission email. The author of the winning abstract will be asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation, which will be given at Hot Topics in Neonatology™ the morning of Wednesday, December 9, 2015, and will receive complimentary conference registration and hotel.

For more information on abstract requirements and submission, please check our website – www.HotTopics.org. Deadline is October 1.

Syllabus In the interest of running a greener meeting, all registrants will have access to an online syllabus, which can be viewed from a computer, smart phone or tablet before or during the conference. There will be free WiFi in the meeting rooms. You may still order a print syllabus when you register if you would like, for a small additional fee.

Americans with Disabilities Act In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the duPont Hospital for Children will provide modifications in teaching methodologies to accommodate individual needs. To request disability accommodations, contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at least 15 days in advance of the program at (302) 651-6750.

COURSE REGISTRATIONFeesNEW THIS YEAR: Lower registration fees for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health.

The conference registration fee for the Neonatal Quality at Hot Topics Pre-conference is $100 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health, and $200 for all other registrants.

The conference registration fee for Hot Topics in Neonatology® is $400 for fellows, residents, nursing and allied health, and $750 for all other registrants.

These fees include all course materials and refreshments as noted on the schedule. There is no additional charge for CME credit.

AGAIN THIS YEAR! A $100 discount on Hot Topics registration for clinicians who are members of the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and TECaN.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no audiovisual room in 2015 – all attendees will be in the same general session room, as opposed to being split into two rooms as in previous years.

Registration Advance registration is required and should be received by November 6, 2015. All registrations received by this date will be confirmed via email. Registration is limited and will be honored in the order of the date received.

TO REGISTER WITH A CHECK: Return the completed registration form with full payment using check (payable to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children) to the Continuing Medical Education Office, duPont Hospital for Children, PO Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899.

TO REGISTER WITH A CREDIT CARD: If you are paying by MasterCard, VISA, American Express or Discover Card, please complete the registration form found online at www.hottopics.org

Cancellation Policy A refund, less a $100 processing fee, will be given for WRITTEN cancellations received before November 1, 2015. No refunds will be given after this date. Nemours is not responsible for any cancellation or change fees assessed by hotels, airlines or travel agencies.

Disclosure Policy As a provider accredited by the ACCME, Nemours must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. All faculty involved in the development of CME content are required to disclose to Nemours their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control. Nemours has policies in place to resolve potential financial conflicts of interest. Relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience.

For More Information CONTACT KAREN BIDUS, (302) 651-6752, or kbidus@nemours.org

Commercial Support This program may be supported in part by unrestricted educational grants in accordance with ACCME Standards. At the time of this printing, a list of commercial supporters was not available. Appropriate acknowledgement will be given to all exhibitors and supporters in conference materials and at the time of the meeting.

Being held in conjunction with Hot Topics:

5th Annual Bubble CPAP & Non-Invasive Respiratory Management of the Neonate Conference | December 5-6, 2015 | Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C.www.bubblecpap.org

PROGRAM FACILITATORS: The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

This two-day course will provide members of the neonatal critical care team with a comprehensive overview, practical strategies and lectures on ventilation and instruction on the correct use of Bubble CPAP in infants with respiratory distress. This conference will include both didactic and hands-on instruction and will be presented by a multidisciplinary panel of experts.

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Hot Topics in Neonatology®

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NEONATAL QUALITY AT HOT TOPICS December 6, 2015 _____$100 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health_____$200 all other registrants

Quality Conference attendees, please number (1,2,3,4) in order of preference for each session: Concurrent Session One – 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m._____ How to Publish a QI Paper_____ QI Tools for the Neonatologist_____ Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now _____ QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?

Concurrent Session Two – 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m._____ How to Publish a QI Paper_____ QI Tools for the Neonatologist_____ Data Management for Quality Improvement: Tools You Should Be Using Now _____ QI for Nursing: What, Where and How Do I Get Started?

Register with credit card online at www.HotTopics.org(Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover Card)or Enclosed is my check for $_____ made payable to Nemours in U.S. Dollars. Please include name of registrant on memo line.

REGISTRATION DEADLINENovember 6, 2015

FOR MORE INFORMATIONContact Karen Bidus, (302) 651-6752, or kbidus@nemours.org

HOT TOPICS IN NEONATOLOGY® December 6-9, 2015_____ $400 for fellows, residents, nurses and allied health _____ $750 for all other registrants

SYLLABUS: An ONLINE SYLLABUS accessible by smartphone, tablet or computer will be available to all registrants, and there will be Internet available in the conference rooms. A printed syllabus can be ordered for a small additional cost.

In addition to the online syllabus, I would like to order a printed version:_____ $30 Printed Syllabus

Enclosed is my check for $_____ made payable to Nemours in U.S. Dollars. Please include name of registrant on memo line.

Send check and completed registration form to: Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Attn: Office of Continuing Medical Education PO Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899

Registration deadline: November 6, 2015 Register with credit card online at www.HotTopics.org