For Health Professionals

Pittsburgh Spring Summit

The Pittsburgh Spring Summit will be held from Thursday, May 17, 2012, through Saturday, May 19, 2012

New This Year
Alumni Day will be held on the morning of Thursday, May 17, with the Professional Staff Reception and Dinner held that evening from 6 to 10 p.m. at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. This year’s event will also include the Three Rivers Pediatric Update, a continuing medical education series of courses, which will be offered beginning the afternoon of Thursday, May 17 through the morning of Saturday, May 19.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 17, 2012
7:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. — Alumni Day programming at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Inaugural Robert Moors Smith, MD, Memorial Lecture: Neuropathic Pain and “Strange Pain Disorders” in Children and Adolescents — Charles Berde, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston
Telemedicine at Children’s Hospital — Ricardo Muñoz, MD,Chief, Cardiac Intensive Care Division, Children’s Hospital
Lee W. Bass, MD, Community Pediatrics Lecture: Infants, iPhones, and Angry Birds: Helping Families Negotiate Today’s Digital World — Gwenn S. O’Keeffe, MD, FAAP , CEO & Editor in Chief, Pediatrics Now
Robotic Surgery at Children’s Hospital — Glenn Cannon, MD, Division of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital
Howard A. Mermelstein, MD, Memorial Lecture: Historical Review of Management of Bacteremia, Impact of Science on Evolution of Current Approach — Gary Fleisher, MD, Physician-in-Chief, Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston
Eugene S. Wiener, MD, Memorial Lecture: Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care — John J. Nance, JD, internationally recognized safety expert and author of Why Hospitals Should Fly

Awards Presentation

Howard A. Mermelstein, MD, Award for Excellence in Pediatrics
Eugene S. Wiener, MD, Award for Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Health Care

12:45 to 1:45 p.m. — Lunch

1:50 to 4:30 p.m. — Three Rivers Pediatric Update Programming
The Three Rivers Pediatric Update is focused entirely on topics of interest to pediatric health care providers.

6:30 to 10:30 p.m. — Professional Staff Reception and Dinner at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland for Alumni, Children’s Hospital Professional Staff, and Three Rivers Pediatric Update participants

Friday, May 18, 2012
7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. — Three Rivers Pediatric Update programming (continued)

Saturday, May 19, 2012
7 a.m. to Noon — Three Rivers Pediatric Update programming (continued)

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For additional information, please contact Amy Gelzheiser at 412-692-3916 or amy.gelzheiser@chp.edu.

Last Update
May 16, 2012

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