Harvard Primary Care Pediatrics 2024

Welcome Remarks
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Physician in Chief, MassGeneral for Children
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Charles Wilder Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Pediatric Pulmonology: The Lung and Short of It
Benjamin Nelson, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Mass General for Children

Otolaryngology Panel Discussion: Illustrative Cases
Leila Mankarious, MD Donald Keamy, MD MPH, and Gillian Diercks, MD MPH
Physician and Surgeons, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Break 

Common Eye Problems: When to Treat, When to Refer
Mitchell Strominger, MD
Professor of Surgery, Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine / Renown Medical Center

Lunch Break 

Clinicopathological Conference: Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital for the New England Journal of Medicine
Kathy May Tran, MD
Associate Editor, Case Records, New England Journal of Medicine
Attending Physician, Hospital Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
CPC Panel
*this session will not be recorded

Office Emergencies
Ari Cohen, MD FAAP
Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital/Mass General for Children

Break

Breakout Session #1: Primary Care Challenges of Preterm Infants and Children
Janice Lowe, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Stanford University School of Medicine
Jadene Wong, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Neonatal Hospitalist, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
*This session will be available only to in-person attendees

Breakout Session #2: Growing Healthy: Tackling Pediatric Obesity in Primary Care Practice
Jennifer Rosenblum, MD
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Mass General for Children / Harvard Medical School
*This session will be available only to in-person attendees

Break out Session #3: The Epi-Center: Cracking the Code on Pediatric Food Allergies
Michelle E. Conroy, MD
Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
*this session will be recorded and available to virtual attendees

Urine Trouble: Pediatric UTIs in Primary Care
Chadi El Saleeby, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Cannabis: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Timothy E. Wilens, M.D
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Co-Director, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Break 

Management of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy/Allergic Colitis in Infancy: First do no Harm
Victoria M. Martin, MD, MPH
Co-Director, GI Section, Food Allergy Center, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Associate Program Director, Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Mass General for Children

Lunch Break 

Deconstructing Puberty: An Endocrinologist’s Approach
Rachel Whooten, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Endocrinologist, MassGeneral for Children

Substance Use Disorder in Teens and Young Adults
Scott Hadland, MD MPH
Chief of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Break 

Breakout Session #1: Hot Topics in Adolescent Sextual Health
Julie Potter, MD
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Mass General for Children / Harvard Medical School
*this session will be recorded and available to virtual attendees

Breakout Session #2: Keeping Your Ship Afloat During the Storm: Finding Agency and Maintaining Personal Well-being Strategies in a Rapidly Changing Healthcare Environment
Shannon E. Scott-Vernaglia, MD
Associate Chief, Clinical Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Office of Clinical Careers, MGH Center for Faculty Development
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
*This session will be available only to in-person attendees

Breakout Session #3: What’s New in Newborn Medicine
Leela Sarathy, MD MSEd
Pediatric and Newborn Hospitalist, Mass General for Children
Medical Director, MGH Newborn Nursery Services
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
*This session will be available only to in-person attendees

Screenagers: Navigating Social Media with Adolescents in Primary Pediatric Practice
Elizabeth Booma, MD
Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Pediatric Surgical Problems You Don’t Want to Miss: Case-based Surgical Problems Seen in the Primary Care Setting
Daniel Doody, MD
Director, Surgical Education, Pediatric Surgery

Break 

Gender Affirming Care for Pediatricians
Ariel Frey-Vogel, MD, MAT
Director of Child and Adolescent Services, Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program (THP)
Director, Pediatric Education, Innovation, and Research Center (PEIRC)

Pediatric Dermatology: A Panoply of Practical and Puzzling Patients from Private Practice: Part 18
Ira L. Skolnik, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Health, Boston University School of Medicine
Private Practice: Family Dermatology, p.c., Concord, Mass.
*this session will not be recorded