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Sunday, December 10
Welcome and Introductions
Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc and Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
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Pre-Conference Schedule - Neonatal Quality Conference at Hot Topics
8:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
De-Siloing to Improve Perinatal Health: Integrating Hospital Quality Improvement
with Public Health Programs - Susan Sunah Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD
9:15 a.m.
Innovating Quality Improvement
Moderator: David Carola, DO, MSHQS
Improving Outcomes Through Small Baby Units - Kristina Reber, MD
Structures and Processes to Improve the Care of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants
- Betsy Salazar, MD, MSHP
Project ECHO as a Strategy to Facilitate QI Across Under-Resourced NICU's
- Sheila Gephart, PhD, RN, FAAN
12:00 p.m.
LUNCH (on your own)
1:15 p.m.
Year in Review - Top QI Publications from 2023**
Moderator: Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc
1:45 p.m.
Concurrent Break-Out Sessions
• Flip the Script: Overcoming Common Pitfalls in QI
- Hannah Fischer, MD and Roopali Bapat, MD, MSHQS
• Pandemic Recovery: Revving Up the QI Engine** - Jochen Profit, MD, MPH
• Challenges and Opportunities in Level IV NICU Quality Improvement*
- Lynn Fuchs, MD, MSHQS and Kristina Reber, MD
3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions (repeated)**
4:30 p.m.
General Session: Lessons Learned and Things You Can Do Next Week
- Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc and Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
5:00 p.m.
Quality Posters* and Reception | Exhibit Hall
Sunday, December 10
Hot Topics in Neonatology®
Conference Schedule
4:30 p.m.
Hot Topics Mobile Registration and Cocktail Station | Exhibit Hall
7:45 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Umbilical Cord Management at Birth: Emerging Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities in Delivery Room Resuscitation Research
Moderator: Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE
VentFirst: A Multicenter RCT of Assisted Ventilation During Delayed Cord Clamping for Extremely Preterm Infants** - Karen Fairchild, MD
Consent for Delivery Room Trials: Ethical Considerations - Maria Christiane den Boer, PhD
Umbilical Cord Milking in Non-Vigorous Newborns: Results and Rationale for a Cluster Crossover Design - Anup Chatur Katheria, MD, FAAP
A Gentle Introduction to Cluster-Randomization Trials - Monica Taljaard, PhD
Morning Break with the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
Online Poster Author Group Chats | Conference Platform
1:30 p.m.
New Studies in Newborn Ventilation
Moderator: Phyllis A. Dennery, MD, FAAP
Is intermittent Hypoxemia Consequential? Lessons from the Pre-Vent Study
- Richard J. Martin, MD
Intratracheal Budesonide Mixed with Surfactant to Increase Survival Free of BPD in Extremely Preterm infants: Results of the PLUSS Trial** - Brett Manley, MB BS, PhD
Lung Ultrasound and Surfactant Administration for Neonatal RDS
- Francesco Raimondi, MD, PhD
Afternoon Break with the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
Online Poster Author Group Chats | Conference Platform
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Three Questions on the PDA in 2023
Moderator: Haresh Kirpalani, MD, MSc
Why Have the Prior Trials in PDA Not Given Us the Answers for What We Have to Do?
- Carl Backes, MD
What Does the Cardiologist Look for in an Echo on Babies with a PDA?
- Shazia Bhombal, MD
How Does the Evidence Guide a Policy of Closure of the PDA in Preterm Infants?
- William Benitz, MD
Monday, December 11
10:00 a.m.
Lunch (on your own)
Visit Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
Oxygen Therapy for BPD Infants Including at Home
Moderators: Ju Lee Oei, MBBS, FRACP, MD and Lawrence Rhein, MD, MPH
Current Guidelines on Oxygen Management for BPD - Lawrence Rhein, MD, MPH
Getting Rid of Wires: Wearable Oximetry for Infants with Chronic Lung Disease
- Ju Lee Oei, MBBS, FRACP, MD
Oxygen Management in Established BPD** - Sara B. DeMauro, MD, MSCE
Supplemental Oxygen Strategies in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, the Dutch Experience - Wes Onland, MD, PhD
8:15 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Closes
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn
*Available to in-person attendees only. Will not be recorded, streamed or available on virtual platform.
**These sessions will only be available LIVE during the scheduled time slot and will NOT be posted in the Session Library.
The schedule above is in Eastern Standard Time. This agenda is tentative and may change.
6:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
Welcome Reception with Hot Topics Faculty | Exhibit Hall
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
Visit Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:45 a.m.
Innovating Quality Improvement: Examples from Low and Middle Income Countries
Moderator: Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS
Improving Care Through Virtual Reality and Simulation - Rachel Umoren, MBBCh, MS
Lessons Learned from Neonatal Infection Prevention Initiatives in Hospitals in India
- Julia Johnson, MD, PhD
Neonatal Quality Improvement Across Ethiopia: Examples from a National Collaborative
- Mahlet Gizaw, MD
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Hall
Welcome and Introductions
Kevin Dysart, MD; Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE; Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA and Haresh
Kirpalani, MD, MSc
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
The Double-Edged Sword of Antibiotics for Early-Onset Sepsis
Moderator: Richard Polin, MD
The NICU Antibiotics and Outcomes (NANO) Trial of Risks and Benefits of Perinatal Antibiotics in VLBW Infants - Michael Morowitz, MD, FACS
Is it Time for a Consensus Definition of Neonatal Sepsis - Eleanor Molloy, MB, PhD, FRCPI
Multidrug Resistance in Neonates Admitted to Secondary Level Facilities
- M. Jeeva Sankar, MD, DM
Tuesday, December 12
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.
The Jerold F. Lucey, MD Lectureship and Keynote Address
Moderator: Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE
Passing the Baton: Accomplishments and Unfinished Business
- Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM
Neonatology Luminary Award 2023 - Dr. Alan Jobe, MD, PhD
Interview Celebrating and Recognizing Dr. Alan Jobe’s Impact in Neonatology
9:30 a.m.
Morning Break with the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
Online Poster Author Group Chats | Conference Platform
Green and Rotten Apples
Moderator: Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA
Neonatal Platelet Transfusion: What Next?** - Carmel Maria Moore, MBChB
Amnioinfusions for Bilateral Renal Agenesis: Results of the RAFT Trial - Jena Miller, MD
Monitoring Cerebral Oxygen Saturation in the Delivery Room: Results of the COSGOD-III Trial – Gerhard Pichler, MD
Former Preemies Now Adults: What They Can Teach Us - Deborah Discenza
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Neonatal Ethics and Decision-Making in the NICU
Moderator: Connie Williams, MD, PhD, FRCPC
What Parents Think about Processes of Withdrawal of Care and What Would Help Them?
- Connie Williams, MD, PhD, FRCPC
The Impact of Preterm Birth on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Adulthood
- Corneliu Bolbocean, PhD, MA, MPPM, BA
Perspectives on Initiating Intensive Care for Infants <24 Weeks' Gestation**
- David Edwards, MA, MBBS, DSc, FRCP, FRCR, FRCPCH, FMedSci and Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD
Afternoon Break with the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
Online Poster Author Group Chats | Conference Platform
3:30 p.m.
Update from the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn
Moderator: Eric Eichenwald, MD
Social Disparities in Neonatal Care - Margaret Parker, MD, MPH
The Crucial Role of Sex as a Biological Variable in the NICU: Do We Care Enough?
- Krithika Lingappan, MD, MS, PhD
Addressing Health Equity in the NICU** - Jochen Profit, MD, MPH
5:00 p.m.
Happy Hour | Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, December 13
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
BREAK
Hotel Check-Out 11:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Old Favorites 'What is New?'**
Moderator: Kevin Dysart, MD
The Neonatal Research Network Preemie Hypothermia Study** - Roger Gordon Faix, MD
It's Almost Time to Leave the NICU - When Should We Fix the Inguinal Hernia?**
- Martin Blakely, MD
3:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop
Artificial Intelligence 101: Applications in Neonatology
6:00 p.m.
Adjourn
6:00 p.m.
Adjourn
