PRACTICAL PEDIATRICS 2026 AGENDA

Friday, March 27, 2026

• 7:30 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 8:25 am – Welcome

• 8:30 am – Tackling Renal Anomalies Seen on Prenatal Ultrasounds
  Speaker: Gregory Gorman, MD

• 9:15 am – Clinical Immunology for the General Pediatrician: When to Be Concerned and What to Do About It
  Speaker: Benjamin Stewart-Bates, MD

• 10:00 am – Break

• 10:15 am – Hormonal Therapy for Bleeding Control and Contraception in Complex Medical Cases
  Speakers: Amanda Blair, MD; Shaketha Gray, MD; Giya Harry, MD

• 11:00 am – Mucus Unplugged: Airway Clearance and Supportive Technology
  Speaker: Jordan Fett, MD

• 11:45 am – Lunch

• 12:30 pm – Tiny Tubes: Complications, Care, and Common Questions
  Speakers: Lara Arrendondo, NP; Julie Kerth, PNP; Megyn Sebesta, DO

• 1:30 pm – Tics and Stereotypies
  Speaker: Jacyln Martindale, MD

• 2:15 pm – Events and Attacks and Spells, Oh My! Distinguishing True Neurologic Disorders from the Benign and Functional
  Speaker: Robert Goodrich, MD

• 3:00 pm – Break

• 3:15 pm – POTS Is a Four-Letter Word! The Cardiologist’s Approach to Orthostatic Intolerance
  Speaker: Matthew Hazle, MD

• 4:00 pm – The Scope and Implications of Vaccine Hesitancy
  Speaker: Adam Blatt, MD

• 5:00 pm – Wrap Up and Adjourn

Saturday, March 28, 2026

• 8:00 am – Breakfast

• 8:30 am – Evidence-Based Ways to Promote Vaccine Uptake
  Speaker: Adam Blatt, MD

• 9:30 am – Cerebral Palsy: A Current Approach to an Ancient Disorder
  Speaker: Matthew Martin, MD

• 10:15 am – Break

• 10:30 am – Practical Office-Based Hematology
  Speaker: Tom McLean, MD

• 11:15 am – Navigating Gender Identity Development and Trauma: A Child Abuse Pediatrician’s Approach to Affirming Care
  Speaker: Meggan Goodpasture, MD

• 12:00 pm – Wrap / Adjourn

• 12:15 pm – End