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25th Annual Symposium to feature expert speakers, updated format
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This year marks 25 years for the Infectious Diseases in Children New York Symposium, and to honor this milestone, the program committee has added innovative new features while keeping with the traditional favorites that attendees have come to enjoy.
“The program committee is to be congratulated for organizing an exciting group of speakers, extremely useful topics, and with the return to the Marriott in Times Square, a wonderful venue for this year’s conference,” Infectious Diseases in Children Chief Medical Editor Richard F. Jacobs, MD, said. “I am confident that attendees will have great time while hearing from the best experts in our field. It is going to be an exciting and beneficial meeting.”
Topics useful in daily practice
This will be the 20th anniversary for James H. Brien, DO, and the sessions that feature a live version of his column, What’s Your Diagnosis?
“This continues to be one of the most well-received portions of the meeting,” IDC Symposium Course Director David W. Kimberlin, MD, said.
David W. Kimberlin
The meeting will highlight several topics relevant to pediatric practice. Mark H. Sawyer, MD, will provide an overall vaccine update and Joseph A. Bocchini, MD, will discuss HPV.
Updates pertinent to clinical practice will also be presented. Samir Shah, MD, MSCE, will discuss the clinical practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia released last year. Sarah S. Long, MD, will provide an overview of the recently released 2012 AAP Red Book.
Bacterial challenges, including Clostridium difficile, will be reviewed by C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, along with an update on Staphylococcus aureus and a discussion of meningitis and use of meningococcal vaccine by two well-known experts in their respective fields: Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, and George H. McCracken Jr., MD.
In the area of common diagnoses, Stan L. Block, MD, will discuss sinusitis and Creech will discuss lymphadenopathy. Continuing with that theme, McCracken will present an antibiotic review.
This year’s symposium will also feature sessions on less common conditions, which include Kawasaki disease, presented by Stanford T. Shulman, MD, and periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome, presented by Kathryn M. Edwards, MD.
Vector-borne diseases will also be highlighted. Gordon E. Schutze, MD, will review prevention of tick and mosquito bites and related diseases, and Margaret Fisher, MD, will review Lyme disease.
New this year
Three new types of sessions are new to the program this year. First, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, MD, will present “Spot the Rash,” a live presentation of the monthly column. Second is the “Top 10,” which is a review by Long and Schutze of the year’s best journal articles. Third is “Challenging Cases from Private Practice” by Block.
“We wanted to do something a little different for this year’s 25th anniversary, but wanted to stay true to the meeting and present topics the past attendees have told us they wanted,” Kimberlin said. “I think we’ve done that, and it’s going to be a great meeting.” – by Cassandra A. Richards