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59th Annual Riley Children’s Health Pediatric Conference

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Join us for the 59th Annual Riley Children’s Health Pediatric Conference May 8 – 9, 2024, with the first day being virtual and the second day in-person.

This event brings together more than 200 primary care healthcare professionals such as general pediatricians, family medicine and APPs from Indiana and surrounding states. Participants are those who have an interest in learning more about current evidence-based diagnostic and management tools pertinent to their pediatric practice.

This year’s theme is “Pediatric Hot Topics 2024,” with an emphasis on specialties including child abuse pediatrics, primary care, child neurology, pediatric emergency medicine, child and adolescent psychiatry and more.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize how trauma presents in children, and how the presentation makes mimic other common childhood conditions.
  • Know simple strategies to help families cope after trauma.
  • Describe how positive childhood experiences relate to later mental and physical health.
  • Identify strategies to emphasize positive childhood experiences with patients and families.
  • Gain knowledge about strategies to identify and treat children with hearing loss.
  • Confidently identify which children need referrals for abnormal head shapes.

Agenda

Riley Children’s specialists will delve into important pediatric healthcare topics. Some featured sessions and speakers include:

  • “Lessons in Gluten: Celiac Disease for the Primary Care Provider” - Brandon A. Sparks, MD
  • “Building Strengths Through Positive Childhood Experiences” – Brett A. Enneking, PsyD
  • “Changing Paradigms in Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis, Screening and Management” - Lauren Ray, MD
  • “Innovations in Pediatric Hearing Loss” - Matthew P. Partain, MD
  • “Plagiocephaly: When and how to intervene, and when to recognize that it’s something else” - Laurie L. Ackerman, MD
  • “The State of Gender-Affirming Care for Youth in Indiana” – J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD and Kelly Donahue, PhD

View the full agenda (PDF).

For More Information

To learn more about the conference and to register, view the full details.