9:00 - 9:15

Importance of Pediatric Organization Membership &
How to Make the Most of Your Membership

Marijuana: the State, the Mother, and the Child- As societal attitudes are changing towards marijuana use in the United States, the pediatric population is also being affected. This hot-topic session will discuss the perceived risks of the drug and the consequences for the mother-fetus-neonate triad. 

•         Speaker:  Sanjeet K. Panda, MBBS, MD, FAAP 

9:45-10:00

10:00 - 11:30

Pediatric Specialty Speed Mentoring-Exploring Specialties-a brief outline of Information about the different pediatric practice settings such as hospital, rural, and private practice settings followed by networking speed mentoring event with the subspecialists listed below

11:30-1:00

Lunch Break

1:15-2:30

Residency and You

This panel will cover everything from Interviewing for your Residency and how to get in to the Residency of your choice to tricks of the trade on how to be a successful resident.

2:30 - 3:00

The Opioid Crisis- This session will focus on safely prescribing opioids to pediatric patients, how to better monitor opioids, and advocacy efforts relating to the opioid crisis. 

• Speaker: Rohit P. Shenoi, MD 

3:00-3:15

BREAK(Support the Medical Student and Resident Poster contest winners as they discuss their posters during this time.)

Psych for Tykes- This session will focus on pediatric mental health as well as touch on psychopharmacology.

• Speaker: Nhung T. Tran, MD, FAAP

3:45-5:00