The 2009 Acute Care Symposiums begin July 8 and run through August 26. All sessions will be held on Wednesdays at Dayton Children's in the Kogut Auditorium (lower level) beginning at 8:00 am. Take a moment to review the sessions offered and mark your calendars.

Note: These educational activities do not provide CME category 1 credits, but may be claimed as category 2 credits by the individual physician attending the presentation.

July 8

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Neonatal emergencies
Speaker: Jay Dritz, MD, newborn medicine, Dayton Children's

Sesion 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Pulmonary pharmacology & managment of asthma
Speaker: Gary Mueller, MD, pulmonary, Dayton Children's

July 15

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Pediatric shock
Speaker: Patricia Abboud, MD, critical care medicine, Dayton Children's

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Emergency radiology - pediatric chest emergencies
Speaker: Barbara Wolfson, MD, medical imaging, Dayton Children's

July 22

8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
Speaker: Maria Urban, MD, endocrinology, Dayton Children's

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Childhood cardiac arrythmias
Speaker: Arthur Pickoff, MD, cardiology, chairman, pediatrics, WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine 

July 29

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Pediatric ENT emergencies
Speaker: Mike Collins, MD

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD

August 5

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Pediatric neurology emergencies
Speaker: Nadir Khan, MD, neurology department, Dayton Children's

Session 2
9:45 - 10:30 am
Topic: Update on Kawasaki disease
Speaker: Jill Narron, MD, cardiology, Dayton Children's

Break 9:30-9:45 am

Session 3
9:45 - 10:30 am
Topic: Head trauma
Speaker: Laurence Kleiner, MD, medical director of neurosurgery, Dayton Children's

August 12

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Neonatal surgical emergencies
Speaker: Jeffrey Christian, MD, surgery, Dayton Children's

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Child abuse
Speaker: Lori Vavul-Roediger, MD, medical director of child advocacy, Dayton Children's

August 19

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Hematology emergencies
Speaker: Emmett Broxson, MD, director of hematology/oncology, Dayton Children's

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Procedural sedation
Speaker: Amit Vohra, MD, critical care medicine, Dayton Children's

Break 9:30 - 9:45 am

Session 3
9:45 - 10:30 am
Topic: Infection of CNS
Speaker: Sherman Alter, MD, director of infectious disease, Dayton Children's

August 26

Session 1
8:00 - 8:45 am
Topic: Gastroenterology emergencies
Speaker: Sonia Michail, MD, gastroenterology and nutrition, Dayton Children's

Session 2
8:45 - 9:30 am
Topic: Endocrinology emergencies
Speaker: Paul Breyer, MD, endocrinology, Dayton Children's

Break 9:30-9:45 am

Session 3
9:45 - 10:30
Topic: Blunt abdominal trauma
Speaker: David Meagher, MD, medical director of surgery, Dayton Children's