Connecticut Children's Grand Rounds

Presenters: John Schreiber, MD, MPH -  Division of Infectious Diseases, Connecticut Children’s; Professor, UCONN School of Medicine Alyssa Bennett, MD -  Director Adolescent Medicine Connecticut Children’s; Assistant Professor, UCONN School of Medicine Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Discuss the appropriate medical evaluation of eating disorders Describe indications fo...

Discuss the importance of leadership in times of crisis. Articulate the necessity of mentorship and sponsorship to support leadership structures. Utilize allyship to fight injustice.

Discuss quality outcome measures and the benefits of standardizing care. Review how to utilize outcome data to guide the delivery of high quality care. Discuss pathway development and the importance of implementing data driven care consistently.

John Schreiber, MD Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Discuss COVID 19 effects underserved populations Discuss resurgence in states across the U.S.

Discuss the importance of non-medical risk factors in shaping health across the life course. Describe the role of providers and health systems in addressing individual social needs and broader social drivers of health. Identify practice transformation partnership payment and policy strategies providers and health systems can pursue to improve child health and advance equity.

 COVID & Vaccine Weekly Update - Hassan El Chebib, MD, FAAP Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data with regards to the uptick in CT cases Unraveling the MIS-teries of MIS-C - Heather Tory, MD, MPH Explain the risk factors for patients developing MIS-C Identify the clinical and laboratory characteristics that comprise the case definition for MIS-C and differentiate MIS-C from other inflamma...

Describe testicular testicular descent and epidemiology of undescended testes. Review testicular examinations and how to detect an acquired undescended testis. Describe surgical intervention and long term outcomes of orchiopexy.

Speakers: John Schreiber, MD - Connecticut Children's John Frassinelli Kimberly Traverso, LPC, Certified School Administrator and School Counselor - CSDE Series Objectives: Provide a Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 & its impact on families Review Covid-19 weekly updates Arrange varying field expertise to discuss the effects of Covid in their field Event Objectives: Discuss current COVID-19...

Describe the association between cancer and heart disease in pediatric cancer patients. Describe the growing evidence of CV effects of cancer-related therapies, and need for surveillance and co-management of CV disease before, during, and after cancer treatment. Describe the advances in Research an innovation at Connecticut Children’s related to Cardio-oncology care.

Recall the history of insulin discovery. Identify the signs and symptoms of diabetes at presentation. Distinguish the differences between insulin analogs and relate to their daily use in treatment of diabetes. Prepare to evaluate their patients' needs with diabetes.

John Schreiber, MD - Connecticut Children's Series Objectives: Provide a Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 & its impact on families Review Covid-19 weekly updates Arrange varying field expertise to discuss the effects of Covid in their field Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Discuss COVID 19 effects underserved populations Discuss resurgence in states across the U....

Describe the Center for Well-Being and Care Integration and its population health approach. Identify policy and payment model strategies to improve child health and well-being that have potential applications in Connecticut.

Describe the structure of hospital-based violence intervention programs. Discuss the research evaluating hospital-based violence intervention and prevention services. Apply programmatic and policy lessons learned through the work of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention.

Describe the relationship between hearing and vestibular loss in children. Relate the impact these sensory losses have on childhood development. Consider how therapies (current and future) may minimize the impact of such sensory losses on childhood development.

Identify the types of pain in sickle cell disease. Describe key component of the new guidelines for the management of acute pain in sickle cell disease. Review the mechanisms for development and maintenance of chronic pain in sickle cell disease.

John Schreiber, MD - Connecticut Children's Allison Crepeau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon - Elite Sports Medicine at Connecticut Children's Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Review the current recommendations for safe participation in fall sports

Illustrate the clinical course and treatment of an acute porphyria. Illustrate the clinical course of a cutaneous porphyria. Illustrate the physical and chemical aspects of metal chemistry and porphyrin rings that highlights their pathophysiology.

Describe the history of medical geography. Review GIS technology and it’s applications across many disciplines including health and safety. Describe the UConn GIS Health Lab at Connecticut Children’s and how it is being utilized to advance child health research.

10.8.21 Addressing the Mental Health Pandemic: Where we have been and where we are going Presenters: Melissa Santos, PhD - Connecticut Children's Robert Keder, MD - Connecticut Children's; UCONN School of Medicine Event Objectives: Describe the current status of the mental health pandemic Report long term mental health outcomes from other large scale traumatic events Discuss strategies b...

Discuss musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries. Show options for nerve injuries of the upper extremity. Demonstrate "wide awake" surgeries performed at Connecticut Children's.

Define the spectrum of breast disorders in adolescent male and female patients. Identify the role for pediatric plastic surgery in caring for patients with breast anomalies. Classify individual conditions and explain optimal treatment options.

Ask the Experts - Weekly COVID-19 & Vaccine Update John Schreiber, MD - Connecticut Children's Public Act 21-6: An Act Concerning Immunizations Michael Bolduc - Depart of Public Health-CT Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Discuss in detail the specifics of Public Act 21-6 which effectively eliminates the use of Non-Medical Exemptions for most students attending...

Describe how cell therapy was developed for heme malignancies. Identify which types of cell products have been evaluated in clinical studies. Discuss challenges & opportunities in developing cell therapies for heme malignancies.

Review the current Medico-Legal Environment in CT. Identify challenges to the defense of malpractice cases under current care models and the electronic chart. Discuss mitigating claims and losses.

Event Objectives: Review current COVID-19 & vaccine data Review recent parent experiences around discussion with their child's health care provider about COVID vaccine Explain how provider discussion is related to parent decisions about COVID vaccine for their child John Schreiber, MD - Connecticut Children's Sarah Clark, MPH- UMICH