Connecticut Children's

Connecticut Children's Grand Rounds

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Pediatric Grand Rounds at Connecticut Children's provides pediatric practitioners with high-quality, evidenced-based continuing medical education that is both practical and cutting edge.

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10.7.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Joint Effort: Collaborating for Clarity in Pediatric Rheumatology Referrals" by Heather Tory, MD, MPH, CPPS 07.10.2025 59:44

Event Objectives: Identify common referrals in pediatric rheumatology and utilize resources available for guidance. Apply evidence-based approach to the initial evaluation of patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints. Differentiate clinical features suggestive of inflammatory versus non-inflammatory etiology of symptoms in patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints. Claim CME Cr...

Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "ENT Topics" by Rachelle Wareham, MD 06.10.2025 32:44

Event Objectives: Discuss appropriate guidelines for treating or observing without initial treatment acute otitis media in infants and children. Review guidelines for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children Review guidelines for referral to otolaryngology for tympanostomy tube placement. Review diagnosis and treatment of chronic sinusitis in children. Claim CME Credit Here!

9.30.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "ABI & PEDIATRICS" by Victor Darr, BA, CBIS 30.09.2025 54:08

Event Objectives: Define at least five key terms related to brain injury, including acquired brain injury (ABI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). List at least three common causes of ABI and TBI. Distinguish at least four key differences between pediatric and adult brain injury. Claim CME Credit Here!

9.23.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Bridging Gaps in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Developing a Provider-Focused Intervention to Address Implicit Bias" by Siddika Mulchan, PsyD 23.09.2025 53:50

Event Objectives: Identify at least two systemic factors contributing to poor health outcomes in youth with sickle cell disease. Explain the impact of provider bias on health outcomes in pediatric sickle cell disease. Describe two bias-mitigating strategies that can be used by health care providers. Claim CME Credit Here!

9.19.24 Ask the Experts, "Providing Early Relational Health Simply and Reducing Burnout", Barry Zuckerman, MD 23.09.2025 57:13

Event Objectives: Review Historical Basis for Early Relational Health Simply Learn how to easily implement Early Relational Health in Primary Care Explain how to best support parents in the first 6 months after the birth of a baby Claim CME Credit Here!

9.16.25 Pediatric Grands, "Surgical and Medical Frontiers in Pediatric Obesity: Evidence, Barriers, and Opportunities" by Cornelia Griggs, MD 16.09.2025 58:58

Event Objectives: Describe the current epidemiology of pediatric obesity, including prevalence, comorbidities, and the clinical consequences of underdiagnosis. Evaluate the evidence regarding the safety and effectiveness of metabolic/bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy (e.g., GLP-1 receptor agonists) as treatment options for adolescents with severe obesity. Identify barriers to care—including st...

9.9.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Informed Consent in the Current Medical Malpractice Climate: Strategies to Mitigate Risk", by Joyce Lagnese, JD 09.09.2025 1:00:10

Event Objectives: Construct Informed Consent practices that comply with the legal requirements under CT law Identify circumstances that justify engaging in treatments without informed consent Appreciate the negative medicolegal consequences for failure to procure adequate informed consent Claim CME Credit Here!

9.2.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Successes and Challenges in Pediatric Cancer: The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Perspective", by Douglas S. Hawkins, MD 02.09.2025 58:39

Event Objectives: Understand the role of the Children’s Oncology Group in pediatric cancer research. Describe the potential for molecular profiling to guide pediatric cancer treatment and barriers to implementation. Describe barriers to new agent development in pediatric oncology. Claim CME Credit Here!

Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Connecticut's Birth to Three System: Information for Families and Professionals" Rebecca Smith and Bethanne Vergean 01.09.2025 34:59

Event Objectives: A overview for Pediatricians on the referral process for Birth to Three providing a better understanding on how the process works when to referral or when to provide resources for Help Me Grow 211 Child Development and Sparkler. Claim CME Credit Here!

6.20.25 Ask The Experts "Measles and Other Vaccine Preventable Infections" by Henry Feder, MD and John Schreiber, MD 26.06.2025 1:07:25

Event Objectives: Understand the conditions of immunization and American Public Health circa 1920. Claim CME Credit Here!

6.24.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Decade of Transformation at Connecticut Children’s: Advances in Clinical Care, Education and Research", by Juan C Salazar, MD, MPH, FAAP 24.06.2025 56:02

Event Objectives: To provide a historical perspective for how Connecticut Children’s has influenced pediatric health care in our region. To better understand the trajectory of the Department of Pediatrics within the framework of Connecticut Children’s and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. To summarize key advancements in pediatric research, education and clinical care, over the pas...

6.17.25 "Invisible Wounds: Understanding the Needs of Pediatric Sepsis Survivors" by Mallory Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN 17.06.2025 45:10

Event Objectives: Describe the long-term impact of pediatric sepsis on survivors and families with a focus on post-intensive care syndrome in children (PICS-p) and unmet needs after discharge. Highlight the role of translational and outcomes research in improving follow-up care with examples from the Persist-PICU study and other related projects. Examine the role of implicit bias in shaping health...

6.3.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Resident & Fellow Research Day", by Caroline Figgie, MD Surabhi Khasgiwala, MD Akshaya Sekar, DO Libby Ekman, MD 03.06.2025 1:02:35

Event Objectives: Learn about two measures of weight stigma: weight bias internalization and weight-based teasing. Understand the characteristics associated with higher weight bias internalization in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Share findings of three PDSA cycles initiated to improve utilization metrics of medication historians in the inpatient setting. Discuss future goals to help...

5.27.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "An Update on Outpatient Spinal Disorders", by Brian G. Smith, MD 27.05.2025 58:19

Event Objectives: Increase knowledge and awareness of Outpatient Spinal Disorders. Identify when to refer spine patients. Discuss what is new in outpatient care of spine disorders. Claim CME Credit Here!

5.20.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Renaissance in the Understanding and Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)", by Julie Khlevner, MD 20.05.2025 1:00:37

Event Objectives: Understand the symptom based ROME IV Criteria for diagnosing pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Recognize the current concepts in pathogenesis of IBS. Review the diagnostic approach and current treatment strategies for pediatric IBS. Claim CME Credit Here!

5.16.25 Ask the Experts, "A Classroom Every Week: The National Overdose Crisis and the Role of Pediatric Clinicians" or the "Worst of Times", Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, FAAP 19.05.2025 58:35

Event Objectives: Describe the epidemiology of substance use and its harms in adolescents and young adults (“youth”) Ensure evidence-based prevention screening treatment and harm reduction for youth Claim CME Credit Here!

5.13.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Penicillin Allergy in 2025", by Roland Solensky, MD 13.05.2025 58:00

Event Objectives Recall and summarize the role of allergy testing and challenge in diagnosis of penicillin allergy. Describe the detrimental clinical consequences of being labeled penicillin allergic. Apply their knowledge to de-label penicillin allergy in their practice. Claim CME Credit here!

5.6.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Detective to Doctor: Sexual Harm Patterns and Insights from a Seasoned Investigator", by retired detective Alison Sullivan 06.05.2025 57:20

Event Objectives: Have assumptions related to sexual harm challenged in addition to gaining new insights on the subject. Claim CME Credit Here!

Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Allergy Updates" by Gavin Schwarz MD 05.05.2025 34:04

Event Objectives: Review appropriate use of allergy medications including side effects. Understand the role and risks/benefits of allergy immunotherapy. Discuss updates in food allergy management. Claim CME Credit Here!

4.29.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "SOS! Is it AHT or SBS?", Angela Doswell, MD 30.04.2025 51:53

Event Objectives: Explore the history and evolution of terms related to non-accidental head trauma in infants. Describe the clinical characteristics of abusive head trauma (AHT). Discuss strategies to identify infants at risk for AHT. Claim CME Credit Here!

4.25.25 Ask the Experts, "Updates in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy: The Gene Therapy Frontier", by Paulette Grocki, PharmD, MBA, BCPS 25.04.2025 57:02

Event Objectives: Describe the different types of gene therapy. Describe the different vectors used. Describe some of the FDA approved products in pediatrics. Claim CME Credit Here!

4.22.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "State of the Art: Advances in Interventional Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology" by Irfan Warsy, MD, Caitlin Heyden, DO, Cesar Igor Mesia, MD, and Shailendra Upadhyay, MD, CEPS, FHRS 22.04.2025 1:03:20

Event Objectives: Review the Historical Progression of Interventional Cardiology in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Highlight Cutting-Edge Catheter-Based Therapies for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Conditions. Understand Contemporary Catheter-Based Arrhythmia Management Options in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Claim CME Credit Here!

4.15.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Prevention Plushies and Paralegals: the Full Continuum of Trauma Care", by Marion Henry, MD 17.04.2025 56:30

Event Objectives: Discuss how trauma care starts well before the trauma bay and lasts long after. Explain additional resources beyond the surgical trauma team that lead to best outcomes in trauma care. Consider how addressing mental health and legal challenges can help in trauma recovery. Claim CME Credit Here!

4.8.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "NKOTB - Pediatric Dermatology Therapeutic Update for the Pediatrician", Keri Wallace, MD, FAAP 08.04.2025 57:56

Event Objectives: List the topical medications approved by the FDA for use in pediatric dermatologic diseases in the past five years. Describe the general risks and benefits of recently-approved systemic medications approved for use in pediatric dermatologic diseases. Claim CME Credit Here!

Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Pain Treatment in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting Topics" William Zempsky, MD 07.04.2025 29:49

Event Objectives: How does pain present at different developmental age groups. Assessment of pain. Treatment of acute and chronic pain. Brief discussion of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Claim CME Credit Here!