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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Department of Pediatrics ~ Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
St. John’s Hospital Bunn Auditorium
August - May


February 2012



February 2nd         “Nutrition in the NICU Graduate:  From Hospital to Home”
Presenter:           Ginger Darling, MD
Assistant Professor of Neonatology
Division of Neonatology
SIU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Learning objectives:
1.     To be able to identify the risk factors for nutritional deficiencies in NICU graduates
2.     To improve understanding of normal and abnormal growth patterns in NICU graduates
3.     To appreciate the role of a multidisciplinary approach to improving nutrition in NICU graduates
Dr Darling states she has nothing to disclose.



February 9th        “Guidelines for Determining Brain Death in Children:  Update 2011”
Presenter:           Theodore Sunder, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry
Director, Division of Child Neurology
SIU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Learning objectives:
1.     Perform an appropriate clinical evaluation of brain death
2.     Develop a strategy for employing ancillary studies
Dr Sunder states he has nothing to disclose.



February 16th      “An Unusual Cause of Wheezing” PICU Clinicopathology Conference
Presenters:         
Gurpreet Mander, MD                                                     Marian Japitana, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics                           PGY-2 Pediatric Resident
Director of Pediatric Critical Care                                     Department of Pediatrics
SIU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics           SIU School of Medicine
Learning objectives:
1.     To identify the differential diagnoses of wheezing in children
Neither doctor has anything to disclose.



February 23rd      “Medicine in Belize”
Presenter:           Daniel Niebrugge, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Hematology and Oncology
SIU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Learning objectives:
1.     Understand the difficulties of medicine for the underserved
2.     Get a grasp of how to set up a medical mission
Dr Niebrugge states he has nothing to disclose.



March 2012
1st           NO PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS – PERINATAL CONFERENCE
8th           Marthe delaCruz, MD, Ambulatory Pediatrician, SIU School of Medicine
15th         NICU Division Clinicopathology Conference, Laura Vargas, MD
22nd        Gregory Brandt, MD, Pediatric Oncologist and Hematologist, SIU School of Medicine
29th         Rebecca Green, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Springfield Clinic


April 2012
5th           Ramzi Nicolas, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, SIU School of Medicine
12th         Beau Batton, MD, Neonatologist, SIU School of Medicine
19th         Hospitalist Division Clinicopathology Conference, Jody Lack, MD
26th         Anwar Shafi, MD, Pediatric Pulmonologist, SIU School of Medicine


May 2012
3rd           NO PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS – PERINATAL CONFERENCE
10th         Michelle Miner, MD, Ambulatory Pediatrician, SIU School of Medicine
17th         To Be Announced
24th         Keith Gabriel, MD, Pediatric Orthopedics, SIU School of Medicine
31st         NO PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS – RESIDENT RESEARCH DAY


  • Accreditation: SIU School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • CME Credit: The SIU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • Faculty Disclosures: All faculty participating in CME activities are expected to disclose to the audience any real or apparent commercial financial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials.