Sunday, December 8^th Presentations

Keynote Address

• Innovations in Neonatal Quality Improvement - Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH

Using Technology to Drive Your Quality Improvement Initiatives

• Using the Electronic Medical Record to Advance Quality of Care in Neonatal Care Medicine - Reese Clark, MD
• Predictive Analytics in Neonatology: Harnessing Data for Quality Improvement and Enhanced Neonatal Care - Brynne Sullivan, MD, MSc
• Using AI Innovations to Elevate Quality Improvement in Neonatal Care - Kristyn S. Beam, MD MPH

Thriving from the Start: Quality Initiatives for Full-Term Newborns:

• Improving the Care of Newborns with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy - Jehier Afifi, MBBCh, MSC SQIL
• Big Babies, Big Opportunities​: QI in the Healthy Newborn Population - Sheri Nemerofsky, MD
• Quality Improvement in Full Term NICU Babies: A Parent & Patient Community Perspective -Betsy Pilon

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

• Involving Families in Quality Improvement:  Practical Suggestions for Real Engagement - Colby Day, MD, Betsy Pilon and Kiera Sorrells, BSFCS
• Neonatal Data Utilization: Harnessing Electronic Health Record Data for Quality Improvement and Beyond - Ameena Husain, DO, Krysten Beam, MD and Brynne Sullivan, MD, MSc

Lessons Learned and Things You Can Do Next Week — Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc and Stephen Pearlman, MD, MSHQS

Monday, December 9th Presentations

Advances in BPD 

• An Adult Pulmonologists' Perspective of Infant BPD — Klaus Rabe, MD, PhD, FERS
• Azithromycin Therapy for Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity (AZTEC): Randomized Controlled Trial — Sailesh Kotecha, FRCPCH, PhD
• Cell-Based Therapies for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Ready or not, here they come! — Bernard Thébaud, MD, PhD

Lung Volumes and Setting PEEP Levels

• Opening the Lung at Birth: The Cologne View and Experience - Angela Kribs, MD
• Electrical Impedance Tomography for Regional Lung Monitoring - Inez Frerichs, MD
• Decreasing Extubation Failure in Extremely Preterm Infants: The ECLAT Trial - Risha Bhatia MBBCh, MA, FRACP, PhD

Interpreting Methods in Clinical Research

• The “Kangaroo Immediate Mother Care” Trial and Early Stopping -Helga Naburi, MD and Lehana Thabane, PhD
• What Does Kangaroo Mother Care in the U.S. Look Like? - Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH

Green and Rotten Apples

• The use of Mixsafe as a portable T-piece Resuscitator to Reduce Infant Mortality Rate in Indonesia - Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, MD, PhD
• Increased Alveolar Volume and Lung Diffusion Capacity in Former Preterm Infants Randomized to Two Extra Weeks of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in the NICU - Cindy T. McEvoy, MD, MCR
• AI-powered Early Warning Systems for Neonatal Sepsis: Opportunities and Challenges – Brynne Sullivan, MD, MSc
• Artificial Intelligence in Neonatology: Friend of Foe? - Kristyn Beam, MD, MPH

Breaking News

• The Connection Trial: A New Trial of Probiotic to Prevent NEC and Improve Sustained Feeding Tolerance - Josef Neu, MD

Tuesday, December 10th Presentations

The Jerold F. Lucey, MD Lectureship and Keynote Address

• BPD after 50 years: Have we made progress - Eduardo Bancalari, MD
• Neonatology Luminary: Celebrating and Recognizing Dr. Avroy Fanaroff’s Impact in Neonatology

Green and Rotten Apples

• Nutritional Support in Moderate and Late Preterm Babies - Frank Bloomfield ONZM, FRACP, PhD, FRSNZ
• Another View of Human Milk based Fortifier Versus Bovine Milk Fortifier – Boris W. Kramer, MD, PhD
• Too much? Or Just the Right Dose of Antenatal Corticosteroids? Should we Stick with 1972’s Approach?- Sarah D. McDonald, MD, FRCSC, MSc

Points of View on Common Clinical Problems                        

Use of Acute Phase Reactants

• Acute Phase Reactants to Guide Treatment Decision for Newborn Sepsis - Dustin Daniel Flannery, DO, MSCE
• Biomarkers for Neonatal Sepsis - Martin Stocker, MD

Furosemide and BPD

• Furosemide for Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: What is the Role? - Rachel G. Greenberg, MD, MB, MHS    
• Furosemide for Established Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Lessons in Developmental Pharmacology - Nicolas Bamat, MD, MSCE

Following Through after the NICU: The Role of Early Detection in Optimizing Outcomes after Preterm Birth

• What can we Learn from Life Course Outcomes of VP/VLBW for Early Detection and Intervention? - Dieter Wolke, PhD Dr rer nat h.c. Dipl-Psych C.Psychol, AFBPsS
• Early Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Social-emotional Problems in Children Born Preterm - Samantha Johnson, PhD
• Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy - Nathalie Maitre, MD, PhD

Wednesday, December 11th Presentations

Recent Developments on an Old Drug - Caffeine in 2024

• The NRN MoCHA Study - Eric Eichenwald, MD                                             
• Intermittent Hypoxia and Caffeine in Infants Born Preterm (ICAF) Study - Carl E. Hunt, MD           
• Neonatal Caffeine Therapy:  Are there any indications beyond apnea of prematurity? - Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, CM

In Search of Goldilocks: Oxygen Management during Delivery Room Resuscitation for Preterm Infants

• What is Optimal Initial FiO2? - Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, PhD, FRCPE
• Automated Oxygen Titration in the Delivery Room - The Humanoid Goldilocks - Peter Dargaville, MD