SEED Program: Transgender Care
Description: An overview of the role pediatric endocrinologist in the care of transgender youth with a focus on gender affirming endocrine care (puberty suppression and hormone therapy). Learning Objectives: Understand the concept of gender dysphoria and it's relation to mental health in transgender youth Know what are the Standards of Care Recommendations on Gender Affirming…
Lipid SIG: State of the Art Webinar
Description: Within the past several years, there have been major therapeutic advances and new clinical trial data on the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia and its relationship to cardiovascular disease (CVD). New medications that either function within the liver to prevent protein production using anti-sense technologies and monoclonal antibodies that target proteins that block triglyceride clearance are…
PedsENDO365
Quality Improvement for Endocrinology Fellows June 2, 2023 / 3:00-5:00 PM ET Objectives: Apply Plan-Do-Study Act Quality Improvement (QI) methodology using a real-world example. Understand utility of QI tools including: process map, pareto chart, fishbone diagram, control/run chart Describe how to find access to additional training / toolkits and review how QI projects can fulfill…
Technology for Type 1 Diabetes in 2023 – New Options and Emerging Devices
Speaker: Gregory P. Forlenza, MD Associate Professor Barbara Davis Center University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Description: With multiple new FDA approved T1D technology options in 2023, the therapeutic landscape has become more diverse for patients and providers. We will discuss peer reviewed literature on current commercial options, educate on device tuning, and outline the…
SIG State of the Art Webinar: Obesity
September 13: State of the Art - Obesity Title: Treating (Understanding) Complicated Obesity Speaker: Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, FACP, FAAP, ABOM, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Description: Join us to review novel therapeutics and treatment options for pediatric obesity and associated complications.
Industry Sponsored Symposia – Achondroplasia a Multidisciplinary Conversation on Comprehensive Care
Title: Achondroplasia a Multidisciplinary Conversation on Comprehensive Care Date: Thursday, September 14 from 6:00 – 7:00pm EST Summary of Session: Achondroplasia (Ach), the most common skeletal dysplasia with disproportionate short stature, is characterized by a number of medical, functional, and psychosocial challenges across the lifespan of an individual. Up until recently, the treatment of the developmental complications…
SEED Program: Rickets? Acquired vs inherited?
Speaker: Nadia Merchant, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinologist and Geneticist Description: Rickets can vary from being asymptomatic to irritability, growth retardation, and sudden death. Nutritional-acquired rickets is the most common cause of rickets worldwide that we still see in the US. Let’s learn about preventing nutritional rickets! This presentation will review causes of…
Industry Sponsored Symposia – Early Identification and Effective Management of Hypercholesterolemia in Children
Title: Early Identification and Effective Management of Hypercholesterolemia in Children Date: Thursday, September 28 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm Eastern Session Description: This interactive virtual symposium, sponsored by Regeneron Medical Affairs, with Don P. Wilson, MD, a renowned pediatric lipidologist, will focus on diagnosing lipid disorders (including familial hypercholesterolemia) and managing treatment goals in children. Speaker: Don P.…
State of the Art – Differences of Sex Development
October 19: State of the Art - Differences of Sex Development Title: Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (PAIS) – Commonly Suspected and Rarely Encountered Speaker: Professor S. Faisal Ahmed, MBChB, MD, MA, FRCPCH, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Description: PAIS is a very rare condition, and each pediatric endocrinologist will probably not see more…
PedsENDO365: SMART goals for a Happy Professional Journey
SMART goals for a Happy Professional Journey Description: SMART goals for a Happy Professional Journey is a career development session that provides Pediatric Endocrine Fellows with tools and skills for SMART goal setting. This can be used by fellows to develop individualized learning plans with mentoring from their program faculty or program director. Objectives: By end…
SIG State of the Art Webinar: Diabetes
November 13: State of the Art - Diabetes Title: Tips for Setting up a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes Speakers: Megan Kelsey, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Helen Seagle, RD, Children's Hospital Colorado, Lauren Gulley, PhD, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Claudia Retamal-Munoz, RN,…