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…
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.…
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…