Danbury Hospital Announces 24th Pediatrics Update Conference

DANBURY — Danbury Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics will conduct the 24th Annual Pediatrics Update Conference Thursday, November 5, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. The conference takes place at Danbury Hospital in the John C. Creasy Center for Health Education, 24 Hospital Avenue. Park free in the Red parking garage, Locust Hospital Avenue entrance.

Danbury Hospital offers the conference as part of a continuing medical education program in its service to the community, and is geared toward health care professionals serving infants, children, and adolescents. Following welcome and opening remarks by the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Danbury Hospital, Raul A. Arguello, MD, conference participants will receive current medical information and updates on the following topics:

*“Eight Syndromes,” with Robert Marion, MD, professor of pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, director, Children’s Evaluation & Rehabilitation Center, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

*“Beyond Growth Hormone Therapy,” with Mariano Castro Magana, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics, SUNY Stony Brook; director of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, Winthrop University Hospital

*“Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,” with Blanche Benenson, MD, assistant clinical professor, Department of Pediatrics; director, Behavioral Pediatrics Clinical Services, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

*“Epidemiology & Control of Deer Tick Transmitted Diseases,” with Sam R Telford, III, ScD, associate professor of infectious diseases, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

*“Legal Ramifications of Child Abuse: Obtaining a Defensible Medical History,” with Melinda Monson, RN, BSN , JD, director, Department of Risk Management, Danbury Hospital

*“Child Sexual Abuse: What Every Pediatric Provider Needs to Know,” with Andrea Gottsegen Asnes, MD, MSW, assistant professor of pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine; associate medical director, Child Abuse Programs, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

Danbury Hospital 24th Pediatric Update Conference moderators will be Veronica Ron-Priola, MD, FAAP, medical director at Danbury Hospital’s Pediatric Health Center, and Eitan Kilchevsky, MD, MBA, attending neonatologist, Danbury Hospital

Registration for the conference is required and must be received by Friday, October 30. Fee for the daylong conference is $75 for physicians, $40 for nonphysicians and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and conference materials. The conference provides CME and CEU continuing education credits.

For a conference brochure and registration form, call Marjorie Szep, Danbury Hospital Department of Pediatrics, at 203-739-7940.