14th Multidisciplinary Symposium – Program & Schedule

Download the full program (PDF) — agenda, speaker biographies, and organizing committee.

1:00 – 2:00 PM ETAll attendees
General session
APOL1 Risk Variants and Kidney Disease
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET3 concurrent sessions — choose one
Nurses
When to Suspect a Genetic Cause: A Practical Approach to Genetic Kidney Disease in Children
Social workers
From Dialysis to Transplant: Navigating Ethical Decisions in Pediatric Nephrology
Dietitians
Functional Body Composition in Pediatric CKD
3:00 – 4:00 PM ET3 concurrent sessions — choose one
Nurses
AKI to CKD Progression in Preterm Infants and the Role of CKRT
Social workers
Supporting Renal Patients & Families as a Multi-Disciplinary Team
Dietitians
From Food Is Medicine to Food Skills: Bringing Culinary Medicine Into Clinical Care
4:00 – 5:00 PM ETAll attendees
General session
Executive Function Difficulty in Pre-Adolescence and Adolescence
Organizing committee

The multidisciplinary team planning this year’s symposium.

Chair

Tamara Hill, DNP, CPNP-AC

University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Matt Butler, LMSW

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Janette Cassano, LCSW

Cook Children’s Health Care System
Prosper, TX

Ewa Elenberg, MD, MEd

Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Marisa Juarez-Calderon, MPH, RD, LD

Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX

Kaitlin Massanelli, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Children’s Health, UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX

Merideth Miller, RD, CSP, LD

Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland, OH

Michele Mills, MSN, CPNP-PC, CNN-NP

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Celeste Salvador-Gonzalez, LMSW

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Kristen Sgambat, RD, PhD

Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC

Taneisha Stanton, RN

University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Melissa Trabold, PNP, FNP

Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Amanda Travis, DNP, FNP-C, CPNP-AC

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, UTHSC
Memphis, TN

Brynna Van Wyk, MSN, ARNP, CPNP

University of Iowa Medical Center
Iowa City, IA

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