Proposed Topic | Proposed Title | Session | Suggested Speaker | Invited By | More Details |
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Vaccine Updates | — | General, Friday, November 14, 2025, 1:00-2:00 PM ET | Dr. Michelle Fiscus | Kristen Sgambat | — |
AKI in the outpatient setting | — | General, Thursday, November 13, 2025 | — | — | — |
food as medicine | — | General Session | Kathryn Delaney, CNP | Alison | Management of pediatric nephrology patients with Autism |
kidney stones | Neuro Psych testing in preparation for adult transition | General Session | Dr. Patricia Klaas | Alison | Neuro Psychological testing in preperation for adult transition in our CKD/Transplant/Dialysis patients Speaker Confirmed |
Update on most recent Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce recs | Update on most recent Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce recs | Dieticians | Chris Nelms Nonnie Polderman |
Kristen | — |
Neonatal HTN - Dr. Stanford | — | Nurses, Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Dr. Stanford | Brynna | Could be General Session |
Atypical HUS & TMA (Brynna - Dr. Michalopulos to give) | — | Nurses | Dr. Michael Michalopulos | Brynna | Could be General Session |
Immigrant Child Health Committee | General Considerations for Providing Care to Immigrant Children | Nurses | Dr. Hayley Sparks | Tamara | Dr. Sparks is the Co-Founder/ Co- Chair of the Immigrant Child Health Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics |
The Anatomy of a Kidney | — | Nurses | Dr. Sabina Kennedy (Children's Atlanta) | Melissa | Dr. Kennedy does a very good kidney anatomy overview presentation that she has done for nursing at CHOA. I'd be happy to see if she's willing to speak if others agree. |
Suggestions
Atypical HUS & TMA (Brynna - Dr. Michalopulos to give)
Neonatal HTN (Brynna)
Plant-based diets (Merideth)
General- Child Life Role in Procedures
Teen Nutrition Topics
Nursing- Rare Disease Transition- Parent/Patient (Barter / Gittleman/ Cystinosis)
General- Handling Autistic Patients in the Renal Arena (Alison)
Ethical Consideration with Parent Dissatisfaction
Supportive Care vs Neglect (CPS Case Worker)
General- Neurodevelopment Testing (Alison)
Evaluation for Enteral Tubes ( feeds, meds, hydration, growth)
Case presentation of a patient from general nephrology through CKD/ dialysis/transplant
Transition to adult- ? getting a patient's perspective, ideas etc. who has transitioned to adult care