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Conference in Colombia

Congreso Asociación Latinoamericana de Pediatría, Nov. 14–18, 2012 Cartagena, Colombia

Three expert faculty physicians from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia presented lectures and met with international professional colleagues at the November 2012 conference:

Ignacio TapiaIgnacio Tapia, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Obstructive sleep apnea: Differences between the child and the adult
A look at different forms of non-invasive ventilation, CPAP, BPAP, etc.

 

Maria FrageMaria Victoria Fraga, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Neonatology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Managing the airway: a multidisciplinary approach
Therapeutic hypothermia: Our protocol and current research from the Neonatal Research Network (NRN) in our NICU

 

Christina MasterChristina Lin Master, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Sports related skeletal muscle trauma
Concussions in children and adolescents

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