The Brain-Gut Axis plays a vital role in overall health, affecting everything from our physical and mental health to emotional balance and well-being. This unique conference brings together leading experts in the fields of neuroscience, nutrition, microbiome, mental health, and integrative medicine to explore the intricate relationship between the brain, gut and overall wellness. Whether you're a pediatric healthcare professional, therapist, nutritionist or someone on a personal wellness journey, this conference will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the brain-gut connection and empower you with practical tools to cultivate greater health and vitality for you and your patients.

This one-day program will provide neonatologists and neonatal healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on complex physiologic issues in neonatology. This program will review some of the latest therapies used in treating sick neonates. Topics this year include management of pulmonary vein stenosis; lymphatic flow disorders in the neonate; congenital infections, including syphilis and CME; multi-drug-resistant organisms such as E-coli; rapid targeting gene testing and how best to implement that into practice; and using developmental supports to improve outcomes.

This 4-day, in-person course offers a comprehensive examination of the morphology of congenital heart disease. The course was created and led by Paul M. Weinberg, MD, renowned cardiac morphologist, for eight years. In the course’s 12th year, Dr. Weinberg’s colleagues (many of whom he trained in cardiology and morphology) continue to carry on his legacy by continuing to provide expert content in cardiac morphology, using many of Dr. Weinberg’s own teaching materials. In addition, this year will feature expert cardiac morphologist Andrew Cook, PhD. To supplement anatomic teaching, there are sessions on echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and surgical correlation by distinguished faculty. This year we will bring back the hands-on specimen experience. The course is designed for senior, junior and trainee cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, pathologists, pathology assistants, echocardiography sonographers and other medical professionals interested in congenital heart disease.

The field of Allergy & Immunology has dramatically evolved in recent years. This one-day course will provide a robust overview of important topics in the field, ranging from battling medical misinformation, alpha-gal syndrome updates, to key topics in food allergy. Afternoon breakout sessions will allow learners to select areas they are most interested in, including genetic testing, difficult drug allergy cases and best practices in asthma teaching. Participants can engage in-person or virtually at no cost.

This one-day, in-person course at CHOP will provide nurses and non-healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills essential to caring for children with diabetes. 

Join Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia experts for a webinar series about the role of the pediatric psychologist in innovative interdisciplinary collaboration.

This course presents the state of the art in Pediatric Emergency Medicine by nationally recognized faculty of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Boston Children’s Hospital. The increasing number of acutely ill and injured pediatric patients presenting to Emergency Departments and offices requires that emergency physicians, pediatric emergency physicians, pediatricians, family physicians, pediatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants be prepared to assess, diagnose and expertly treat a wide variety of pediatric emergencies and to stay up to date with evolving diagnostic and therapeutic practices, patient care recommendations and guidelines. This in-person course will feature hands-on and interactive teaching formats including large and small group discussions, workshops and simulation in procedural skills, resuscitation, and diagnostic reasoning.

General pediatricians are often on the front-line identifying and managing anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients and therefore need skills in the diagnosis and management of these conditions. In this course, we will explore diagnostic criteria, therapeutic approaches (including CBT and SSRIs), and related conditions (such as PANS).

Participants will experience a comprehensive series of lectures from CHOP’s expert multi-disciplinary team designed to further demonstrate and highlight important factors to consider in pediatric thyroid US as compared with adults. Topics discussion will range from workflow operations for point-of-care US at the bedside, examining both the thyroid and neck region for lymph nodes in a variety of disorders/conditions, review and utility of the TIRADS scoring system, and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB). On day two, participants will have an immersive, hands-on experience with CHOP’s expert team to obtain hand-over-hand training in ultrasound technique.

This one-day program is targeted to endocrinologists, neuro-oncologists, radiologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-ophthalmologists, fellows, residents and nurse practitioners who evaluate or treat children with hypothalamic/pituitary disorders. This program will highlight practical approaches to evaluating a child with a prolactinoma, hypothalamic obesity and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. We will have an open table discussion of some of the learner’s cases.