55th Annual Advances and Controversies in Clinical Pediatrics

Key Topics

• Strategies for appropriate vaccine administration
• Strategies for the diagnosis and management of tickborne diseases, unexplained fever, and pertussis
• Strategies to manage ADHD and autism
• New information toward the evaluation and management of obesity, short stature, hirsutism, amenorrhea, and thyroid nodules
• Innovative approaches to the management of eating disorders, IBD, NAFLD, and functional abdominal pain
• Advances and controversies in evidence-based treatment of common surgical conditions, bariatric surgery, pain management and utilization of acupuncture, hypnosis, and CBD
• The effects of environmental toxins, how to prevent leukemia, and provide care for cancer survivors and vulnerable youth accordingly
• And counsel patients about gender affirmative care, pubertal development, vaping, dermatologic fads, sunscreen, and immunizations
• In what clinical situations integrative and alternative methods of pain control could or should be used