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Continuing Medical Education


Allergy Testing for the Primary Care Provider - Cancelled 
Saturday, September 11, 2010
8:00 AM to 3:45 PM
CMH Auditorium

2010 Pediatric Optometric Care
September 17, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
jjdavison@cmh.edu
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Pediatric Perspectives in Trauma 
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM 
Children's Mercy Hospital 
dwseastrom@cmh.edu
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The 6th Annual Midwest Pediatric Dermatology Symposium
September 25, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
aknackstedt@cmh.edu
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2010 Annual Research Symposium
September 29, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
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Pediatric Perspectives in Trauma
Damage Control Surgery & TBI with therapeutic hypothermia
Monday, October 4, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital Auditorium
Kansas City, MO
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The Big Island of Hawaii: Annual Pediatrics for the Practitioner and Primary Care 2010
October 18 - 21, 2010
Hapuna Prince Hotel
Sponsored by Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics partnering with St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
For more information please contact Teresa Shepherd, RN, MN, MSEd, Manager, Continuing Medical Education for Children's Mercy Hospital
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16th Annual Pediatric Advanced Practice Nursing Conference 
Friday, October 22, 2010 from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM 
9000 West 137th Street
Overland Park, KS 66221
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43rd Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatrics Symposium
November 16-19, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital Auditorium
Kansas City, MO
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Pediatric Perspectives in Trauma
Holiday Hazards & A Year in Review
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Children's Mercy Hospital Auditorium
Kansas City, MO
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Grand Rounds
Each of these programs will be held from 8-9 a.m. in the Children’s Mercy Hospital Auditorium. They will all be remotely broadcast to the Teen Clinic, Children’s Mercy South, Children's Mercy Northland, the Housestaff Classroom, Crown Center and 5520 College Boulevard.

8/19/2010
Topic: Using Informatics to Lower the Barriers to Personalized Medicine
Speaker: Marc Williams, MD, Intermountain Health Care, Clinical Genetics Institute, Salt Lake City       

8/26/2010
Topic: Rescuing the Orphan: The Potential of Pediatric Pharmacology Realized
Speaker: Gregory Kearns, Pharm D, PhD, The Marion Merrell Dow/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medical Research; Chairman, Department of Medical Research at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit; Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, UMKC School of Medicine

9/2/2010 (Pain Awareness Grand Rounds)
Topic: Forget the Pills, Pokes and Procedures: Acceptance-based Treatment for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
Speaker: Dustin Wallace, PhD, Section of Developmental & Behavioral Sciences at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics    
    
9/9/2010 (Surgery Grand Rounds)
Topic: What's New and Important in Pediatric Ophthalmology?
Speaker: Paula Grigorian, MD, Section of Ophthalmology at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

9/16/2010 (Diversity Grand Rounds)
Topic: Providing Care in a Second Language: should there be professional standards for healthcare provider fluency?
Speaker: JC Cowden, MD, MPH, Section of General Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

9/23/2010 (Kantor Memorial Lecture)
Topic: Pediatric HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
Speaker: Stephen Spector, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director of Mother-Child-Adolescent HIV Program, University of California, San Diego, Calif.

9/30/2010
Topic: Newborn Screening for Krabbe Disease: The New York State Model
Speaker: Patricia Duffner, MD, Clinical Director, The Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, State University of New York at Buffalo, N.Y.

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