18th International Conference on Neonatal & Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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March 27 - 29, 2025
Hilton San Francisco Financial District • San Francisco, CA
Course# MPD25002 - Department: Pediatrics

Overview

Over the past decade, great strides have been made in our understanding of the pathobiology of pulmonary vascular disease, and from these findings new therapeutic options have emerged. It is increasingly clear that pulmonary vascular pathology is integral to a number of childhood disorders. In this symposium, we will bring together international experts to explore our current understanding of the basic pathobiology as well as new and future therapies for neonatal, pediatric, and adult pulmonary vascular diseases.

Target Audience
Pediatric and Adult Pulmonologists, Cardiology and Critical Care Physicians, Neonatology Physicians, and Advanced Practice Nurses.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, attendees will have improved skills and strategies to:

• Utilize treatment delivery systems effectively based on past, current, and future therapeutics for neonatal and childhood pulmonary vascular disease;
• Apply new knowledge of the developmental vascular biology of neonatal pulmonary vascular disease to increase early detection of the pathology in infants;
• Evaluate the new treatment modalities and the latest science behind these advances;
• Recognize rare forms of pediatric PVD;
• Learn the latest imaging modalities for the right ventricle;
• Facilitate diagnosis and treatment choices using genetic testing;
• Understand the latest clinical and basic science updates of pulmonary vascular disease.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency. 

Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. This course is also available for 16.00 Nurse Contact Hours as designated by the ANCC.   

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

Jeffrey Fineman, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Service
University of California, San Francisco
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Steven Abman, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Heart Lung Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado

Eric D. Austin, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Endowed Directorship in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Research
Director, Vanderbilt Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical &
Research Program
Director, Vanderbilt M.S. in Clinical Investigation (M.S.C.I.) Training Program
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

GUEST FACULTY

Gabriel Altit, MDCM
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Associate Member to the Division of Experimental Medicine and to the Department of Epidemiology
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal

Maurice Beghetti, MD
Directeur du Centre Universitaire de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique. Congenital Heart Center (CHUV et HUG)
Head of Pediatric Subspecialties Division(HUG)
Head of Pediatric Cardiology Unit (HUG)
Director Pulmonary Hypertension Program (HUG)
Children's University Hospital
University Hospital, Geneva

Rolf Berger, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Groningen | RUG · Center for Congenital Heart Diseases, Beatrix

Erika Berman-Rosenzweig, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Michael Cookson, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado & Children’s Hospital Colorado

Paul Critser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
Associate Dean of Stanford MD Admissions and Professor of Medicine (PACCM)
Stanford University School of Medicine

Maria del Cerro, MD
Departamento de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Mark Friedberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Staff Physician, Hospital for Sick Children
Harvard Medical School

Jose Gomez-Arroyo, MD, PhD
Instructor of Clinical & Internal Medicine
College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati

Stephanie Handler, MD
Associate Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin

Amanda Hauck, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Russel Hirsch, MD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Dunbar Ivy, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Vladimir Kalinichenko, MD, PhD
Director, Phoenix Children’s Research Institute
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Usama Kanaan, MD
Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Darrell N. Kotton, MD
Professor of Medicine, Center Director
Boston University and Boston Medical Center

Usha S. Krishnan, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Philip Levy, MD
Physician in Medicine, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Roberto F. Machado, MD
Dr. Calvin H. English Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine
Indiana University Department of Medicine

Cedric Manlhiot, PhD
Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Kimberley Miles, MD
Pulmonary Hypertension Fellow
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Shahin Moledina, MD
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Lead Clinician
National Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Service UK

Anton Morkin
Founder and CEO, TBX4Life

Edward E. Morrisey, PhD
Robinette Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Mary Mullen, MD, PhD
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Service
Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Darren Orbach, MD, PhD
Sage Schermerhorn Chair in Image-Guided Therapy
Co-Director,  Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center
Chief, Neurointerventional Radiology
Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
President, World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN)

Lance S. Prince, MD, PhD
Philip Sunshine, MD Professor in Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

Soni S. Pullamsetti, PhD
Professor
Cardio Pulmonary Institute

Usha Raj, MD, MHA
Anjuli S. Nayak Endowed Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Physiology; Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Northwestern University
Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Jodhpur University, India, Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois

Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Stanford Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence
Co-Associate Director of PSTP Admissions
Stanford University School of Medicine

Elizabeth S. Taglauer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Attending Neonatologist, Boston Medical Center

Bernard Thébaud, MD, PhD
Neonatologist, Department of Pediatrics
The Ottawa Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Nidhy P. Varghese, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pulmonology; Medical Director
Texas Children’s Hospital Pulmonary Hypertension Center

Jeffrey Whitsett, MD
Institute Co-Director, Perinatal Institute
Section Chief, Division of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Roham T. Zamanian, MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

UCSF FACULTY (Department of Medicine unless otherwise indicated)

Aaron Bodansky, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Sanjeev Datar, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics

Roberta L. Keller, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Tippi C. MacKenzie, MD
Professor of Surgery, Benioff UCSF Professor in Children's Health
Director, The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF
Co-Director, Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine
John G. Bowes Distinguished Professor in Stem Cell and Tissue Biology

Hythem Nawaythou, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology

Marc Simon, MD
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic

Mike Smith, MD
Assistant Professor

Stephanie M. Tsoi, MD
Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics

Hilton San Francisco Financial District 
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Hotel Phone: (415) 433-6600 / Reservations: 800-424-8292
Rates: $229/night Single/Double Occupancy
Cutoff Date: March 6, 2025

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