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2008 Program



December 7 - Sunday
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration at West Registration Desk
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Reception & Poster Viewing
December 8 - Monday
7:00 AM – 8:25 AM Registration at West Registration Desk
7:45 AM Doors Open
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction by Jerold F. Lucey, MD


Brain Cooling – New Trials - Moderator - David Edwards, MD

8:30 – 8:50 AM Toby Trial– Denis Azzopardi, MD – England & Europe
8:50 – 9:00 AM Discussion and Audience Questions
9:00 – 9:20 AM Ice Trial- Susan Jacobs, MD - Australia
9:20 – 9:30 AM Discussion and Audience Questions
9:30 – 9:50 AM European neo.nEURO.network Trial– George Simbruner, MD - Europe
9:50 – 10:00 AM Audience Questions
10:00 – 10:30 AM Panel Discussion- Edwards, Azzopardi, Jacobs, Simbruner
10:30 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break- Music and Slides by Sheldon Korones, MD


Previous Trials- Updates, Follow-up and Comments- Moderator - John Wyatt, MD

11:00 – 11:15 AM NICHD Trial – Seetha Shankaran, MD
11:15 – 11:30 AM Cool Cap Trial – Alistair Gunn, MD
11:30 – 11:45 AM Current Status- Adult Hypothermia Trials- Robert Tasker, MD
11:45 – 12:30 PM Panel Discussion
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch & Poster Viewing- Music and Slides by Sheldon Korones, MD


"Green Apples" and Useless Therapy- Moderator - Roger Soll, MD

2:00 – 2:20 PM Probiotics- A Randomized Trial- Hung-Chih Lin, MD
2:20 – 2:30 PM Audience Discussion
2:30 – 2:45 PM Previous Probiotic Trials - Michael Caplan, MD
2:45 – 3:15 PM Useless Therapy- Bicarbonate – Judy Aschner, MD
3:15 – 4:00 PM Audience Discussion
4:00 – 4:30 PM Coffe Break & Poster Viewing Music and Slides by Sheldon Korones, MD
4:30 – 4:50 PM Continuous Oxygen Control- A New Method – Eduardo Bancalari, MD
4:50 – 5:00 PM Audience Discussion
5:00 – 5:15 PM What’s New- Biomedical Applications with Perfluorochemcals- Thomas H. Shaffer, MS.E., PhD
5:15 – 5:30 PM Oxycyte! – Bruce Spiess, MD
6:00 – 7:00 PM Reception and Poster Viewing

December 9th - Tuesday
7:00 - 8:00 AM Registration at West Registration Desk


Exciting, New Important Randomized Trials- Moderator - Avroy Fanaroff, MD

8:00 – 8:20 AM MgSO4 Randomized Trial to Prevent Cerebral Palsy – Dwight Rouse, MD
8:20 – 8:30 AM Audience Discussion
8:30 – 8:45 AM The Magnesium Trial: A Perspective – Karin Nelson, MD
8:45 – 9:00 AM Discussion and Audience Questions
9:00 – 9:20 AM Folate Prevention of Premature Births- Radek Bukowski, MD
9:20 – 9:30 AM Audience Discussion
9:30 – 9:50 AM Current Status of Folate Therapy to Prevent Spina Bifida- Robert Brent, MD
9:50 – 10:00 AM Audience Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 AM Coffee Break & Poster Viewing- Music and Slides by Sheldon Korones, MD


Problems of Near Term Infants- Moderator - Alan Jobe, MD, Phd

10:30 – 10:50 AM Late Preterms- A New Epidemic? - Alan Jobe, MD, Phd
10:50 – 11:00 AM Audience Discussion
11:00 – 11:20 AM Problems of Late Preterm Infants- Gabriel Escobar, MD
11:20 – 11:30 PM Audience Discussion
11:30 – 11:50 PM Changes in Brain Structure 32-37 Weeks- Hannah Kinney, MD
11:50 – 12:00 PM Audience Discussion
12:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch & Poster Viewing- Music and Slides by Sheldon Korones, MD


New Trials of Interest- Moderator - Andrew Wilkinson, MD

2:00 – 2:30 PM Probing Staph and Strep Immune Evasion for new Therapeutic Targets – Victor Nizet, MD
2:30 – 2:40 PM Audience Discussion
2:40 – 3:00 PM EPICure 2 Study- Latest Results- Kate Costeloe, MD
3:00 – 3:10 PM Audience Discussion
3:10 – 3:40 PM Preterm Birth- Very Long Term Survival and Reproduction- Geeta Swamy, MD
3:40 – 4:00 PM Audience Discussion

End of Conference


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