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2021 Virtual conference

2021 Annual Conference going virtual

Registration Now Open

The Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AzAAP) is taking the annual Pediatrics in the Red Rocks Conference virtual in 2021 for the safety of our members and partners. The program will include one day of virtual live educational sessions along with 15 on-demand sessions for attendees, a virtual exhibit hall, a virtual poster session, and other ways for attendees to connect and communicate. 


Your registration in the 2021 Virtual Annual Conference and Exhibition will include the live virtual activity taking place Friday, June 25, 2021 as well as access to 15 additional on-demand sessions to be completed at your convenience within the 90-day completion period. Early bird registration discounts and special rates for AzAAP members are being offered!


Purpose: The conference has been designed with the goal to develop, maintain, and increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of pediatric healthcare providers by providing them with the highest quality, most relevant and accessible educational experiences possible.


Target Audience: The course is ideal for primary care pediatricians, pediatric hospitalists, pediatric subspecialists, hospital and university faculty, residents, medical students, or nurse practitioners.  

Early bird registration discounts and special rates for AzAAP members are being offered! 


Please note - when registering for the conference you will be prompted to create an account in AzAAP's new online platform. 

Register here

description and learning objectives

View the conference brochure for a full description, list of topics, learning objectives, and other conference-related activities. 


The brochure also outlines special activities held in conjunction with the conference including virtual live Q&A, exhibit hall, poster gallery, and AzAAP's annual member business meeting.

View brochure

conference topics

Meet the Experts

The conference will be led by experts to help you put more of what you learn into practice. This year’s conference features a wide array of interesting clinical topics to help you gain extensive insight in the following areas:


Friday, June 25th Live Activity

  • Introduction to the Use of Mind-Body Medicine by Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP
  • Combat Discrimination: Evaluation of the Child with Short Stature by Mark D. Wheeler, MD, FAAP
  • Consent and Confidentiality: Legal and Practical Considerations in Caring for Adolescents in Arizona by Veenod L. Chulani, MD, MSED, FAAP, FSAHM, CEDS
  • Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecologic Urgencies and Emergencies by Atsuko Koyama, MD, MPH
  • Food-Induced Intestinal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Shauna Schroeder, MS, MD


Fifteen On-Demand Sessions

  1. COVID-19: A Pediatric Perspective and Update by Sean P. Elliott, MD, FAAP
  2. Climate Change - Fact or Opinion? Educating and Protecting Our Children by Diane E. Hindman, MD, PharmD, BScPhm, FAAP
  3. Child Abuse During COVID-19 - A Dangerous Game of Hide and Seek? By Merlin (Chan) Lowe, MD, FAAP, SFHM
  4. Pediatric Integrative Medicine: What, Where, When & How? by Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP
  5. Dietary Supplements in Children: Fact vs. Fiction by Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP
  6. Pediatric Integrative Medicine in the Hospital Setting: Pearls and Pitfalls by Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP
  7. They Grow Up So Quickly: Normal and Precocious Puberty by Mark D. Wheeler, MD, FAAP
  8. The 411 and 911 of Contraception by Atsuko Koyama, MD, MPH and Veenod L. Chulani, MD, MSED, FAAP, FSAHM, CEDS
  9. Breastfeeding Basics for Primary Care Pediatricians: How to Support the Breastfeeding Dyads in Your Practice by Jennifer R. Caplan, MD, FAAP
  10. Autism and the Gastrointestinal Tract by Shauna Schroeder, MS, MD
  11. Update on Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis Management and New Medications by Shauna Schroeder, MS, MD
  12. Vaping and E-cigarettes 101 by Jillian Wall, MD, MPH. FAAP
  13. Bumps, Breaks, and Everything in Between: Common Accidental Household Injuries in Children by Priti Rawani-Patel, MD
  14. What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You (and Your Patients): Implicit Bias and its Impact on Healthcare Disparities by Alissa Darden, MD, FAAP
  15. New Trends in Substance of Abuse in Adolescents by Mazda Shirazi, MD, PhD and Lindsey Retterath, MD T

Credit Information

ACCREDITATION

The Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is accredited

by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


The Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics designates this other educational activity (internet live and enduring) for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the

activity.


MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of and feedback to the learner, enables the participant to earn 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Exhibitors and sponsors

Exhibitor and sponsor participation helps support the annual conference as well as AzAAP’s advocacy efforts throughout the year – we very much appreciate the time you take to visit the virtual exhibit hall and sponsor pages available to attendees during the course. 


AzAAP gratefully acknowledges financial support for this activity in the form of an educational grant from:


GOLD TITLE LEVEL SPONSOR: Banner Children’s 

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS: Abbott Nutrition, First Things First, HonorHealth Shea Medical Center Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Southwest Human Development


Interested in Exhibiting/Sponsoring? The 2021 Annual Conference is offering Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities. For more information view the prospectus.


A very special thank you

A very special thanks goes out to AzAAP’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee members for their time and dedication in planning and preparing for the course: Chan Lowe, MD, FAAP (Chair), Amelia Decker, MD, FAAP, Rick Engel, MD, FAAP, John Pope, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Shwetal Lalan, MD, FAAP.

Please note - when registering for the conference you will be prompted to create an account in AzAAP's new online platform.  

Register here

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