2021 Virtual conference

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

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 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.