Neonatal Insights
Best Evidence and Practice
in Clinical Neonatology
January 31 - February 2, 2025
Memorial Hermann Tower Conference Center
Memorial City
Houston Texas
And Worldwide Virtually
January 31 - February 2, 2025
Memorial Hermann Tower Conference Center
Memorial City
Houston Texas
And Worldwide Virtually
Day 1 - Friday, January 31 2025 Introduction | ||
Time | Topic | Speaker |
12:00pm - 12:10pm | Welcome and Overview | David L. Weisoly, DO |
Session 1: What is the ideal fortification strategy for human milk in the preterm infant? | ||
12:10pm - 12:45pm | Clinical Case and Current Controversies | Moderator: Dr. Fernando Moya |
12:45pm - 1:30pm | Proposal 1: The Case for Approach 1 - bovine-derived human milk fortifiers | Dr. Brenda Poindexter |
1:30pm - 1:50pm | Break and Exhibits | |
1:50pm - 2:35pm | Proposal 2: The Case for Approach 2 - human milk derived human milk fortifiers | Dr. Amy Hair |
2:35pm - 4:00pm | Roundable and Reaching Consensus in 2025 | Moderator and Faculty |
Day 2 - Saturday, February 1 2025 Session 2: Ethical tensions in decisions about treatment for babies born at the borderline of viability | ||
Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:00am - 9:00am | Ongoing ambiguities in defining “the zone of parental discretion”. Introducing the controversy, and clinical case presentation. | Moderator: Dr. John Lantos |
9:00am - 10:00am | The case for improving organization of care at 22-24 weeks | Matthew A. Rysavy, MD, PhD |
10:00am - 10:30am | Break, Exhibits, Scholarly Poster Session | |
10:30am - 11:30am | Extreme Prematurity: Reasonable Progress or Therapeutic Fury? | Dr. Joe Kaempf |
11:30am - 12:30pm | Roundtable, Q&A, and Reaching Consensus in 2025 | Moderator and Faculty |
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch and Exhibits | |
Session 3: Packed Red Blood Cell (PRBC) Transfusion for the VLBW baby 2024. Aggressive or Conservative or neither? | ||
1:30pm - 2:30pm | Clinical Case and Review of Current Best Evidence | Moderator: Dr. Ravi M. Patel |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Proposal 1: Instituting guidelines in your unit using Conservative PRBC Transfusion | Dr. Cassandra Josephson |
3:30pm - 4:0pm | Break and Exhibits | |
4:00pm - 5:00pm | Proposal 2: The case for use of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESA) in addition to guidelines | Dr. Robin Ohls |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Roundable and Reaching Consensus in 2025 | Moderator and Faculty |
Day 3 - Sunday, February 2, 2025 Session 4 / Closing Session: Should inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) be used in respiratory failure in premature babies in 2025? | ||
Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:00am - 9:00am | ClinicalCase and Review of Current Best Evidence | Moderator: Dr. Shazia Bhombal |
9:00am - 10:00am | Proposal 1: iNO should be considered for early routine, early rescue, or later rescue regimens in the under 35 week premature infant with respiratory failure | Dr. Adrianne Bischoff |
10:00am - 10:30am | Break and Exhibits | |
10:30am - 11:30am | Proposal 2: iNO should not be considered for early routine, early rescue, or later rescue regimens in the under 35 week premature infant with respiratory failure | Dr. Amir Khan |
11:30am - 12:30pm | Roundtable and Reaching Consensus in 2025 | Moderator and Faculty |
12:30pm | Conference Adjourns - CME / CE reminders | |