Johns Hopkins at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition
Each year, medical professionals attend the American Academy of Pediatric conference to learn about and share the latest advances in pediatric care. Several faculty members of Johns Hopkins Children's Center present their research.
2026 Schedule of Presentations
Click the date below to view the scheduled presentations.
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Time: 9:05 AM – 10:05 AM PDT
Keynote: A Pediatrician’s Journey in Digital Advocacy
Presenter: Meghan Martin, MD
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 5A
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Poster: Home with NG: A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Discharges Home for Infants Requiring Nasogastric Tube Feeds
Presenter: Ariel G. Vilidnitsky, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Poster: A Quality Improvement Initiative Aimed at Increasing Influenza Vaccination Rates in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department
Presenter: Haya Chaudhury, DO
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Poster: Impact of In Vitro Fertilization on Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Presenter: Caitlin J. Crosier, MD
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion
Time: 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Poster: Perinatal Predictors of ECMO Utilization following Fetoscopic Endoluminal Tracheal Occlusion in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A 10 Year Single Center Experience
Presenter: Latoya Stewart, MD, MSc
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Posters: Optimizing Early Detection and Management of Vitamin D Deficiency in NICU Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative; Utilizing PEA POD for body composition assessment to evaluate nutrition and growth outcomes in NICU infants enrolled in the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Presenter: Andrea M. Devaris-Martinez, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Poster: Complex Care Follow-up Program to Improve Post-NICU Discharge Health Outcomes
Presenter: Madonna M. Enwe, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Poster: Educational and healthcare service utilization following neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia
Presenter: Kornkanok Saringkarisate, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
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Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
Workshop: Home Matters: Practical Strategies to Promote Home Accessibility
Speaker: Rebecca Seltzer, MD, MHS
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 9
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Seminar: Pediatric Ocular Emergencies You Can’t Afford to Miss
Speaker: Thuy L. Ngo, DO, Med
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 25
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
Poster: An Exploration of Advocacy Hesitancy Among Pediatric Critical Care Physicians: Identifying Motivators and Barriers to Action
Speaker: Ghallia Kaouk, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
Poster: More Than Skin Deep: Diffuse Hepatic Hemangiomas Presenting as Cardiopulmonary Failure in an Infant
Speaker: Randy Reeder, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
Session: The New Waiting Room: A Live Conversation That Takes Questions Out of the Comment Section and Straight to the Pediatrician
Speaker: Meghan Martin, MD
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 6A
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
Poster: Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease: A Lesson in Untangling Autoinflammatory Disorders and Non-Accidental Trauma
Presenter: Brienna Buchanan
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion -
Time: 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT
Presentation: Supporting Schools and Students Through Policy Change
Presenter: Kate Connor, MD MSPH
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 31
Time: 8:20 AM – 8:50 AM
Presentation: Lights and Sirens: Pros and Cons
Presenter: Corina Noje, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Pacific Ballroom Salon 25
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Presentation: Slow Your Role: Enhancing Pediatric Resident Education on Advance Care Planning and POLST Forms
Presenter: Michael V. Musumeci, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Presentation: Bridging Essential and Intensive Newborn Care: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Transitional Neonatal Care Unit in a High-Volume Urban Referral Hospital in Ethiopia
Presenter: Misrak Tadesse, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time:12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Poster: Clinical Severity of Intentional vs. Non-Intentional Injuries in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Registry Analysis
Presenter: Alannah Clarke, MPH
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Poster: Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Perioperative Emergencies Simulation Course in a Global Health Context
Speaker: Ghallia Kaouk, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
Honorary Lecture: Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Presenter: Bruce L. Klein, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Pacific Ballroom Salon 25
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
Poster: The Association of Social Determinants of Health with ED Revisits for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions at 30 Days and 1 Year
Presenter: Pranav R. Nandan, MD, MPH
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego Ballroom
Time: 2:45 PM - 2:55 PM PDT
Poster: Patterns of HFNC Utilization During Pediatric Interhospital Transport: Exploring Opportunities for Transport Resource Optimization
Presenter: Danielle A. Collins
Location: San Diego Marina, Pacific Ballroom Salon 25
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
Presentation: Supporting Adolescents in Foster Care: Complex Needs and Pathways to Adulthood
Presenter: Camille A. Broussard, MD, MPH
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 31
Time: 4:25 PM - 4:35 PM PDT
Presentation: Optimizing Oxygen Administration in the Pediatric ICU Through a Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative
Presenter: Jessica LaRosa, MD
Location: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Grand Ballroom Salon 5
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Time: 8:10 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
Presentation: History of Child Welfare
Presenters: LaToya Montgomery, MSW, LCSW-C, Camille Broussard, MD, MPH
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 10
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Presentation: Leveraging AI to Promote Health Equity in Pediatrics
Presenter: Oluwakemi Badaki-Makun, MD, PhD
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 24
Time: 1:00 – 1:50 PM PDT
Presentation: Adolescent Health
Presenter: Camille Broussard, MD, MPH
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 10
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Presentation: Implementing the New AAP UTI Guideline: Evidence to Everyday Practice
Presenter: Brian K. Alverson, MD
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room
2024 Presentations
Interfacility Transport Response Time for Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Can We Do Better?
Admission Temperatures to the Neonatal ICU After Therapeutic Hypothermia on Transport
Elevate Your Pediatric Practice Through Hands-On Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Care for Youth in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Opportunities
Congenital Syphilis: Responding to a National Epidemic?
2023 Presentations
Common Seizure Types and Paroxysmal Nonepileptic Events in Children