Department of Pediatrics
2024 FACULTY AND TRAINEES PRESENTATIONS
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting
May 3 – May 6, 2024 | Toronto, Canada Visit our booth # 813
Daily Presentation Schedule (click links below)
Friday, May 3rd
Saturday, May 4th
Sunday, May 5th
Monday, May 6th
Friday, May 3, 2024
Navigating the Post Dobbs Landscape
Presenting Speaker: Alaina Pyle, MD
Session Time: 9:05 AM – 9:20 AM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 F
Session Type: Presentation
Session Title: PAS Postgraduate Course: Hot Topics in Pediatric Bioethics
Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About: Using the Two-Minute Preceptor Model to Improve Serious Illness Communication Skills
Authors: Sanders S, Liu A, Arenth J, Joyner B
Leader: Benny Joyner, Jr., MD, MPH
Co-Leaders: Sara Sanders, MD, Andy Liu, MD, MS, Joshua Arenth, MD, FAAP HEC-C
Session Time: 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 709
Session Type: Scientific Workshop
WIP 38 - Determinants of Umbilical Vessel Cannulation Failure in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease
Authors: Cummins M, Golden AB, Sink D, DeFrancesco J, Davey B
Presenting Author: Matthew Cummins, MD
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Cardiology Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
69 - Improving Survival at Quaternary Care NICUs Following Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Totalis, a Condition Previously Considered 100% Lethal
Authors: Bodkin D, Markel T, Huff K, Nayak P, McNelis K, Hunter C, Sullivan K, Garg P, Coghill C, Premkumar M, Cuna A, Sharma J, Matson A, Jasani B, Pavlek L, Piazza A, Rose A, Rebe K, Kim J, Yanowit T, Ahmad I
Presenting Author: Irfan Ahmad, MD
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Neonatal General 2: NICU Care Strategies
Session Type: Poster
WIP 71 - Lung Ultrasound Score for the Prediction of Surfactant Administration in Preterm Infants Diagnosed with Respiratory Failure
Authors: Kelner J, Golioto A, Shah R, Moote D
Presenting Author: Jacob Kelner, DO
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Neonatal Pulmonology Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
WIP-110 - Prevalence of Osteoarthritic Infection Patients Presenting with Low Inflammatory Markers: A Multi-Center Analysis
Authors: Mancini N, Smith S, Rudloff J, Harper M, Kimia A
Presenting Author: Nickolas Mancini, MD, MBA
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Emergency Medicine 1 Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
Friday, May 3, 2024
WIP 143 - Charting a New Path: Tracking of Electronic Health Record Use Metrics to Raise Pediatric Resident Workflow Efficiency
Authors: Gonzalez K, McDermott A, Im J, Mandell JS
Presenting Author: Jane Im, MD
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Technology Medicine Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
152 - Caffeine Consumption and Academic Performance in Adolescents
Authors: Ahmad F, Anuar A, Smith S
Presenting Author: Farnaz Ahmad, BS, BA
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Adolescent Medicine 2
Session Type: Poster
180 - Field Testing a Pediatric SMART Asthma Treatment Plan
Authors: Hollenbach JP, Tulchinsky A, Wasser C
Presenting Author: Caleb Waser, DO
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Asthma 1
Session Type: Poster
352 - Increased Sepsis Attributable Mortality in Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Transplant Patients is Associated with Lack of an Early Recognition Tool
Authors: Hakim H, Riggs R, Richardson T, Auletta JF, DiGerolamo K, Hron JD, Kohorst M, Laurie K, Maixner M, Levy JM, Ohlsen TJD, Orsey AD, Prudowsky ZD, Raghu VK, Redfern W, Rozenfeld R, Workman JK, Wilkes J
Presenting Author: Hana Hakim, MD, MS
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Hematology/Oncology
Session Type: Poster
354 - Creation and Implementation of a Novel Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Clinical Pathway
Authors: Toro-Salazar OH, Waynik I, Ruiz TL, Orsey A
Presenting Author: Olga H. Toro-Salazar, MD
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Hematology/Oncology
Session Type: Poster
611 - Source Tracking Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections in the NICU Using a Novel rRNA Amplicon
Authors: Matson AP, Caimano M, Rezaul K, Lesmes S, Hussain N, Jackson E, Driscoll M
Presenting Author: Adam P. Matson, MD, MSc
Session Time: 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Neonatal Infectious Diseases/Immunology 2
Session Type: Poster
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Results in Similar Outcomes by Sex – An Individual Patient Data Mixed Effects Meta-Analysis of Landmark Clinical Trials
Authors: Wood T, Mietzsch U, Law J, Sabir H, Mayock DE, Rosenkrantz TS, Fitch RH, Shankaran S, Jacobs SE, Inder TE, Simbruner G, Mittal R, Rohlmann F, Muche R, Sewell E, Chalak LDM, Whitelaw A, Ferriero DM, Polin RA, Ballard RA, German K, Gunn AJ, Juul SE, Wu Y, Thoresen M, Heagerty P
Presenting Author: Thomas R. Wood, MD, PhD
Session Time: 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
Session Title: Neonatal Neurology 2: Term Clinical
Session Type: Presentation
Pre-clinical Validation of a Novel Alginate-Based Sealant for Rapid Treatment of Tracheal Injuries
Authors: Walker J, Wanczyk H, Asarian L, Weiss DJ, Finck C
Presenting Author: Joanne Walker
Session Time: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 201 BD
Session Title: Critical Care 1
Session Type: Oral Abstract
APA SIG: Evidence-Based Pediatrics - Advancing Together in Using, Teaching and Evaluating EBM
Authors: Jacobson RM, Fliegel JE, Zalneraitis E
Presenting Authors: Jonathan E. Fliegel, MD, FAAP
Session Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 713 B
Session Type: APA SIG
63 - Correspondence Analysis in Multivariate Symptomology: Visualizing Symptom Clusters and Reported Conditions in COVID Related Patients
Authors: Brimacombe M, Hogan AH, El Chebib H, Herbst KW, Lynes MA, Salazar JC
Presenting Author: Michael Brimacombe, PhD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Infectious Diseases 2
Session Type: Poster
WIP 88 - Disparities in Prenatal Counseling and Decision-making Regarding Resuscitation in High-mortality Neonatal Populations
Authors: Simpson SL, Mena KA, Cortezzo DM, Beck AF, Miller ER, Greenberg JM
Presenting Author: Samantha L. Simpson, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health 2 Works in Progress
101 - Natural Language Processing-Assisted Evaluation of Empiric Antibiotics for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Authors: Rudloff J, Fritz S, Lai AM, Kimia A, Mistry RD, Newland J, Ahmad FA
Presenting Author: James Rudloff, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Session Title: Emergency Medicine 4: Infections
Session Type: Poster
Saturday, May 4, 2024
115 - Discrepancy between expected skin abscess incision & drainage outcome and amount of pus expressed.
Authors: Nea JT, Waltman EM, Ansar Ei, Fleegler E, Ozonoff A, Landschaft A, Kimia A
Presenting Author: Jeffrey T. Neal, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Emergency Medicine 4: Infections
Session Type: Poster
WIP 126 - Side Effects Following Topical Corticosteroids Usage in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis
Authors: Kalaiarasu S, Kline E, Nowobilski MK, Smith S
Presenting Author: Sowandareya Kalaiarasu (Student)
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Children with Chronic Conditions Works in Progress
WIP 145 - The Use of Central Nervous System Stimulants to Treat Long COVID Fatigue in Pediatric Patients
Authors: Zulfi A, Gomez N, Zempsky W, Michelow I, El Chebib H, Hong G, Girotto J, Theriault C
Presenting Author: Ajshe Zulfi, BS, BA
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Infectious Diseases Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
163 - Development of a Neuroirritabilty Clinic to Improve Management of a Challenging Condition
Authors: Riotte Clare
Presenting Author: Clare Riotte, DO
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Palliative Care
Session Type: Poster
177 - Racial Disparity and Disproportionality Among Emergency Department Visits for Child Maltreatment: Evidence from 2019-2020 Nationwide Emergency Department
Sample (NEDS) Database
Authors: Wanner C, Livingston N, Fish M, Hunter A
Presenting Author: Corbinian Wanner
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Child Abuse & Neglect 1
Session Type: Poster
256 - Guidelines to standardize care for facial lacerations can improve racial inequities in plastic surgery repairs in the pediatric emergency department.
Authors: Mills D, Steidley IG, Waltman EM, Lyons TW, Miller AF, Stewart A, Monuteaux M, Ganske I, Rees CA, Landschaft A, Kimia A, Fleegler E
Presenting Author: David Mills, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health 4
Session Type: Poster
Saturday, May 4, 2024
307 - Identifying and Mapping Bronchiolitis Clusters in Connecticut
Authors: Hogan AH, Adams A, Ghosh D, Brugge D
Presenting Author: Alexander Hogan, MD, MS
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Health Services Research 2: Novel Methods and Disparities
341 - A Review of Asthma Treatment Plans for Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) in a Primary Care Clinic
Authors: Wasser C, Hollenbach JP, Collins MS
Presenting Author: Caleb Wasser, DO
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: General Pediatrics 3
Session Type: Poster
519 - Immediate and Long-term Effects of Ketamine Analgosedation on Preterm Infants Receiving Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Authors: Athar D, Lainwala S, Hussain N
Presenting Author: Naveed Hussain, MBBS, DCH
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Pediatric Therapeutics and Pharmacology
Session Type: Poster
Sunday, May 5, 2024
257 - Count of Neonatal Morbidities predict Neurocognitive and General Health Outcomes at 10 and 15 years
Authors: Vaidya R, Singh R, O'Shea M, Joseph RM, Jensen ET, Yi JX, Frazier JA, Fry R, Makker K, Shenberger JS
Presenting Author: Ruben Vaidya, MD
Session Time: 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 104 AB
Session Type: Oral Abstract
Session Title: Children with Chronic Conditions Works in Progress
How can we safely and effectively manage pain without using opioids?
Authors: Zempsky WT
Presenting Author: Zempsky WT
Session Time: 8:35 AM – 8:50 AM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 801 B
Session Type: Hot Topic Workshop
Session Title: The role of non-opioid management in pediatric patients for pain: Is this the new preference?
1 - Early Obstetric Anesthesia and the Ether–Chloroform Controversy in 19th Century UK and US– Role of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commissions from India
Authors: Hussain ZN, Hussain N
Presenting Author: Zeenat N. Hussain, DO
Session Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 205
Session Title: Historical Perspectives: Oral Poster Symposia
Session Type: Oral Poster Symposia
Outcomes of Neonates Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis: An Analysis of the Contemporary Infant and Neonatal Dialysis (COINED) Study
Authors: Sanderson K, Webb TN, Scobell RR, Starr MC, Pottanat ND, Ciccia EA, Claes DJ, Carter C, NelsonTaylor S, Beebe ME, Harris M, Alhamoud I, Joseph C, Grinsell M, Petgrave YP, Zahr R, Lande M, Richardson K, Alzarka BJ, Razzouk R, Piburn K, Byfield R, Kim H, Katsoufis CP, Lindner C, Crawford B, Villegas LA, Hu Y, Muff-Luett M
Presenting Author: Keia Sanderson, MD, MSCR
Session Time: 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 606
Session Title: Nephrology 2
Session Type: Presentation
372 - Enhancing surveillance of healthcare-associated violence using Natural Language Processing and clinical notes.
Authors: Kimia A, Waltzman M, Fournier KAA, Welcher J, Milliren CE, Landschaft A, Ozonoff A
Presenting Author: Amir Kimia, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety 2
Session Type: Poster
107 - Rate of bacteremia among children with skin abscesses that had a blood culture drawn.
Authors: Waltman EM, Landschaft A, Neal JT, Ansari E, Ozonoff A, Kimia A
Presenting Author: Elizabeth Waltman, BA (Medical student)
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Emergency Medicine 4: Infections
Session Type: Poster
Sunday, May 5, 2024
184 - Assessing Medical Large Language Models for Semantic Search in Pediatric Clinical Narratives.
Authors: Landschaft A, Parsons C, Waltman EM, Kimia A
Presenting Author: Assaf Landschaft MSc
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Technology 2
Session Type: Poster
586 - CAUTION: National Patient Safety Goals suggest selective suicide screening for youth with known mental/behavioral health concerns…but is that enough?
Authors: Webb L, Sacco SJ, Volz K, Rogers SC
Presenting Author: Steven Rogers, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Emergency Medicine 8: Mental Health
Session Type: Poster
129 - Multivariate Analysis of Correlated Immunological Biomarker Variables: Dimension Reduction and Predictive Models
Authors: Brimacombe M, Jadhav A, Lee WT, Hogan AH, Herbst KW, Lynes MA, Salazar JC
Presenting Author: Michael Brimacombe, BA MA MSc PhD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Infectious Diseases 3
Session Type: Poster
357 - Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pilot: Targeting Pediatric Healthcare Providers in the Community
Authors: Waynik I, El Chebib H, Girotto JE, Krol DM
Presenting Author: Ilana Waynik, MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety 1
Session Type: Poster
Abstract ID: 1659162
WIP 142 - Novel 4-in-1 Device Testing in a Pre-clinical Model of Neonatal Esophageal Stricture
Authors: Hughes E, Walker J, Wanczyk H, Kuhn L, Finck C
Presenting Author: Elizabeth J. Hughes MD
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
349 - Contribution of neighborhood safety to the frequency of emergency department visits for emerging adults with sickle cell disease
Authors: Bhowmik AD, Steinway C, Belton TD, Chen J, Aygun B, Appiah-Kubi A, Apollonsky N, Boruchov D, Andemariam B, Niss O, Crosby LE, Schwartz A, Barakat LP, Smith-Whitley K, Jan S
Presenting Author: Caren Steinway, LMSW MPH
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Health Equity/ Social Determinants of Health 10
Session Type: Poster
Sunday, May 5, 2024
285 - Disparities in Antenatal Counseling for Mothers of Periviable Infants
Authors: Simpson SL, Mena KA, Cortezzo DM, Beck AF, Miller ER, Greenberg JM
Presenting Author: Caren Steinway, LMSW MPH
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health 6
Session Type: Poster
WIP 154 - Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Renal Monitoring of Preterm and Term Infants Treated with Ampicillin and Gentamicin
Authors: Zgutka K, Trzaski J, MD (mentor), James Moore, MD, PhD (mentor)
Presenting Author: Kinga Zgutka, MD (fellow)
Session Time: 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Neonatal Neprhrology/AKI Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
Monday, May 6, 2024
Human Lung Bioinks Embedded with Induced Basal Stem Cells can be used to 3D
Bioprint Pediatric-Sized Airways
Authors: Wanczyk H, Asarian L, Weiss DJ, Finck C
Presenting Author: Heather Wanczyk, MS
Session Time: 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 803 B
Session Title: Pulmonology
Session Type: Presentation
13 - Use of Artificial Intelligence for lost-to-follow-up surveillance.
Authors: Kimia A, Starmer AJ, Landschaft A, Hahn PD, Bauer AS, Ozonoff A, Waltman EM, Fisher K, Graham DA
Presenting Author: Amir Kimia, MD
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety 3
Session Type: Poster
WIP 99 - Assessing Drowning Risk Factors in Patients Presenting to the Pediatric ED
Authors: Felisca KM, Chiappin E; Smith S
Presenting Author: Kathleen M. Felisca, MD
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Injury Prevention Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
Abstract ID: 1676307
WIP 103 - Examination of State Gun Legislation and Rising Pediatric Firearm Mortality
Authors: Wilson M, Hunter A, Smith S
Presenting Author: Meghan Wilson (Frost), MD, MPH
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Title: Injury Prevention Works in Progress
Session Type: Poster
Abstract ID 1678381
WIP 127 - Resident Response to Sepsis Alerts: Improving Protocol and Responses to Best Practice Alerts
Authors: Serventi-Gleeson J, Cummins M, Melendez E, Velavan A, Yanaros M
Presenting Author: Jessica Serventi-Gleeson, MD
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Abstract ID: 1675501
Session Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety 1 Works in Progress
463 - Parental Education and Discharge Planning for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia – A Questionnaire Survey of North American Neonatologists
Authors: Chu E, Hussain N, Pappagallo M, Rosenkrantz T, Eisenfeld L
Presenting Author: Naveed Hussain, MBBS, DCH
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Practices and Procedures 2
471 - “It’s Doing More Harm Than Good,” yet, “Even a Slight Chance at Survival…”: How Do Parents Choose When Faced with Periviable Delivery?
Authors: Raynal EA, Pallotto IK, Brady JM, Cortezzo DM, Lipstein E
Presenting Author: Eric A. Raynal, MD
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Practices and Procedures 3
Monday, May 6, 2024
561-CanTranspyloricfeedsplayaroleinthemanagementofinfantswithSevereBronchopulmonary Dysplasia(sBPD)?
Authors: Nagarkatti A (undergraduate student), Anuar A, Sarkar S, Hussain N
Presenting Author: Ahana r. Nagarkatti
Session Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Poster Hall
Session Type: Poster
Session Title: Neonatal Pulmonology - Clinical Science 4: Clinical Practice Questions, Going Home
Technology 3
Authors: Kimia A, Madhavan V, Saidinejad M
Moderators: Amir Kimia, MD; Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MS, MBA
Session Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 605
Session Title: Social Media & Technology
Session Type: Oral Abstract
Lower Incidence of Hiatal Hernia Repair in Pediatric Patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Authors: Burgwardt N, Finck C, Healy J
Presenting Author: Nicolle Burgwardt, MD
Session Time: 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 202
Session Title: Obesity 2
Session Type: Oral Abstract