Telemedicine Series on Neonatal Care
Session I: Funded by United Pharma
Staffed and Implemented by The VinaCapital Foundation
Hosted by the World Bank Global Development Learning Center Hanoi, Vietnam
In cooperation with the Pediatric Association of Vietnam and
National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam
Session I, Saturday 23 June 2012
Topics:
 Neonatal Resuscitation
 Seizures in the NICU
 Adaptation After Birth: Identifying Perinatal Risk Factors
 Case Presentation on Seizures
with
Steven A Ringer MD PHD
Chief of Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Khu Thi Khanh Dung, MD, PhD, MPH
Ass. Professor of Neonatologist
Vice director, National Hospital of Pediatrics (NHP)
Head of Clinical trial Dept, Research Institute for Child Health (RICH)
Vice Chairwomen of Pediatric Association in Vietnam
Truong Thi Nhu Huyen, MD
Neonatal Unit of Da Nang Women and Children’s Hospital
Steven A Ringer MD PhD
Dr. Ringer is the Chief of Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston
Massachusetts, and is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. BWH is a
major academic medical center affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and is the largest
maternity hospital in Massachusetts, with over 9000 births annually. The 48 bed NICU serves
over 1400 infants each year, including over 120 with birth weights less than 1000 grams.
Dr. Ringer was born in Boston, Massachusetts and received his BA from Brandeis University. He
then received his MD and PhD (Biochemistry) from Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s
Hospital, and his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the then Joint Program in
Neonatology of Harvard Medical School, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital
and Children’s Hospital of Boston.
He was Medical Director of the NICU at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 1988-2006, and
Director of Newborn Services from 1988- 2000, and has been Chief of Newborn Medicine since
2000. He is the member of the Steering Committee of The Neonatal Resuscitation Program of
the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has actively taught resuscitation through that
program for over 20 years across the United States and in many countries across the world. He
is on the editorial board of NeoReviews.
He is actively involved in several areas of clinical research with the bulk of his effort spent on
the development of international programs for advancing newborn care in the developing
world. He has expanded his efforts over the past 5 years to include work in Ethiopia, but has
been actively involved in programs aimed at developing and improving care, as well as multiple
teaching and training programs in numerous provinces and all major cities of Vietnam
(including Da Nang) for over 12 years.
Symposium Agenda - All times are Vietnam Time
7:30 am
Registration, fellowship and refreshments
8:00 - 8:05 am
Opening Comments and introductions
Robin King Austin/CEO, Executive Director, VinaCapital Foundation
8:05 – 8:30 am
Neonatal Resuscitation
Steven A Ringer MD PHD
8:30 – 9:00 am
Q & A Session
9:00 – 9:30 am
Adaptation After Birth: Identifying Perinatal Risk Factors
Dr. Khu Thi Khanh Dung
9:30 – 10:00 am
Q & A Session
10:00 – 10:30 am
Seizures in the NICU
Steven A Ringer MD PHD
10:30 – 11:00 am
Q & A Session
11:00 – 11:20 am
Case study
Dr. Truong Thi Nhu Huyen
11:20 – 11:45 am
Discussion and sharing from all sites
11:45 am
Course evaluation forms and closing remarks
Moderators:
Hanoi, Vietnam: Dr. Khu Thi Khanh Dung – Vice Director of NHP
Hue, Vietnam: Dr. Tran Thua Nguyen – Head of Scientific Research at Hue Central Hospital
DaNang, Vietnam: Dr. Truong Thi Nhu Huyen – Neonatal Unit of Da Nang Children & Women’s
Hospital
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Dr. Cam Thi Ngoc Phuong - Head of NICU Dept. of Children #1
Hospital
Can Tho City, Vietnam: Dr. Ngo Thi Bach Van – Head of Neonatal Dept. of Can Tho Children’s
Hospital
Dili, East Timor
Vientiane, Laos
Manila, Philippin