The Regional Program for Women’s & Children’s Health
SECOND ANNUAL
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2003
At the end of this course the participant will be able to:
 Identify new indications for use of human growth hormone in pediatric patients.
 Discuss hypoglycemia in children and approaches to treatment.
 Discuss the benefits of intensive diabetes management in children.
 Discuss the principles of basal/bolus regimens.
 Discuss various types of new technology for use by children with diabetes.
 Identify how common medications interact with various endocrine diseases.
 Identify school modifications necessary for the child with endocrine disorders including diabetes and
other endocrinopathies such as pan hypopituitaryism and adrenal insufficiency and thyroid disease.
Target audience: Community hospital based physicians and nurses.
Accreditation:
Physicians: The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.5 Category
1 credits towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she
actually spent in the educational activity.
Nurses: The Nursing Continuing Education Council, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, is approved as a provider of
Nursing Continuing Education by the NH Nurses’ Association, which is accredited by the American Nurses’
Credentialing Center's Commission on Accrediting. This educational activity carries up to 5.6 contact hours.
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians.
For further information: Contact Maybe Martinez (603) 653-1524 or Pam Tilton (603) 650-3436
On-line information: http://www.hitchcock.org/dept/regionalprogram
Refund policy: A refund, minus a $25 administrative fee, will be given if cancellation is requested by Friday, September
12, 2003. We can not issue refunds after September 19, 2003. Registration deadline: September 12, 2003.
Course location: The Courtyard Marriott, Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
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PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING
Date: Friday, September 26, 2003
Tuition Fee (includes lunch): $ 100.00
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Please indicate break-out session you plan to attend. Select two out of four:
 Gadgets & Gizmos: New Tools for Childhood Diabetes
 Interaction of Common Medications and Endocrine Diseases
 Newborn Screening: Congenital Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Hyperplasia
 The Endocrine Patient at School
Make check payable to CCE and mail it with this registration to:
Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center One Medical Center Drive Lebanon, NH 03756
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PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING
Courtyard Marriott
Friday, September 26, 2003
7:45
Registration & Coffee
8:15
Welcome & Introductions
8:30
New Indications for Growth Hormone: Beyond Hypothyroidism
Kyle Landt, MD
9:15
Hypoglycemia: When to be Concerned
Michael Matos, MD
10:00
Break (visit vendors)
10:30
Intensive Management of Diabetes: The Logic of Basal/Bolus Regimens
Samuel Casella, MD
11:15
Case Studies, BRING YOUR CHALLENGING CASES FOR DISCUSSION
Kyle Landt, MD, Michael Matos, MD, Samuel Casella, MD, Robert Kline, MD
12:00
LUNCH
1:00
Breakout Sessions
1:50
Break (visit vendors)
2:10
Breakout Sessions
3:00
Evaluations/Refreshments
BREAKOUT TOPICS (choose 2 of 4)
1. Gadgets & Gizmos: New Tools for Childhood Diabetes
Anne Burgess, CDE, RN Veronica McKee, CDE, RN
2. Interaction of Common Medications & Endocrine Diseases
Kyle Landt, MD
3. Newborn Screening: Congenital Hypothyroidism & Adrenal Hyperplasia
Samuel Casella, MD
4. The Endocrine Patient at School
Ann Christiano, ARNP Maryellen Brauniger, ARNP
Faculty
Samuel Casella, MD, Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Kyle Landt, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, Manchester, NH
Michael Matos, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology, Wolfeboro, NH
Robert Klein, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Ann Burgess, RN, CDE, Nurse Educator, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, Manchester, NH
Veronica McKee, RN, CDE, Nurse Educator, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, Manchester, NH
Ann Christiano, ARNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Maryellen Brauniger, ARNP, Nurse Practitioner, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, Manchester, NH
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The Regional Program for Women’s & Children’s Health
2ND ANNUAL PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING CONFERENCE:
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2003
COURTYARD MARRIOTT-GRAPPONE CONFERENCE CENTER, CONCORD, NH
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