In this special Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, co-hosts Drs. Kilby Mann and Kristie Malik interview presenters of posters and oral abstracts relevant to the care of children with medical complexity at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) 78th Annual Meeting in Quebec City, Canada that took place October 23rd-26th 2024. Speakers describe the implications of their study findings, messages for patients and families, and priority areas for research that they hope can be investigated further by the complex care community in the coming years.

SPEAKERS

Tori Bahr, MD

MedPeds Complex Care Physician

Section Chief of Pediatrics

Gillette Children's, St. Paul, Minnesota

Laura Brunton, PT, PhD

Associate Professor

School of Physical Therapy

Western University, London, Ontario

Caitlin Cassidy, MD

Associate Professor

Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics

Western University, London, Ontario

Adam Rosenbloom, MD, MPH

Complex Care Pediatrician

Dell Children's Medical Center

University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School

Cristina Sarmiento, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado

Julie Stutzbach, PT, DPT, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Rehabilitative and Health Sciences

Regis University, Denver, Colorado

HOSTS

Kristina Malik, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Medical Director, KidStreet

Pediatrician, Special Care Clinic,

Children's Hospital Colorado

Kilby Mann, MD

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Children's Hospital Colorado

DATE

Initial publication date: November 11, 2024.

ARTICLES AND ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

• American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), https://www.aacpdm.org/

• AACPDM Complex Care Committee (https://www.aacpdm.org/about-us/committees/complex-care)

• Houtrow AJ, Hurwitz MB. A dearth of disability-related competencies in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Milestones 2.0. PM R. 2024 Aug 23. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.13257. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39177053.

• Fehlings D, Agnew B, Gimeno H, Harvey A, Himmelmann K, Lin JP, Mink JW, Monbaliu E, Rice J, Bohn E, Falck-Ytter Y. Pharmacological and neurosurgical management of cerebral palsy and dystonia: Clinical practice guideline update. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024 Sep;66(9):1133-1147. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15921. Epub 2024 Apr 19. PMID: 38640091.

• AACPDM Care Pathway Dystonia in Cerebral Palsy, https://www.aacpdm.org/publications/care-pathways/dystonia-in-cerebral-palsy

TRANSCRIPT

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CITATION

Malik K, Bahr T, Brunton L, Cassidy C, Rosenbloom A, Sarmiento C, Stutzbach J, Mann K. Complex Care at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting. 11/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast.. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/complex-care-at-the-aacpdm-2024.