Pediatrics

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Seth Corey, MD, MPH

Physician scientists keep one foot in clinical care and the other in the lab, hoping to bridge that gap to help patients. Are breakthroughs on the horizon? Dr. Seth Corey, the Sharon Murphy and Steven Rosen Professor of Cancer Biology and Chemotherapy at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and director of oncology research at Children's Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, joins host Dr. Bruce Bloom to discuss his research on repurposing safe pharmaceutical and botanical medicines for relapsed pediatric cancers.

Host: Mark Chyna, MD

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Host: Janet Wright, MD

Guest: Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, MD

Childhood obesity is a significant health concern in the US and worldwide. How does obesity impact a child's cardiovascular function and influence future risk of heart disease? Dr. Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, head of the Pediatric Exercise Medicine and Obesity Care Program in the department of pediatrics at the University Hospitals of Geneva in Switzerland, discusses new findings about the effect of a modest amount of physical activity in improving blood pressure, arterial function and arterial wall thickness in obese children. How can clinicians overcome the biggest challenges in encouraging a healthy lifestyle for their pediatric patients?

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Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA

Guest: Rear Admiral Michael Milner, PA-C

Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin has two new priorities: to combat childhood obesity and to encourage all Americans to put their health histories online. So how do practitioners get involved in these new government initiatives? Rear Admiral Michael Milner, assistant surgeon general and chief of the US Public Health Services Corps, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to get the message out about the latest technology allowing patients to easily share their medical records with doctors and family members, as well as getting kids to start exercising and eating healthily.

Host: Steven Edelman, MD

Guest: Stephen Ponder, MD, CDE

The emergence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents over the past 20 years represents a shift in pediatric chronic disease. Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, professor of pediatrics and director of the Children’s Diabetes and Endocrine Center of South Texas at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Dr. Stephen Ponder, as they discuss key challenges in both diagnosis and medical management of this group.

Host: Mark Chyna, MD

Tune in for highlights from the conference floor, at the most recent American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. This year's meeting took place October 17th through the 20th, 2009, in Washington, DC.

Host: Janet Wright, MD

Guest: Gerard R. Martin, MD

Although congenital heart disease is one of the most common birth defects, its complexity has made the accumulation of an evidence base a challenge. The IMPACT registry, which stands for improving pediatric and adult congenital treatments, has been created to fill this information gap, and it is hoped that these data will provide clinical evidence to help guide treatment for pediatric heart disease. Dr. Gerard Martin, senior vice president for the Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease and co-director of the Children’s National Heart Institute at Children’s National Medical Center, discusses how the IMPACT registry might help improve quality outcomes for our younger patients with congenital heart disease. Dr. Janet Wright hosts.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: David Pearce, PhD

Mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS I, often presents initially as a child's failure to thrive, and is a diagnosis with devastating effects. How is new research able to help children with this lysosomal storage disorder? Host Dr. Bruce Bloom talks with Dr. David A. Pearce, director of the Sanford Children's Health Research Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, about advances in research into treatment options, including enzyme replacement therapy, for MPS I.

Don't miss these other programs on MPS I, with host Dr. Bruce Bloom:

Musculoskeletal Aspects of MPS I: Diagnosis and Management Considerations

Immune System Irregularities in Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Long Term Efficacy and Safety of Laronidase for MPS I

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: David Pearce, PhD

How is the immune system involved in lysosomal storage disorders, including juvenile Batten disease, Niemann-Pick type C disease and Krabbe disease? Host Dr. Bruce Bloom welcomes Dr. David A. Pearce, director of the Sanford Children's Health Research Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to discuss research into the immune response in these patients.

Don't miss these other programs on MPS I, with host Dr. Bruce Bloom:

Challenges in Management of MPS I

Musculoskeletal Aspects of MPS I: Diagnosis and Management Considerations

Long Term Efficacy and Safety of Laronidase for MPS I

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Gregory Pastores, MD

What are the musculoskeletal signs and symptoms in children with MPS I? How can we test for MPS I? And how does the disease present in patients as they grow up? Dr. Gregory M. Pastores, associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine in New York, and director of the neurogenetics laboratory in the department of neurology at NYU, explores with host Dr. Bruce Bloom the diagnostic challenges and management considerations to be reviewed when treating MPS I patients.

Don't miss these other programs on MPS I, with host Dr. Bruce Bloom:

Challenges in Management of MPS I

Immune System Irregularities in Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Long Term Efficacy and Safety of Laronidase for MPS I