The NPPS 180th Scientific Conference features a stellar Seattle waterfront location and superb speakers continuing our tradition of high-quality CME, presenting current advances practical to primary care pediatricians with perspectives that highlight how far we have come as a specialty and a society. During our three-day event, NPPS will demonstrate what makes our organization distinct among medical societies, blending a passion for camaraderie, education, exploration and enjoyment which transcends the typical CME program and creates a memorable and transformative experience which is the reason why our members return for years and decades.

Four keynote speakers will deliver presentations that will expand our horizons as they take us to places that intersect with pediatrics to reflect on greater questions about the nature of care giving and how it is profoundly influenced by art, families, stories and society which in turn color our beliefs and perceptions. Spouses and partners are invited to this Keynote series and their associated dining arrangements woven throughout the weekend to nourish mind, body and spirit. Our hope is to create an environment that is educational and social at many levels representing the strengths of our profession of pediatrics - then, now and into the future.

Executive Committee

James Chattra, MD - President
Keyvan Hadad, MD – Immediate Past President
Luanne Nielson, MD - Vice President
Ed Joneschild, MD - Executive Director
Kristan Collins, MD – Program Planning Committee
Mike Krebs, MD – Program Planning Committee
Jeannie Larson, MD - Social Chairperson

Intended Audience

Pediatric physicians, family practice physicians, and other health care professionals who work with children.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the diversity of infectious organisms
• Distinguish the varying presentations of sleep disordered breathing in children
• Diagnose and manage plagiocephaly and crainosynostosis
• Develop an approach to evaluation and managing physical child abuse
• Examine how we form our attitudes towards patients
• Analyze the importance of congenital anomalies for understanding biologic principles of the NW Aboriginal peoples
• Manage the components of treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma
• Generate three domains of pediatric palliative care
• Implement a strategy for treatment and management of childhood anxiety and depressive disorders
• Develop a strategy for office diagnosis and initial management of common knee problems in children
• Evaluate the benefits and limitations of molecular genetic studies as they relate to the practice of pediatric pathology
• Integrate the CALM protocol for management of “amygdale hijacks” and the “debrief” strategy for adolescent discipline
• Outline treatment options for common poisonings
• Differentiate between the changing options for medical management of children with deafness
• Evaluate common nephrologic problems in pediatrics
• Analyze recent medical research and the implications to daily practice
• Evaluate guidelines to approaching epigastric pain and emesis in children
• Recognize medical complications associated with common childhood disabilities
• Integrate critical history & exam findings in a child with a disability who also has an acute illness