2025 Hot Topics in Neonatology® Conference Schedule
- Monday, December 8
- Tuesday, December 9
- Wednesday, December 10
6:45 a.m.
Registration Opens
7:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens
Hot Breakfast and Digital Poster Showcase | Exhibit Hall
7:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE; Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA; Haresh Kirpalani, MD; and Jochen Profit, MD, MPH
8:00 a.m.
Little Details Are a Big Deal: Emerging Ideas in Tiny Baby Care
Moderator: Matthew Rysavy, MD, MPH
- Fluid and Electrolyte Management in Infants Born at Less than 24 Weeks' Gestation — Johan Agren MD, PhD
9:30 a.m.
Morning Break Coffee Break With the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
10:00 a.m.
Forgotten No More: New Evidence for Bigger Babies
Moderator: Elaine M. Boyle, MBChB, MSc, PhD
- Surfactant or Not for Late Preterm and Early Term Babies?* — Elaine M. Boyle MBChB, MSc, PhD
- Fluids Exclusively Enteral From Day 1: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Infants Born at 30 to 32 Weeks' Gestation — Shalini Ojha, PhD
- The AIROPLANE Trial: Air or Oxygen at Birth for 32–35-Week Gestation Infants* — Louise Owen, MD
11:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
Visit Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall
Digital Posters On-Display
1:00 p.m.
Precision Medicine in the Nursery: Precise for Whom?
Moderator: Connie Williams, MD, PhD, FRCPC
- Implementing Genomics in Neonatal Care — Pankaj Agrawal, MBBS, MMSc
- Genomic Uniform Screening Against Rare Diseases in All Newborns — Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
- Embracing Complexity: Genetic Information in Neonatology — Katharine Press Callahan, MD, MSME
3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break With the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
3:30 p.m.
Innovations in Surgical Mx
Moderator: Jochen Profit, MD, MPH
- Milrinone in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia* — Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD, MBBS
- Nonsurgical Airway Treatment for Neonates With Severe Respiratory Distress and Oral Feeding Difficulty — HyeRan Choo, DDS, DMD, MS
5:00 p.m.
Sustaining Scientific Inquiry: A Timely Dialogue
Moderator: Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA
- Assault on Scientific Research — Rebecca Simmons, MD
5:30 p.m.
45th Anniversary Celebration Reception With Faculty | Exhibit Hall
6:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Hot Breakfast and Digital Poster Showcase | Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.
The Jerold F. Lucey, MD Lectureship and Keynote Address
Moderator: Jochen Profit, MD, MPH and Haresh Kirpalani, MD, MSc
- Milestones in the Development of Perinatal Quality Improvement — Jeffrey Gould, MD, MPH
Neonatology Luminary: Celebrating and Recognizing Dr. Rich Polin Impact in Neonatology
9:30 a.m.
Morning Break With the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
10:00 a.m.
Clinical Trials Methodology Interpetation for Clinicians
- When Has Enough Evidence Accumulated: Fragility Index
- Ranked Outcomes for Clinical Trials
11:30 a.m.
Lunch (on your own)
Visit Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall | Digital Posters on Display
1:00 p.m.
Green and Rotten Apples
Moderator: Kevin Dysart, MD, MBI
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network Management of the PDA Trial — Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH
- Solving the Puzzle of Preterm Birth — David K. Stevenson, MD
- Executive Function at School Age Following Early Enhanced Developmental Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Very Preterm Infants — Rita C Silveira MD, PhD
3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break With the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
3:30 p.m.
Phenotyping of Complex Lung Disease — Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Moderator: Haresh Kirpalani, MD, MSc
- Long-Term Pulmonary Outcome of Preterm Infants in the German Neonatal Network — Wolfgang Göpel, MD
- How We Set About Phenotyping the Complexity of Acute RDS in Adults — Sinha Pratik, MD, PhD
- Mapping Out the Phenotypes Within the BPD Label — Erik Jensen, MD, MSCE
5:00 p.m.
Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
6:00 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens
Hot Breakfast and Digital Poster Showcase | Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m.
Updates in the Delivery Room Resuscitation
Moderator: Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE
- Targeted Oxygen in the Respiratory Support of Preterm Infants and Their Developmental Outcomes — the Torpido 3060 Study — Ju Lee Oei, MBBS, FRACP, MD
- Introducing the Delivery Room Intervention and Evaluation (DRIVE) Network — Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE
- Prophylactic CPAP for Late Preterm Newborns Born Via C-Section: The PLaNT Study* — Edgardo Szyld, MD, MSc
9:30 a.m.
Morning Break With the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall
10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Closes
10:00 a.m.
Green and Rotten Apples
Moderator: Jay S. Greenspan, MD, MBA and Eric C. Eichenwald, MD
- The Safer Births Bundle of Care Program in Tanzania — Hege Langli Ersdal, MD, PhD and Robert Moshiro, MD, PhD
- To Screen or Not to Screen: Assessing Cardio-Respiratory Instability at Newborn Discharge — Michael Narvey, MD, FRCPC and Benjamin Hoffman, MD
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn
*These session are under Embargo and will only be available during the live scheduled time.