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    2025 Hot Topics in Neonatology® Conference Schedule

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    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
    • Underdeveloped and Undervalued: Navigating Skin Integrity in the Periviable Infant — Amy Hobson, DO
    • Nursing care for the Most Immature Babies — Leslie Ann Parker, PhD, APRN
    • Getting to Evidence-Based Safe and Effective Care for Infants ≤24 Weeks — Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD and Matthew Rysavy, 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
    Moderators: Haresh Kirpalani, MD, MSc and Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE

    • When Has Enough Evidence Accumulated: Fragility Index — Anna Curley, MD, Lehana Thabane, PhD and Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc
    • Ranked Outcomes for Clinical Trials — Lehana Thabane, PhD and George R. Saade, MD

    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.