OVERVIEW

48th Annual Melvin L Cohen, MD Pediatric Update Conference 2025 is organized by Phoenix Children's Hospital and will be held from Mar 03 - 06, 2025 at The Scottsdale Plaza Resort & Villas, Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States of America.

This multi-day conference will deliver a hybrid educational platform consisting of both virtual and in-person learning opportunities.

Participants attending in-person in Scottsdale, AZ will have ALL-Access to:

24+education sessions, including interactive workshops, plenary sessions, and seminars
Evening reception and networking sessions
Exhibitor hall
Recorded sessions through June 30, 2025

2025 Agenda:
Breakfast Workshop

		Sunday, 3/3	Monday, 3/4	Tuesday, 3/5	Wednesday, 3/6
7:30 - 8:15 a.m.	Breakfast Workshop Option #1 (In-Person & Virtual)	“Current approaches towards Diagnosis & Management of Food Allergies” (David Stukus, MD)	“Building Brave Families to Address Early Childhood Anxiety” (Elizabeth Chawla, MD)	“Back to Basics: What a pediatric dermatologist wants you to know” (Elizabeth Dupuy, MD)	“Risk Stratification For Subclinical Pediatric Dyslipidemia” (Damon Dixon, MD)
7:30 - 8:15 a.m.	Breakfast Workshop Option #2 (In-Person ONLY)	“Back to Basics: What a pediatric dermatologist wants you to know” (Elizabeth Dupuy, MD)	“Current approaches towards Diagnosis & Management of Food Allergies” (David Stukusm MD)	“Building Brave Families to Address Early Childhood Anxiety” (Elizabeth Chawla, MD)	“AI As Admin - Practical and Ethical Approaches?to Using ChatGPT as a Pediatrician” (Michael Pitt, MD)

8:15 - 8:30 a.m. | BREAK

8:30 - 8:40 a.m. | ANNOUNCEMENTS

	Sunday, 3/3	Monday, 3/4	Tuesday, 3/5	Wednesday, 3/6
8:40 - 9:20 a.m.	“Slipping Rib Syndrome” (Lisa McMahon, MD)	“5 Neurological Disorders You Do Not Want To Miss” (Neil Friedman, MD)	“Beyond Meds: Supporting Patients and Families with ADHD” (Elizabeth Chawla, MD)	“Youth Athletics: An Endemic of Multidiscipline Pathology” (Leah Brown, MD)
9:20 - 10 a.m.	“An Allergist’s approach towards Asthma” (David Stukus, MD)	“The Evolving Paradigm of Drug Allergies” (David Stukus, MD)	“Overview of HIV for the Pediatric Primary Care Provider” (Matilda Ogundare, MD)	“Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship: Managing Common Infections in the Ambulatory Setting” (Rana El Feghaly, MD)

10 - 10:20 a.m. | BREAK

Monday, 3/4	Tuesday, 3/5	Wednesday, 3/6	Thursday, 3/7
10:20 - 11:50 a.m. "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Eating Disorders Seminar" Stephanie Conrad, DO Stacy Halverson, PhD Elizabeth Collyer, MD	10:20 - 11 a.m. “It’s Just A Cough” (Sophia Williams, MD)	10:20 - 11:20 a.m. “Clinical Communication Greatest Hits: How to Not Confuse Our Patients (or Each Other)” (Micheal Pitt, MD)	10:20 - 11 a.m. “Tongue and Lip Tie:? Facts and Fiction: Update 2025” (Mark Gerber, MD)
11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Q&A Session Stephanie Conrad, DO Stacy Halverson, PhD Elizabeth Collyer, MD	11 - 11:40 a.m. "The role of bariatric surgery in adolescents with special needs" (Jason Fraser, MD)	11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. “Screen Safety Essentials: Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Digital Injuries” (Tracy Bennett, PhD)	11 - 11:40 a.m. “Challenging Cases in Pediatric Infectious Diseases” (Rana El Feghaly, MD)
	11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. “ADHD Meds: New Kids on the Block” (Elizabeth Chawla, MD)		11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. "Magic 3.0: More Ways to Bring Magic into Pediatrics" (Michael Pitt, MD)