12:30 – 12:40 pm
Opening Remarks

Grant Hahn, MD*

12:40 – 1:30 pm
Adolescent Mental Health in Primary Care: Practical Approaches to Anxiety, ADHD and Eating Disorders
Elizabeth Kinsella, MD*

1:30 – 2:20 pm
Caring for Children With Tracheostomies and Invasive Ventilation: What Every General Pediatrician Should Know
Alexandra Feldman, MD

2:20 – 3:10 pm
Optimism in the Face of Disheartening Trends: Empowering Pediatricians To Understand and Support Patients Along the Dyslgycemic and Metabolic Spectrum 
Justin Dey, MD*

Join us for 

20th Annual Current Advances in Pediatrics

Updates for the Primary Care Practitioner

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Event information
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Virtual Conference (via Microsoft Teams)
12:30 - 5:00 pm Presentations

 

Registration
You may register by submitting the form to the right or by phone at 877.926.4664 (TTY 711). 

Registration deadline: May 14, 2026

A link to join the conference will be sent to registered participants five to seven days prior to the event.

Conference cost
There is no cost to attend this conference.

ABP MOC Part 2 Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 4.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

* Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is a collaborative program between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Lurie Children's and its affiliated physician groups. The providers participating in this program are neither agents nor employees of Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital or Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital.

In the spirit of keeping you well informed, the identified physician is neither an employee nor agent of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare or any of its affiliated entities. This physician has selected our facilities as places where they want to treat and care for their patients.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Virtual Conference (via Microsoft Teams)
12:30 - 5:00 pm

Current Advances in Pediatrics is a half-day educational seminar for pediatricians, primary care physicians and other clinicians who want to learn about the latest treatments and advancements in pediatrics.

Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Topics will be presented by providers who are part of the collaborative program between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and its affiliated physician groups.

American Board of Surgery Accredited CME and Self-Assessment
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.

Event information
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Virtual Conference (via Microsoft Teams)
12:30 - 5:00 pm Presentations

 

Registration
You may register by submitting the form above or by phone at 877.926.4664 (TTY 711). Registration deadline: May 14

A link to join the conference will be sent to registered participants five to seven days prior to the event.

Conference cost
There is no cost to attend this conference.

3:10 – 3:20 pm
Break

3:20 – 4:10 pm
Boo-Boos and Big Fixes: Navigating Pediatric Injuries 
Kristen Kester, MD*, and Selina Varma Thomas, MD, MPH*

4:10 – 5:00 pm
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) for the General Pediatrician
Matt Cornicelli, MD

5:00 pm
Closing Remarks

Learning objectives

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

  • Recognize common primary care presentations of adolescent anxiety, ADHD and eating disorders.
  • Demonstrate the basic mechanics of home ventilators and pediatric tracheostomies.
  • Explain the physiologic spectrum from insulin resistance to pre-diabetes to Type 2 diabetes in youth.
  • Identify common outpatient indications for point-of-care ultrasound related to physical trauma.
  • Describe the pathophysiology of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and how it is distinct from other entities.