2025 PEM Fellows Conference

Sunday, March 9, 2025

AGENDA

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration
Location: Courtyard Foyer

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Cocktails (cash bar)
Location: Visions

6:15 PM Dinner Reception
Location: Madison Ballroom

7:00 PM – 7:15 PM Introduction
Speakers: Susan Fuchs, MD & Charles Macias, MD, MPH
Location: Madison Ballroom

7:15 PM – 7:25 PM Welcome
Speaker: TBD
Location: Madison Ballroom

7:25 PM – 7:40 PM American Academy of Pediatrics Update
Speaker: TBD
Location: Madison Ballroom

7:40 PM – 8:40 PM Opening Plenary: The Power of Collaboration to Answer Important Questions
Indi Trehan, MD, MPH, DTM&H & Suzan Mazor, MD
Location: Madison Ballroom
Description: The session will discuss how collaboration across various sectors can enhance clinical guidelines and pathways beyond trials and statistical interpretations.


Monday, March 10, 2025

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast (Meet the Faculty)
Location: Courtyard Ballroom

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Plenary: Redefining Failure: Using Your Imposter Syndrome to Find Your Niche
Speaker: Ashish Shah, MD, MEd
Location: Courtyard Ballroom
Description: A discussion about failures in medicine, imposter syndrome, and finding personal and professional growth through these experiences.

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Break

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Workshops/Session IA (Choose One)

We’re All in the Same Boat: Aligning Mentor/Mentee Expectations for Mutual Success
Speakers: Elizabeth Jacobs, MD & Eileen Klein, MD, MPH
Location: South

Powerful Precepting!
Speakers: Jerri Rose, MD & Leslie Dingeldein, MD
Location: East

Integrating Advocacy in Academic Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Wee-Jhong Chua, MD & Sabreen Akhter, DO, DTM
Location: North

SQUIRE 2.0: How to Write About (and Publish!) Your QI Project
Speaker: Lori Rutman, MD, MPH
Location: West

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Workshops/Session 1B (Choose One)

We’re in the Same Boat: Aligning Mentor/Mentee Expectations for Mutual Success
Speakers: Elizabeth Jacobs, MD & Eileen Klein, MD, MPH
Location: South

Powerful Precepting!
Speakers: Jerri Rose, MD & Leslie Dingeldein, MD
Location: East

Integrating Advocacy in Academic Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Wee-Jhong Chua, MD & Sabreen Akhter, DO, DTM
Location: North

SQUIRE 2.0: How to Write About (and Publish!) Your QI Project
Speaker: Lori Rutman, MD, MPH
Location: West

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
Location: Courtyard Ballroom

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Workshops/Session 2A (Choose One)

Practical Applications for Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd & Sakina Sojar, MD
Location: North

The Art of Negotiations: Win-Win vs Compromise at Work and with Patients
Speaker: Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd
Location: South

Work/Life Balance
Speakers: Travis Dickerson-Young, MD; Kaileen Jafari, MD & Ben Price, MD
Location: West

Teamsmanship 100, 200, and 300
Speakers: Anita Thomas, MD, MPH & Jennifer Reid, MD, among others
Location: East

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM Workshops/Session 2B (Choose One)

Practical Applications for Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd & Sakina Sojar, MD
Location: North

The Art of Negotiations: Win-Win vs Compromise at Work and with Patients
Speaker: Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd
Location: South

Work/Life Balance
Speakers: Travis Dickerson-Young, MD; Kaileen Jafari, MD & Ben Price, MD
Location: West

Teamsmanship 100, 200, and 300
Speakers: Anita Thomas, MD, MPH & Jennifer Reid, MD, among others
Location: East


Tuesday, March 11, 2025

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast
Location: Courtyard Ballroom

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Plenary: Lost in the Wilderness: What Wilderness Medicine Can Teach Us About Practicing Ethically and Maintaining Integrity in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speaker: Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH
Location: Courtyard Ballroom
Description: A discussion on the ethical issues in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, using lessons learned from wilderness mishaps.

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Break

9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Workshops/Session IA (Choose One)

How to Write a Grant to Support Your Fellowship Research Project
Speakers: Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH & Eileen Klein, MD, MPH
Location: South

Practical Tools for Time and Task Management
Speakers: Jason Woods, MD, Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd & Shannon Flood, MD
Location: Vista

First Job Negotiations
Speakers: Charles Macias, MD, MPH, Rachel Stanley, MD, MHSA & Tony Woodward, MD, MBA
Location: East

We’re Back: Building an Immersive In-Person Teaching Environment in the Post-COVID Era
Speakers: Christine Cho, MD, MPH & Joshua Nagler, MD, MPH
Location: North/West

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Panel Discussion: Careers in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Speakers: Javier Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd, Charles Macias, MD, MPH, Rachel Stanley, MD, MHSA, among others
Location: Courtyard Ballroom