Welcome Dinner and Games

Yoga

Registration and Breakfast with the Exhibitors

Welcome and Opening Remarks from the ABP

• Laura Blaisdell, MD, MPH Maine AAP Presisdent
  

  Dr. Blaisdell, MD/MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician, researcher and advocate. For 20 years, she has worked in camp medicine, serving as Medical Director at Camp Winnebago and advising camps on myriad of topics. She currently is the Senior Medical Advisor for SeriousFun Children’s Network and works clinically at Maine Medical Center (MMC) Pediatric Clinic.

  Dr. Blaisdell is the President of Maine American Academy of Pediatrics and founding member of Maine Families for Vaccines and SAFE Communities Coalition. In these roles, she is a tireless advocate for vaccines and gun safety among other issues facing youth.

  Additionally, she has served as Clinical Site Director for the National Children’s Study, as Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at MMC, as Chief of Pediatrics at InterMed, and currently is a Trustee for Mercy Hospital in Portland.

  She is an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.

• Keith Mann, MD Vice President, American Board of Pediatrics
  

  Dr. Mann oversees the continued development and implementation of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program for the ABP. He provides expertise in health care quality, lean methodology, patient safety, evidence-based medicine, and education. Dr. Mann joined the ABP staff in November 2018 after serving as the Vice President, Chief Medical Quality and Safety Officer at Children’s Mercy — Kansas City. He was also a Vice Chair for Quality and Safety in the Department of Pediatrics and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri — Kansas City. He is board certified and maintaining certification in General Pediatrics.

Is Resistance Futile? Antimicrobial Resistance in Pediatrics

• Amanda Goddard, MD Maine Medical Partners/Maine Medical Center
  

  Dr. Goddard received her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 2005. Prior to starting medical school, she worked as a bacteriologist for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She completed pediatric residency from 2005-2008 at the University of Connecticut. She completed her pediatric infectious disease fellowship at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her fellowship research focused on culture-independent evaluation of bacterial diversity of the lower airway in cystic fibrosis. In 2011, she joined the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at Tufts Medical Center. In 2019 she transitioned to join the Pediatric Infectious Diseases department at Maine Medical Partners. Since 2022, she has participated in the AAP Infection Prevention and Control Chapter Ambassadors program.

The Great Mimicker: A Misdiagnosis of Child Abuse

• Yorgo Zahlanie, MD Northern Light Health - Eastern Maine Medical Center
  

  Dr. Yorgo Zahlanie went to medical school at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He then did his residency in Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse NY then fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas TX. He is currently a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. He evaluates infants, children, and adolescents with all sorts of infections or suspected infections in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He is involved in Antimicrobial Stewardship and works to improve antimicrobial use.

Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis that Demands Physician Advocacy and Action

• Annie Andrews, MD George Washington University
  

  Dr. Annie Andrews is a pediatrician and mom, who has dedicated her career to fighting for a brighter future for all children. After working as a pediatrician at children's hospitals for 15 years, she decided to run for Congress to give children a voice in Washington, D.C.. She was the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s first congressional district in 2022.

  She is the CEO and Founder of Their Future. Our Vote., a national non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to advancing a Kids First Agenda, and Their Future PAC, the first ever Political Action Committee working to elect a Kids First Majority to the US House of Representatives.

  Annie is currently a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she cares for children and adolescents at Children’s National Hospital.

  She is a gun violence prevention researcher and community advocate working to reduce the frequency of pediatric firearm injuries. She is also a Senior Advisor to Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action.

  Annie received her MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and went on to complete her residency training in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Pediatric Readiness - Panel Discussion

• Sean Barnett, MD Northern Light Health - Eastern Maine Medical Center
  

  Dr. Barnett was born and raised in Dayton Ohio. He attended Purdue University, graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. While working for Hill-Rom as a mechanical test lab engineer refining their hospital bed fleet, he attended Wright State University obtaining a Master of Science in Human Anatomy prior to matriculating and graduating from the Boonshoft School of Medicine. He then completed his general surgery residency at the University of Minnesota, while also completing a research fellowship, surgical infectious disease fellowship, and his coursework towards his PhD in Cancer biology. Following the completion of his pediatric general and thoracic surgery fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital he remained on staff there for 4 additional years. Prior to moving to Maine, he was the Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Chairman of Surgery at Dayton Children’s Hospital in Dayton Ohio.

  He currently serves as the Section Head of Pediatric Surgery, Vice Chief of Surgery, and President Elect of the Medical Staff at Eastern Maine Medical Center. He is board certified in both Adult and Pediatric Surgery bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise in neonatal, minimally invasive, oncologic, colorectal, trauma, and congenital surgery.

• Rosamund (Rosie) Davis, MD Central Maine Medical Center
  

  Rosie Davis, MD, FAAP, is a Pediatric Hospitalist at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and the Disaster Preparedness Ambassador for the Maine AAP. Rosie lives in Hallowell with her husband, kids, and many rescued pets. She is passionate about spending time with family in the outdoors and along the coast of Maine!

• Ashley Moody, MSN, FNP-C, EMT-P Bath Fire Department
  

  Ashley Moody, MSN, FNP-C, EMT-P is a Captain with Bath Fire & Rescue and the Systems of Care Manager for Maine State EMS, focusing on statewide EMS and hospital systems of trauma, cardiac care, stroke, and sepsis. She received a degree in Paramedicine from Southern Maine Community College, her nursing degree from the University of Maine, and a master’s degree in nursing from Walden University. Ashley has cared for Mainers as an emergency room nurse, school nurse, and career firefighter/paramedic. She enjoys learning, teaching, and is always open to improving health care and the health care system.

• William Stephenson, MD PenBay Pediatrics
  

  Dr. Stephenson graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1999. He completed his pediatric residency at Nemours Children's Hospital in Delaware, and graduated in 2002. He started at Pen Bay in July 2002 and loves working and living in Maine.

  Dr. Stephenson shares that he has wanted to be a pediatrician since he was about 12 years old. He believes a good patient interaction begins with listening and his goal is to develop a strong rapport with his patients that starts at birth and goes into young adulthood. Using his knowledge and past experience, he works with families to develop treatment plans. He feels fortunate to work with a terrific team at Pen Bay Pediatrics allowing the group to provide evening and weekend hours for patients.

• Rachel Williams, MD Maine Medical Center
  

  Rachel Williams is a Board Certified Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician practicing in Portland, Maine since 2013. She has been in Maine for over 10 years beginning with her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center (MMC). In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Williams is also a medical director for the Pediatric ED at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at MMC, medical director for the Maine EMS for Children program, and an Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at MMC.

Pediatric Readiness - Essentials to Improve Care

• Marc Auerbach, MD Yale University School of Medicine
  

  Marc is a Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Yale. He is the Director of Pediatric Simulation at the Yale Center for Medical Simulation and was the founding co-chair of INSPIRE, the world’s largest simulation-based research network.

  His academic work focuses on the use of innovative techniques and technologies, such as simulation, to measure and improve the quality of pediatric emergency care. His overarching goal is to ensure that all children, no matter where they live, go to school or travel, receive the highest quality emergency medical care.

  Marc serves in a national role with HRSA/EMSC on the EIIC executive committee and co-leading the EIIC Knowledge Management as well as serving as the education co-lead of the Pediatric Pandemic Network.

  Prior to these roles he served as the CT EMSC State Partnership Grant Medical Director for seven years and as an investigator on four different EMSC targeted issues grants and the leader on the EIIC Prehospital Emergency Care Collaborative. His projects involve working closely with prehospital and hospital emergency care coordinators leading pediatric efforts in community EDs and community EMS agencies.

  In addition Marc is actively working on multiple initiatives through other organizations (including SAEM, Pediatric Trauma Societies, American Heart Association, Emergency Nurses Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, NASEMSO).

  Marc serves as the PI of the ImPACTS study, a national effort to describe, measure and improve the quality of care provided to critically ill and injured pediatric patients in emergency departments using simulation.

  Marc completed a K30 Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation with a focus in translational medicine at New York University and post-graduate course work on simulation at Harvard’s Center for Medical Simulation. He has substantial leadership experiences in trauma and simulation research as a board member of the International Pediatric Simulation Society, co-chair of the Pediatric Academic Society’s Special Interest Group on Simulation-Based Research and as a leader on the Pediatric Trauma Society’s Guideline Committee. He has served as the principal investigator on multiple funded trauma and simulation research projects to ensure the optimal care for ill and injured children. This includes a grant-funded project using simulation training for disaster preparedness, a regional trauma simulation program, a local office based preparedness progr

Relational Care: Promoting Resilience and Helping Children Heal from Trauma

• Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP UCLA Medical Center
  

  Dr. Szilagyi is a primary care pediatrician, educator, and Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA (since 2014) where she is Division Chief of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Peter Shapiro Term Chair for the Promotion of Child Developmental and Behavioral Health. She completed her MD, PhD, and pediatric residency at the University of Rochester. During her 30 years in Rochester, she developed a community-based, integrated-care medical home for children in foster care, worked in a suburban private practice, precepted residents in continuity clinic, created and led a regional child abuse program, conducted research highlighting vulnerable children, and mentored trainees.

  Dr. Szilagyi has worked closely with the AAP for 3 decades. In the 1990s, she led a multi-disciplinary team at AAP-District-II NYS that developed the first health care standards for children in foster care--Fostering Health (now the national standards). She has served in leadership roles on the AAP’s Committee on Early Childhood, Task Force on Foster Care, and Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care. She has authored several AAP policy statements, clinical and technical reports and speaks widely about child welfare, vulnerable children, and childhood trauma and resilience.

  A dedicated advocate, Dr. Szilagyi works closely with the AAP’s Washington Office on legislation related to equity, diversity and the care of vulnerable children. She collaborates with mental health and child welfare to integrate evidence-based interventions into pediatric care. She continues to work closely with the AAP and University of Massachusetts Medical School to develop and implement curricula for pediatricians, trainees and health systems about trauma- and resilience-informed care and relational health.
  

Members Meeting

Supporting Patients During Disasters

• Marc A. Minkler, BS, NRP, IC Maine EMS, Department of Public Safety
  

  Marc is the Maine EMS for Children Program Manager, co-lead for the Maine PQC4ME Quality Collaboration, the Chair of the NASEMSO United States Pediatric Emergency Care Council and is on the Board of Directors for NASEMSO. He has over 30 years in EMS, and has been an EMS clinician, leader, and educator in Maine, Vermont, Maryland, and Washington, DC. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Healthcare Management and recently completed a fellowship with the EMSC Improvement and Innovation Center. He regularly presents nationally, and has been published in multiple textbooks, journals, and research studies. He would love to chat with you about his passions in EMS of pediatrics and documentation or his love of cooking, farming, or his dog.

• Brian Richardson, EMT MaineHealth
  

  Brian is a licensed paramedic actively engaged in the pre-hospital and hospital environments of care and is an unwavering advocate of equality and equity in promoting access to healthcare and resources; of partnerships and innovation for pediatric emergency preparedness and readiness; and for social justice in diversity, equity, and inclusion for vulnerable populations, BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities. Brian has been practicing as a paramedic for almost 30 years and has been certified or licensed at a variety of EMS levels for 35 years and across a variety of settings from volunteer, rural, ultra-rural, hospital based, urban, and tribal EMS. In addition, Brian has worked in a managerial capacity directing a rural acute care emergency department, running a hospital-based emergency management program, and most recently supporting a systems level emergency management program that includes Acute Care facilities, Critical Access Hospitals, pediatric practices, and a tertiary care, academic medical center and a children’s hospital.

  Perhaps Brian’s most important qualification for the FAN role in Maine is the fact that Brian is parent to two amazing children one of whom is transgender and highly functioning on the autistic spectrum. Brian is dedicated in safeguarding and promoting a patient and family centered perspective along the continuum of pediatric care and forging partnerships with patients, families, and providers that respect where the person is in their journey and encouraging and challenging the entire health care delivery system to adopt the paradigm of meeting the patient and family where they are in their healthcare trajectory.

Oral Health Updates and SDF Application Workshop

• Nick Pray, DMD Southern Maine Pediatric Dentistry
  

  Dr. Pray DMD is a practicing pediatric dentist at Southern Maine Pediatric Dentistry in Portland Maine. He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and completed pediatric dentistry residency at the combined program with UConn Health and Connecticut Children's Hospital.

• Stephen Mills, DDS COHN Board Member
  

  Dr Steve Mills is a Board Certified pediatric Dentist and has practiced in Maine since 1987. He completed his DDS Degree at the SUNY at Buffalo School of Dentistry in 1981. After three years on active duty in the US Army Dental Corps, he went on to obtain his certificate in Pediatric Dentistry at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of the University of Connecticut in 1987 and achieved board certification in Pediatric Dentistry in 1995.

  He has been a member of the Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) since 1991. A past president, newsletter editor, and longtime board member, he is a Fellow of the ASD and was awarded the Academy’s Lifetime Distinguished Member Award in 2015.

  Dr. Mills serves on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Oral Health Network of Maine for the State of Maine. Dr Mills was inducted into the International College of Dentists in 2016. He is a member of the ADA, the AAPD, the International Association of Dental Traumatology as well as the ASD.

  He has been married to Loretta for 42 years and has three grown children.

Simulation of Pediatric Emergencies in ED's and Primary Care Offices

• Marc Auerbach, MD Yale University School of Medicine
  

  Marc is a Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Yale. He is the Director of Pediatric Simulation at the Yale Center for Medical Simulation and was the founding co-chair of INSPIRE, the world’s largest simulation-based research network.

  His academic work focuses on the use of innovative techniques and technologies, such as simulation, to measure and improve the quality of pediatric emergency care. His overarching goal is to ensure that all children, no matter where they live, go to school or travel, receive the highest quality emergency medical care.

  Marc serves in a national role with HRSA/EMSC on the EIIC executive committee and co-leading the EIIC Knowledge Management as well as serving as the education co-lead of the Pediatric Pandemic Network.

  Prior to these roles he served as the CT EMSC State Partnership Grant Medical Director for seven years and as an investigator on four different EMSC targeted issues grants and the leader on the EIIC Prehospital Emergency Care Collaborative. His projects involve working closely with prehospital and hospital emergency care coordinators leading pediatric efforts in community EDs and community EMS agencies.

  In addition Marc is actively working on multiple initiatives through other organizations (including SAEM, Pediatric Trauma Societies, American Heart Association, Emergency Nurses Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, NASEMSO).

  Marc serves as the PI of the ImPACTS study, a national effort to describe, measure and improve the quality of care provided to critically ill and injured pediatric patients in emergency departments using simulation.

  Marc completed a K30 Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation with a focus in translational medicine at New York University and post-graduate course work on simulation at Harvard’s Center for Medical Simulation. He has substantial leadership experiences in trauma and simulation research as a board member of the International Pediatric Simulation Society, co-chair of the Pediatric Academic Society’s Special Interest Group on Simulation-Based Research and as a leader on the Pediatric Trauma Society’s Guideline Committee. He has served as the principal investigator on multiple funded trauma and simulation research projects to ensure the optimal care for ill and injured children. This includes a grant-funded project using simulation training for disaster preparedness, a regional trauma simulation program, a local office based preparedness program.