PAEDIATRIC CONFERENCE
Specialty Pearls: Tobago Paediatric Conference 2015
DATE: May 3rd, 2015
TIME: 8:00am- 3:00pm
VENUE: Coco Reef Resort and Spa, Crown Point, Tobago
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
-To promote Continuing Medical Education in Paediatrics in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbeanwith special focus of the Medical Professionals in Tobago.
-To focus on topical issues with our children that are increasing in incidence especially with a focus on sport medicine and allergies.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
-Paediatricians
-General Practitioners
-Nurses that manage children
PROGRAM OUTLINE
7:00am- 8:00am- Registration
Introduction: Moderator- Dr. Ravi Boodram
8:00 am - 8:05 amNational Anthem
8:05 am – 8:10 amWelcome remarks- President of The Paediatric Society of Trinidad and Tobago- Dr. Virendra Singh
8:12 am- 8:17 amTobago’s culture featured- Children’s Speech Band
8: 19 am- 8:22 amRemarks- Scarborough General Hospital- Medical Chief of Staff - Dr. Nathaniel Duke
8:24 am- 8:27 amRemarks- Ministry of Health
8:29 am- 8:32 amRemarks- Tobago Regional Health Authority- Chief Executive Officer (Ag.)- Mr. Goodwin Richardson
8:34 am- 8:37 amRemarks- Tobago House of Assembly- Secretary of Health & Social Services- Mrs. Claudia Groome-Duke.
8:39 am- 8:40 am Introduction to The Sessions
SessionOne: Moderator-Dr. IngerManswell-Myrie
8:40 am- 8:43 am Introduction to Session One- Speech Band/ Moderator
8:43 am- 9:03 am Microcytic Anaemia- Dr. Pauline Balkaransingh
9:05 am- 9:25 am Stabilization and Transportation of the Sick Neonate-
Dr. Marlon Timothy
9:27 am- 9:47am Update on the Diagnosis of Food Allergy – Dr. Gillian Wheeler
9:49 am- 10:09 am Management of Urinary Tract Infections–
Dr. Maolynne Miller
10:11am- 10:30 am Questions and Answers
10:30 am- 10:50 am Break/ Visit Exhibits
Session Two: Moderator-Dr. Sasha Monteil
10:50 am- 10:53 amIntroduction to Session Two
10:53 am- 11:13 amRed light, green light- Who gets to play? –
Dr. Diane Alexander
11:15 am- 11:35 am The Fussy Infant - Dr. Sherman Soman
11:37am- 11:57am Thoracic Cases in Paediatric Surgey- Dr. Nicola Lewis
11:59am- 12:19 pm Medical Negligence in Trinidad and Tobago-
Dr. Albert Persaud
12:21 pm- 1:40 pm Questions and Answers
1:40 pm-1:50 pm Vote of Thanks
1:50 pm- 3pm Lunch/ Visits Exhibits
Regional Paediatric Conference 2014
Biographies for Speakers
Dr. Pauline Balkaransingh-
MD, MPH. Consultant Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist. Paediatrics- Jersey Shore University Medical Center 2011. Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, 2014. Epidemiology Track, Masters in Public Health 2014, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, 2014.
Dr. Marlon Timothy-
MBBS (UWI), DM PAED (UWI), DIPLOMA in Perinatal & Neonatal Medicine, (UNIV OF TORONTO), 2014. Neonatologist, Specialist Medical Officer in Paediatrics & Neonatology, Sangre Grande Hospital. Chairman of the National Neonatal Committee. Chairman of Perinatal Committee, Sangre Grande Hospital. Perinatal and Neonatal Academic Fellow of the Year 2014, Univ of Toronto.
Dr. Gillian Wheeler-
MBBS (UWI), FAAP Pediatrics- Consultant Paediatrician and Head of Department of Paediatrics at Scarborough Regional/General Hospital. Conducts Asthma Clinic at the Scarborough General Hospital & has private practice clinics in Paediatrics and Allergy/Immunology. Director- CAREST (Caribbean Researchers of Sickle Cell and Thalassemia) from 2011. Member of the Adoption Board of Trinidad and Tobago from 2012. Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York 1995. Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at Long Island College Hospital 1997.
Dr. Maolynne Miller-
MBBS (UWI), FRCPC. Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Nephrologist- Department of Child Health, University Hospital of the West Indies. Associate Lecturer- Department of Child and Adolescent Health University of the West Indies since 1984. Founder and Chairman of Jamaica Kids Foundation- A non- profit organization for children with kidney disease. Fellowship in Paediatrics and Paediatric Nephrology- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
Dr. Diane Alexander-
MBBS, FRCPC, FAAP, FACC. Graduate of the University of the West Indies and University of Toronto. Qualified in Paediatrics & Paediatric Cardiology. Has worked in all tertiary care hospitals in Trinidad until 2013. Now works as a private practitioner in Paediatric Cardiology. Last appointment as Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Has played a pivotal role in the establishment of Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Open Heart Surgery & Paediatric Cardiac intervention in Trinidad & Tobago.
Dr. Sherman Soman-
MBBS (UWI), MRCPCH (Lond), CCT Paed (UK), FRCPCH (Lond). Lecturer in Child Health (UWI). Consultant in Paediatrics & Paediatric Gastroenterology. Paediatrics with subspecialty in gastroenterology- Sheffield Children’s Teaching Hospital. Lead for Paediatric Gastroenterology & Food Allergy Services- Midyorkshire NHS Trust. Lead Co-ordinator, Yorkshire Paediatric Gastroenterology Network. Research interests in Immunomodulation in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Currently Lecturer in Child Health, UWI, St. Augustine.
Dr. Nicola Lewis-
MBBS (UWI), FRCS PaedSurg (England). Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Scarborough General Hospital. Fellowship- paediatric surgery- Birmingham. Research fellow- Developmental lung biology, The Buffalo Institute of Fetal Therapy, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, and the Departments of Surgery, Gynaecology/ Obstetrics, and Paediatrics, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Albert Persaud-
FRCP (Edinburgh), LLB (London). Specialist Physician & Pulmonologist, Attorney at Law, Former Medical Director, Executive Medical Director, Southwest Regional Health Authority, Executive Medical Director, Northwest Regional Health Authority & President of the Medical Board of Trinidad & Tobago.