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5th Annual Jason French Pediatric Hospital Medicine Symposium
Overview
Overview
The Jason French Pediatric Hospital Medicine Symposium commemorates the life and service of our colleague, Jason French, who tragically passed away in the summer of 2020. Dr. French was a beloved member of the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado, and he served on the planning committee for this conference. Moving forward this conference will replace our "Clinical Concepts and Conundrums in Pediatric Hospital Medicine" symposium.
This conference will focus on the care and management of hospitalized children and neonates. A case-based format will be used to review and discuss the etiology, diagnosis, and management of critically ill infants and children.
Target Audience
This conference is designed for all health care professionals who participate in the care and management of hospitalized children and neonates.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the physiological principles behind different levels of respiratory support and their clinical applications.
- Identify key clinical presentations of pediatric rheumatic diseases and outline an evidence-based diagnostic approach in the inpatient setting.
- Apply the AAP congenital syphilis algorithm to diagnose and manage early and late congenital syphilis based on epidemiologic data.
- Formulate evidence-based diagnostic strategies for complex inpatient pediatric cases.
- Analyze the epidemiology and clinical course of high-risk STEC infections, identify care gaps, and discuss strategies for improving STEC-HUS fluid management based on current CHCO protocols.
- Evaluate complex inpatient pediatric cases through the analysis of four clinical conundrums, apply evidence-based reasoning to diagnostic and management challenges, and develop structured approaches to clinical decision-making.
Learner Outcome
After attending this event, the participant will report an increase in knowledge related to the hospitalized pediatric and neonatal patient and increased confidence caring for the pediatric patient population in the rural hospital setting.
Registration Fees
Children’s Hospital Colorado Provider | $100 |
Resident or Fellow | Free |
Community Professional- AAP SOHM Member | $100 |
Community Professional | $125 |
Registered Nurse | $50 |
Virtual Attendance | $100 |
| Virtual Attendance RN | $50 |
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 5th Annual Jason French Pediatric Hospital Medicine Symposium Brochure.pdf | 895.12 KB |
Program
| 5th Annual Jason French Hospitalist Symposium | |
| Oct 3, 2025, Agenda | |
| 7:30 am | Sign-In and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Welcome and Conference Overview Jenny Reese, MD |
| 8:10 am | Hyperhydration to Improve Kidney Outcomes in Children with Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Infection (HIKO STEC): A Multinational, Embedded, Cluster, Crossover, Randomized Trial Andrew Krack, MD, MSCTR |
| 9:10 am | Clinical Conundrums 1 Tucker Buffington, PA-C |
| 9:40 am | Physiological basis for respiratory interventions – LFNC, HFNC, CPAP, BPAP, ventilation, airway clearance, and beyond Oren Kupfer, MD |
| 10:40 am | Break |
| 10:55 am | A Cornucopia of Clinical Conundrums for the Crafty Clinician (aka Hospitalist) Robert Listernick, MD |
| 11:55 | Clinical Conundrums 2 Christina Siauw Santosa, MMS, PA-C |
| 12:25 pm | Lunch |
| 1:10 pm | The Evaluation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patients in the Hospital Emily von Scheven, MD, MAS |
| 2:10 pm | Clinical Conundrums 3 Hillary Oneslager, PA-C |
| 2:40 | Break |
| 2:55 | Congenital Syphilis: Still Managing an Old Disease… Sara Saporta-Keating, MS, MD |
| 3:55 | Clinical Conundrums 4 Claire Brennan, CPNP-AC |
| 4:25 pm | Closing Remarks and Conference Evaluation |
Venue
This conference will be hybrid with the option to attend in person at Children's Hospital Colorado Conference Center or virtual on Zoom. All speakers will be in person.
Faculty
Local Faculty
Claire Brennan, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider Fellow
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Tucker Buffington, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider Fellow
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Andrew Krack, MD, MSCTR
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Attending Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Oren Kupfer, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Inpatient Medical Director for the Breathing Institute
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Hillary Oneslager, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider Fellow
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Jenny Reese, MD
Professor, Section Head, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Assistant Dean of Faculty Well-being
Vice Chair for Faculty Well-being, Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director of Well-being, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Christina Siauw Santosa, MMS, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider Fellow
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Sara Saporta-Keating, MS, MD
Associate Professor
CU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Section of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Associate Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Guest Faculty
Emily von Scheven, MD, MAS
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Attending Rheumatologist
Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology
Robert Listernick, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Attending Physician, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Director, Diagnostic and Consultation Service
Co-Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic
Accreditation
Medical:
Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this Live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing:
Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This education activity for 7.25 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
General Attendance:
A general certificate of attendance will be available for all other care providers.
Available Credit
- 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 7.25 Attendance
- 7.25 NCPD
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Price
Cancellation Policy
A registration refund, minus a 10% processing fee, will be granted if cancellation is requested by 9/19/2025. No refunds will be granted after this date or for non-attendance. You may send a substitute by notifying the conference coordinator prior to conference.
Children’s Hospital Colorado reserves the right to modify the agenda or cancel this conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance, or if minimum acceptable registration is not attained with a full refund to participants. For additional information, please reach out to lainey.crawford@childrenscolorado.org. If you require special assistance or services to allow full participation, please notify us at least four weeks in advance of the conference.