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Forward7th Annual Children's Hospital Colorado Virtual Pediatric Care Symposium
Overview, Target Audience, and Learner Outcomes
This virtual symposium is for interdisciplinary healthcare team members caring for pediatric patients in a variety of settings. We will provide clinical updates and address current topics relevant to the care for sick and injured pediatric patients.
After attending this education, learners will:
- Demonstrate increased knowledge related to the care of pediatric patients as evidenced by improvements in pre-post confidence scores.
- Explain pediatric management strategies through case studies.
Objectives
- Describe the impact of adolescent substance use on mental and physical health and apply evidence-based strategies to screen for and address substance use among pediatric patients.
- Review practical tools for assessing and managing pediatric respiratory distress through case-based examples.
- Illustrate how obesity, obesity medications and post bariatric surgery status in youth can impact evaluation and treatment including emergency care.
- Describe activation/deactivation criteria, transfusion management, and potential complications of a Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) for the different types of hemorrhage.
- Describe how to diagnose and manage re-emerging vaccine preventable diseases.
- Discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosing and managing asthma, including the integration of SMART therapy.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
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 Brochure | 899.37 KB |
Agenda
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
| 7:30 a.m. | Check-in |
| 7:45 | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:00 | Adolescent Substance Use: Emerging Risks and Health Consequences Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD |
| 9:00 | From Assessment to Action: Pediatric Respiratory Distress Irina Topoz, MD |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | Beyond the Scale: Inclusive Pediatric Obesity Care Using Evidence Based Approaches and Emerging Therapies Jamie Moore, MD, MPH & Keren Eyal, MD, MPH |
| 11:15 | Small Patients, Big Challenges: Pediatric Massive Transfusion Protocols in Action Natalie France, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Recognizing and Responding to Vaccine Preventable Diseases Jessica Cataldi, MD, MSCS |
| 2:00 | How To Be Smart About SMART Therapy for Asthma Monica Federico, MD |
| 3:00 | Wrap up and evaluation |
| 3:15 | Adjourn |
*Children’s Hospital Colorado reserves the right to modify the agenda or cancel this conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance.
Virtual Course
This conference will be hosted virtually on Zoom.
This information will be sent 2 days before the conference via email to learners that are registered.
Faculty and Planning Committee
† Denotes planning committee
Jessica Cataldi, MD, MSCS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician
Children's Hospital Colorado
Ray Cuellar †
Operations Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Keren Eyal, MD, MPH
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
Children's Hospital Colorado
Monica Federico, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, Asthma Program
Medical Director, Population Health
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Natalie France, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC
Clinical Education Specialist, Codes Program
Children's Hospital Colorado
Jamie Moore, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nutrition
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, Lifestyle Medicine 1 Pediatric Obesity Program
Children's Hospital Colorado
Kelly Reichert, MS, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC †
Professional Development Specialist
Outreach Education
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD
Addiction Medicine Consultant
Psychiatric Resource for Integrated Substance Use and Mental Health Care (PRISM)
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Pediatric Mental Health Institute
Children's Hospital Colorado
Nicki Shonka, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPN †
Clinical Education Outreach Program Director
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Ben Thompson †
Senior Business Development Consultant
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Irina Topoz, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Director of Quality Improvement
Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Financial Disclosures
Dr. Jamie Moore, speaker for this activity, is an educator for Medtronic’s adolescent bariatric surgery program.
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
All relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
Continuing Education Credits
Registration, attendance, sign-in and submission of the evaluation, including a written response to questions related to any change in practice that you may make as a result of learning that took place at this activity, are required for successful completion and receipt of the certificate of attendance. Claim only those hours you attend.
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 Other activity (Internet Live Course) for a maximum of 6.25 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 the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity for 6.25 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
EMS
Children’s Hospital Colorado is a State of Colorado recognized EMS Training Group (CO-049) and will provide 6.25 continuing education credits for all pre-hospital providers.
Other
A general certificate of attendance will be available.
Available Credit
- 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.25 Attendance
- 6.25 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.25 Colorado State EMS
- 6.25 NCPD
Price
Registration
There is no registration fee to attend this conference.
However, non Children's Hospital Colorado or CU School of Medicine employed physicians who wish to claim CME credit will be charged a $160 registration fee.
Children's Hospital Colorado establishes CME registration fees in accordance with federal guidelines to ensure compliance with regulations governing financial relationships in healthcare.
Registration Deadline: October 26, 2026
Conference Attendance
To receive credit for your attendance, you must enter the conference attendance code using either your mobile device or a desktop computer. The attendance code will be provided at the beginning of the conference.
International Attendees: The text messaging feature is not available for international phone numbers. Please complete the attendance verification using a desktop computer.
Required Hardware/software
This conference will be held online. You will need access to the internet and speakers or a headset to participate.