Peña Course: the 69th Workshop for the Surgical Treatment of Anorectal Malformations and Hirschsprung Disease in Children

Aurora, CO US
April 28, 2025 to May 1, 2025

Full program coming soon. See Registration Page for adjusted Fee Types.

Led by Alberto Peña, MD, Andrea Bischoff, MD, and Luis De La Torre, MD, renowned pediatric surgeons from the International Center for Colorectal and Urogenital Care at Children's Hospital Colorado.

This comprehensive surgical and management workshop includes an extra day dedicated to Urology and Hirschsprung Disease.

Join us for this Live multi-day event in Colorado.

Target Audience

The course is designed for pediatric surgeons, urologists, gynecologists and gastroenterologists, as well as pediatric nurses managing patients with colorectal issues.

Learning Objectives

  • Review the principles of diagnosis and management of anorectal defects
  • Discuss the challenges of short- and long-term postoperative care
  • Describe the diagnosis of fecal incontinence and constipation and the difference in their management
  • Recognize indications for re-operative surgery
  • Discuss management of associated urologic and gynecologic problems
  • Review the comprehensive management approach to cloacal exstrophy
  • Explain or outline the use of the posterior sagittal approach for a variety of conditions

Learner Outcome

Participants will report increased knowledge of pertinent clinical conditions of pediatric patients with a anorectal malformation.

Additional Information

Course Contact: 
Shaun Ayon, Project Manager, Accredited Continuing Education, (720) 777-2700, shaun.ayon@childrenscolorado.org
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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 27.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 27.50 Attendance
  • 26.75 NCPD
Course opens: 
09/07/2024
Course expires: 
05/15/2025
Event starts: 
04/28/2025 - 7:30am MDT
Event ends: 
05/01/2025 - 4:00pm MDT
Cost:
$1,000.00
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Over 27 hours of content are being planned.

Full program coming soon! See the 2024 Sample Program listed below.

The Planning Committee reserves the right to alter the agenda or cancel the conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance, or if the minimum registration is not attained by March 18, with a full refund to participants.

Day One - Sample Content Only - What to expect -
 

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Welcome and opening remarks - Alberto Peña, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS
8:15 Patient testimony
8:30 Case review and live operation
11:15 Why thorough knowledge of anorectal physiology is important for anorectal surgery - Guest Speaker: 
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
12:45 Management of ARM in males - Alberto Peña, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS
2:45 Break
3:00 Management of ARM in females - Part 1 Andrea Bischoff, MD
4:00 Management of Newborn in ARM - Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
5:00 Adjourn

 

Day Two - Sample Content Only
 

Physician Course

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Patient testimony
11:00 Urology concerns in ARM - Duncan Wilcox, MD, MMBS
11:30 Gynecology concerns in ARM -Veronica Alaniz, MD, FACOG, MPH
12:30 p.m. Lunch and photographs
1:30 p.m. Management of cloaca and - cloacal exstrophy -Alberto Peña, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS
3:30 Break
3:45 Pre and post operative concerns - Andrea Bischoff, MD
5:00 Adjourn

Day Two - Sample Content Only

APP/RN Course

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Patient testimony (With physician track)
8:15 The ABCs of Bowel Management: Program Overview and Techniques - Maura Wickham, BSN, RN, AMB-BC
9:30 Promoting Independence: Malone, Mitrofanoff and Assistive Devices - Lauren Schneider, MSN, CPNP—PC/AC
10:00 Break
10:15 Gut Instincts: Idiopathic Constipation, Colonic Resection, and the Path to Relief - Annie Merritt, BSN, RN, CPN, AMB-BC
11:15 Beyond the Diagnosis: Addressing Mental Health and Social Needs Laura Judd-Glossy, PhD and Kristina Matkins, LCSW
12:30 p.m. Lunch and photographs
1:30 p.m. Anorectal Malformation Jeopardy - Lauren Schneider, MSN, CPNP—PC/AC
2:00 Comprehensive Inpatient Care for Colorectal Patients: Pre and Post-Operative Considerations - Lauren Schneider, MSN, CPNP—PC/AC
2:45 Break
3:00 Meeting the Unique Needs of Complex Colorectal Patients - Guest Speaker: Julie Schletker, MSN, FNP, CPNP-AC, Nurse Practitioner, Intestinal Rehabilitation Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
4:00 Adjourn

 

Day Three - Sample Content Only

Physician Course

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Patient testimony
8:15 Case review and live operation
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
1:00 Radiology in ARM - Kari Hayes, MD
1:40 Prenatal diagnosis in ARM -Mariana Meyers, MD
2:00 Transition of care -Dan Wood, PhD, MB.BS, FRCS Urol
2:30 Addressing mental health concerns -Laura Judd-Glossy, PhD,
Kristina Matkins, LCSW
3:00 Break
3:15 Bowel management for fecal incontinence - Andrea Bischoff, MD
4:15 Bowel management for constipation - Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
5:00 Adjourn

Day Three - Sample Content Only

APP/RN Course

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Patient testimony (With physician track)
8:15 An Interesting Case Review: Total Intestinal Aganglianosis - Guest Speaker: 
9:00 Radiology Roundtable - Colorectal Team Panel Discussion
9:45 Break
10:00 Urology Considerations: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Karol Monet, BSN, RN, CPN
11:00 Beyond the Bag: Optimizing Ostomy Care - Kimberly Eisenbarth, BSN, CWON, RNC-NIC
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
1:00 p.m. Unraveling Post-operative Pain Management: Why is This Kid Struggling?
Teri Reyburn-Orne MSN, PPCNP-BC/CPNP-AC, PMGT-BC, AP-PMN
2:15 Hirschsprung’s Disease: Understanding the Basics and Promoting Effective Management - Lauren Sneider, MSN, CPNP – PC/AC
3:00 Break
3:15 Colorectal Challenges in Pediatrics: Case Discussions and Treatment: Approaches - Colorectal team panel discussion
4:00 Adjourn

Day Four - Sample Content Only

7:30 a.m. Sign in and breakfast
8:00 Diagnosis and medical treatment for patients with rectosigmoid and some patients with long-segment hirschsprung during the newborn period and first months of life - Andrea Bischoff, MD
8:30 Primary vs. staged pull through, how, when, where, and to whom -
Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
9:00 Primary soave and swenson transanal pull-through for the most common type of hirschsprung; critical steps explained interactively -
Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
10:00 Histopathology of hirschsprung before the pull-through and initial diagnosis - Mark Lovell, MD
10:30 Histopathology of hirschsprung during the pull-through and intraoperative decisions based on the proximal margin (aganglionic, transition zone or normoganglionic) -Michael Arnold, MD
11:00 State of the art in hirschsprung radiology - Kari Hayes, MD
11:30 Why different surgical techniques for patients with hirschsprung? Swenson, soave, duhamel, rehbein, special surgical maneuvers (turnbull, deloyers), and more - Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
1:00 Total colonic aganglionosis, a different type of aganglionosis: When and how to repair this malformation and how to follow these patients -
Andrea Bischoff, MD
2:00 How and why to preserve the anal canal in patients with  Hirschsprung - Alberto Peña, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS
2:30 Surgical treatment of idiopathic constipation - Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP
3:00 Transanal approach for idiopathic prolapse and prolapse after the repair of an ARM - Luis de la Torre, MD, FAAP                                                                                       3:45 Evaluation and Adjourn

 

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Aurora, CO 80045
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships for Planners, Faculty, Content Experts and Content Reviewers

As a provider of continuing medical education (CME) by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by Colorado Nurses Association, Children's Hospital Colorado ensures balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its CME/NCPD activities. 

To comply with ACCME and NCPD accreditation guidelines, each planner, faculty, content expert and content reviewer(s) in a position to control content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies in the last 24 months.

 

Disclosure: Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Full Faculty Disclosure will be provided prior to the course.

 

Relevant financial relationship - Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the prospective person who will control content of the education.

A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company.

The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months.

Content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.

 

Ineligible company - is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

Medical: Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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. 

Others: A general certificate of attendance will be provided to all others upon completion of the online evaluation.  Claim credit commensurate with your participation.

Available Credit

  • 27.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 27.50 Attendance
  • 26.75 NCPD

Price

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$1,000.00
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Dear Potential Conference Participant,

Thank you for your interest in the “Workshop for the Surgical Treatment of Anorectal Malformations and Hirschsprung Disease in Children” hosted on “April 28- May 1, 2025” by Children’s Hospital Colorado. 

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Continuing Education

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Further Information

If you have any questions or need to request arrangements to accommodate a disability, please contact us: 720-777-9880 or colorectal@childrenscolorado.org