Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects thousands of leading pediatric researchers, clinicians, and medical educators worldwide united by a common mission: Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health. This international gathering offers opportunities for a global audience to share research, explore new ideas, build career opportunities, and collaborate on future projects. Presentations cover issues of interest to generalists as well as topics critical to a wide array of specialty and sub-specialty areas. The PAS Meeting is produced through the partnership of four leading pediatric associations; the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Academic Pediatrics Association (APA), the American Pediatric Society (APS), and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).
OUR MISSION
Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health.
OUR VISION
A world with healthy children, adolescents, and families through advances in pediatric scholarship.
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
Over the last year, the PAS Board of Directors has been hard at work creating a new Strategic Plan. As we continue the development of our new Strategic Plan we would like to share with you the five finalized Domains.
If you have any questions contact info@pasmeeting.org.
OUR PARTNERS
The PAS Meeting is produced through a partnership of four pediatric organizations that are leaders in the advancement of pediatric research and child advocacy. These partners, designated below, are pleased to celebrate ongoing collaborations with the Alliance and Affiliate supporters of the PAS Meeting denoted below.
- American Pediatric Society (APS) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of child health through the promotion of pediatric research, recognition of achievement, and cultivation of excellence in pediatrics through advocacy, scholarship, education, and leadership development and to honor those who, by their contributions to pediatrics, have aided in its advancement.
- Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is an international society whose purpose is to create a network of multidisciplinary researchers to improve child health. SPR promotes the interchange of ideas and provides opportunities for investigators to present and be honored for their work.
- Academic Pediatric Association (APA) is a national organization dedicated to improving the health of all children and adolescents through leadership in the education of child health professionals, research, dissemination of knowledge, patient care, and advocacy, in partnership with children, families, and communities. This is accomplished through membership activities, funded research, teaching programs, and advocacy to affect public and governmental opinion positively for children.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
OUR AFFILIATES
Asian Society for Pediatric Research (ASPR)
Child Health Translational Research Committee
Child Neurology Society (CNS)
The Coalition of Centres in Global Child Health (The Coalition)
Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO)
International Pediatric Hypertension Association (IPHA)
International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment (ISCHE)
Japan Pediatric Society (JPS)
March of Dimes Foundation
Newborn Brain Society
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM)
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)
Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP)
OUR CLUBS
Bilirubin Club
Bioethics Interest Group
Directors of Research in Pediatrics
Kernicterus Symposium
Lung Club
Milk Club
Neonatal Feeding Club
Neonatal Hemodynamics Club
Neonatal Sepsis Club
NICU Follow-Up Club
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Club
Perinatal Brain Club
Perinatal Nutrition and Metabolism Club
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA -President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu
Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM, FAAP– Secretary/Treasurer
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
bhandari-vineet@cooperhealth.edu
Lee Savio Beers, MD, FAAP
Children’s National Hospital
LBeers@childrensnational.org
Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
taflorin@luriechildrens.org
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH
Association of American Medical Colleges
efuentesafflick@aamc.org
Hannah Glass, MD
UCSF Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Hannah.Glass@ucsf.edu
Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MBA, MSc
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
nheardgarris@luriechildrens.org.
Teri Turner, MD, M.P.H, M.Ed.
Baylor College of Medicine
tturner@bcm.edu
Ex officio
Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education
Executive Clinical Director
South Main Clinic at University of Utah Health
wendy.hobson@hsc.utah.edu
Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM – Program Chair
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org
Thomas J. Coté, MBA, CAE
PAS Executive Director
tjcote@pasmeeting.org
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
PAS Program Chair
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org
Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD, MSPH, FAAP.
PAS Program Chair-elect
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education
Executive Clinical Director
South Main Clinic at University of Utah Health
Wendy.Hobson@hsc.utah.edu
Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA
PAS Board of Directors President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu
Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair
Associate Dean
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
caroline.paul@uky.edu
Glenda Minshew
PAS Meeting Director
Jaclyn Huff
PAS Director, Content and Conference Planning
OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair
Associate Dean
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
caroline.paul@uky.edu
Affiliation: APA
Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, MD, FAAP
Emory University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Andria Tatem, MD, MEd
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Affiliations: AAP
Adam Wolfe
Baylor College of Medicine
adam.wolfe@bcm.edu
Affiliations: APA
Sonja Ziniel, PhD, MA
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Affiliation: APA
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
Adolescent Medicine Specialist and Pediatric Endocrinologist
Baylor College of Medicine
Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM
Matthew D. Garber, MD
UFCOM-JAX Pediatric Hospitalists
(Wolfson and UF Health)
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Matthew.Garber@jax.ufl.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Kathryn King, MD, MHS
Telemedicine/General Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
kingkl@musc.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP
President, Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
chris.peltier@cchmc.org
Affiliation: AAP
Hugo Ruben Martinez, MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
The Heart Institute-Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
hmartinez@uthsc.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Alan Schroeder, MD
Critical Care, Hospital Medicine
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine
aschroe@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Shabana Yusuf, MD, MEd, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty
Texas Children’s Hospital Emergency Center, Houston
syusuf@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc
APA President
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
tjo@ucdavis.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Arvin Gang, MD
APA President-elect
General Pediatrics, Advocacy, Medical Education
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Arvin.Garg@umassmemorial.org
Affiliation: APA
Michael Steiner, MD, MPH
APA Secretary/Treasurer
General Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Adolescent Medicine
UNC Children’s, Gillings School of Global Public Health
msteiner@med.unc.edu
Affiliations: APA, AAP, SPR
Melissa Klein, MD
APA Education Chair
Pediatric Primary Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Melissa.Klein@cchmc.org
Affiliations: APA
Lisa DeCamp, MD, MSPH
APA’s Chair of the Research Committee
Health Equity / Social Determinants
University of Colorado School of Medicine
lisa.decamp@cuanschutz.edu
Affiliation: APA
Clifford Bogue, MD
Critical Care
Yale School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
clifford.bogue@yale.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, APA, SPR
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center
APS Secretary/Treasurer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM
Stephen Daniels, MD
Cardiology
Children’s of Colorado
stephen.daniels@childrenscolorado.org
Affiliation: APS
Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
lise.nigrovic@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR, AAP
Jennifer Read, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H
Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
University of Vermont, Vermont Department of Health
jennifer.read@uvm.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, PIDS, SPR
Yasmin Pedrogo
Hospital Medicine
SPR Chair
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
yasmin.pedrogo@upr.edu
Brenda Poindexter
SPR President
Neonatology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
Brenda.poindexter@emory.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Eric Austin
SPR President-Elect
Pediatric Pulmonology Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eric.Austin@vumc.org pediatric
Affiliation: SPR
Jacqueline Ho, MD
SPR Council Member
Nephrology
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
jacqueline.ho2@chp.edu
Daniel Moore, MD
SPR PAS Working Group Associate
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
daniel.moore@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Cristina Alvira, MD
SPR Past President
Critical Care
Stanford University School of Medicine
cristina.alvira@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Alyna Chien, MD, MS
General Pediatrics,
Health Services Research
Boston Children’s Hospital
alyna.chien@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: SPR
Katherine Dell, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
kmd8@case.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR
Danielle Soranno, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Indiana University School of Medicine
dsoranno@iu.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR
Joshua Wolf, MBBS, PhD, FPIDS, FRACP
Infectious Diseases
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician & Member
joshua.wolf@stjude.org
Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA
Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center
kasimonsen@unmc.edu
Affiliation: PIDS, AAP, SPR
Tetsuya Isayama, MD, MSc, PhD
Neonatology
National Center for Child Health and Development Tokyo, Japan
isayama-t@ncchd.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Noriko Iwamoto, MD
Infectious Disease, Public Health
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center
nkinoshita@hosp.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Noriyuki Namba, MD
Pediatrics and Perinatology
Tottori University
nnamba@tottori-u.ac.jp
Affiliation: ASPR
Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD
Nephrology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
FKASKEL@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APS, ASPN, SPR
Sylvia Lim, MD
Development and Professional Wellbeing and Vitality
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
slim@montefiore.org
Karen Warman, MD, MSc
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
kwarman@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Dawn L. Gano, MD, MAS
Pediatric Neurology
University of California San Francisco
Dawn.Gano@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: CNS, SPR
Emily Tam, MCDM, MAS, FRCPC
Neonatal Neurology
Hospital for Sick Children
emily.tam@sickkids.ca
Affiliation: SPR
Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Pediatrics Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
gdarmsta@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, SPR
Rishi Mediratta, MD, MSc, MA
Hospital Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
rishimd@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Donald Batisky, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
batiskdl@ucmail.UC.edu
Affiliation: AAP, ASPN
Andrew Tran, MD, MPH, MS
Cardiology, Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health, Hypertension, Public Health & Prevention
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
andrew.tran@nationwidechildrens.org
Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University
retzel@gwu.edu
Affiliation: AAP
Jonathan Cherry,
Senior Director, Research Operations
JCherry@marchofdimes.org
Affiliation: MOD
Rita Ryan, MD
PAS Neonatology Lead
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Case Western Reserve
Rita.Ryan@UHhospitals.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA, APS, SPR
Cami Martin
Neonatology
Weill Cornell Medicine
camilia.martin@med.cornell.edu
Tara Randis, MD, MS
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
trandis@usf.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Neonatology
University of California San Francisco
Fernando.Gonzalez@ucsf.edu
Alexa Craig, MD, MSc, MS
Neonatal Neurocritical Care
Maine Medical Center & Maine Medical Partner Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Scholarship Academy
Alexa.Craig@mainehealth.org
Thomas Ciecierega, MD
Gastroenterology, Nutrition
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ciecierega@gmail.com
Affiliation: NASPGHAN
Javier J Monagas, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology/Advanced-Interventional Endoscopy
Baylor College of Medicine
drjmonagasr@hotmail.com
Ricardo Quinonez
Hospital Medicine
raquinon@texaschildrens.org
Neha Shah, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
NShah@childrensnational.org
Affiliation: PHM
Jackie Walker
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Children’s Mercy Kansas
jmwalker@cmh.edu
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Adolescent Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
sara.buckelew@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: APS
Oriaku Kas-Osoka, MD, MeD
Adolescent Medicine
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
oriaku.kas-osoka@unlv.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA
Deborah Winders Davis, PhD
Child & Adolescent Health Research Design and Support (CAHRDS) Unit
Norton Children’s Research Institute
Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine
deborah.davis@louisville.edu
Affiliation: APA
Douglas Vanderbilt. MD, MS
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
dvanderbilt@chla.usc.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR
Juan Boriosi, MD
Critical Care, Sedation
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
jpboriosi@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Affiliation: SPS
Becky Burger
Emory University School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
beckyburger@emory.edu
Kate G. Ackerman, MD, MBA
Critical Care
Golisano Children’s Hospital
kate@ackerman.health
Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE
Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
BALAMUTHF@chop.edu
Affiliation: AAP
David Cooper, MD, MPH
Critical Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
David.Cooper@cchmc.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Natalja Stanski
Critical Care
Natalja.Stanski@cchmc.org
Stephanie Ford, MD
Neonatology and Nephrology
UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Stephanie.Ford@UHhospitals.org
Amy Hair, MD
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
abhair@texaschildrens.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
Neonatology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
SKallapur@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR
Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Heather.Kaplan@cchmc.org
Ken Michelson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
kenmichelson@luriechildrens.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR
Michael Posencheg, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine-University of Pennsylvania
Michael.Posencheg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Affiliation: AAP, SPR
Rebecca Scherzer
Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Rebecca.Scherzer@nationwidechildrens.org
Shylaja Srinivasan, MD
Endocrinology
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Shylaja.Srinivasan@ucsf.edu
Zachary Vesoulis, MD
Technology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
vesoulis_z@wustl.edu
Justin Yu, MD, MS
Palliative Care
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg
yuja@upmc.edu
PAS EXECUTIVE STAFF
Thomas J. (“TJ”) Coté, MBA, CAE
PAS Executive Director
Glenda Minshew
PAS Meeting Director
Kate Culliton
CFO – APS, SPR, PAS
Antonio Moreno
Director, IT
OUR MEETINGS
Past Meetings2025 ~ Honolulu, HI ~ April 24 – 28 2024 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 2 – 6 2023 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ April 27 – May 1 2022 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 21 – 25 2021 ~ VIRTUAL ~ Phase I – April 30 – May 4 | Phase-II – May 10 – June 4 2020 ~ Philadelphia, PA ~ April 29 – May 6 – CANCELED 2019 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 24 – May 1 2018 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 5 – 8 2017 ~ San Francisco, CA ~ May 6 – 9 2016 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 30 – May 3 2015 ~ San Diego, CA ~ April 25 – 28 2014 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 3 – 7 2013 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ May 4 – 7 2012 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 28 – May 1 2011 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 30 – May 3 2010 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 1 – 4 |
Future Meetings2026 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 23 – 27 2027 ~ Minneapolis, MN ~ April 29 – May 3 2028 ~ Salt Lake City, UT ~ May 4 – 8 2029 ~ Chicago, IL ~ April 26 – April 30 2030 ~ Phoenix, AZ ~ May 2 – 6 2031 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 24 – 28 2032 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ April 23 – 26 |
HOST CITY CRITERIA
Some of the key criteria PAS uses when selecting host cities are:
- Available: End of April/First of May
- Safe: Host City Is Perceived As Safe
- Environment: City is Welcoming & Values DEI
- Affordable: Convention Center & Hotels are affordable
- Size: Large Exhibit Hall and 70+ Meeting Rooms in the Convention Center
- Convenience: 40% of contracted PAS hotels are within 1 Block of the Convention Center
- Airport Size & Location: 50+ Non-Stop Flights per day minimum and no more than 15 miles from Convention Center
If you have any further questions or suggestions for future cities please contact info@pasmeeting.org.