At this year's all-virtual Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, Weill Cornell Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics was well-represented, with faculty, residents, fellows and staff presenting posters, platforms, workshops, plenaries, SIGs and other sessions across sub-specialties.
Please see below for a guide to Weill Cornell Medicine abstracts. Note: All times are in Central Time.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Emergency Medicine
Presenter: Alexandra Licona-Freudenstein, M.D., PGY-2
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: An analysis of pediatric emergency visits during the COVID-19 pandemic using a multi-centered network database in NYC
Authors: Deborah Levine, Yurhee Lee, Alan Wu, Susan Fraymovich, Jin-Young Han, Elizabeth Feuille, Shravya Pant, Shari L. Platt, Erika Abramson, Zachary Grinspan
Session Number/Title: Emergency Medicine: e-Posters−COVID-19
Session Date and Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Poster Board No. 728
Publication No. EP-122.728
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Nephrology
Presenter: Oleh M. Akchurin, M.D., Ph.D.
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Response to Ferrous Sulfate in Children with Anemia of CKD
Authors: Sharmi Biswas, Kelly Jasmin Meza, Chantal Talmor, Simon Brovender, Anuradha Gajjar, Eduardo M Perelstein, Dmitry Samsonov, Juhi Kumar, Sonia Solomon, Oleh M. Akchurin
Session Number/Title: Nephrology: e-Posters- Extra Corporeal Therapies and CKD
Session Date and Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Poster Board No. 1918
Publication No. EP-210.1918
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: e-Posters−Ambulatory Care
Presenter: Natasha Dilwali, M.D.
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Resident Led Quality Improvement Project to Improve Postpartum Depression Screening
Authors: Kate Schertz, Surabhi Menon, Erika Abramson, Snezana Nena Osorio, Efniki Kyvelos
Session Number/Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: e-Posters−Ambulatory Care
Session Date and Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00 am-6:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 5:00am-6:00am CT
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Poster Board No. 2112
Presenter: Phillip Zhen Chan, M.D., PGY-1
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase HPV immunization rates in a Community-based Academic Clinic in Queens, New York
Authors: Matthew R. Murray, Phillip Zhen Chan, Robyn Rosenblum, Erika Abramson, Snezana Nena Osorio
Session Number/Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: e-Posters−Ambulatory Care
Session Date and Time: April 30, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Poster Board No. 2101
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: e-Posters--Neonatal QI 1
Presenter: Vargabi Ghei, M.D.
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Prevention of Hypoglycemia in High-Risk Infants by Improving Adherence to Protocol
Authors: Priyanka Tiwari, MD, Kiran Gadani-Patel,MD; Billy Pak, MD, Barbara Alba, RN PhD, Tracey Schonfeld, RN MSN, Lisandra Torres, RN MSN, Johanna Schissler RN, MSN
Session Number/Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: e-Posters--Neonatal QI 1
Session Date and Time: Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 5:00 am - 6:00 am CT
Poster Board No. 2166
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Critical Care
Presenter: Tara Pilato '21
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: Pediatric Delirium and All-Cause PICU Readmissions within One Year: A Retrospective Analysis
Authors: Elizabeth Mauer, Linda Gerber PhD, Chani Traube, MD
Session Number/Title: Critical Care: Sepsis With a Touch of Delirium
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 5:20 pm - 5:30 pm CT
Presentation Format: Live
Presenter: Alisha Bouzaher, M.D., PGY-2
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Hydromorphone-Based Analgosedation in the PICU: A Pilot Study
Authors: Katherine Pumphrey, PGY-3, Elizabeth Mauer, Linda M. Gerber, Joseph Dario, Chani Traube MD
Session Number/Title: Critical Care: Highlighted e-Posters
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Time: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Publication No. 1902-HP-QA.21
Poster Board No. 21
Presentation Format: Highlighted e-Poster with Live Q&A
Global Neonatal & Children's Health I
Presenters: Aisa Shayo, Pendo Mlay, Emily Ahn, Hussein Kidanto, Michael Espiritu, Jeffrey Perlman
Type: Platform
Session Title: Global Neonatal & Children's Health I
Presentation Title: Neonatal Mortality (NM) is Modulated by ↓Birth Weight (BW), ↓Gestational Age (GA), Intrapartum and Delivery Room (DR) Factors – a 5-year hospital review from Tanzania
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 10:00 am -10:10 am CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Q & A
Presenter: Augustine Massawe
Type: Platform
Session Title: Global Neonatal & Children's Health I
Presentation Title: Intrapartum and Delivery Room (DR) factors contributing to Higher Neonatal Mortality (NM) in Infants of Deceasing Birth Weight (BW) < 2000g
Aurhors: Aisa Shayo, Robert Moshiro, Prisca Ringia, Pendo Mlay, Hussein Kidanto, Michael Espiritu, Jeffrey Perlman
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 10:10 am -10:20 am CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Q & A
Presenters: Scott Herrod, Alex Stevenson, Yvonne Vaucher, Scott Lambert, Sherwin Isenberg, Vivien Yap, Chinyere Ezeaka, Wally Carlo
Type: Platform
Session Title: Global Neonatal & Children's Health I
Presentation Title: Oxygen management in relation to retinopathy of prematurity in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional survey
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 10:20 am - 10:30 am CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Q & A
Infectious Diseases
Co-Chair and Presenter: Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D.
Type: State of the Art Plenary
Session Title: Is Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection a Vaccine-Preventable Disease? Candidate Vaccines Enter Clinical Trials Even as Uncertainties About the Protective Role of Maternal Immunity Emerge
Presentation Title: Modeling Congenital CMV Infection to Examine the Protective Benefit of Preconception Maternal Immunity
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 1:55 pm - 2:20 pm CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Live Q & A
Course Number: 1510-SS-QA
Medical Education
Co-Moderator: Susan Bostwick, M.D., M.B.A.
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: Medical Education: Feedback, Coaching, Assessment, and Evaluation
Course Number: 1620-PL-QA
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: On-Demand with Live Q&A
Obesity
Presenter: Brittany Watchmaker, M.D., PGY-1
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Smaller Feeding Bottle Size in Newborns Reduces Overfeeding on First Day of Life which is a Risk Factor for Later Life Overweight and Obesity
Authors: Emily Decicco M2, Kaavya Adam M3, Dr. Lara Dugas PhD, MPH, Dr. Bridget Boyd M.D.
Session Number/Title: Obesity: Highlighted e-Posters
Session Date and Time: May 1, 2021, 6:15pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Time: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Poster Board No. 103
Publication No. 1910-HP-QA.103
Presentation Format: Highlighted e-Poster with Live Q&A
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: Highlighted e-Posters
Presenter: Nicole Gerber, M.D.
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: CODE-ONC: A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative to reduce time to ED antibiotic administration for febrile neutropenic pediatric oncology patients
Authors: Nicole Gerber, Kathleen Morton, Adam Vella, Shari Platt, Snezana Nena Osorio
Session Number/Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: Highlighted e-Posters
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Time: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Format: Highlighted e-Poster with Live Q&A
Poster Board No.: 116
Presenters: Sean Cullen, M.D., Ph.D. and Emily Ahn, M.D., Neonatology Fellows
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Reducing the Rate of Unplanned Extubations in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Authors: Sean M. Cullen, Emily Ahn, Steven Pon, Carl Blake, Eric J. Wilsterman, Kerry-Ann Mohrman, Snezana Nena Osorio, Priyanka Tiwari
Session Number/Title: Quality Improvement/Patient Safety: Highlighted e-Posters
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Time: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CT
Poster Board No. 112
Publication No. 1911-HP-QA.112
Presentation Format: Highlighted e-Poster with Live Q&A
Telemedicine/E.H.R./Medical Informatics
Presenter: Melissa Chan, M.D.
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: A Systematic Review Optimizing Comprehension of Medication Instructions Through Numerical Format Analysis
Authors: Marianne Sharko, Mohit Manoj Sharma, Natalie C. Benda, Eric J. Wilsterman, Jessica Ancker
Session Number/Title: Telemedicine/E.H.R./Medical informatics: E.H.R.
Session Date and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Global Neonatal & Children's Health II
Presenters: Sithembiso Velaphi
Type: Platform
Session Title: Global Neonatal & Children's Health II
Presentation Title: Trends in Fresh Stillbirth Rates (FSBR) and Neonatal Mortality Rates (NMR) after five years of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) implementation in Eastern Cape (EC), South Africa
Presenters:Martha Mayer, Nomvuyo Xhinti, Zolile Mlisana, Casey Lowman, Janna Patterson, Jeffrey Perlman
Session Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 2021, 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm CT
Presentation Time: 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Q & A
Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Quality Improvement
Presenter: Liana Senaldi, M.D., Neonatalogy Fellow
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Antibiotic Utilization in Newborns with Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
Authors: Lauren Blatt, Jin-Young Han, Giselle Gozum, Susan Venturini, Sherrie Hauft, Vivien Yap, Karen Acker, Snezana Nena Osorio, Priyanka Tiwari
Session Number/Title: Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Quality Improvement
Session Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 2021, 4:30pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 4:45pm - 5:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: Live
Publication No: 2740-PL-L2
Presenter: Jessica Bush, M.D. and Ansi Hakkim, M.D., Neonatology Fellows
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Impact of Race, Insurance Status and Primary Language on Postpartum Depression Screening in a Level IV NICU
Authors: Ansi Hakkim, Jessica Bush, Georgina Hartzell, Jane Taikina, Ashley Winn, Nadira Jegroo, Vanessa Zinke, Talia Grossman, Priyanka Tiwari
Session Number/Title: Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Quality Improvement: Highlighted e-Posters
Session Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 2021, 6:15pm - 7:15 pm CT
Presentation Time: 6:15pm - 7:15 pm CT
Poster Board No. 247
Publication No. 2912-HP-QA.247
Presentation Format: Highlighted e-Poster with Live Q&A
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
General Pediatrics: Infections
Co-Moderator: Susan Bostwick, M.D., M.B.A.
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: General Pediatrics: Infections
Course Number: 4620-PL-QA
Session Date and Time: Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: On-Demand with Live Q&A
General Pediatrics: Primary Care
Discussant: Cori Green, M.D., M.S.
Type: Hot Topic Symposia
Abstract Title: Meeting Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Needs in Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaboration Involving Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists
Authors: Shahidullah J, Thomas B, Hostutler C, Hersey S, Urs J, Wallis, Kadehart, Kettlewell P, Ramirez L, Cori Green, Stancin T
Session Date and Time: Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Format Type: On-Demand with Live Q & A
Presentation Time: 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm CT
Course No. 4500-SS-QA
Infectious Diseases
Presenter/Award Recipient: Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D.
Type: Presidential Plenary
Abstract Title: SPR Award in honor of E Mead Johnson: Vaccination around birth for life-long protection against pandemics
Authors: Sallie Permar
Session Date and Time: Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 1:03 pm - 1:28 pm CT
Presentation Format: Live
Course Number: 4415-PP-L
Medical Education
Presenter: Monique Naifeh, M.D, M.P.H.
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: Early Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Residency Programs
Authors: Monique Naifeh, Michelle Stevenson, Erika Abramson, Christopher Aston, Su-Ting T. Li
Session Number/Title: Medical Education: Trending Topics
Session Date and Time: Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm CT
Publication No. 4720-PL-L.5
Presentation Format: Live
Neonatology
Presenter: Anam Mendha, M.D.
Type: Platform
Abstract Title: Targeting Pyroptosis to Prevent Hyperoxia-induced Lung Injury in Neonatal Rats
Authors: Ansi Hakkim, Huijun Yuan, Shaoyi Chen, Mathew R Duncan, Pingping Chen, Ronald Zambrano, Augusto Schmidt, Karen Young, Shu Wu
Session Number/Title: Neonatal General: Potpourri
Session Date and Time: May 4, 2021, 10:00am - 10:10am CT
Presentation Time: 10:00am - 10:10am CT
Presentation Format: On Demand with Q&A
Monday, May 10, 2021
Behavioral Health
Presenter: Cori M. Green, M.D., M.S.
Type: PAS SIG
Title: PAS SIG: Behavioral Health
Chairs: Michael Sharf, Laura Shipley
Session Date and Time: Monday, May 10, 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: Live
Course No.: 510-7-PASSIG-L
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
General Pediatrics: Primary Care
Co-Chair: Theresa Hetzler, M.D.
Type: Special Interest Group: APA SIG
Session Title: APA Continuity SIG
Participants: Theresa Hetzler, Ada Fenick, John Olsson, Teresa Duryea, Lynn Garfunkel, Marilyn Dumont-Driscoll, Paula Algranati, Paul Darden, Sharon Riesen, Susan Feigelman, Daniel Nicklas, Kristina Gustafson, Maheen Quadri, Janet Serwint
Course Number: 512-1-APASIG-L
Session Date and Time: Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 9:00 am - 11:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am CT
Presentation Format: Live
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Faculty Development
Workshop Leader: Michael Ryan, M.D. M.E.H.P.
Type: Workshop
Abstract Title: Innovation to Publication in Five Simple Steps: How the Busy Clinician-Educator Can Translate Creative Ideas into Educational Scholarship
Speakers: Mary E. Rocha, Meg Keeley, Amal Khidir, Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro, Chad Vercio, TJ Jirasevijinda, Caroline Paul
Course No. 520- 3-WS-L
Session Date and Time: Thursday, May 20, 2021, 9:00 am - 11:00 am CT
Presentation Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am CT
Presentation Format: Live
Thursday, August 12, 2021
General Pediatrics: Primary Care
Speaker: Theresa Hetzler, M.D.
Type: Workshop
Workshop Name: Sparking Joy in Pediatric Practice
Participants: Daniel Nicklas, Janet Serwint, Theresa Hetzler, Kristina Gustafson, Maheen Quadri, Lynn Garfunkel, Teresa Duryea, Paula Algranati, Marilyn Dumont-Driscoll, Ada Fenick.
Course Number: 3-812-WS-L
Session Date and Time: Thursday, August 12, 2021, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CT
Presentation Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CT
Presentation Format: Live
No Designated Time
Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Presenter: Kala Levine, M.D., PGY-2
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Healthcare Utilization Among Immunocompromised Children with Sars-CoV-2 Infection
Authors: Alan Wu, Erika Abramson, Zachary Grinspan, Elizabeth Feuille
Session Number/Title: Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology: e-Posters
Session Date and Time: No set time
Publication No. EP-102.531
Poster Board No. 531
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Critical Care
Presenter: Lisa Bartucca, M.D., PGY-2
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Epidemiology of Severe Bleeding in Children Following Cardiac Surgery Involving Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Authors: Ramzi Shaykh MD, Arabella Stock MD, Jeffrey Dayton, Emile Bacha, Marianne Nellis
Session Number/Title: Critical Care: e-Posters 2
Session Date and Time: No set time
Publication No. EP-113.675
Poster Board No. 675
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Presenter: Sophia Hsien, M.D., PGY-3
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Hemostatic Efficacy of Pathogen-Reduced Platelets in Children Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Authors: Jeffrey Dayton, Arabela Stock, Emile A. Bacha, Melissa Cushing, Marianne Nellis
Session Number/Title: Critical Care: e-Posters 1
Session Date and Time: No set time
Publication No. EP-112.644
Poster Board No. 644
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Endocrinology
Presenter: Jennifer Aspan, M.D., Pediatric Endocrine Fellow
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Pallister-Hall Syndrome
Authors: Vikash K. Modi, Alexis J. Feuer, Oksana Lekarev
Session Number/Title: Endocrinology: e-Posters
Session Date and Time: No set time
Presentation Format: e-Poster
Poster Board No. 877
Publication No. EP-138.877
Health Equity/Diversity/Inclusion
Session Chair/Presenter: Hannah Ahmed
Type: Poster
Session Title: The State of Diversity and Implicit Bias Training in Pediatric Graduate Medical Education
Authors: Abramson E, Cooley V, Gerber L, Peek M, Howell JD
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 967
Publication No. EP-147.967
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC
Presenter: Jenny C. Jin, M.D., Neonatology Fellow
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Gut dysbiosis is a key driver of inflammation in premature infants (PI)
Authors: Aparna Ananthanarayanan, Stephanie Rager, Katherine Sanidad, Mohammed Afaq, Jeffrey M. Perlman, Melody Zeng
Session Number/Title: Neonatal GI Physiology & NEC: e-Posters−Microbiome
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 1670
Publication No. EP-192.1670
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Neonatal Infant Resuscitation
Presenter: Dina Elachi, M.D., Neonatology Fellow
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: A Pilot Nursing-Specific Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Simulation (SIM) Refresher Course Improves Performance of Initial Neonatal Resuscitation (NR).
Authors: Michaela Berroya, Mary Miller, Lauren Raggio, Katherine Roberts, Claudette Theuriere, Susan Venturini, Charlene Thomas, Jeffrey Perlman, Catherine Chang
Session Number/Title: Neonatal/Infant Resuscitation: ePosters 2
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 1840
Publication No. EP-205.1840
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Neonatal Neurology
Presenter: Ansi Hakkim, M.D., Neonatology Fellow
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Duration of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the Delivery Room in Newborns with an Apgar Score (AS) 0-1 versus 2-5 treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) does not predict Worse Neurodevelopmental Outcome (NDO)
Authors: Ansi Hakkim, Gail Ross, Vivien Yap, Jeffrey Perlman
Session Number/Title: Neonatal Neurology: Clinical: e-Posters 2
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 1979
Publication No. EP-214. 1979
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Neonatology-Perinatology
Presenter: Dina Elachi, M.D., Liana Senaldi, M.D., Neonatalogy Fellows
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Development of a Transport Tool for the Interfacility Relocation of a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Christel Vasquez, Anna DiMatteo, Jeffrey Perlman, Michael Espiritu
Session Number/Title: Neonatal-Perinatal Health Care Delivery: Practices & Procedures: e-Posters 2
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 1905
Publication No. EP-209.1905
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A
Pulmonology
Presenter: Leonard Haas, M.D. PGY-3
Type: Poster
Abstract Title: Resident reported comfort in providing guideline consistent care for pediatric asthma does not match actual practice during clinic visits
Authors: Katherine Pumphrey (PGY-3), Erika Abramson, Snezana N. Osorio, Jennie G. Ono
Session Number/Title: Asthma: e-Posters
Session Date and Time: No set time
Poster Board No. 547
Publication No. EP-103.547
Presentation Format: e-Poster with Chat Q&A