Alabama Chapter-AAP members and other pediatric healthcare providers, join the Chapter for its signature event, the Spring Meeting & Pediatric Update! In 2022, we are delighted to host pediatricians from throughout the state and region at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL for the first time! This will be a fantastic venue to reconnect with one another and get top-notch pediatric CME at the same time!
Details and Registration
Agenda - updated 3/22/22
Registration Brochure - updated 3/22/22 with revised speaker order
Topics & Speakers
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Associate Dean of Community Engagement, Morehouse School of Medicine, Mableton, GA
Advancing Child Health Equity: Intersectionality, Community Engagement and the Path Forward
Cason Benton, MD, FAAP, Director, Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance; Professor, UAB Heersink Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Dawson, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Charles Henderson Child Health Clinic, Troy, AL
A Healthy Beginnings Mini-Workshop: Applying ACHIA Obesity Prevention Collaborative Lessons Learned in Your Practice
Brian Brocato, DO, FACOG, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Impact of Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy on the Maternal/Infant Dyad
Chip Hart, Director, PCC Pediatric Solutions Consulting Group, Winooski, VT
Finding, Hiring...and KEEPING Good Staff” Lecture/Roundtable Discussion
Kara Huls, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Peering into the Dark: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
David Kimberlin, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
COVID Vaccine in Children: Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going?
New Therapies for COVID Treatment and Prevention
Rebekah Savage, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine Unviersity of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics, Birmingham, AL
Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Your Dieting Patient: Managing the Spectrum of Disordered Eating
Carmen Tong, DO, Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections and Vesicoureteral Reflux
Special Programs
Details and Registration
Agenda - updated 3/22/22
Registration Brochure - updated 3/22/22 with revised speaker order
Hotel Reservations
A block of rooms is being held for our group at The Lodge at Gulf State Park. Reservations can be made online by following this link or by calling 800.618.4350 - be sure to use Group Code ALAAP.
