Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
39th Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Conference on Clinical Pediatrics

39th Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Conference on Clinical Pediatrics

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host the 39th Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Conference on Clinical Pediatrics 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 28 and 7 a.m. to noon Aug. 29 at the International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.

The purpose of this conference is to provide health care professionals with
 recent and continuing advances in the field of pediatrics. Input from previous evaluations, faculty expertise and newly released and relevant clinical data are used to determine needs and scope of topics.

Top pediatric experts from across the country are scheduled to speak. Presentations and speakers will include:

Carl Tapia, M.D.
  • Navigating the System in the Care of the Child with Medical Complexity
  • Medical Home Transformation and Certification
  • Ethical Issues in Children with Serious but Non-terminal Conditions

Mohamad Al-Rahawan, M.D.
  • Yes We Can: Managing the Complexities of Childhood Cancer

Fatma Levent, M.D.
  • HPV Vaccination: Significance, Controversies and Recommendations

Chrystal Jansz Rieken, Ph.D.
  • Evidence Based Therapies for Autism

Sarah Wakefield, M.D.
  • ADHD: An Algorithm for Primary Care Physicians
  • ADHD and Comorbidities

Christine Neugebauer, M.S., MT-BT-BC, LPC
  • Music Therapy

Patti Patterson, M.D.
  • “Controversies” in Child Abuse

Nancy D. Kellogg, M.D.
  • Child Abuse in a Medical Setting: Who’s Driving the Bus?
  • Sexual Behaviors in Children: What’s Normal? What’s Not?

Michael Gomez, Ph.D.
  • Best Practices in the Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Stress

For more information, call Myra Jones at (806) 743-2929 or visit www.ttuhsc.edu/cme.