What can be done now to set our children on the right track? This course, taught by UCSF pediatric specialists and surgeons will focus on a wide range of topics that pertain to children and teens and how intervention and treatment now can have major consequences for their future lives well beyond just their health. Topics will include up-to-date discussions of vaccination, childhood obesity, probiotics, and pediatric emergencies, as well as explorations of how hearing, speech, and the mind both develop and go awry.
COURSE CO-CHAIRS:
Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease
May 6
Watch The Lion King 50 Times and Never Get Bored? Insights Into the Mind of the Child
Andrea Marmor, MD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
May 13
Supplements for Children: Is There a Friendly Bacteria?
Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics,
Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Chief, Division of
General Pediatrics
May 20
The Bermuda Triangle of Pediatric Obesity: More Than Just the Calories
Kristine Madsen, MD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
May 27
Vaccine Controversies: Fact Vs Fiction
Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief,
Pediatric Infectious Disease
June 3
Don’t’ Panic! The ABCs of Pediatric Emergencies
Christine Cho, MD, Assistant Professor, Department
of Pediatrics; Division of Emergency Medicine,
Children’s Hospital Oakland
June 10
The Critical Early Years of Language Development: You Can’t Say What You Don’t Hear
Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division
of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
