Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Stephanie Wellington
Nurturing MDs, USA
Keynote: On the cusp of life and death, choose life
Time : 09:30-10:30
Biography:
Stephanie Wellington has received her Medical degree at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She has completed her Pediatric Residency and Neonatal Fellowship training at New York University School of Medicine. Her desire to support families in the NICU guided her to become a Certified Professional Coach fromthe Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). She is a writer, speaker and facilitator of NICU parent support groups. Her love of coaching has expanded and she hosts workshops and private coaching for physicians and medical professionals courageous enough to live into the highest vision for their life and career.
Abstract:
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) positions us to live on the cusp of life and death. Studies show that parents of NICU babies are adversely impacted by the NICU hospitalization. Psychologically they have increased rates of anxiety, insomnia, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. These same stressors exert their effects on the medical team. As we enter the discussion of periviability, which challenges the medical team to produce outcomes for infants who previously would not have been resuscitated, the pressure mounts. How does a doctor in training, a mother with a baby in the NICU or a seasoned physician meet the challenges of living on the edge of life and death? This talk takes a journey through human vulnerability which is often overlooked in the quest for the latest in research and technology to support these tiny patients.
Participants will gain: (1) Insight into how a mother’s past pregnancy losses dramatically contributes to her inability to connectand receive support from nurses, doctors and her family. Along her journey she experiences the power of releasing her past inorder to be present for her daughter in the NICU, (2) discover the shift in perspective as a future neonatologist’s vulnerabilityis not a sign of weakness but an opportunity to deepen and accept her humanity, (3) learn how a neonatologist blended life coaching with medicine to shift from compartmentalization, a common mode of dealing with the stress and death in medicine,to detached involvement and reignite her passion and purpose.
Session Introduction
Ameya Ghanekar
Founder and Chief Learning Officer - Orange Zebra, UAE
Title: Significance of perception management in healthcare industry globally
Time : 11:00-12:00
Biography:
Ameya Ghanekar is a TEDx speaker, award winning leadership facilitator, published author, learning strategist, strength coach, experienced body language guru and perception management specialists. He has 14 years of experience in corporate, consultancy and education domain specializing in healthcare, oil and gas, hospitality (Luxury), retail, banking, wellness, real estate, equine, manufacturing, entertainment and fitness industry. He has successfully coached and trained chief medical directors, doctors and healthcare professionals.
Abstract:
Perception is bigger than reality in today’s world and healthcare industry is not an exception to it. The way patients perceive a doctors is crucial for the success of a doctor. A few behavioral techniques could be catalyst for the successful career and personal growth for healthcare industry profesionals. The conversation about perception management will help healthcare professionals to effectively and succcessfully manage the perception about them leading to the unbelivebale professnional rewards.
Kanav Anand
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India
Title: Workshop on peritoneal dialysis in children
Time : 12:00-13:00
Biography:
Kanav Anand is a Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Institute of Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India. He is an Executive Member of Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology. He is also the National Convener for Nephrology in a Nutshell program run under the aegis of Indian Academy of Pediatrics. He has authored a number of chapters in books on pediatrics and pediatric nephrology. His interest is in interventional pediatric nephrology and bedwetting.
Abstract:
Pediatricians relatively have a greater experience and comfort level with Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) as compared to other modalities of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT). PD is a cost-effective and efficient therapy as it requires less technological expertise and resource allocation as compared to CRRT or Hemodialysis. PD provides gradual, continuous solute and water clearance through diffusion and ultrafiltration. PD does not require vascular access and access for peritoneal dialysis can be quickly and safely obtained, even in hemodynamically unstable patients, thus allowing for the rapid institution of therapy. Typical access includes Tenckhoff catheters which can be placed by pediatric surgeons in operation theatre or bedside by means of peel off technique percutaneously. Rigid PD cathethers can also be used if cost is an issue and requirement of PD is just for a couple of days. This workshop will focus on the following: 1) Indications of starting PD 2) Types of catheters used for PD 3) Procedure of insertion 4) PD monitoring 5) Troubleshooting
Harish C Gugnani
FRC. Path. , Retd. Professor, University of Delhi, India
Title: Neonatal candidemia in India: An overview and update
Time : 14:00-14:25
Biography:
Harish C Gugnani has completed his PhD in Medical Microbiology in 1970 from University of Delhi. He was the Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, London (FRC Path) in 1990. He currently serves as an honorary Consultant in diagnosis of fungal infections in Delhi hospitals. He has published 240 research articles in highly reputed journals including 30 on global burden of diseases of various kinds in Lancet and two each in American Journal of Tropical Medicine, JAMA Pediatrics and International Journal of Public Health, and one in New England Journal of Medicine. He has been serving as Member of Editorial Board and a Referee for several medical journals.
Abstract:
The incidence of candidemia has increased worldwide over the last more than five decades due to increasing population of immunocompromised hosts and advances in medical procedures. Nosocomial candidemia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of candidemia in Asia ranges from 0.026 to 4.2 per 1000 admissions. Its exact prevalence in India is not known due to paucity of systematic epidemiological. In PG Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, 143 neonates were diagnosed to have acquired systemic candidiasis out of a total 4,530 admissions (3.2%). Though C. albicans is the most frequent etiological agent of candidemia in neonates in India, there has been increased prevalence of other Candida spp., notably C. tropicalis, followed in order of frequency by C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei and C. guillermondii. In a couple of studies C. tropicalis was more frequent etiological agent of neonatal candidemia than C. albicans. Also C. glabrata predominated among non-C. albicans species in a few of the investigations. Further, C. aureus has recently emerged as an important cause of neonatal candidamia in India. Multiple risk factors for neonatal candidemia include low birth weights less than 1250 g, prolonged indwelling intravascular catheters and central venous catheters, intrapartum use of antibiotics (often prolonged), unclean vaginal examination, parenteral nutrition, ventilator support and prior Candida colonization and inherent resistance to fluconazole observed in C. kruei and C. glabrata. It conclusion it can be said that neonatal candidemia in a challenging problem in India. We should prevent it by identifying risk factors in hospital settings and minimizing their level, implementation of hand washing procedures and precise identification of causative Candida species and in vitro antifungal susceptibility tests for formulation of effective therapy.
Krishna Prasad Bista
President- Nepal Paediatric Society, Nepal
Title: Role of national pediatric society in reducing pediatric malnutrition in developing countries in context of Nepal
Time : 14:25-14:50
Biography:
Krishna Prasad Bista is the President of Nepal Pediatric Society (NEPAS) and a Member of APPA Technical Advisory Group, Nepal, Coordinator-Nutrition chapter, NEPAS and Consultant Pediatrician at Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu. He has obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health from Tribhuwan University, Nepal in 1997. He has worked as a Treasurer for NEPAS from 2008-2010 and worked as General Secretary for NEPAS from 2014-2016. Presently he is working as a President and National Coordinator for Paediatric Nutrition (NEPAS). He is presently working in The Kanti Children’s Hospital as a Consultant Pediatrician in Nepal.
Abstract:
Malnutrition is a major public health problem in developing countries, responsible for approximately one-half of all childhood deaths globally. Documents review of the society and the national position papers and the various survey reports is done. The Nepal Paediatric Society (NEPAS) has played pivotal role in the development of community child health by extensive involvement in child health policies, strategies and interventions developed by Government of Nepal along with its partners like WHO, UNICEF. The nutritional status of children in Nepal has improved since 1996. More than half (57%) of children under five were stunted in 1996 compared to 36% in 2016. Consequently there is reduction on wasted and underweight children respectively from 15% and 42% in 1996 to 10% and 27% in 2016. To conclude NEPAS and its members are taking active participation in national child health programs and has an important role to play in advising policy makers on the development of effective responses to social problems that affect children's health.
Abeer Mohi El-Din Saleh
International Medical Center Hospital, Egypt
Title: Recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology and management of cystic fibrosis
Time : 14:50-15:15
Biography:
Abeer Mohi El-Din Saleh has completed Bachelor’s degree from Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in 1995, Master’s degree from the same university in 2001 and MRCPCH London, UK in 2013. She has previously worked in Yeovil District Hospital, UK. She is currently is working as a Pediatric Consultant in the International Medical Center Hospital and Nasser Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract:
Although cystic fibrosis is a monogenic, predominantly Caucasian, autosomal recessive disease, increasing numbers of patients with cystic fibrosis are being identified in other large populations. It was first recognized as a specific disease by Dorothy Andersen in 1938, with descriptions that fit the condition occurring at least as far back as 1595. The cystic fibrosis trans membrane conductance regulator gene was identified in 1989. It affects multiple organs, including the intestine, sweat glands, pancreas and the reproductive system, but cystic fibrosis lung disease causes most morbidity and leads to premature mortality. It’s now predicted that children born with cystic fibrosis in the 2000s will survive into their 50s. The focus of this review is to summarize some of the recent advances that have taken place in our understanding of the recent advances in diagnosing and managing cystic fibrosis.
Klaus Martin Beckmann
Griffith University, Australia
Title: Neonatal/preverbal trauma and its implications on treatability in the psychologically traumatised child
Time : 15:15-15:40
Biography:
Klaus Martin Beckmann is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Medicine, Griffith University, Logan Hospital campus and he is employed as a Specialist Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist within the Child and Youth Mental Health Academic Clinical Unit, Metro South Hospital and Health Services for the Evolve Therapeutic Services (ETS) team.
Abstract:
Perinatal trauma comes on several spectra quality, intensity, duration, frequency and locations. Some newborns will be more traumatised than others. In selected infants, especially in the case of congenital physical health compromise, subsequent psychological trauma may endure for months, sometimes years and tragically sometimes a life long. Resilience to psychological scaring and PTSD will be discussed. This presentation outlines treatment options for toddler and infant. Whilst primary prevention is not possible to achieve after harm has been experienced, the focus is on therapies, secondary and tertiary prevention. Several psychological and psychosocial as well as systemic treatment options are presented in an attachment informed context. There will be a compound case presented and the presentation will be free of jargon and hands-on.
Biography:
Sydney Engelberg is a Founding Director of the Program in Community Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, taught at Clarke University and Derby University, England and consulted to the World Bank, UNICEF, IBM, Microsoft and Intel. He is currently on the Faculty of the Schwartz Program in Nonprofit Management, School of Social Work and Social Welfare and the Nonprofit Management and Leadership program at the Rothberg International School, both at the Hebrew University and is a Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of Bologna, Italy. He has his own consulting practice with clients in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Abstract:
The American Psychological Association proclaims that, the ability to thrive despite these challenges (of childhood) arises from the skills of resilience”. The good news is that resilience skills can be learned. Building resilience; the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress can help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. The most pressing need seems to be to teach children the soft skills necessary for developing resilience. This workshop aims to describe a comprehensive model for understanding soft skills and to provide an innovative model for soft skills development in children. The workshop provides a bridge between research, teaching and practice and provides a comprehensive overview of soft skills from their definition to their expression and application in the real world.