The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting is the premier national conference for advancing pediatric research, innovation, and collaboration. University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s is proud to be represented by a dynamic group of clinicians, researchers, and educators who will be sharing their latest findings and insights with peers from around the world.
Below is a list of presenters, speakers, and poster authors contributing to this year’s meeting. Their work reflects our unwavering commitment to advancing pediatric care and improving outcomes for children and families everywhere.
We invite you to explore their presentations and celebrate the impact of our faculty, trainees and teams at the 2025 PAS Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Highlighted Presentations & Workshops
- Friday April 25, 2025
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PAS Post-Graduate Course: NEO ID: Tackling Neonatal Infections: Current Debates and Expert Opinions
Rita Ryan, MD
7:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m | Convention Center: 304Why is the Preterm Immune System Different and How Does that Impact Sepsis?
Devashis Mukherjee, MD
8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Convention Center: 304Airway Station / Tailoring Sedation Groups
Ingrid Anderson, MD, Andrea Scioscia, MD, MS, Anne Stormorken, MD
8:30 – 9:10 a.m. | Convention Center: 313 BAirway Station / Tailoring Sedation Swap Groups
Ingrid Anderson, MD, Andrea Scioscia, MD, MS, Anne Stormorken, MD
9:10 – 9:50 a.m. | Convention Center: 313 BShould We Stop Antibiotics Sooner? A Small QI Project
Rita Ryan, MD
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Convention Center: 304Surveillance of Invasive and Resistant Escherichia coli in Neonates (SIREN) Study
Devashis Mukherjee, MD, presented by Dustin Flannery, MD
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 319Poster Presentations
Increasing Lead Testing Rates: Parents and Primary Care Pediatricians’ Perspectives
Olushola Fapo*, Eliane Malek, Sarah Ronis, Marie Masotya
7:30 - 8:10 a.m. | Convention Center 316BCPROP Revisited: What NICU exposures contribute to BPD?
Krithika Lingappan*, Rui Feng, Roberta Keller, Gloria S. Pryhuber, Stephanie Davis, Sarah D. Ronis, Aaron HamvasBrenda Poindexter, James M. Greenberg, Paul E. Moore, Rita M. Ryan
5:30 – 7:45 p.m. | Kamehameha Exhibition Hall, Hawaii Convention CenterWhere and how many? Emerging post-pandemic data that informs and optimizes teen vaccination
Jane Quinn, Samyukta Rao, Madeline McNee, Amy B. Middleman*
5:30 - 7:45 p.m. | Kamehameha Exhibition Hall, Hawaii Convention CenterMesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Prevents Airway Hyperreactivity in a Mouse Model of Neonatal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Anusha Mopuri, Catherine Mayer, Tracey L. Bonfield, Panvathu Rungsiyaphornratana, Thomas M. Raffay, Michael Konstan, Peter M. MacFarlane.
5:30 – 7:45 p.m. | Kamehameha Exhibition Hall, Hawaii Convention Center - Saturday April 26, 2025
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Medical Education 1: Faculty Development
Ross Myers, MD
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Convention Center: 317Fixel-Based Metrics of White Matter Alterations at Term-Equivalent Age as a Neonatal Marker of Motor Impairments in Infants Born Very Preterm
Samudragupta Bora, PhD
7:30 – 7:45 a.m. | Convention Center: 312Subspeciality Networking Breakout: Asthma, Allergy and Environmental Management
Rita Ryan, MD
8:50 – 9:50 a.m. | Convention Center: Pa Kaloka Charlot Courtyard Level 3Comparing characteristics and outcomes of critical bronchiolitis admissions at children’s hospitals and community hospitals
Steven Shein, MD, FCCM
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. | Convention Center: 312NEC: Ethical and Legal Considerations
Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JD
12:40 – 12:55 p.m. | Convention Center: 315Maximizing the Impact of Your Publication!
Cynthia Bearer, MD, Eleanor J. Molloy, MD, Damian Roland, MD
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 304Looking Through the Same Lens: Integrating Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatology for Optimal Hemodynamic Care in the NICU
Stephanie Ford, MD
1:55 – 2:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 317 - Sunday, April 27, 2025
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APA SIG: Pediatric Clinical Research Network
Samudragupta Bora, PhD
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Convention Center: 3024 - Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Reduces Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Adolescents With Obesity
Priya Mohan, MD
7:45 – 8:00 a.m. | Convention Center: Pa Kamali'I "Children's Courtyard" (Level 3)Conclusion and Next Steps
Samudragupta Bora, PhD
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. | Convention Center: 302Balancing Care and Liability: Legal Insights for Neonatologists
Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JD
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Convention Center: 315Therapeutic Drifts in Neonatology - A Cautionary Tale
Richard Martin, MD
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 316 BCIntroduction. What Is Therapeutic Drift and the Role of Randomised Controlled Trials in Neonatal Practice?
Richard Martin, MD
2:00 – 2:06 p.m. | Convention Center: 316 BCWalking Down the Primose Path for Steroids
Rita Ryan, MD
2:50 – 3:10 p.m. | Convention Center: 316BCould Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Before Term-Equivalent Age Reliably Predict Long-Term Motor Outcomes in Children Born Very Preterm?
Samudragupta Bora, PhD
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 317Poster Presentations
Factors Associated with Chronic School Absenteeism Among Medicaid-Insured Children with Asthma
Sarah Ronis*, Marie Masotya, Meagan Ray-Novak, Stephen R. Steh, Robert L. Fischer
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Kamehameha Exhibition Hall, Hawaii Convention CenterPediatric Providers’ Views of the 2023 AAP Obesity Guidelines
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Kamehameha Exhibition Hall, Hawaii Convention Center
Elizabeth Kinsella*, Courtney E. Batt, Jeanelle Sheeder; Jaime M. Moore - Monday, April 28, 2025
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It’s Not You, It’s Me…Preserving Nitroso Signals in Hyperoxic Lung Disease
Thomas Raffay, MD
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | Convention Center Kalakaua Ballroom A Level 4Neonatal General 4: Living in the Real World
Cynthia Bearer, MD, Julee Oei, MD
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 315Career Toolbox to Boost Joy at Work for Academic Faculty in Pediatrics
Samudragupta Bora, PhD
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Convention Center: 32440th Annual Audrey K. Brown Kernicterus Symposium and APS / SPR Mary Ellen Avery Award
Cynthia Bearer, MD
12:40 – 1:55 p.m. | Convention Center: Kalākaua Ballroom A (Level 4)Introduction: APS/SPR Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award | Recipient: Cynthia Bearer, MD
Richard Martin, MD
12:40 – 12:45 p.m. | Convention Center Kalakaua Ballroom A Level 4APS/SPR Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award Lecture: A Novel Mechanism for Bilirubin Neurotoxicity and a Potential Intervention
Cynthia Bearer, MD
12:45 – 1:05 p.m. | Convention Center: Kalākaua Ballroom A (Level 4)