2026 PAS Meeting

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UH Rainbow's Physician and Scientists Participate in 2026 PAS Meeting

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 2026 PAS Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Highlighted Presentations & Workshops

Friday, April 24, 2026

Neonatal Pulmonology: BPD Phenotyping
Ryan, Rita | 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Educational Scholars Program Co-Director
Erica Roesch | 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Updates and State‑of‑the‑art Practice
Stephanie Ford | 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Case Presentation: Pulmonary Hypertension with Trisomy 21
Tynisha Koenigsaecker | 10:05 AM – 11:05 AM

Vasopressor and Inotrope Choices with Pulmonary Hypertension
Stephanie Ford | 12:05 PM – 12:20 PM

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Prenatal opioid exposure alters the postnatal immune landscape and susceptibility to bacterial pathogens
Mukherjee, Devashis | 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Neonatal resuscitation in newborns with abdominal wall defects and post‑resuscitation care
Crowley, Moira | 8:57 AM – 9:16 AM

Audrey K. Brown Bilirubin Symposium and Club: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Preterm Infant – Examining Morbidities, Research and Management
Bearer, Cynthia | 12:30 PM – 1:55 PM

Trainee Talk: Interview Tips and Tricks
Hibbs, Anna Maria | 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Pearls of Publication
Bearer, Cynthia | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Introduction – the therapeutic drift continues in neonatology
Martin, Richard | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Therapeutic Drifts in Neonatology II: The Saga Continues
Martin, Richard | 2:00 PM – 2:02 PM

Overcome Obstacles: Multilevel Strategies for Completing and Disseminating Educational Scholarship
Erica Roesch | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Intravenous immunoglobulin for neonatal jaundice – the greatest drift of all?
Ryan, Rita | 2:35 PM – 2:52 PM

Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants with Low Serum Choline
Bearer, Cynthia | 3:30 PM – 5:45 PM

Predicting Chronic Phase Ventilation in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: The time (constant) has come!
Vega‑Auz, Ricardo | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Evolution of a LISA Protocol
Koenigsaecker, Tynisha | 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Genomics/Epigenomics Session
Stephanie Ford | 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Networking Breakout: Neonatology Workforce Hot Topics
Ryan, Rita | 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Monday, April 27, 2026

Ethanol doses in excipients cause alterations of the hypoxic and hypercapnic response in rat pups which are prevented by choline
Bearer, Cynthia | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM