(Aug. 27, 2021) On Aug. 7, the East Tennessee State University Department of Pediatrics
hosted the 36th Annual Pediatrics Conference at the Millennium Center in Johnson City.
Each year, the conference is designed to share the latest updates and best clinical
practices with providers who care for children in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia,
Western North Carolina and Southeast Kentucky. This year the conference was offered
in a hybrid format allowing people to attend both in person and virtually.
Podium presentations discussed prevention, diagnosis and management of important child
health conditions, including acute appendicitis, sports participation after COVID-19
infection, seizures, suicide in adolescents, childhood obesity, and bleeding disorders.
A full list of topics and presenters may be found on the ETSU Continuing Medical Education
website.
Included in the conference was the Annual Student/Resident Poster Competition. The
competition included 14 posters ranging from case studies, program evaluations, and
original research of topics regarding children and youth in our region. Presenters
recorded a poster presentation for judging and for viewing by virtual attendees. Presenters
also attended the conference to discuss their work with in person attendees. Conference
attendees voted on the poster they felt was most relevant or significant to clinical
practice.
Winners
Group 1: Research - Prospective Observational Cohort/Program Evaluation
Monika Jain: Does Integrated Management of Opioid Use Disorder Affect Outcomes of NAS Diagnosis: Results of Preliminary Data
a. Mentor: Dr. Darshan Shah- Divya Agarwal: Postpartum Mental Health in Opioid Use Disorder Women
a. Mentor: Dr. Darshan Shah
Group 2: Research - Survey Research/Literature review
Andersen Estes: A Clinical Differentiation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) & Kawasaki Disease (KD)
a. Mentor: Dr. Demetrio Macariola- Andrea Ramirez: Is Weaning of Buprenorphine Safe for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use
Disorder?
a. Mentor: Dr. Darshan Shah
Group 3: Case Study
Kacie Denton: When a Nasogastric Tube Becomes More Than a Foreign Body: A Puzzling Nasogastric Tube
a. Mentors: Drs. Anjali Malkani & Ligia Alfaro-Cruz- Bethany Faust: Development of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Following Adalimumab Treatment
in Two Adolescents with Crohn’s Disease
a. Mentors: Drs. Anjali Malkani & Patrick Costello
Most Relevant/Significant to Clinical Practice
Monika Jain: Does Integrated Management of Opioid Use Disorder Affect Outcomes of NAS Diagnosis: Results of Preliminary Data
a. Mentor: Dr. Darshan Shah