SATURDAY 
OCTOBER 15

7:00 – 8:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 am

Conference Welcome

Janice Pelletier, MD, FAAP, President, Maine AAP 

8:30 – 9:30 am

Treatment Options and Hope for Addicted Mothers and Infants 

Eric Haram, LADC
Director, Outpatient Mental Health, Mid Coast Hospital 

9:30 – 10:15 am 

Break with Exhibitors 

10:15 – 11:15 am 

OB Levels of Care & Thresholds of Viability - Case Based Discussion 

Michael G. Pinette, MD, Division Director Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Maine Medical Partners 

11:30 – 12:30 pm 

Breakout Sessions 

NRP Update 

Kelley Bowden, MS, RN, Perinatal Outreach Nurse Educator, Maine Medical Center 

Comprehensive Assessment of the Medical and Mental Health Needs
of Foster Children in Maine 1999 to 2016 

Adrienne Carmack, MD, FAAP,  Pediatrician, Penobscot Pediatrics & Chair, Foster Care Cmte, Maine AAP 

Stephen Meister, MD, MPH, FAAP, Medical Director Ervin Edmund Pediatrics, MaineGeneral & VP, Maine AAP

NAS – Strategies for Treatment in Maine and New England   

Mark S Brown MD MSPH, FAAP,   Neonatologist/Pediatrician, Eastern Maine Medical Center

Anne Johnston, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UVM and UVM Children’s Hospital

Margaret McLaren, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine, Connecticut Children’s Hospital

Children’s Health:  Impact of Chronic Disease and Health on Child’s School Attendance, Education and Well-Being 

Moderator: Susan Lieberman, Director, Count ME In:  Attending School, Preparing for Life

Wanda Fernald, RN BSN, School Nurse/Certified Health Educator, Mount Desert Elementary

Sheena Whitaker, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Elsworth Pediatrics (invited)

12:30 – 1:15 pm

Lunch Buffet & Welcome from Senator Angus King (taped) 

Angus S. King, Jr, United States Senate, Maine 

1:15 – 1:45 pm

Break with Exhibitors

1:45 - 3:30 pm

Quick Hits (general session) –10-15 minute short talks on variety of pediatric topics   

WIC and Growth Charts  

Chris Pezzullo, DO, FAAP, Maine DHHS & Heidi Morin, RD, CLC, State of Maine 

Cerebral Palsy Care in Maine; Why your CP patients don’t have to travel to Boston anymore!!!  

Alexa Craig, MD, FAAP, MaineHealth

20 Suggestions to Help Children with Autism Eat Better 

Steven Meister, MD, MPH, FAAP, MaineGeneral

Buff on the Beach - Enhancement Drug Use by Mon-athletes 

Michele Labotz, MD, FAAP, InterMed 

Effects of Trauma on Development 

Mark Rains, PhD, Indep Psychologist

Lead Poisoning: The Provider’s Role in a New Effort to Eradicate an Old Problem 

Andy Smith, DSc, State of Maine 

SUNDAY
OCTOBER 16

8:00 – 10:00 am

NAS/DAB in Maine
& Speaker Introductions  

Chris Pezzullo, DO, Chief Health Officer, Maine DHHS 

Opioid-exposed Newborns and Their Families – the Vermont Approach 

Anne Johnston, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UVM and UVM Children’s Hospital

Empathetic Care Approach for Newborns and Children affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure & their Mothers   

Margaret McLaren, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine, Connecticut Children’s Hospital

10:15 – 11:15 am    

Immunization Controversies: influenza, meningococcal B
and HPV 

H. Cody Meissner, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center

11:15 – 12:15 pm    

GI Issues and Reflux – Treatment Options including Proton Pump Inhibitors  

Anna Furr, DO, Maine Pediatric Specialty Care, Pediatric Gastroenterology, MaineHealth