chronic-diseases-children - 1st announcement

The 2^nd Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman

International Congress on

Chronic Disorders & Disabilities in Children

Wednesday-Thursday December 3-4, 2008

Regency Jerusalem Hotel

Jerusalem, Israel

Organizing committee:

Chairman: Eitan Kerem

Co-chairpersons: Ellis Avner, David Branski, Robert Kliegman, Isaiah Wexler

Confirmed key-note Speakers

Ellis D. Avner, Editor, Pediatric Nephrology, Associate Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin

Howard C. Bauchner, Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Disease in Chidhood

Sally S. Cohen, Director. Nursing Management, Policy & Leadership Specially, Yale University, School of Nursing

Richard M. Katz, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Robert M. Kliegman, Chief Editor, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics

John J. Reisman, Chief of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eeastern Ontario

Arie Rimmerman, Social Welfare & Social Planning School of Social Work, Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa

Miles Weinberger, Director, Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital, University of Lows


Major Topics:

Multidisciplinary care for children with disabilities

Transitioning to adulthood: Multiple perspectives

The challenge of financing care for children with chronic diseases

Practical management of children with specific types of chronic diseases

Pediatric chronic disease: Nutritional management

Caring for the child with chronic disease in the community

Call for Abstracts:

Poster sessions will be devoted to the following topics:

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy

Ethical aspects

Multidisciplinary approaches to pediatric chronic disease

Family Support

Functional transitions

Empowerment

Nutritional management

New directions in sensory processing

Capacity building

A number of selected abstracts will be chosen for oral presentations

Abstract submission deadline                November 1, 2008

For abstract submission click here



The annual congress is open to all professional health care personnel including physicians, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, dieticians, educators and social workers caring for children with chronic diseases and disabilities.

Most conference participants will be eligible for continuing education credits