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Children’s Minnesota is attending the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting

Were you in Toronto, Ontario, for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting in May 2024? Children’s Minnesota was! PAS is the premier national meeting for pediatric research at every career stage.

PAS connects thousands of pediatricians and other health care providers worldwide. It offers opportunities to share research, explore new ideas, build career opportunities, and collaborate on future projects.

Children's Minnesota staff.

Our booth #227 in the exhibit hall  

Children’s Minnesota had a booth – booth #227– in the exhibit hall during the conference. Our kid experts staffed the booth and were available to chat about open positions at Children’s Minnesota, what it’s like to work here and more about our specialties.  

Talk with us about open positions at Children’s Minnesota 

During the conference, we had a recruiter at booth #227 talking about working at Children’s Minnesota. You can still take a look at these open positions now:

If you want to learn more, check out all of our open positions and apply today!

Children’s Minnesota kid experts staffed our booth  

These kid experts from Children’s Minnesota staffed our booth: 

  • Anupam Kharbanda, MD, clinical VP, chief of critical care services, pediatric emergency medicine physician, staffed our booth on Saturday, May 4, at 3:30-4 p.m.
  • Thomas George, MD, system medical director for neonatology, staffed our booth on Saturday, May 4, at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
  • Kelly Bergmann, DO, MS, director of research for the department of emergency medicine, ED staff physician, staffed our booth on Sunday, May 5, at 3:30-4 p.m.

Networking opportunity  

On Sunday, May 5, 2024, from 7-9 p.m. at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, we – along with the University of Minnesota Medical School – hosted a Minnesota Networking Reception with fellow health care professionals from Minnesota.

Children’s Minnesota presenters at PAS  

See below for the kid experts from Children’s Minnesota that presented at PAS. 

  • Megan Paulsen, MD
    Staff physician, neonatology
    • Dr. Paulsen contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Feasibility of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Preterm Infants.
      • This poster session was 5:15-7:15 p.m.
    • Dr. Paulsen contributed to the research for the poster session titled, NeoLEAD & Authentic Leadership: Neonatal-Perinatal Leadership Education and Development Curriculum and Trainee Self-Efficacy.
        • This poster session was 5:15-7:15 p.m.
    • Dr. Paulsen contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Relationship Between Early Hyperglycemia and Long-Term Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants.
      • This poster session was 5:15-7:15 p.m.
  • Katherine Allen, MD
    Pediatric hospitalist
    • Dr. Allen contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Jargon Jumble: Teenagers’ Understanding of Medicalized English.
      • This poster session was 5:15-7:15 p.m.
  • Elizabeth S. Jarrett, MD, MPH
    Pediatric hospitalist 
    • Dr. Jarrett presented Clinicians’ Perceptions of the Effect of a Real-Time Virtual Rounding Queue on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Rounding Practices – A Pre- and Post-Implementation Comparison. She contributed to the research for this session, along with others. 
    • This presentation was 11:15-11:30 a.m. 
  • Katherine Allen, MD
    Pediatric hospitalist
    • Dr. Allen contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Cutting Through Confusion: Kids’ (Mis)understanding of Medical Terminology.
    • This poster session was at 3:30-6 p.m.
  • Megan Paulsen, MD, Andrea Lampland, MD, and Ann Downey, MBBS
    Dr. Paulsen is a staff physician, neonatology, Dr. Lampland is the medical liaison to the Midwest Fetal Care Center, co-director of the Infant Diagnostic & Neonatal Research Center at Children’s Minnesota, and Dr. Downey is a staff physician, neonatology.
    • Dr. Paulsen, Dr. Lampland and Dr. Downey contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Identifying Parents Who Feel Isolated Amongst the Isolettes: Lessons Learned from Routine Perinatal Mental Health Screening in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
    • This poster session was 3:30-6 p.m.
  • Kelly Bergmann, DO, MS
    Director of research for the department of emergency medicine, ED staff physician 
    • Dr. Bergmann contributed to the research for the presentation titled, Factors Associated with Pediatric Patients at Low Risk for Clinically Important Drowning Associated Lung Injury.
    • This presentation was at 8-8:15 a.m.
  • Andrew Kiragu, MD, FAAP, FCCM
    Associate Chief of Critical Care at Children’s Minnesota 
    • Dr. Kiragu led his presentation titled: Applying the Injury Equity Framework: Water Safety.
    • This presentation was 11:40-11:55 a.m. 
  • Andrea Lampland, MD
    Medical liaison to the Midwest Fetal Care Center, co-director of the Infant Diagnostic & Neonatal Research Center at Children’s Minnesota
    • Dr. Lampland contributed to the research for the presentation titled, Safety and Effectiveness of High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation with Volume Guarantee in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
    • This presentation was 12-12:15 p.m.
  • Elizabeth S. Jarrett, MD, MPH
    Pediatric hospitalist 
    • Dr. Jarrett contributed to the research for the poster session titled, Q-rounds: Impact of a Novel, Real-Time, Virtual Queue Software on Family and Nurse Presence During Rounds – An Observational Study.
    • This presentation was 3:30-6 p.m.
  • Katherine Allen, MD
    Pediatric hospitalist
    • Dr. Allen contributed to the research for the presentation titled, Complaining about Chief Complaint: Patient Preferences for Medical Record Documentation.
    • This presentation was at 8:45-9 a.m.
  • Kelly Bergmann, DO, MS
    Director of research for the department of emergency medicine, ED staff physician 
    • Dr. Bergmann was the presenting author of the poster session titled, Racial and Ethnic Differences in Evaluation of Febrile Seizures in the Emergency Department. 
    • In addition to Dr. Bergmann, other Children’s Minnesota staff contributed to the research for this poster session including Taryn Raschein, emergency fellow; Shea M. Lammers, MS, statistician; Amanda Nickel, statistician.
    • This poster session was 9:30-11:30 a.m. 
  • Bergthor Jonsson, MD
    Fellow, pediatric emergency medicine
      • Dr. Jonsson was the presenting author of the poster titled, External Validation of the Surgical Intervention for Traumatic Injuries (SITI) score in children. 
      • In addition to Dr. Jonsson, other Children’s Minnesota staff contributed to the research for this poster session including Paige Reimche, MS, statistician; Shea M. Lammers, MS, statistician; Kelly Bergmann, DO, MS, director of research for the department of emergency medicine; Manu Madhok, MD, MPH, ED staff physician.
      • This poster session was 9:30-11:30 a.m. 
  • Megan Paulsen, MD, Andrea Lampland, MD, and Ann Downey, MBBS
    Dr. Paulsen is a staff physician, neonatology, Dr. Lampland is the medical liaison to the Midwest Fetal Care Center, co-director of the Infant Diagnostic & Neonatal Research Center at Children’s Minnesota, and Dr. Downey is a staff physician, neonatology.
    • Dr. Paulsen, Dr. Lampland and Dr. Downey contributed to the research for the poster session titled, The Limitations of Virtual Education in a Tech Driven World: A Technology Focused Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Parental Engagement in Perinatal Education Materials.
    • This poster session was 9:30-11:30 a.m.

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