Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Department of Pediatrics hosts the Thirty-Third Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Conference for local and regional physicians, nurses, other health care and ECI professionals.
7:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 21 and 7:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Aug. 22.
International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.
Day one will begin with discussions about common pediatric sleep problems and infectious diseases. Other day-one topics include advances in pediatric cardiology, Type 1 diabetes in children and abnormal variations in pubert
Day two discussions will focus on psychological screening in foster children and will highlight the impact of media on children and adolescents with guest presenter, Victor Strasburger, M.D.
Dr. Strasburger is Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, professor of Pediatrics, and professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico. He has authored more than 120 articles and papers and eight books on the subject of adolescent medicine and the effects of television on children and adolescents.
In 2000, Strasburger received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Adele Delenbaugh Hofmann Award for outstanding lifetime achievement in Adolescent Medicine and the Holroyd-Sherry Award for outstanding achievement in public health and the media. He is a consultant to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Communications, has served as a consultant to the National PTA and the American Medical Association on the subject of children and television, and lectures frequently throughout the country.