LIVE IN-PERSON: Bridging Pediatrics: A complete symposium for the Pediatric Provider (March 25-26, 2026)
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Course Credit
The following credits are available for this course:
| AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (MD, DO, NP, PA) | 14.0 hours |
| American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) Category 1 CME Credits | 14.0 hours |
| Contact Hours (Nurse) | 14.0 hours |
| Risk Management Credits | 1.00 hours |
For MOC Credit: You will receive an e-mail from Q-Stream with the MOC II questionnaire. Please log in to your ABP, ABIM, ABA, and/or ABS profile to view your credit within 10 business days of completing the Q-Stream. Please note that you have until April 13, 2026, to complete the MOC II questionnaire on Q-Stream and receive credits.
About the courses
After a successful run, Bridging Pediatrics will return in 2026, bringing together leading experts and dedicated pediatric providers for two days of learning, collaboration, and connection.
This collaborative 2-day course is designed to enhance the knowledge and competence of primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other healthcare providers in managing common primary care and surgical concerns seen in practice.
In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
Physician Assistant
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
Nurse
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 14.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MOC II
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn:
14.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Risk Management
This activity meets the requirement for 1.00 Risk Management Credits as proscribed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and defined in 243 CMR 2.06(5)(d) I. Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.
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Claire Abraham, MD, MPH Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
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Andres Reyes Alarcon, Certified Orthotic Fitter, Care Extender Lead Cranial Orthotist, Orthotics and Prosthetics |
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Daniel M. Balkin, MD, PhD Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
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Lisa Bartnikas, MD Immunologist, Division of Immunology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
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Jay Berry, MD, MPH Chief, Complex Care Services Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School |
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Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW Director of Mental Health Services, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Director of Social Work Training for the LEAH Fellowship Program Lecturer of Pediatrics, Part-time, Harvard Medical School |
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Christine Clark, MS, RD, LDN Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
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Steven Fishman, MD Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC) Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
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Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc Director, Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL) Program; Director, Clinical Operations, Division of Endocrinology; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
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Josh Greenberg, JD Vice President, Government Relations |
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Christina Kratlian, MD, MPH, MA Pediatrician, Martha Eliot Health Center (MEHC) and Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
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Erika Mercier, MD, MSc Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Instructor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School |
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Prathima Nandivada, MD Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
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Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Senior Surgical Advisor for Quality & Safety; Weitzman Family Chair for the Advancement of Quality & Safety; Director, Health Services Research Fellowship in Pediatric Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
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Addie Rosenstock, CCLS Child Life Specialist |
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Louis Vernacchio, MD, MSc Pediatrician, Longwood Pediatrics; Director of Research, Pediatric Physicians’ Organization at Children’s Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Part-time, Harvard Medical School |
| Day One March 25, 2026 | Day Two March 26, 2026 | |
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| Welcome 8:15AM – 8:30AM | Welcome 8:00AM – 8:05AM | |
| Keynote Speaker – The Current Political and Policy Landscape of Children’s Healthcare 8:30AM – 9:30AM Josh Greenberg, JD | Management of the Premature Infant Inguinal Hernia 8:05AM – 9:00AM Prathima Nandivada, MD | |
| How to Address Vaccine Hesitancy 9:30AM – 10:15AM Claire Abraham, MD, MPH | Evaluation and Management of the Snoring Child 9:00AM – 9:45AM Erika Mercier, MD, MSc | |
| Break 10:15AM – 10:30AM | Top Articles that Changed my Practice 9:45AM – 10:30AM Louis Vernacchio, MD, MSc | |
| Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis: What Do I Need to Know as a Primary Care Provider? 10:30AM – 11:15AM Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE | Break 10:30AM – 10:45AM | |
| Prediabetes/Type 2 Diabetes 11:15AM – 12:00PM Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc | Allergy Considerations for Primary Care 10:45AM – 11:30AM Lisa Bartnikas, MD | |
| Lunch 12:00PM – 1:00PM | Lunch 11:30AM – 12:15PM | |
| Adolescent Sports Nutrition: Current Trends 1:00PM – 1:45 PM Christine Clark, MS, RD, LDN | Suicide Screening and Management 12:15PM – 1:00PM Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW | |
| Evaluation, Differentiation and Treatment of Deformational Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostosis 1:45PM – 2:30PM Jay Berry, MD, MPH, Daniel Balkin, MD, PhD, Andres Reyes Alarcon | Keynote Speaker – Boston Children’s Specialty Service Offerings in our Regional Communities 1:00PM – 1:45PM Steven Fishman, MD | |
| Break 2:30PM – 2:45PM | Closing 1:45PM – 2:00PM | |
| Workshops
2:45PM – 4:45PM
Workshop 1: Evaluation, Differentiation and Treatment of Deformational Plagiocephaly and CraniosynostosisSpeakers: Jay Berry, MD, MPH, Daniel Balkin, MD, PhD, Andres Reyes Alarcon Workshop 2: How to be a Pediatric AdvocateSpeaker: Christina Kratlian, MD, MPH, MA Workshop 3: Giving Vaccines in Primary Care: Strategies for Challenging SituationsSpeakers: Addie Rosenstock, CCLS |
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| Networking Mixer 4:45pm | ||
Disclosures
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.
The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:
| Name, Degree | Entity Name, or None |
| Josh Greenberg, JD | None |
| Claire Abraham, MD, MPH | Lava Therapeutics: Husband owns stock in this company and is not directly involved with any science or decision making and has no communication with their employees or board members. He does not receive any non-public information. This company is a cancer pharmaceuticals company and is in no way related to my research. |
| Shawn Rangel, MD, MSCE | None |
| Amy Fleischman, MD, MMSc | None |
| Christine Clark, MS, RD, LDN | None |
| Jay Berry, MD | None |
| Daniel Balkin, MD, PhD | None |
| Christina Kratlian, MD, MPH, MA | None |
| Addie Rosenstock, CCLS | None |
| Prathima Nandivada, MD | None |
| Erika Mercier, MD, MSc | None |
| Louis Vernacchio, MD, MSc | None |
| Lisa Bartnikas, MD | None |
| Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW | None |
| Steven Fishman, MD | None |
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