OUR SCHEDULE
Friday March 19 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Section 1: “Ethics: Knowledge to advocate”
Moderator: Dr. Carolyn Jackson
6:00 pm Welcome
Dr Carolyn Jackson, Paediatric Surgeon
6:10 pm Custodial arrangements during parental separation & divorce-What options exist?
Mrs. Alexis Robinson, Council of Jamaican Bar Association (member)
Chair Family Law Committee Partner MFG.
6:40 pm The “Emancipated Child”
Dr. Peter Glegg, Senior Legal officer, University Hospital of the West Indies
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7:10 pm Practice Encounters & Solutions
Case 1: Suspected Sexual Abuse, Dr. Sheryl Burke, Superintendent Jamaica Constabulary Force,
Head Centre for Investigation Sexual Offences & Child Abuse
Case 2: Patient confidentiality Dr. Peter Glegg,
Senior Legal Officer, UHWI
Case 3: Reproductive rights of individuals with Intellectual Disability
Dr. Christine Hendricks,
Executive Director
Jamaica Council for Disabilities.
8:10 pm Question & Answer
8:30 pm Closing remarks
Saturday March 20 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
9:00 am Welcome, Dr. Andrea Garbutt, President, PAJ
9:05 am Greetings, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health & Wellness
Section 2: Neurology
Moderator: Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers, Paediatric Neurologist
9:10 am Current Classification & Treatment Approach to Epilepsy
Dr. Sharon Whiting
Associate Professor and Vice Dean Health/Hospital Services,
Paediatric Neurologist, Epileptologist
University of Ottawa, Canada
9:40 am Emergency Management of Seizures
Dr. Nadine Morrison-Levy
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics & Paediatric Neurologist, Epileptologist
Queen’s University, Ontario Canada
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10:10 am Mimickers or True seizures?
Dr. Dave Clarke
Professor of Paediatrics, Neurology, Epileptologist
University of Texas at Austin
10:40 am Sudden Death in Epilepsy
Dr Judy Tapper
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Neurologist
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
11:10 am Question & Answer
Keynote Lecture: Cicely Williams Lecture
11:25 am The History of Cicely Williams
Professor Minerva Thame, Perinatal and Paediatric Medicine
Department of Child & Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
11:30 am The Impact of Covid-19 on our Caribbean Children
Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Developmental & Behavioural Paediatrician
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
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12:20 pm Question & Answer
12:30 pm Presentation of Awards
Dr A. Harrison
Matthias Antoine Award: Outstanding Performance in Doctor of Medicine (Paediatrics),
Part 1
Dr. Moya Rhoe (2019)
Dr. Nadia Edgecombe (2020)
Leila Wynter Award: Outstanding Performance in Doctor of Medicine (Paediatrics),
Part 2
Dr. Kumarie Kooseram (2019)
Dr. Opal Dunn (2020)
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Special Awards
Dr. Andrea Garbutt
Outstanding Contribution in Education, Leadership and Advocacy During the Covid-19 Global Pandemic:
Professor Celia Christie
Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health)
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Director Jamaica's Paediatric, Perinatal, Adolescent Infectious Diseases Program
Outstanding Leadership During the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor- McKenzie
Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health &Wellness
A word from our sponsor: MDS
12:45 pm Coffee Break
Section 3: Endocrinology
Moderator: Dr. Stephanie Clato-Day Scarlett
Consultant Paediatrician
1:00 pm Faces of Paediatric Diabetes
Dr. Kyle McNerney
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
1:30 pm Precocious Puberty
Dr. Leonardo Akan,
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Endocrinologist
Associate Lecturer, University of the West Indies (St. Augustine)
A word from our sponsor: Abbott Nutrition
2:00 pm Obesity in the online era
Prof. Michael Boyne
Professor of Metabolism & Endocrinology
Department of Medicine, University of the West Indies (Mona)
2:30 pm The intricacies of thyroid hormone interpretation in the first year of life.
Dr. Leslie Gabay
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Endocrinologist
Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
3:00 pm Question & Answer
Section 4: The internet is here to stay!
Public Session: Viewing at
Moderator: Dr. Natalie McNeil-Beecher
Consultant Paediatrician
3:10 pm Screen media time guidelines
Dr. Andrea Garbutt,
Consultant Paediatrician, Developmental & Behavioural Paediatrician
Lecturer, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
3:40 pm Keeping kids engaged in online learning: challenges & solutions.
Dr. Kasan Troupe
Acting Chief Education Officer
Ministry of Education, Youth & Information
A word from our sponsor: Mead Johnson
4:10 pm Dangers that lurk online.
Mr. Carl Berry
Deputy Superintendent of Police
Head, C-TOC Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit
5:10 pm Questions & Answers
Sunday March 21 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
9:00 am Welcome
Dr. Abigail Harrison
Consultant Paediatrician, Adolescent Specialist
9:05 am Greetings
Dr. Andrew Manning, President, MAJ
Section 5: Common Paediatric Encounters 1
Moderator: Dr. Simone Dundas-Byles
Paediatric Surgeon
9:10 am Routine eye examination for the Paediatrician
Dr. Shamfa Peart
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Kingston Public Hospital & Bustamante Hospital for Children
9:40 am Paedodontal Gems
Dr. Erica Gordon-Veitch CD
Paediatric & Family Dental Surgeon
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10:10 am Toxic ingestions
Dr. Mara Hosang
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Bustamante Hospital for Children
10:40 am Undescended Testis
Dr. Garfield Badal
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Cornwall Regional Hospital
Associate Lecturer, University of the West Indies
11:10 am Question & Answer
11:20 am Coffee Break
Section 6: Common Paediatric Encounters 2
Moderators: Dr. Tracy Evans- Gilbert
Consultant Paediatrician
11:30 am Covid-19: Vaccines
Professor Celia Christie
Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health)
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
12:00 pm Functional Abdominal Pain
Dr. Emma Greenaway-Williams
Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
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12:30 pm When is a Cough no longer just a cough.
Dr. Charmaine Crooks-Edwards,
Consultant Paediatrician & Paediatric Pulmonologist
Bustamante Hospital for Children
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
1:00 pm A clinical approach to menstrual irregularities
Dr. Cathy Maddan
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of the West Indies (Mona)
1: 30 pm Managing depression in your office: First steps.
Dr. Diane Bloomfield
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2:00 pm Question & Answer
Section 7: Regional Highlights
Moderator: Dr. Michele Lashley
Consultant Paediatrician
2:10 pm An Interesting Case
Dr. Cecilio Eck
Consultant Paediatrician
Chief of Paediatrics, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Belize
2:25 pm The Many faces of the flu
Dr. Linden Swan
Consultant Paediatrician
Deputy Clinical Head of Department, Paediatrics
Cayman Islands Hospital, Health Services Authority
Grand Cayman
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2:45 pm Hyperkalemia: The never-ending story.
Dr. Shivon Belle
Consultant Paediatrician
Head, Department of Paediatrics
Mount St John’s Medical Centre
Antigua & Barbuda
3:00 pm A Case Presentation
Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Neurologist
Head, Department of Child & Adolescent Health
Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies
Jamaica
3:15 pm Question & Answer
3:25 pm Vote of Thanks
Dr. Anona Griffith