Find Panelists, Workshops, and Presenters from Yale Pediatrics at the 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting

Find our list of poster presenters at PAS.

7 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR: Does the math work? Higher enteral volumes and no PN in preterm infants. (PAS Ticketed Event)
• Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR, and Catherine Buck, MD, MHS: Neonatal nutrition: progress, gaps, and the road ahead (PAS Ticketed Event)

8 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Robert Cowles, MD: Biliary atresia in the newborn: Etiology and management (PAS Ticketed Event)

4-5:30 p.m.

• Ada Fenick, MD, SIG Chair: APA SIG: Group Care | Gather Round: Group Care as an Innovative Medical Visit for Patient Care and Teaching, and Intro to Group Care SIG
• Jordan Silberg, MD: APA SIG: Hospital Medicine | Innovation in PHM: Digital Tools and AI Breakthroughs and Missteps

8:00-9:30 a.m.

• Frances Cheng, MD, PhD; Shannon O'Malley, MD, IBCLC, FAAP; Gauthami Soma, MD, MHS; Camille Brown, MD; Lauren Palladino, MD, MS; Julia Rosenberg, MD, MHS, FAAP: Stories & Strategies: Enhancing Pediatric Care for Refugee & Immigrant Children
• Samuel Gentle, MD: Day-Aware Fluid Optimization Models to Predict BPD or Death in Extremely Preterm Infants
• Rohan Badida: Energy Metabolism Hormone Concentrations at Birth Predict Adiposity at Discharge in Preterm and Term Infants
• Lyubina Yankova, MD: Test Characteristics of C-reactive Protein Based Risk Stratification in Young Febrile Infants

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• Isha Yardi: “When my children were sick, I did not take them to the doctor because I feared the bills:” Assessing Healthcare Access for Immigrant Families via Qualitative Analyses of Legislative Testimony
• Ada Fenick, MD: Assessing Learners in Ambulatory Experiences: A Revolution in Your Thinking
• Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR: Neonatal Clinical Trials 1

2-3:30 p.m.

• Megha Dasani, MD: Improving Feeding Intolerance Management to Enhance Enteral Feeding Outcomes in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Quality Improvement Initiative
• Allison Bradley, MD: Return Visits for Febrile Infants 8-60 Days

8-9:30 a.m.

• Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH: Collaborating with National Research Networks to Expand and Diversify the Reach of Your Research
• Deepa Camenga, MD, MHS, FAAP: From Detection to Direction: Practical tools and strategies to identify and treat youth with opioid use disorder
• Catherine Buck, MD, MHS: Growth beyond the NICU: Supporting Moderate and Late Preterm Infants after Discharge and Variation, Vulnerability, and Value: Nutrition and Growth in Moderate and Late Preterm Infant Care
• Julia Moniz Ganem, Casey Benzaken: Impact of Connecticut’s Repeal of Religious Vaccine Exemptions on Kindergarten Immunization Coverage: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
• Sarah Kandil, MD: Metrics That Matter: Building a Purposeful Career in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Camila Aparicio Llorente, MD: Effectiveness of Maternal RSVpreF Vaccination, Nirsevimab, and Dual Immunization Against RSV Infection and Hospitalization
• Victor N. Oboli, MBBS: Exploring Psychological Safety in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Insights from Residents’ Narrative Evaluations
• Ada Fenick, MD: Make Way for Ducklings: A Boot Camp for Faculty Navigating the Complexities of the Continuity Experience

1-2:15 p.m.

• Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR: Milk Club: The Rise in the Use of Donor Human Milk in the NICU, Well-Newborn, and Outpatient Settings

2:30-4 p.m.

• Jaspreet Loyal, MD, MS: Cultivating Connections: Enhancing Your Interpersonal Effectiveness to Achieve Your Goals
• Oluwabunmi Olaloye, MD, FAAP: Peripheral immune trajectories of the preterm infants are influenced by prenatal exposures.

4:15-5:30 p.m.

• Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR: Networking Breakout: Society for Neonatal Nutrition and Lifelong Health

10-11:30 a.m.

• Ada Fenick, MD: "Quick Conti Consults" - participants bring their continuity clinic related questions to the group
• Kirsten Bechtel, MD: Emergency Medicine 6
• Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH: Multisite Cluster Randomized Trial of Clinical Decision Support to Promote Guideline Concordant Pediatric Primary Care for Childhood Obesity: Improving Pediatric Obesity Using Prompts (IPOP-UP)
• Catherine Buck, MD, MHS: Neonatal Fetal Nutrition & Metabolism 2
• Sarah Householder: Intrahepatic Fat Accumulation Below The Clinical Threshold Is Associated With Early Development of Impaired Glucose Tolerance

1-2:30 p.m.

• Julie Goodwin, MD: 10-month-old with seizures
• Jaspreet Loyal, MD, MS: Leading in Challenging Times: Insights and Strategies from Pediatric Leaders
• Karen Joanie Campoverde Reyes, Zachary Kravetz, Amanda Quijano: Trainees’ versus Caregivers’ Perceptions of Use of Shared Decision-Making in Pediatric Patient Encounters.

2:45-4:15 p.m.

• Kirsten Bechtel, MD: Child Abuse & Neglect
• Carlos R Oliveira, MD, PhD: Repeat Dosing of Vaccines at 1-2 Months-Why Do We Do This?
• James Nugent, MD, MPH; Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH: Strategies to Address Funding Crisis for Pediatric Clinical Research Networks: Perspectives from Leaders and Investigators
• Dhatri Abeyaratne: Uptake and Usability of an AI-Driven Child Abuse Clinical Decision Support System
• Sarah Eaton: Virtues, Behaviors, and the Good Neonatologist: Parental Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study