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• March 2007
• April 2007
• May 2007
• July 2007
• August 2007
  • 2007-2008 Certifying Examinations of the American Board of Pediatrics

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March 2007 

Miami Children’s Hospital 42nd Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course “Perspectives in Pediatrics” and Pediatric Board Review Dates. March 16-22, 2007, InterContinental Hotel Downtown, Miami, FL. Adolescent Medicine, Allergy, Immunology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nutrition, Opthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine/Community Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, and more. For more information, contact Riccardo Firmino, Conference Management Office, Miami Children’s Hospital; phone: 305-756-0791; E-mail: rfirmino@firminousa.com; Website: www.ppgcpip.com.

The Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities XXIX. March 26-28, 2007, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. For more information, contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education; phone: 410-955-2959; E-mail: cmenet@jhmi.edu; Website: www.hopkinscme.net.

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April 2007 

2007 Regional Conference on Child Health Psychology. April 26-28, 2006, Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH. Sponsored by the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in cooperation with the Society of Pediatric Psychology and the Ohio Chapter of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. For more information visit www.cincinnatichildrens.org/spp-conference.

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May 2007 

The Programme for Global Paediatric Research Symposium: “Global Childhood Diseases Which Can Impair Development” and Workshop: “Outcome Studies.” May 8-9, 2007, Toronto. Sponsored by The Programme for Global Paediatric Research. PGPR’s fifth symposium will be held May 8, 2007 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. To register for the PAS Meeting, at which this symposium will be held, please go to www.pas-meeting.org. To register for the follow-up workshop on May 9, 2007, please contact Alvin Zipursky, Chair and Scientific Director; phone: 416-813-8762; E-mail: Alvin.zipursky@sickkids.ca; Website: www.globalpaediatricresearch.org.

18th Annual Spring Conference on Pediatrics. May 16-19, 2007, Marriott Frenchman’s Reef Beach Resort, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Sponsored by Symposia Medicus. For more information, contact Symposia Medicus; phone: 925-969-1789, 800-327-3161; E-mail: info@symposiamedicus.org; Website: www.symposiamedicus.org.

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July 2007 

29th Annual Aspen Conference on Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease and Intestinal Transplantation. July 22-27, 2007, Snowmass Conference Center, Snowmass (Aspen), CO. Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The conference will be devoted to the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disease in children. Specific topics include inflammatory bowel disease (diagnosis, complications, and management), diarrhea (acute and chronic), celiac disease, h. pylori and peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux, abdominal pain/irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, obesity and NAFLD/NASH, TPN-associated cholestasis, allergic gastroenteropathies, motility disorders, short gut syndrome/NEC, pancreatic disease/cystic fibrosis, and various aspects of small bowel transplantation. For more information, contact Laura Werts, CME Office, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; phone 513-636-6732; E-mail: laura.werts@cchmc.org; Website: www.cincinnatichildrens.org.

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August 2007 

The 25th International Congress of Pediatrics. August 25-30, 2007, Athens, Greece. For more information, visit www.icp2007.gr.

2007-2008 Certifying Examinations of the American Board of Pediatrics 

111 Silver Cedar Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1513 telephone: 919-929-0461 fax: 919-918-7114 or 919-929-9255 Website: www.abp.org

All applicants for certifying examinations must complete applications online during the registration periods. The final month of each registration requires payment of a late fee. The requirements for online applications may be found on the ABP Website (www.abp.org) or may be obtained by contacting the ABP. Additional information including eligibility requirements and registration dates may be found on the ABP Website.