2023 Fall Resources

Program Schedule PDF

Times Listed in Eastern Time

Thursday, September 21, 2023

8:00am-9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00am-9:30am: Welcome, Overview of the Day, Introduction to APPD

9:30am-11:30am: Program Organization 101: Basics of Day-to-Day Program Leadership
Kathleen Donnelly, MD; Lindsay Johnston, MD, MEd, CHSE, FAAP; YoungNa Lee-Kim, MD; Benjamin Miller, MD; Michele Nichols, MD; Kris Rooney, MD; Chelsey Sandlin, MD; Cassandra Shorter, BS

11:30am-11:45am: Networking Break

11:45am-12:45pm: ACGME Update, Pediatric Program Requirements, Q&A
Stephanie Dewar, MD, Chair, Review Committee for Pediatrics; Caroline Fischer, MBA, Executive Director, Review Committee for Pediatrics

12:45pm-1:15pm: Lunch / Grab and Go to Section Specific Session

1:15pm-3:15pm: Community-Building/Section Specific Programming
Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, Fellowship Directors, Coordinators, Vice Chairs of Education

3:15pm-3:30pm: Networking Break

3:30pm-5:30pm: Hot Topic Sessions: Advocacy
LGBTQA+: Jamee Walters, MD; Jeremiah Cleveland, MD, FAAP; Brian Lurie, MD, MPH
Post-Dobbs Era: Catherine D. Shubkin, MD; Kristin Crichton, DO, MPH

6:30-8:30pm: Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH
"Ground Truth: A Curriculum In Plain Sight for Our Learners"

Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH is the newly appointed Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President
for Equity Initiatives of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He most recently served as inaugural
Chief Health Equity Officer of the University of Maryland Medical System and prior to that was tenured
Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at the Howard University College of Medicine. He spent more than two
decades in leadership at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC where he provided strategic direction
for the organization’s advocacy mission, public policy positions, and community partnership initiatives while
also serving 17 years as the inaugural State Pediatric Medical Director within the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services Systems. Dr. Wright maintains appointments as adjunct professor of emergency
medicine and health policy at George Washington University, and teaches as professor of health policy and
management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Read more.

Friday, September 22, 2023

8:00am-9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00am-9:30am: Welcome, Overview of the Day, APPD LEARN
Tyree Winters, DO, FACOP, FAAP; Alan Schwartz, PhD

9:30am-10:30am: ABP Update, Q&A
Suzanne Woods, MD, Executive Vice President

10:30am-10:45am: Networking Break

10:45am-12:15pm: Table to Able (3 topic rotations); See Topics and Facilitators here
Participants will join faculty experts to receive guidance on topics specific to their role as educators and program leaders. The format of the session will consist of tables covering a variety of topics and a specific question related to that topic to be discussed at each table. There will be an expert Table Leader who will facilitate discussion and share their expertise. Each table session will be 25 minutes in length with the opportunity to participate in three table topics during the session.

12:15pm-1:00pm: Networking Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm: Hot Topic Session: Assessment
EPA’s, Recruitment, Equity in Assessment

Suzanne Reed, MD; Mackenzie Frost, MD, MEd; Duncan Henry, MD

2:00pm-3:00pm: Hot Topic Session: Maintaining the Vitality of Training Program Leadership
Kiley Alpert, C-TAGME; Dewesh Agrawal, MD; Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH; Tyree Winters, DO, FACOP, FAAP

3:00pm-3:15pm: Closing Remarks
Aisha Barber, MD