The Southern Society for Pediatric Research

It is now required of all abstract submitters to fill out a CME Disclosure Form. This is available when you log in to submit your abstract. You may submit your abstract at www.medpubinc.com. You must fill this form out in order to continue. Please note: The abstract fee is separate from the registration fee. You must also register to attend the meeting at www.cme.tulane.edu if you are presenting an abstract.

Please join us for an exciting session entitled “Big Promise in Small Packages: Advances in Nanomedicine”.

This workshop will address multiple aspects of publication in scientific journals. Presenter will discuss preparation of materials, including the initial decision that the data are sufficient to justify publication. Issues related to manuscript writing will include length, focus, adherence to journal formats, and referencing. The editorial process from submission to publication will be described in-depth with particular attention to ways in which authors can interact with journal editors. Another section will cover ethical issues in publication including review boards, authorship, duplicate publication, intellectual property rights, and conflict of interest. There will be open discussion of sample cases and questions derived from the experiences of the participants.

This 4 hour hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the fundamental steps of evidence based practice, including formulating well-built clinical questions, finding information efficiently, critically appraising the information, and applying the information to individual patient care applicable to a variety clinical care settings. At the close of the workshop, participants should have a good idea what aspects of EBM they wish to pursue in their own continuing education. Presenters include: Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH and Charles G.

This workshop is designed for senior fellows and junior faculty who want to succeed in academic medicine. The workshop will outline clinician-scientist and clinician educator track in academic medicine and tips/tools to survive and succeed. Specific details of expectations for various tracks in research, service and teaching will be presented. Participants will have opportunity to discuss the challenges and barriers to succeed in academic medicine in panel discussion session. In addition participants will be paired with a mentor for tailored discussion of their curriculum vitae and will leave with concrete examples of how to get to the next level.

This special symposium will focus on how physician pay-for-performance (P4P) incentive programs at the Veteran’s Administration and other health systems are impacting clinical and academic medicine. Participants will learn about model P4P programs including the structure of incentive programs and specific core quality measures aimed at improving care quality. A panel of experts from both VA and non-VA health systems will provide overviews of their systems followed by open dialogue with attendees about the benefits and downsides to such incentive programs.

The Adult or Pediatric Clinical Case Symposium is devoted to the presentation and discussion of clinical case abstracts highlighting diagnostic and/or management issues. Clinical case descriptions, unique characteristics, treatment/interventions, and results/outcomes are all suitable for presentation at the Clinical Case Symposium. There will be two concurrent sessions: Adult and Pediatrics. A subset of abstracts will be selected for presentation and there will be a discussion among the authors, participants and experts in the field. At the time of abstract submission, the appropriate abstract category must be checked in order to be considered for the Adult or Pediatric Clinical Case Symposium.

The pre-registration form is available for you to fill out, or you may register online at www.cme.tulane.edu if you are paying by credit card (MasterCard, Visa or American Express). Please check which workshop you will be attending on the registration form in order to guarantee space.

Members*:	Early Bird (by February 6)	Regular (After February 6)
SAFMR	$175	$200
SSCI	$175	$200
SSPR	$175	$200
APA	$175	$200
APS	$175	$200
Trainee	$75	$75
Non-member	$215	$240
*Member fees will be honored for those society members in good standing, with membership dues current.

All room rates are per night and are subject to applicable taxes. Your reservations must be received by January 7, 2007 in order to qualify for the 2007 Southern Regional Meetings conference rates. Reservations received after this date are subject to applicable rates and availability. (Please refer to the conference as the Southern Meetings when making reservations).

Future Meetings

2008 February 21–23 Hotel Inter-Continental New Orleans, Louisiana	2009 February 12–14 Hotel Inter-Continental New Orleans, Louisiana

Past Meetings

SSPR President Dr. N. Ambalavanan congratulates Dr. Michael LeBlanc at the 2006 Annual SSPR Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Dr. LeBlanc is the recipient of the 2006 SSPR Founder’s Award sponsored by Ross Laboratories

SSPR President Dr. N. Ambalavanan congratulates Dr. William Strong as the recipient of the 2006 SSPR Ross Award in Pediatric Education at the 2006 Annual SSPR Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

Drs. N Ambalavanan and David Oelberg with the 2006 recipients of the SSPR Trainee Travel Awards at the 2006 Annual SSPR Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Trainee Travel Awards were sponsored by Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Discovery Laboratories, INO Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the Southern Society of Pediatric Research.

Dr. Margarita Vasquez was the recipients of the SSPR 2006 Young Investigator Award in Basic. The award is sponsored by Ross Laboratories.

Dr. J.J. Visootsak was the recipients of the SSPR 2006 Young Investigator Award in Clinical Science. The award is sponsored by Ross Laboratories.

SSPR President-Elect Lisa Plano and outgoing SSPR Council Member Jean Petershack prepare for the Perinatal Medicine I Platform Session on March 4, 2006 at the 2006 Annual SSPR Meeting in Atlanta, GA.