Continuing Medical Education
Postgraduate Medical Programs in New Orleans
Manning Family Children’s is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Regularly scheduled series
- Pediatric Grand Rounds – Wednesdays from 12-1 pm (In-person in Large Conference Rooms and virtual)
- Pediatric Saturday Symposium Series
- Child Neurology Case Conference – 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 2-3 pm in ACC Room 3302
- Tumor Board/ Cancer Conference – Wednesdays from 4-5 pm in the Large Conference Rooms
- Neonatology Conference – Thursdays from 12:30-1:30 pm in the NICU Conference Room
- Cardiology Case Management - Thursdays from 4-5 pm in CICI Conference Room
Physician outreach programs/CME
As part of the physician outreach program, Manning Family Children's offers several events throughout the state of Louisiana. Each program offers CME credit for physicians. If you are a medical professional and would like to be included on our mailing list for these events, please send an email to Gretchen Dondis at Gretchen.Dondis@lcmchealth.org.
CME applications
If you are a physician that would like to propose a CME activity for consideration, please contact the CME office (contact information below) with more details and for an application. Please allow at least 4-6 weeks in advance of the proposed date. Proposed CME activities should increase medical knowledge, provide patient care, enhance professionalism, facility quality improvement, coordinate work in interdisciplinary teams, employ evidence-based practices and/or provide evidence of evaluation of performance in practice.
2025 -2026 Pediatric Grand Rounds - Fall Schedule
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Series resumes for the 2025-2026 academic year on Wednesday, September 3 with an in-person and virtual platform. The time for the weekly CME program is Wednesdays from 12-1 pm. Please see the schedule and topics below:
Important Registration Information - Registration for CME/CEU credit for Manning Family Children's Pediatric Grand Rounds will change for the new school year and registration information will be shared soon.
September 3, 2025 - Dr. Jacqueline Urbine - "Pediatric Radiology"
September 10, 2025 - Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell - "Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Improving Birth Outcomes"
September 17, 2025 - Dr. Colleen LeBlanc - "Eosiniphilic Gastroenteritis"
September 24, 2025 - Dr. Regina Zambrano - "Genethics: Ethics and Discrimination in Genetics"
October 1, 2025 - Dr. Ernesto Mejia - "Exciting Advancements in Interventional Cardiology"
October 8, 2025 - Dr. William Sveen - "Ethics"
October 15, 2025 - Dr. Raquel Gutierrez and Dr. Hailey Blanchard - "Autism Spectrum Disorder: Updates"
October 22, 2025 - Dr. Caroline Straatman and Dr. Aaron Martin - "CAKUT for the General Pediatrician"
October 29, 2025 - Dr. Bruce Horwitz, Boston Children's - Topic TBA
November 5, 2025 - TBA
November 12, 2025 - Dr. Julie Kaplow - "The Management of Children Following a Natural Disaster"
November 19, 2025 - Dr. Jennifer Hoffman - Topic TBA
November 26, 2025 - Thanksgiving Break
December 3, 2025 - Dr. Pinki Prasad - "Late-Term Effects of Cancer"
December 10. 2025 - Dr. Naomi Laventhal, University of Michigan - "Ethics of Prolonged Hospitalizations"
2024 -2025 Completed Pediatric Grand Rounds
August 14 - Maradith Skalak, MD - "Rethinking the Futility and Fatality of T-13 and T-18"
August 21 - Marcella Houser, MD - "Updates on Pediatric Obesity Treatments (GLP-1 Receptor Agonists)"
August 28 - Adrienne Savant, MD - "Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening: Prompt Care Improves Outcomes"
September 4 - Jennifer Griggs, MD, Women in Medicine Visiting Professor - "ICD-11 QD85: The Diagnosis and Management of Burnout"
September 11 - Patrice Evers, MD - "Strategies for Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal in Pediatric Practices" - CANCELED DUE TO CODE GRAY AND FRANCINE
September 18 - Neha Santucci, MD - "Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction"
September 25 - Misty Good, MD - "A New Era of Treatments for Necrotizing Enterocolitis"
October 2 - Patricio Arias, MD and Kiera Tulla, MD - "Liver Failure and Transplantation"
October 9 - Kayla Pence, MD - "Febrile Seizures"
October 16 - Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD - "Bias in Healthcare"
October 23 - Eileen Kline, MD, Visiting Professor - "It takes a Village: Building an Emergency Department Research Program"
October 30 - Adele Williams, MD - "Pediatric Solid Tumor"
November 6 - Ann Kulungowski, MD - "Pediatric Vascular Anomalies"
November 13 - Stuart Goldstein, MD, Visiting Professor - "From Bedside to Bench and Back to the Bedside – A Translational Clinical Research Story to Improve Outcomes for Patient with Acute Kidney Injury"
November 20 - Neal Jackson, MD - "Cochlear Implants"
November 27 - NO GRAND ROUNDS DUE TO THANKSGIVING
December 4 - Jasbir Dhaliwal, Visiting Professor - “The Future of GI Medicine: Advancing Care Through Artificial Intelligence”
December 11 - Manette Ness-Cochinwala, MD - "Machine Learning in Medicine"
December 18 - Christy Mumphrey, MD - TBD
January 8 - Lindsay Elliott, DO and Kyle Fulton, MD - "Evaluation and Treatment of Infants with Plagiocephaly & Torticollis"
January 15 - Patrice Evers, MD -"Strategies for Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal in Pediatric Practices"
January 22 - Regina Zambrano, MD - "Genethics: Ethics and Discrimination in Genetics"
January 29 - Jeffrey Surcouf, MD - "Eat, Sleep, Console"
February 5 - Tameka Jackson-Dyer - "Breastfeeding Equity"
February 12 - Tina Simpson, MD - TBD
February 19 - Kayla Phelps, MD - "DEI Research in the PICU"
February 26 - Katie Queen, MD - "Practical Approaches to Common Pediatric Behavioral Health Problems"
March 5 - Mardi Gras Break
March 12 - Brittany Andry, MD of Cedar Health - "Eating Disorders, ARFID"
March 19 - Bonnie Desselle, MD, Emily Masoumy, MD, Staci Olister, MD - "Women in Medicine: past, Present and Future"
March 26 - Kirk Thame, MD - "GI Motility"
April 2 - Dr. Margaret Shang - "Addressing Substance Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting"
April 9 - Tom Kimball, MD - "A Root Cause Analysis of the Titanic Disaster: Lessons Applicable to Health Care Safety"
April 16 - Shubho Sarkar, MD - "AI in Medicine"
April 23 - Katrina Skinner, MD - "Success by Intention (Rewiring Your Reality)"
April 30 - Gary Duhon, MD - "Brain Death Guidelines"
May 7 - Elizabeth Wisner, MD and Andrew Abreo, MD - "Food Allergies"
May 14 - Alexis Thompson, MD - "Sickle Cell" - WORLEY HALL
May 21 - Jennifer Griggs, MD - "Creating a Coaching Culture in an Academic Medical Center"
May 28 - Tamara Bradford, MD - "Pediatric Heart Failure: Current Advances and Emerging Therapies"
June 4 - David Swetland, MD - "Vaping: The Risks, The EVALI Epidemic, and You, the Pediatrician"
June 11 - Christopher Golden, MD - "New Learners, New Landscape: A Clerkship Director’s Perspective on Pediatric Medical Student Education"
June 18 - Christina Piron, MD - Ralph V. Platou Memorial Lecture - "Innovating Access & Autonomy: The Role of DPC in Modern Pediatric Practice"
CME Credit -
Please note that you must record your attendance at the end of the Zoom
by completing the form that pops up after you leave the Zoom meeting.
CME credit will appear in your CE Broker account.
Register
for a basic, no cost account with CE Broker to track your hours. CEU credit will be emailed after the
completion of the evaluation.
Catherine Mooney, CPCS
Credentialing Supervisor & CME Coordinator
Manning Family Children's
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
O: 504.896.9431
F: 504.896.9707
Catherine.mooney@lcmchealth.org