Schedule
2025
Tuesday, May 13th
11:30 AM

A novel approach to the management of extreme hypernatremia using continuous kidney replacement therapy and hypertonic saline

Bahar Barani, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Xuexin Lu, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Darcy Weidemann, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jenna Miller, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nathan Beins, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Judith Vansickle, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Vimal Chadha, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Adherence to Oral Iron in Adolescent Females with Iron Deficiency Secondary to Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Kennedy Sheedy, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Lauren Amos MD, MS, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Analytical Verification of the FDA cleared Xpert® Xpress CoV-2 Plus test for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Respiratory Specimens

Gabriela M. Henriquez, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Neena Kanwar, Children's Mercy Hospital
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy Hospital

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Asking About Gender Identity in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Clinic: Patient, Family and Provider Perspectives (The REFLECTIVE Study)

Madeline Ross, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Hariye Sema Baghaki
Hannah Suffian
Lauren Roth, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jeanette Higgins, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Bivalirudin versus Heparin in patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias requiring extracorporeal life support

Cory Nonnemacher, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Seth Saylors, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Vatche Melkonian, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Richard Hendrickson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Inna Lobeck, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Clinic Visit Attendance in Patients with Hemophilia

Shailly Gaur MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Brian Lee PhD, MPH, Children's Mercy Kansas City
James Anderst MD, MSCI, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Katie Foote LSCSW, LCSW, OSW-C, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Andrea Bradley-Ewing MPA, MA, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Shannon Carpenter MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Emergency Department Utilization for Educational Prioritization for Children by Levels of Community Advantage

Katherine Randolph, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Chris Kennedy, Children's Mercy Hospital
Jennifer Watts, Children's Mercy Hospital
Matt Hall

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Impact of a multidisciplinary clinic on hormone replacement therapy in adolescents with Turner Syndrome

Madeline Ross, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Trisha Patel
Ashli A. Lawson, Children's Mercy Hospital
Joseph Cernich, Children's Mercy Hospital
Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Implementation of a weaning protocol for inhaled nitric oxide in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit

Elizabeth Loughman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Julie Weiner DO, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Maryam El Tawil, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Chris Nitkin MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway in Adolescent Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Evaluation of Endometriosis

Lauren Roth MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Madeline Ross MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Todd Glenski MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Emily Weisberg MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ashli Lawson, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Intraspinal Anomalies in Presumed AIS Does Not Increase the Risk of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Changes During Posterior Spinal Fusion

Connor Mathes, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bill Woodhams, Michigan State University
Aaron Shaw, Children's Mercy Kansas City
John Anderson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Michael Benvenuti, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Richard Schwend, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Preferred and Actual Place of Death to Assess Goal Concordant End of Life Care for Children with Cancer

Amy Johnson MD, MBA, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Lisa Tarbell MSN, RN, FNP-C, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Brooke Fridley PhD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Terrie Flatt DO, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Spinal Deformity Characteristics Associated with Intraspinal Anomalies in a Population of Presumed AIS

Connor Mathes, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Aaron Shaw, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bill Woodhams, Michigan State University
John Anderson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Michael Benvenuti, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Richard Schwend, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Teen and Young Adult Experiences with Intrauterine Device Placement under Procedural Sedation: A Pilot Study

Ellen Bryant, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Stephani L. Stancil, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Anne-Marie Priebe, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Andrea Nos, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ashli A. Lawson, Children's Mercy Hospital

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Variables Affecting Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Infants with Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Elizabeth Loughman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Julie Weiner DO, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Marcie Files MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM

Single-Incision Laparoscopic Ileocecectomy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A 15-Year Experience

Seth Saylors, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Cory Nonnemacher, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Meredith Elman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Shawn St. Peter, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM

Delaying Infant Inguinal Hernia Repair Does Not Increase Incarceration Rate

Seth Saylors, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Cory Nonnemacher, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Charles Snyder, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Pablo Aguayo, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Richard Hendrickson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bhargava Mullapudi
Irene Lim-Beutel, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Rebecca Rentea, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Shawn St. Peter, Children's Mercy Kansas City
David Juang, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Tolulope Oyetunji, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

The Impact of Race-Corrected Spirometry Results on Eligibility into an Asthma Clinical Trial

Carina H. Perdew, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bridgette L. Jones, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Wumi V. Akinjole, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM