Alabama Chapter-AAP members and other pediatric healthcare providers, join the Chapter for its signature event, the Spring Meeting & Pediatric Update! In 2023, we are delighted to host pediatricians from throughout the state and region once again at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL, this time on Memorial Day weekend! This will be a fantastic time to reconnect with one another and get top-notch pediatric CME at the same time!
This event is made possible in part by a number of supporters, including an AAP educational grant supported by Abbott Nutrition, a proud supporter of the AAP.
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Topics & Speakers
Cason Benton, MD, FAAP, Director, Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance; Professor, UAB Heersink Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics, University of Alabama Birmingham
Heather Taylor, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, College of Community Health Sciences, Pediatric Clerkship Director – Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of UAB Heersink School of Medicine
A Teen Vaccine Workshop: Applying ACHIA Teen Vaccine Collaborative Lessons Learned to Your Practice
Kim Boswell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Mental Health
Launching a New State of Mind
E. Melissa Perez-Garcia, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, University of South Alabama
Growth as a Biomarker of Health in Children: Review and Update
Chip Hart, Director, PCC Pediatric Solutions Consulting Group, Winooski, VT
Do I Work with the Wrong People?
Laurie Jones, MD, FAAP, FABM, Pediatrician, Agave Pediatrics, Scottsdale, AZ
Evaluation & Treatment of the Slow-Growing Breastfed Infant
Cases & Math: The Slow-Growing Breastfed Infant
Jake Kleinmahon, MD, Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant and Heart Failure, Ochsner Hospital for Children, New Orleans, LA
Health Equity: Let's Be Part of the Solution
Tyler McDonald, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Alabama
How Obesity Affects Orthopedic Conditions of Childhood
John McLendon, MD, FAAP, Pediatric Hospitalist; Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Ascension, Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL
2022 AAP Clinical Practice Guideline Revision for Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant: "Wow, That's Different!"
Claudette Poole, MD, MSPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Syphilis and HIV in Pregnancy: Management of Infants
James Slauterbeck, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Alabama
ACL Injury Risk and Prevention in High School Athletes
Special Programs
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Hotel Reservations
Updated 4/21/23: Please note that the room block at The Lodge at Gulf State Park that is being held for the Chapter for the Spring Meeting is sold out. But don’t fear…
If you have not made your reservation yet, we have three options we have worked out for you if you still need a reservation:
Hotel Indigo Orange Beach – This “sister property” backs up to Gulf State Park. We have booked a limited number of overflow rooms at discounted rates that start at $299. Please see this reservation instruction sheet with rates, the online link & phone number, and information on amenities. Note that the reservation cut-off is May 5, 2023.
Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach – This beachfront property is two miles from The Lodge. We have booked a very limited number of overflow rooms (limited beach view) at discounted rates that start at $269. To reserve one of these rooms, please contact Olivia Benboe, Sales Coordinator, directly at 251-974-1600, ext. 7787; she is available M-F, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. CT.
The third option is that The Lodge has a limited number of rooms outside of our room block that they will offer our conference attendees at 20% off of the “rack rate” (a higher rate than our contracted rate). Please contact Linda (llee@alaap.org) or Jill (jpowell@alaap.org) and we will let the hotel know that you would like one of these rooms. Please indicate the nights you wish to stay and room preferences. In checking the site just now, these are very limited.
If you have already made your reservation at The Lodge but find yourself having to cancel a room, please email Linda (llee@alaap.org) or Jill (jpowell@alaap.org) the cancellation in writing and we will contact the hotel with the cancellation so that we can possibly “plug someone in” who wants to stay in our room block.
