The Office for CME at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children provides continued service, as well as directing and planning activities that occur off-campus at community-based physicians and institutions with which we work closely.
St. Christopher’s has been dedicated to physician education and training for more than 110 years, including the development of continuing medical education for nearly 70 years!
Our CME programs have been shaped over the years by the wonderful influences of several historically renowned pediatricians who provided care and education at St. Chris, including Dr. William H. Bennett, founder of St. Christopher’s Hospital; Dr. Waldo E. Nelson, author of what is widely known as THE pediatric textbook; Dr. Angelo M. DiGeorge, physician-scientist who detailed DiGeorge Syndrome; and Dr. David S. Smith, venerable physician leader fondly known as the "pediatrician’s pediatrician."
Event Access
As of February 1, 2020, St. Christopher's CME Office is utilizing Tower Health’s CME tracking system/database – eeds. This system will be used for all SCHC Grand Rounds and CME Case Conferences you attend on campus as well as any other Tower Health CME activities you participate in. Please sign in with the eeds app on your phone or on a laptop, desktop, or mobile device.
View our 2024 Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) schedule. There are weekly and monthly conferences organized and held by various departments on campus.
Archived Event Access
If you are interested in viewing past Grand Rounds, Pediatric Pearls or Professional Development events not listed, please review the instructions on how to view enduring (recorded) sessions. If you have trouble, please contact Alma Barberena at Alma.Barberena@towerhealth.org
Special Events
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The Anna O’Riordan, MD Memorial Grand Rounds[Make a Gift]
Please consider making a gift to the Joseph and Anna O'Riordan Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Attend the in-person Pediatric Grand Rounds from 8 to 9 a.m. every Friday.
If you are off-site, please join virtually:
- 7:45 a.m. - Log into Zoom meeting with your full name
- 8:00 a.m. - Start time
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Family Support through Primary Prevention: Enhancing Primary Prevention (EPP)
Speakers: Samantha Rivera Joseph, PhD; Latasha Forteau, LCSW; Paola Messner Maysonet, MPH; and Breuana M. Pinckney, LSW
Friday, April 26
8 a.m. -
Human Rights and Political Determinants of Health
Annual Global Health Grand Rounds
Speaker: Prof. Joe Amon, PhD, MSPH
Friday, April 19
8 a.m.
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Are We Any Closer to Agreeing On Who is “Really Most Sincerely Dead”?
2023 Pediatric and Adult Brain Death Guidelines
Moderator: Joe Melvin, DO
Speakers: Sarah Barnes, RN; Daphne Hasbani, MD, PhD; Rebecca (Becky) Malfara, MSW; Pastor Noah W. Reid III, BA, MDiv, ThM; Susan Schmidt, DO; Eric Tom, MD
Friday, April 12
8 a.m.
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Supporting Medical Needs of Children in Foster Care
Speakers: Norrell Atkinson, MD; Ann Cushwa, LSW; and Emily Spengler, MD
Friday, April 5
8 a.m. -
The Role of Women in the History of Congenital Heart Disease
Anna C. O’Riordan, MD Memorial Grand Rounds
Speaker: Jacqueline Kreutzer, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FPICS
Friday, March 15
8 a.m. -
Evidence-based Compassionate, Equitable and Dyadic Care for Patients with Opioid and Other Use Disorders Across Four Trimesters
Speaker: Hendrée E. Jones, PhD
Friday, March 1
8 a.m.
Pediatric Pearls
Updates from the St. Chris experts.
They are held the first and third Thursday of every month from 12 to 12:30 p.m.
- 11:50 a.m. - Log into Zoom meeting with your full name
- 12 p.m. - Start time
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Newborn Blood Spots: 50 Conditions Today Has the Time Come to Want It All?
Speaker: Michael Schneider, MD, FACMG
Thursday, February 15
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Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): Time-out and Effective Commands to Decrease Child Externalizing Problems - Part 3
Speaker: David Bennett, MD
Thursday, February 1
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The Rise of Congenital Syphilis: What Pediatricians Need to Know
Speaker: Deborah Bloch-Goldstein, MD, MSc
Thursday, January 18
12 p.m. -
Newborn Screening Updates in Pennsylvania
Speaker: Laurie Varlotta, MD
Thursday, January 4
12 p.m. -
Seasonal Activity of RSV, Flu, and COVID and the Utility of Vaccines
Speaker: Alan T. Evangelista, PhD, D(ABMM)
Thursday, March 7
12 p.m. -
Review of Infant Formulas
Speaker: Katie Breznak, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC, CLC
Thursday, April 4
12 p.m.
Professional Development Conferences
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Examining Perspectives Towards Life-Sustaining Medical Treatments in End-of-Life Care
Speaker; Jordan Kurzum, MD
Wednesday, March 6
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Raising a Child in the Age of Screen Media
Speaker: Shruti Patel, DO
Tuesday, February 13
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We are More Than What We Eat: Advances in Gut Microbiome Research and Implications for Child Development and Chronic Conditions
Speaker: Elisa Vengalil, MD, CLC
Wednesday, February 7
12 p.m. -
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatrics
Speaker: Brianna Englert, DO
Tuesday, January 30
12 p.m. -
Caring for Adolescent Parents
Speaker: Shelby Shajimon, MD
Wednesday, January 24
12 p.m. -
Unlocking Food Complexities: The Future of Pediatric Food Allergy Treatments
Speaker: Kaitlyn Leahey, DO
Tuesday, January 16
12 p.m.
Heart Center Educational Conferences
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Prevention Before Intervention
7th Annual Pediatric Update: Heart Care for the Young
Keynote Speaker: Sarah de Ferranti, MD, MPH
Friday, November 10
7:15 a.m.
Registration Required -
Complete AV Canal Defects
Speaker: Lindsay S. Rodgers, MD
Monday, May 8, 2023
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Ventricular Septal Defects
Speaker: Lindsay S. Rogers, MD
Monday, April 17, 2023
1 p.m. -
Segmental Approach to Congenital Heart Disease[PDF]
Heart Center Educational Conference
Speaker: Lindsay S. Rogers, MD
Monday, March 6, 2023
1 p.m.
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Ventilation Modes for Fontan Patients
Heart Center Educational Conference
Speaker: Pradeepkumar Charla, MD
Monday, November 21, 2022
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ECMO Simulation and 3D Modeling
Heart Center Educational Conference
Speaker: Randy Stevens, MD
Thursday, November 3, 2022
7 a.m.