SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
DAY 1 – February 18, 2015

7:00am – 4:00pm  REGISTRATION

8:00am – 8:30am OPENING CEREMONY
*Invocation
*National Anthem
*PPS Hymn / PIDSP Hymn
*Welcome Address Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian, President, PIDSP
*Message Dr. Milagros S. Bautista, President, PPS
*Overview of the 22nd Annual Convention Dr. Ma. Rosario Z. Capeding, Over-all Chair
*Master of Ceremony Dr. Anna Lisa T. Ong-Lim, Secretary, PIDSP

8:30am – 9:00am PLENARY LECTURE 1:
Highlights in Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian, President, PIDSP

9:00am – 9:45am
State of the Art Lecture: The Immune Response to Infectious Diseases
– Dr. Jaime A. Santos, MD, Past President, PIDSP

9:45am – 10:00am OPENING OF COMMERCIAL EXHIBIT/ COFFEE BREAK
*Ribbon Cutting – Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian, President, PIDSP
Dr. Ma. Liza Antoinette M. Gonzales, Vice-President, PIDSP
Dr. Ma. Rosario Z. Capeding, Over-all Chair
Dr. Jo-Anne A. De Castro, Chair, Ways & Means Committee
Dr. Cynthia A. Aguirre, Chair, Commercial Exhibits

10:00 am – 11:30am Plenary Symposium 1: Advocacies of Public and Private Sectors
A. Disease Reporting and Outbreak Detection: An Overview – Dr. Vito G. Roque, Jr.
B. Polio End Game  – Dr. Aida M. Salonga

11:30am – 12:30pm Luncheon Symposium 1: Sanofi Pasteur

12:30pm – 1:30pm Luncheon Symposium 2: MSD

1:30pm – 3:00pm Plenary Symposium 2: APPs on Tuberculosis
A. Approach to Diagnosing TB in Children – Dr. Ma. Cecilia G. Ama
B. Points to Ponder: Recognizing MDR-TB  – Dr. Jennifer J. Furin, PhD, WHO, USA
C. Practical Treatment Strategies – Dr. Anna Marie Celina Garfin

3:00pm- 3:15pm COFFEE BREAK / Research Poster Viewing

3:15pm – 4:45pm Plenary Symposium 3: APPs on Vaccines
A. Dates on Immunization 2015 – Dr. Cynthia A. Aguirre
B. Prevalence of Jap B encephalitis in the Philippines: The Need for Vaccination – Dr. Anna Lena Lopez
C. Present Role of BCG vaccination – Dr. Nigel Curtis

4:45-5:15pm Plenary Lecture 2: Newest Apps: Ebola – Dr. Beatriz P. Quiambao

5:15pm Business Meeting / Quiz Show – Elimination Round

7:00pm FELLOWSHIP NIGHT (PIDSP members only)

DAY 2 – February 19, 2015

8:00am-9:00am Meet-the-Experts:
A. FAQs on Tuberculosis – Dr. Estrella Paje-Villar / Dr. Alexander O. Tuazon | Carmina A. Delos Reyes, MD-Moderator
B. FAQs on Kawasaki Disease – Dr. Nigel Curtis / Dr. Jonas D. Del Rosario | Josephine Anne N. Ng MD- Moderator
C. Research Platform Presentation (Oral Presentation And Judging)

9:00am – 10:30am Plenary Symposium 4: APPs on Antibiotics
A. Advent of “New “Drugs in an Era of Resistance – Dr. Celia C. Carlos
B. Practical PK/PD – Dr. Benjamin G. Co
C. Prudent Use: Short Course, High Dose Antibiotics – Dr. Elizabeth E. Gallardo

10:30am – 10:45am COFFEE BREAK

10:45am – 12:15pm Plenary Symposium 5: Panel Discussion: Addressing Pediatricians’ Problems in FUO
A. Infectious Diseases – Dr. Jo-Anne A. De Castro
B. Connective Tissue Diseases – Dr. Cherica Tee
C. Malignancies – Dr. Maria Beatriz P. Gepte

12:15 noon – 1:15pm Luncheon Symposium 3: GSK

1:15pm – 2:15 pm Luncheon Symposium 4: Sanofi

2:15pm – 3:15pm Plenary Symposium 6: Assessing Patients with Probable Immunodeficiencies

A. Acquired Immunodeficiencies (HIV) – Dr. Jennifer J. Furin
B. Congenital Immunodeficiencies – Dr. Madeleine W. Sumpaico

3:15pm-3:30pm COFFEE BREAK

3:30pm – 5:00pm Plenary Symposium 7: Applications. Procedures and Practices in Clinical Practice Guidelines
A. Bacterial Meningitis – Dr. Cecile C. Maramba-Lazarte
B. Leptospirosis – Dr. Gyneth Lourdes G. Bibera
C. TB  – Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian

5:00pm – 5:30pm QUIZ SHOW

5:30pm-6:00pm CLOSING CEREMONY
*Awarding of Plaques for Major Sponsors
Closing Remarks – Dr. Ma. Liza Antoinette M. Gonzales, Vice-President, PIDSP