UCSF BCH Monterey Conference: Pediatric 2026 Progress Report Adolescent Health, Infectious Disease, and a Century of Medical Education

 

Friday, November 13, 2026

Questions and Answers: Each presentation will include a 10-minute Question and Answer period.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

7:30 a.m.       Registration                                                                      

8:15 a.m.       Welcome & Introduction                                                                

8:30 a.m.       Adolescent Screen & Social Media Use: Evidence & Guidance for Clinicians         Jason Nagata, MD           

9:30 a.m.       Sleep, Screens, and School: Untangling Adolescent Sleep Disorders                     Mustafa Bsiekri, MD

10:30 a.m.     Break                                           

10:50 a.m.     Clearing the Field: Modern Sports Physicals from Heart to Hernia                       Erin Grieb, MD

11:50 a.m.     Vaccines: A Whirlwind Tour of Protecting Lives                                                   Jenna Holmen, MD

12:50 p.m.     LUNCH – Possible Product Theater

1:50 p.m.       Managing Intergenerational Teams: Feedback and Connection                           April Zaat, MD

2:50 p.m.       Putting the AI in TrAIning: Preparing Pediatricians for Tomorrow’s Trainees      Tristan Nichols, DO

3:50 p.m.       American Board of Pediatrics Unpacked: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We’re Going

                                                                                                                                    Pamela Simms-Mackey, MD

4:50 p.m.       Adjourn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                Saturday, November 14, 2026

Questions and Answers: Each presentation will include a 15-minute Question and Answer period.                                                                                   

7:30 a.m.       Registration                                                                                                                        

8:00 a.m.       Becoming the Expert - Advocacy Through Care                                        Noemi Spinazzi, MD      

9:05 a.m.       Organized Sports and Activities for Children with Disabilities                  Rhonda Watkins, MD

10:10 a.m.     Break                                                                   

10:25 a.m.     Bridging Policy and Practice: Legislative Updates in Special Needs Care for Pediatric Primary Care Providers                                                                                                                                             Gena Lewis, MD; Laurie Somes,                                                                                                                                             Noemi Spinazzi, MD

11:30 a.m.     Re-emerging Infections: Those Old Foes We Just Can't Shake                  Jenna Holmen, MD

12:35 p.m.    Adjourn                             

                                                                                                                                   

            Sunday, November 15, 2026

Questions and Answers: Each presentation will include a 15-minute Question and Answer period.

                                                                                                                       

7:30 a.m.      Registration                                                                       

8:00 a.m.      Pain Reimagined: Modern Pain Science and Integrative Approaches to Healing   Jenifer Mathews, MD

9:05 a.m.      Pain Management in Pediatric Palliative and Complex Care                        Eve Golden, MD           

10:10 a.m.    Break for hotel checkout                                                                

10:40 a.m.    Adolescent Substance Use in Pediatric Practice: Prevention, Screening, and Treatment

William Burrough, MD

11:45 a.m.    Beyond the Prescription: Palliative, Integrative, and Addiction Medicine Approaches to Pediatric Pain                                                                                                                         William Burrough, MD; Eve Golden, MD;                                                                                                                              Jenifer Mathews, MD

12:50 p.m.    Adjourn