SHINE: Symposium on Health Innovation and Neonatal Excellence

January 21-23, 2026
The Florida Hotel & Conference Center
1500 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809

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Course Information

Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Day 1: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
All times in Eastern Time
8:00 a.m.
 Welcome remarks

Rebooting Neonatal Medicine with AI
8:05-8:45 a.m.
 The new eye in the NICU: Can we believe what algorithms see?
Speaker: Ryan McAdams, MD
8:45-9:25 a.m.
 AI and the practice of medicine
Speaker: William Morris, MD
9:25 -10:05 a.m.
 Wearable physiologic sensors in neonatology: scratching (under) the surface
Speaker: Animesh Tandon, MD
10:05-10:15
 Q & A
10:15-10:30
 Break

Neonatal Neurology: From the NICU to Neurodevelopment
10:30-11:10 a.m.
 Enabling life participation with neuro-technologies for children with perinatal brain injury
Speaker: Adam Kirton, MD
11:10-11:50 a.m.
 HIE: Bedside to benchtop and back again
Speaker: Kenji Cunnion, MD
11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
 Advancing genetic diagnoses and therapies in the NICU
Speaker: Pankaj Agrawal, MD
12:30-12:45 p.m.
 Q & A
12:45-2:00
 Lunch
Top Innovations Awards (1): Transforming Tiny Lives

Neonatal Breakthroughs:State-of-the-Art Clinical Trials
2:00-2:40 p.m.
 Prophylactic & early treatment of PDA with paracetamol
Speaker: Professor Jean-Christophe Rozé, MD
2:40-3:20 p.m.
 The evolving paradigm of prenatal therapy for cystic fibrosis
Speaker: Michael Zaretsky, MD
3:20-4:00 p.m.
 The shifting paradigm of “necrotizing enterocolitis” in preterm infants: Implications for therapeutics
Speaker: Josef Neu, MD
4:00-4:15 p.m.
 Q & A
4:15 p.m.
 Closing remarks
4:15-5:00 p.m.
 Abstract presentation

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Day 2: Thursday, January 22, 2026
All times in Eastern Time
8:00 a.m.
 Welcome remarks

Safety in Action: Cultivating Care and Learning Through Case Studies
8:05-8:50 a.m.
 Has quality improvement transformed outcomes in neonatology?
Speaker: Munish Gupta, MD
8:50-9:35 a.m.
 Practically highly reliable: Are we there yet?
Speaker: Shannon Phillips, MD
9:35-9:50 a.m.
 Q & A
9:50-10:00 a.m.
 Break

No Place Like Home: The NICU Follow-Up Frontier
10:00-10:40 a.m.
 NICU discharge: A milestone, not the finish line – Supporting medically complex infants at home
Speaker: Mollie Warren, MD
10:40-11:20 a.m.
 No place like home: The NICU follow-up frontier
Speaker: Elisabeth McGowan, MD
11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
 Simple babies, complex needs: The case for post-NICU follow-up of late preterm and term infants
Speaker: Anirudha Das, MD
12:00-12:15 p.m.
 Q & A
12:15-2:00 p.m.
 Lunch
Top Innovations Awards (2): Transforming Tiny Lives

Family-Centered Care: Redefining Care through Collaboration
2:00-2:40 p.m.
 The effect of the NICU environment on parents’ participation: A focus on the father’s role
Speaker: Liisa Lehtonen, MD
2:40-3:20 p.m.
 The neuroscience of nurture in the NICU: Impacts on brain & language development
Speaker: Raylene Phillips, MD
3:20-4:10 p.m.
 Break
4:10-4:50 p.m.
 Changing the culture of care: Implementation of family-integrated care across Alberta NICUs
Speaker: Karen Benzies, PhD, RN
4:50-5:00 p.m.
 Q & A
5:00 p.m.
 Closing remarks

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Day 3: Friday, January 23, 2026
All times in Eastern Time

The Hands-on Workshops
8:00-8:10 a.m.
 Introduction and logistics
8:10-9:40 a.m.
 Hands-on application of bubble CPAP in NICU
9:40-9:50 a.m.
 Break
9:50-11:20 a.m.
 Statistical process control for quality improvement: Introduction to run charts and control charts
11:20-11:30 a.m.
 Break
11:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
 New Approach for Golden Hour Workshop

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