2017 AAOSH Spring Seminar

Oral-Systemic Links in the Pediatric Patient

The Silent Airway Problem & MicrobiomesHosted by Dr. Mark Cannon and the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health

May 12 – 13, 2017

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

225 E. Chicago Ave. • Chicago, Illinois (11th Floor Auditorium)

The two-day seminar features the following topics. View the detailed agenda at AAOSH.org.

• The Infant Microbiome Aaron Hamvas, MD

• Behavioral Issues and the Microbiome James G MacKenzie, DO

• Oral Health, IBD and GERD Jeffrey B Brown, MD

• Silent Airway Problems Stephen H. Sheldon, DO, FAAP

• Bones and Teeth: A Review of Rare Diseases Craig B. Langman, MD

• Enteric Short Chain Fatty Acids: Microbial Messengers of Metabolism, Mitochondria and Mind: Implications in Autism Spectrum Disorders Derrick MacFabe, MD

• Oral-Systemic Health Research Update Mark Cannon, DDS, MS

Registration and a reception will be held Thursday evening at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile, 633 N. St. Claire Street.

Physicians & Dentists

$149

Auxilary Team

$79

Students & Residents

$59

Register at AAOSH.org/Events

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Oral-Systemic Links in the Pediatric PatientThe Silent Airway Problem & Microbiomes

May 12 - 13, 2017 • Chicago, Illinois

Here are a few of the prestigious faculty who will be presenting at the seminar. View the detailed agenda at AAOSH.org.

Bones and Teeth: A Review of Rare Diseases Craig B. Langman, MD Professor of Kidney Diseases, Isaac A. Abt, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineHead of Kidney Diseases, The Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

The Silent Airway Problem: Its Impact on Development, Performance and Health - Connecting the Dots for Diagnosis and TreatmentStephen H. Sheldon, DO, FAAPProfessor of Pediatrics, Northwest University School of MedicineDirector, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Sleep Medicine Center

Enteric Short Chain Fatty Acids: Microbial Messengers of Metabolism, Mitochondria and Mind: Implications in Autism Spectrum Disorders Derrick MacFabe, MDDirector of the Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research GroupAssistant Professor for Departments of Psychology (Neuroscience) & Psychiatry (Division of Developmental Disabilities), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Langman’s clinical and research interests involve urinary proteomics in genetic kidney stone diseases; mechanisms of progression in chronic kidney diseases; biomarkers of alternative complement pathway activation. He is a member of the Center for Genetic Medicine and the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute and serves on the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Inc. Board of Directors.

He has authored more than 200 original publications, reviews, chapters, web-materials, and commentaries, principally in the area of chronic renal insufficiency, primary hyperoxaluria, and cystinosis.

Dr. Sheldon is very active in the clinical practice of Pediatric sleep medicine and has an intense involvement in pediatric sleep medical education and research. He serves as Associate Editor of The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, and on the boards of the American Insomnia Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Sheldon is the author of Pediatric Differential Diagnosis, Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Evaluating Sleep in Infants and Children, Atlas of Sleep Medicine in Infants and Children, and Differential Diagnosis in Sleep Medicine. He is currently the Senior Editor of the premier textbook for the medical profession on diagnosing and managing all sleep problems in infants and children, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine.

Dr. MacFabe’s expertise includes cellular mechanisms of intra- and intercellular communication in brain physiology and its implications in stroke, epilepsy, neurodegeneration and neurotrauma as well as neurodevelopmental disorders. He is actively contributing to the development of novel animal models as well as the role of genetics, biochemistry and environment on the identification and possible treatments of autism spectrum disorders.

His research examining potential gastrointestinal and infective links in autism has been listed among the “Top 50 Scientific Discoveries in Canada” by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. In 2015, he was called to speak at the Nobel Forum, “The Gut in Focus,” at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Register at AAOSH.org/Events