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