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56th UCSF BCH Oakland Monterey 3-Day Conference: Pediatrics 2026 Progress Report: Adolescent Health, Infectious Diseases, and a Century of Medical Education

See for UCSF BCH Monterey 2026 for registration and hotel details.

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 by Jason Nagata, MD
9:30 a.m. Sleep, Screens, and School: Untangling Adolescent Sleep Disorders by Mustafa Bsiekri, MD 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m. Clearing the Field: Modern Sports Physicals from Heart to Hernia by Erin Grieb, MD
11:50 a.m. Vaccines: A Whirlwind Tour of Protecting Lives by Jenna Holmen, MD
12:50 p.m. LUNCH – Possible Product Theater
1:50 p.m. Managing Intergenerational Teams: Feedback and Connection by April Zaat, MD
2:50 p.m. Putting the AI in TrAIning: Preparing Pediatricians for Tomorrow’s Trainees byTristan Nichols, DO
3:50 p.m. American Board of Pediatrics Unpacked: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We’re Going by 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 by Noemi Spinazzi, MD
9:05 a.m. Organized Sports and Activities for Children with Disabilities by 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 by Gena Lewis, MD; Laurie Somes, Noemi Spinazzi, MD
11:30 a.m. Re-emerging Infections: Those Old Foes We Just Can't Shake by 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 by Jenifer Mathews, MD
9:05 a.m. Pain Management in Pediatric Palliative and Complex Care by 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 by William Burrough, MD
11:45 a.m. Beyond the Prescription: Palliative, Integrative, and Addiction Medicine Approaches to Pediatric Pain by William Burrough, MD; Eve Golden, MD; Jenifer Mathews, MD
12:50 p.m. Adjourn

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Monterey 2026 Agenda