Time 

Topic 

Speaker 

8 a.m. – 9 a.m. 

Registration and Vendor Exhibits 

9 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. 

Welcome Address 

 

Julie Augenstein, MD 

EMS Base Hospital Medical Director | Phoenix Children’s 

Phoenix Children’s EMS and Pre-hospital Care Conference Chair 

 

9:10 a.m. – 10 a.m. 

 

Hypertonic Thinking: Applying Pharmacology to Traumatic Brain Injury 

 

Kendall Day, PharmD, BCEMP 

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Phoenix Children’s 

10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. 

Newborns…What could go wrong?  

 

 

Gregory C. Martin, MD, FAAP 

Bill and Cathy Hudson Endowed Chair in Neonatology, Center for Fetal and Neonatal Care  

Division Chief, Neonatology and Co-Director, Fetal Care | Phoenix Children’s 

 

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. 

BREAK 

11:10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

 

Pediatric Critical Care and Cardiac Emergencies  

 

Josh Koch, MD 

Division Chief, Critical Care and CVICU | Phoenix Children’s 

12 p.m. - 1 p.m. 

Lunch & Vendor Exhibits 

1 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. 

 

Pediatric assessment with special needs and airway consideration 

 

Jon Frischknecht, DO   

Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Phoenix Children’s 

1:50 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 

 

Tracheostomy Related Emergencies   

 

Wendy Arafiles, MD, FAAP 

Medical Director, Complex Care | Phoenix Children’s 

2:40 p.m. – 3 p.m. 

BREAK 

3 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. 

 

Non-Accidental Trauma: Recognizing Child Abuse 

 

Mary Haywood, DO 

Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Phoenix Children’s  

3:50 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. 

 

Pediatric Trauma: E-Bike and E-Scooter Injuries 

 

David Notrica, MD 

Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Endowed Chair in Trauma  

Medical Director, Trauma | Phoenix Children’s 

4:50 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

Closing Remarks