14^th International Conference on Clinical Pediatrics June 14-16, 2018 Rome, Italy

Dr. Donna Mendez is a board certified Pediatrician and Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician. She completed her pediatric residency at University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) in San Antonio, and a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. She is currently an attending at McGovern Medical School in Houston. She is the director of the pediatric emergency fellowship established in 2014. She has received her Doctorate in Professional Leadership with an Emphasis in Health Science Education from The University of Houston in 2016. She has published more than 20 papers in journals and online resources.

Pediatrics Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

James Heubi, M.D. is Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Professor of Pediatrics at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. He is the Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training which is the vehicle by which the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center administer the NIH-funded, Clinical Translational Science Award. He has been an active clinical investigator with over 200 peer reviewed publications and was the long term program director for the NIH funded General Clinical Research Center. He is the principal investigator and co investigator on NIH grants and participates is a local principal or co-investigator on 2 rare disease networks supported by the NIH. His research interests include cholestatic liver disease in childhood and its complications, inborn errors of bile acid metabolism, bone disease in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, fat absorption, and cholesterol absorption and metabolism.

Pediatrics

Sasigarn Bowden, MD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Bowden is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and Sub-Board of Pediatric Endocrinology. Her clinical and research interests include metabolic bone disorders, pediatric osteoporosis, and diabetes. Dr. Bowden is the associate program director for the fellowship program and a pediatric bone expert for the Metabolic Bone Clinic at Nationwide children’s Hospital. She is the Chief Editor for eMedicine and has published more than 60 articles and abstracts in reputed journals.

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Prof. Dafina Kuzmanovska has held the position of nephrologists at University Children’s’ Hospital in Skopje, since achieving her subspecialisation in paediatric nephrology in 1986. In 1997 she became Professor in Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine and in 2002 full professor in Paediatrics. She has been on a position of head of Cathedra of Pediatrics in the period 2009-2013 and since September 2014 she is emeritus professor. During her career she has written more than 100 research and professional papers published in recognised international journals and on major conferences and co-authored some textbooks.

Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology