Department of Surgery

Antibiotics in our Pediatric Surgery Patients

Date

July 13, 2021 - 9:00am

Event Description

Presenter: Elizabeth Pace (advisor: Drs. Michael Morowitz and Stefan Scholtz)

Dr. Pace will first share some updates regarding current and upcoming randomized clinical trials, including the NICU Antibiotics and Outcomes (NANO) Trial and the Post-operative Antibiotics for Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis (PAINTER) Trial revolving around antibiotic use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. She will then discuss antibiotics in the setting of complicated appendicitis and several projects with the Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network (EPSN) including a large retrospective cohort study and operative report review by the EPSN research consortium led by Boston Children's Hospital. 

Location and Address

MS Teams virtual meeting

Meeting logon info has been emailed to Department of Surgery staff. For Pitt and UPMC staff outside the department who wish to access the lecture, please email surgerywebmaster@upmc.edu.

All sessions are recorded. Those wishing to view the presentation at a later date may contact mrr18@pitt.edu for the link.