
Paris 28 September – 1 October 2023
Scientific Program
15:00 - 15:30
Inauguration ceremony - Welcome

Giuseppe Mele
SIMPe - Italian Society of Pediatricians - President

Jose Manuel de la Rosa
Vice President for Outreach and Community Engagement
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Professor, Department of Pediatrics
15:30 - 16:30
Plenary conference
Should ADVOCACY be taught as a part of the medical school curriculum?

Jose Manuel de la Rosa
Vice President for Outreach and Community Engagement
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Professor, Department of Pediatrics
08:00 - 9:00
Plenary Lecture
Violence against children and adolescents in the 21st century

Héctor José Villanueva Clift
2022-2023 Mexican Academy of Pediatrics Vice-President
Chief Medical Director Department of Teaching and Research
at the Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua, Mexico.
09:00 - 09:30
Mini-lesson 1 on applied research
How to develop research ideas
09:30 - 10:30
Deciphering Short Stature in Children

Francesco Chiarelli
Professor and Head of Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics
University of Chieti, Italy.
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45
Listening the voices of teachers, parents, and pediatricians to improve outcomes for children with disabilities: an interactive session.

Dr. Beverley Argus-Calvo
Associate professor and Department Chair
Counseling, Special Education and Educational Psychology
The University of Texas at El Paso
11:45 - 12:30
Abstract Presentation
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 15:30
Plenary Lecture
The role of pediatricians in mitigating the mental health crisis in the pediatric population

Maria Theresa M. Villanos
Division Chief of General Pediatrics
Medical Director of General Pediatrics Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
15:30 - 16:30
Round Table 1
Trends and Future of Social Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
16:30 - 16:45
Break
16:45 - 18:00
Abstract presentation
09:00 - 09:30
Mini-lesson 2 on applied research
How to publish successfully
09:30 - 10:30
Plenary Lecture
Adolescent migration in Latin America and the Mexico-USA border region: A health paradigm

Hugo Staines Orozco
Numerary Member of the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics
Full Professor of Pediatric Nosology UACJ-ICB. Mexico.
Former President Mexican Board of Pediatric Surgery, Mexico.
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Abstract Presentation
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 15:30
Round Table 2
Social Pediatrics Trends and Future
Inpatients and Specialties
15:30 - 16:30
Plenary lecture
Prevention in Pediatrics of Mental Health Problems: what we are obliged to do!

Marie Leiner
Research Professor - Department of Pediatrics Texas
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, USA