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Recent Updates on Neonatal Lung, Brain and Gastrointestinal Diseases

  • April 4 - 6, 2025
  • Auditorium of Clinical Research Institute (CRI) at Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

 

Objectives

The IPOKRaTES seminar provides high-quality postgraduate education, enabling professionals to stay updated with the latest trends. Participants have the opportunity to discuss clinical issues and scientific challenges directly with international experts.

This seminar focuses particularly on crucial aspects of neonatal respiratory, neurological, and gastroenterological pathophysiology, offering an important opportunity to maintain up-to-date knowledge for daily clinical practice.

 

Faculty

  • Josef Neu
    University of Florida, USA
  • Ju Lee Oei
    University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia
  • Huayan Zhang
    Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital, China / Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
  • Jeanie Cheong
    Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  • Anton van Kaam
    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jae Kim
    Cincinnati Children’s, USA
  • Kee Thai Yeo
    KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore
  • Juin Yee Kong
    KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore
  • Han-Suk Kim
    Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Ee-Kyung Kim
    Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Seung Han Shin
    Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Program

FRI, April 4, 2025

12.50-13.00

Opening remarks, Introduction

Session 1. Breast Milk and Preterm Infants

13.00-13.45

The Power of Breast Milk: Shaping the Gut Microbiome and Immunity in Preterm Infants

Josef Neu

13.45-14.30

Current approaches to fortifying human milk

Jae Kim

14.30-15.15

Scourge of the NICU: cytomegalovirus

Kee Thai Yeo

15.15-15.35

Coffee Break

Session 2. Neonatal Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology

15.35-16.20

Intestinal Development and mucosal immunity – role in preterm infant outcomes

Josef Neu

16.20-17.05

When is NEC not NEC? Challenges in the diagnosis of NEC

Jae Kim

17.05-17.50

Standardisation of TPN (Nutrition, Refeeding)

Juin Yee Kong

SAT, April 5, 2025

Session 3. Neonatal Neurology

09.10-09.55

The conundrum of mild hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Ju-Lee Oei

09.55-10.40

Neonatal neurocritical care in NICU: when and how to intervene

Seung Han Shin

10.40-11.25

Neuroimaging in high-risk newborns and prediction of developmental outcome

Jeanie Cheong

11.25-13.00

Lunch

Session 4. Ventilator Care in NICU

13.00-13.45

Strategies of non-invasive respiratory support

Anton van Kaam

13.45-14.30

Pulmonary mechanics and physiology based mechanical ventilation for the infant with hypoxic respiratory failure

Huayan Zhang

14.30-15.15

Reducing lung injury for infants requiring mechanical ventilation

Anton van Kaam

15.15-15.35

Coffee Break

Session 5. BPD and Pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants

15.35-16.20

The team for severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Huayan Zhang

16.20-17.05

Early Pulmonary Vascular Disease and BPD in preterm infants

Han-Suk Kim

17.05-17.50

Do we need another randomized controlled trial for inhaled nitric oxide in preterm babies?

Ju-Lee Oei

SUN, April 6, 2025

Session 6. Long-term Follow Up of High Risk Infants

09.10-09.55

What happens to preterm infants when they become adults?

Jeanie Cheong

09.55-10.40

Practical approaches to following up and supporting preterm infants and their families

Ee-Kyung Kim

10.40-11.25

Moderate to late preterm infants grown up – the forgotten population

Jeanie Cheong

11.25-13.00

Lunch

Session 7. New Technologies in Neonatology

13.00-13.45

Advancing neonatology through artificial intelligence and clinical informatics

Jae Kim

13.45-14.30

Multiomics and the Gut-Brain-Lung Axis:The Evolution for Personalized Nutrition

Josef Neu

14.30-15.15

Advances in monitoring lung function in the NICU

Anton van Kaam

15.15-15.35

Coffee Break

Session 8. Interactive Session

15.35-17.50

Case discussions (Three small groups will rotate)
- Respiratory diseases (Huayan Zhang, Anton van Kaam, Han-Suk Kim, Kee Thai Yeo)
- GI & Nutrition (Josef Neu, Jae Kim, Ee-Kyung Kim, Juin Yee Kong)
- Neurology (Jeanie Cheong, Ju-Lee Oei, Seung Han Shin)

17.50-18.00

Closing remarks

18.00

Adjourn

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