Presentations

Upcoming

Contact us for an invitation

February 24th 2026, 8:00am EST- Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn

Past

2025

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • Resuscitation and Stabilization of Neonates in the Delivery Room
  • Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates
  • Quality Improvement in Neonatal Care
  • Hypoglycemia in newborns: sharing experiences

2024

  • Differential diagnosis and tactics of treating hemorrhagic disorders in newborns (clinical
    recommendations of the Russian Federation). Stepanova Olga, KGMA – a branch of the Russian
    Ministry of Health, Kazan (Russia), Rybkina Nadezhda, Associate Professor, Department of
  • Pediatrics and Neonatology, Professor E.M. Lepsky KGMA, Kazan, Kazan (RF). 
  • Differential diagnosis and treatment of newborns with hemorrhagic disorders (clinical cases)  
    Kera McNelis MD MS, Assistant Professor Neonatology Bowel Program, Emory University, Marianne
    Cesarotti, MSN, IBCLC, NNP-BC Emory University.
  • Functional gastrointestinal disorders in newborns. Stepanova Olga, Associate Professor of
    Pediatrics and Neonatology Department KGMA – a branch of the Russian Ministry of Health, Kazan,
    Rybkina Nadezhda, Associate Professor, E.M. Lepsky Professor, KGMA, Kazan, Kazan (RF) 
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis in the newborn. Kera McNelis MD MS, Assistant Professor Neonatology
    Bowel Program, Emory University, Marianne Cesarotti, MSN, IBCLC, NNP-BC Emory University.
  • Therapeutic Hypothermia to Prevent Neurologic Injury in the Neonate. Stepanova Olga,
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology Department KGMA – a branch of the Russian
    Ministry of Health, Kazan, Rybkina Nadezhda, Associate Professor, KSMA. Kazan, Russia.
  • Therapeutic Hypothermia- Case presentations. Zuzana Novaks MD, Millenium Neonatology.
    Albequrque, NM. Marcia Bishop DNP, CNNP, Millenium Neonatology, Dallas Texas.

2023

  • Treatment of Anemia in the Term Neonate. WR Sexson MD, MA-B, Tracey R Bell DNP, CNNP.
    Emory.
  • Anemia in preterm infants, Clinical recommendations in the Russian Federation. Olga
    Stepanova: Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA. 
  • The Diagnosis and Management of Hepatosplenomegaly in the Neonate. Tracy Bell, DNP,
    CNNP, Emory University, William Sexson MD, Professor, Emory University,
  • Differential diagnosis of liver function disorders in newborns. Stepanova Olga, KSMA, Kazan,
    Russia;  Rybkina Nadezhda, E.M. Lepsky, Professor, KSMA, Kazan, Russia. 

2022

  • Necrotizing enterocolitis in newborns: a neonatologist’s perspective. Ravi Patel, MD, MSc,
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Research, Division of Neonatology, Emory University. 
  • NEC and NEC-like diseases of prematurity: Differential diagnosis and treatment. Karavayeva, MD, Children’s Hospital of St.Petersburg
     
  • Infections in Pregnant Women (syphilis, HIV, hepatatis). Treatment Strategies in Russia. Olga Chechulina, MD, PhD, OBGYN Department, KSMA Russia.
     
  • Infections in Newborns (syphilis, HIV, hepatatis). Treatment Strategies in USA. Vivek Saroha, MBBS, MRCPCH (UK) CCST – Neonatology (UK), FAAP, PhD; Division of Neonatology, Emory University 
  • Hypoglycemia in the Infant of the Diabetic Mother Systems of Care and Care Mapping. WR Sexson MD, MAB, Tracey R Bell DNP, CNNP, Emory University.
      
  • Hypoglycemia in newborns, Clinical Guidelines in RF. Faculty, KSMC, Kazan, Russia.

2021

  • Nutrition of the preterm infant: Russia’s experience. Luidmila Ippolitova MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Voronezh State Medical University (Russia) 
  • Nutrition of the preterm infant: experience of the USA. Brenda Poindexter, MD,MS; Chief, Division of Neonatology; System Medical Director for Neonatology; Marcus Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University; Atlanta (USA) 
  • Current strategies for the prevention of nosocomial infection in premature infants. Olga Stepanova: Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA (Kazan, Russia) 
  • Early Onset Infection and Antibiotic Use in Neonates. Jessica L. Roberts, MD; Assistant
    Professor of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University.
  • Neonatal Sepsis: Russian Experience. Prof.  Dr. Marina DEGTYAREVA, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci.,
    Head, Dept. of  Neonatology,  N.I. Pirogov  Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow,
    Russia 
  • Infection in Hospitalized Growing Preterm Infants. Jessica L. Roberts, MD; Assistant Professor of
    Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University.
  • Discharge from the maternity ward in Russia. Nadezhda Rybkina – Candidate of Medical
    Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA (Kazan,
    Russia) 
  • When can my baby go home? Defining criteria for discharge readiness. Tracey Bell, DNP,
    APRN, NNP-BC; Senior Fellow, Global Collaborating Center for Reproductive Health;
  • COVID-19 and Pregnancy: USA’s experience. Martina Badell MD PhD, Associate Professor of
    Gynecology & Obstetrics, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Emory University.
  • COVID 19 and the newborn: the Russian experience. Nadezhda Rybkina – Candidate of Medical
    Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA (Kazan,
    Russia) 
  • COVID-19 and Neonatology. George W. Bugg Jr. MD MPH, Emory University.
  • Organizing care for the newborn in neonatal departments of the Russian Federation: the role
    of a doctor and a nurse in improving the results of care. Olga Stepanova: Candidate of Medical
    Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA 
  • Ethical and psychological aspects of interaction between neonatologists, nurses and parents:
    experience and development prospects in the Russian Federation. Nadezhda Rybkina –
    Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, KSMA (Kazan, Russia) 
  • Newborn care as effective means of improving outcomes of care – The perspective of an
    experienced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in the USA. Tracey Bell, DNP, APRN, NNP-C

2020

  • Developmental Follow-up for the General Pediatrician: “Who, What, When, Where and Why.” Ira Adams-Chapman MD MPH. Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology, Emory University.
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates, United States of America Experience,  George W. Bugg Jr MD MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology, Emory University.
     
  • COVID-19 and Newborn Infants: Experience from Russia (Moscow) Prof. Marina DEGTYAREVA, M.D.,Ph.D.,D.Sci.,Head, Dept.of Neonatology, N.I.Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
     
  • Novel Coronavirus 2019: Pregnancy Implications & Obstetric Care Management Naima Joseph MD, MPH Clinical Fellow, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Emory University School of Medicine
     
  • Coronavirus and Pregnancy, RF Experience.  Prof. Olga Chechulina, OBGYN Department, Kazan State Medical Academy, Kazan, Russia.
     
  • Ethics and the care of the baby at the margin of viability. WR Sexson MD, MA-B, Professor Pediatrics/Neonatology, OB and Ethics, Emory University.
      
  • Survival and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Periviable Infants.Ravi Mangal Patel, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology, Emory University.
  • Ethical and legal issues of caring for extremely premature infants in the Russian Federation Mustafina-Bredikhina Diana Myadkhatovna PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Administrative and Financial Law of the RUDN University, Lawyer of the Russian Society of Neonatologists. 
  • Clinical recommendations on stabilization of extremely premature babies in RF. Olga Stepanova: Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, KSMA
     
  • How to improve the outcomes of premature infants: ‘platinum minute.’ Dr. Ravi Patel MD, MSc Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University.
     
  • The baby with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: from the intensive care unit to the outpatient clinic. D.Yu. Ovsyannikov, MD, Moscow, Russia 

2019

  • Family Involvement and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in NICU graduates. Ira Adams-Chapman MD MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Developmental Progress Clinic, Emory University.
  • Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) in Term Infants. Shannon Hamrick, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Divisions of Neonatology and Cardiology, Emory University.
  • Monitoring a Newborn with ELBW. Tracey Bell DNP, CNNP. Associate Director, NNP Training Program, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University.
  • In addition to these lectures, Tracey Bell DNP, CNNP, held an online school for a group of nurses in Kazan on various subjects not included in this list.