Pediatric Chair's Friday For​um

Pediatric Chair's Friday Forum is designed to instill lifelong learning practices for participants and to further develop critical-thinking skills essential to the practice of medicine and translational science. This weekly, interactive session is facilitated by Department of Pediatrics faculty and residents, and is structured around rotating themes:

  • Week 1 - Clinical Reasoning
  • Week 2 - Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Week 3 - Morbidity & Mortality or Health Equity Rounds
  • Weeks 4 & 5 - Research in Progress or Ethics

Due to confidentiality of some topics, attendees must be OHSU employees.

Time: Fridays, 12 noon-1 p.m.

How to attend: Friday Forum is held in person in CDRC 3200. A Webex option is available (OHSU login required) for those who wish to watch sessions virtually. If you are an OHSU employee and would like to attend via Webex, please email Jessica Willhite to be added to the distribution list.


Upcoming Friday Forum Sessions

February 9, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine

Are We Sleeping on Melatonin?: An Evidence-Based Review of Use in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Facilitated by Amy Lorber, Shaily Patel & Taryn Meacham

Learning Objectives

  • To review a randomized control study regarding melatonin in pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis 
  • To discuss common and current practices in discussing and prescribing melatonin for pediatric patients

February 16, 2024 | Morbidity & Mortality

Facilitated by Zayna Bakizada

February 23, 2024 | Research in Progress

I See You! Is the Retina a Window to the Brain?

Facilitated by Rebecca Riggs

Learning Objectives

  • To gain a better understanding of optic nerve changes associated with changes in intracranial pressure
  • To gain a better understanding of contrast enhanced ultrasound cerebral perfusion scans
  • How to not let a perfectly terrifying pandemic go to waste

October 6, 2023 | Clinical Reasoning
Not just a sprinkle. . . But a Catastrophic Storm
Jennifer Lane, MD

October 13, 2023 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Nirsevimab: A New Respiratory Season Hero?
Breanna Brown, MD; Mehak Kaur, DO; Emily Rosenthal, MD

October 20, 2023 | Morbidity & Mortality
Smile for the Photo(therapy): Reviewing the Management of Bili Babies on the Wards
Andrea Chobrutskiy, MD

October 27, 2023 | Ethics
Responding to Parental Requests for Potentially Non-beneficial Treatment
Robert Macauley, MD

November 3, 2023 | Clinical Reasoning
Brenna Yard, MD & Eric McClellan, MD

November 10, 2023 | Research in Progress
Andrew Gledhill, MD

November 17, 2023 | Health Equity Rounds
Lucia Covert, MD

December 1, 2023 | Clinical Reasoning
Abbie Bauer, MD, MS

December 8, 2023 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Morgan Goff, MD; Matthew Dally, MD; Joshua Vasquez, MD

December 15, 2023 | Morbidity & Mortality
Kevin Kron, MD

January 5, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning

January 12, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Jonathan Junqua, DO, MPH; Madeline Lyons, MD; Diego Molina Ochoa, MD

January 19, 2024 | Health Equity Rounds
Austen Yeager, MD

January 26, 2024 | Ethics

February 2, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning

February 9, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Taryn Meacham, MD; Amy Lorber, MD; Shaily Patel, DO

February 16, 2024 | Morbidity & Mortality
Zayna Bakizada, MD

February 23, 2024 | Research in Progress

March 1, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning, 

March 8, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Cristian Cruz, MD; Rachel Scales, MD; Jacob Corpron, MD

March 15, 2024 | Morbidity & Mortality
Hayden Leeds, MD

March 22, 2024 | Ethics

April 4, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning

April 12, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Cambrynne DeJong, MD; Grace Gavin, DO; Christina Nguyen, DO, MS

April 19, 2024 | Health Equity Rounds
Erin Madison, MD

April 26, 2024 | Research in Progress

May 10, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning 

May 17, 2024 | Evidence-Based Reasoning
Christina Daragan, MD; Brett Boyer, MD; Kyla Graeser, DO

May 24, 2024 | Research in Progress

May 31, 2024 | Morbidity & Mortality
Olivia Brasher, MD

June 7, 2024 | Clinical Reasoning
Carlee Beckler, MD; Aaron Davis, MD; Joanna Odenthal, MD

June 14, 2024 | Evidence-Based Medicine
Drew Groshong, MD; Sofia Aedo, MD; Jaide Farr, DO

June 21, 2024 | Morbidity and Mortality
Boone Rhinehart, DO

June 21, 2024 | Ethics