NRP Training

Exhibitor Set Up in State of Maine Room

Welcome Dinner for Maine AAP Members and Speakers - Spruce Head Room (Recreation Room - Owls Head Room)

Pilates Mat Class: Fitness Center

Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors

Welcome & Speaker Introduction - Knox County Ballroom

• Brian Youth, MD Maine AAP President
  

  Brian Youth is a primary care pediatrician in the Greater Portland region and is the current President of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition to caring for patients with the MaineHealth Medical Group (MHMG) at Westbrook Pediatrics, he also teaches and runs a new autism concern clinic at the ambulatory pediatric resident teaching clinic at Maine Medical Center. Dr.Youth is the MHMG and BBCH Children’s Health Service Line Senior Medical Director for Pediatric Primary Care- Southern Region, and works as an EPIC informaticist for Maine Health. He also serves on the School Health Committee of the Maine AAP, the Environmental Health and Climate Change Committee, and is a member of the Council on School Health with the National American Academy of Pediatrics.

Welcome Breakfast

Maine AAP Members Annual Meeting

PrEP for the PCP: Improving Education among Medical Residents

• Jonathan Oswold, MD MaineHealth
  

  Dr. Jonathan Oswald is currently a third-year resident within the Maine Medical Center Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program. He is originally from Indiana and completed his undergraduate degree in biology at Indiana University before completing medical school at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Oswald’s clinical interests focus on primary care for underserved populations, LGBTQ+ healthcare, and medical education.

Eating Disorders

• Cynthia Robbins MD, MS, FAAP Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Tufts School of Medicine and Adolescent Medicine, MaineHealth, South Portland Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic

Exhibit Hall Open

An MRI Study of How Nutrition Influences Early Infant and Child Brain Development

• Sean Deoni, PhD Director of MRI Research, Department of Pediatrics. Memorial Hospital of RI & Adjunct Professor of Engineering, Brown University

Lunch

Award Ceremony

Obesity Talk

• Rushika Conroy, MD MaineHealth
• Margaret Stefater-Richards, MD, PhD Boston Children's

Exhibit Hall Open

Shining Light on Inequities in Pediatric Care

• Chris McGlaughlin, MSW, LCSW Inspired Consulting Group

Break

Resident Poster Session & Reception - Camden Room

Breakfast

Members Meeting

Break

Fluroide

Immunotherapy

• Ring-Chi Li, DO Northern Light Health
  

  I earned a Master’s degree in Toxicology from National Taiwan University and a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. I later pursued postdoctoral training in Neuroinflammation at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Subsequently, I completed my medical degree at Touro University California, followed by a residency at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati and an Allergy and Immunology Fellowship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

  Before my fellowship training, I practiced hospital medicine with the Mid-Atlantic Kaiser Permanente Group in Baltimore for two years. In November 2020, I joined Northern Light Health in Bangor, where I currently practice as an allergist and immunologist.

  Throughout my career, I have been actively involved in research. Presently, I lead two clinical trials: one with Pfizer on the efficacy and immunogenicity of a Lyme disease vaccine and another funded by the Department of Defense in collaboration with JaxLab, investigating glucose metabolism in lupus development and treatment. We are also preparing to serve as a clinical trial site for evaluating the peanut patch as epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy.

  In addition to my clinical and research work, I have been honored to serve as the president of the Maine Allergy Society and the treasurer of the New England Society of Allergy since 2022. These roles allow me to collaborate with colleagues and contribute to advancing the field of allergy and immunology.

Anesthesia

Orthostatic Intolerance in Adolescents: A Practical Approach to Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

• Priyanka Shekhawat MD Neurologist, Mass General Brigham – Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Pediatric Neurology · Clinical Neurophysiology · Headache Medicine & WDH Autonomic Laboratory MGB Small Fiber & Autonomic Neurology Program

  Priyanka Shekhawat, MD, FAAP is a pediatric neurologist at Mass General Brigham Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (MGB/WDH) in Dover, NH, where she provides comprehensive neurologic care for children with developmental, behavioral, and neurologic conditions. Her clinical work spans the breadth of pediatric neurology, with strength in clinical neurophysiology, headache, and autonomic disorders. At WDH, she serves as an attending neurologist in the Autonomic Laboratory and directs the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Rehabilitation Program, contributing to the MGB Program in Small Fiber and Autonomic Neurology. Dr. Shekhawat has received recognition for scholarly work, medical education initiatives, community health engagement, and mentorship across training levels. Dr. Shekhawat has been strongly committed to advancing pediatric neurology within the American Academy of Pediatrics. She remains active in national pediatric and neurology organizations advocating for improved autonomic care, telehealth integration, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.