Course Planners:

Julie B. McCausland, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Program Director, UPMC Medical Education Transitional Year Residency
Co-Chair, UPMC Medical Education Professional Development Committee

Melinda Hamilton, MD, MS
  Professor of Critical Care Medicine & Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  President of the Professional Staff, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  Co-Chair, UPMC Medical Education Professional Development Committee
  Director, Pediatric Simulation at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Simulation Center and Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER)

Brittany Rosser
Project Manager, UPMC Medical Education 

Melissa Hildebrand 
Project Manager, UPMC Medical Education 

Course Faculty:
Gregory Bump, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

Lara Varpio, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine 
Co-Director, Research in Medical Education, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 

Suresh Mulukutla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jessica Garrison, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Allyson Larkin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

Eleanor Sharp, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

C. Haley Walker, MD
Fellow, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Faculty Disclosures
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.
Nitin Agarwal, MD receives grant/research support from MedTronic, and Depuy Synthes.
Gillian Goobie, MD received grant/research support from Boehringer Ingelheim.
Kojo Hamilton, MD receives grant/research support from MedTronic, and Depuy Synthes.
Suresh Mulukutla, MD receives grant/research support from Amgen, and is a consultant for CardioAlliance, and MedTronic.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.