Exhibitors:
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Keynote Speaker
Theresa Flores, LSW
Title: Child Sex/Human Trafficking in the US
Ms. Flores mesmerizes audiences and brings them to tears. She educates on human trafficking and shows how a person can endure horrific conditions and not only survive but thrive.
Her speaking resume is extensive, having presented at TEDx, at hundreds of universities, trained law enforcement, medical personnel, worked with the U.S. Attorney General's office, testified before the Senate and House for several states. She is frequently a keynote speaker for conferences and fundraisers and been interviewed as an expert on numerous national television shows including The Today Show, MSNBC, CNN, 700 Club and Crime Watch Daily, For the Record and more.
Ms. Flores is not only a survivor, but also a licensed Social Worker with a master’s degree in education. Her education enables her to guest lecture at colleges, teach workshops and train professionals. She has published five books, two that have been on the U.S.A. Today's and the Wall Street Journal Best Seller list. "The Slave Across the Street" received a nomination for an Audie Award, naming it in the top 5 of all biographies/memoirs. The 4 stars rated book is consistently among the top 10 on Amazon in Women's Studies, Child Advocacy, Political and Social Science, Gender and Race Relations, and Family and Health Law. Recently, an award-winning documentary "The Girl Next Door" was made about her life story and activist work.
Her heart wrenching, shocking and totally gripping, incredible true story is of an all-American teenager, who survived two years of being a sex slave while living at home in an upper middle class Michigan suburb. She was stalked, intimidated, sold, and broken in mind and body. Out of shame, guilt, and fear of what would happen to the rest of her family, Theresa stayed silent. Now, thirty years later, she speaks out on the reality of how this is a silent epidemic across the United States inner cities to upper class neighborhoods.
Not only does she tell a story of a woman who lived through terrible circumstances, but also her presentations are an important reminder that human dignity can rise above any circumstance and impact the world, both by changing people's hearts and minds and by altering the laws of the land.
National Speaker
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, FACS
Title: Artificial Intelligence in Pediatrics
Dr. Upperman is Professor and Chair Department of Pediatric Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vice Chair for Pediatric Surgical Services Section of Surgical Sciences and Surgeon-in-Chief at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN
National Speaker
Claudia K. Preuschoof, MD, FAAP
Title: How to Handle Pediatric Rural Health Challenges
Dr. Preuschoof is part of General Pediatrics at Saint Francis Clinic in Popular Bluff, MO. She is also chairperson of District VI on the American Academy of Pediatrics Board of Directors. Dr. Preuschoof has personally experienced three hospitals in her area that have closed in the last five years due to the access to subspecialists, forcing her as a pediatrician to draw on the multidisciplinary skills she learned as a resident to help the families she serves. She will focus on how those in rural communities are tied to financial resources and transportation and how pediatricians in rural communities need to be prepared for whatever walks through the door.
"Rapid-Fire" Presenters
The afternoon will consist of four “rapid-fire” presentations each lasting 30 minutes that will address the hottest and newest things in the pediatric specialties of Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, GI, and Endocrinology. The afternoon portion will conclude with a panel of all four speakers who will address questions from the audience to complete the day of learning!
Cameron J. Sears, MD - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic
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 John P. Little, MD - Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children’s ENT Specialists |
Chad A. Thornhill, MD – Pediatric Gastroenterology (GI)
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
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Marielisa Rincon-Subtirelu, MD – Pediatric Endocrinology
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
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Agenda:
8:30 - 8:40 a.m. – Welcome/Announcements
8:40 - 9:45 a.m. – Keynote Speaker
Theresa Flores, LSW
Child Sex/Human Trafficking in the US
9:45 - 10:45 a.m. – National Speaker
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, FACS
Artificial Intelligence in Pediatrics
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. – Break / Exhibitors
11:00 - Noon – National Speaker
Claudia K. Preuschoof, MD, FAAP
How to Handle Pediatric Rural Health Challenges
Noon - 12:05 p.m. – Questions/Closing Announcements for Morning Session
12:05 - 12:55 p.m. – Lunch/Exhibitors
12:55 - 1:00 p.m. – Afternoon Announcements for targeted rapid-fire talks
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. – Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Cameron J. Sears, MD (Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic)
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. – Pediatric Otolaryngology
John P. Little, MD (Children’s ENT Specialists)
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. – Pediatric Gastroenterology
Chad A. Thornhill, MD (East Tennessee Children's Hospital)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. – Pediatric Endocrinology
Marielisa Rincon-Subtirelu, MD (East Tennessee Children's Hospital)
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. – Afternoon Break
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. – Panel Discussion
3:45 - 3:55 p.m. – Closing Remarks/Prizes
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. – Reception at Five Thirty Lounge on 10th Floor
Things to Do in Knoxville During Conference Weekend
Visit Knoxville Website - Discover Knoxville, TN – Events, Attractions, Hotels and Things to Do
Things to Do with Children/Adolescents
- The Knoxville Zoo – 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville: https://www.zooknoxville.org/
- Muse Knoxville (Children’s Science Museum) – 516 N Beaman St., Knoxville: https://themuseknoxville.org/plan-your-visit
- 2/27 - Free Family Night at The Muse!
- McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture - 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville: https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/
- Knoxville Museum of Art - 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive, Knoxville: https://www.knoxart.org/
- Oak Ridge Children’s Museum - 461 West Outer Drive, Oak Ridge: https://www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org/
- American Museum of Science and Energy - 115 E Main St, Oak Ridge: https://www.amse.org/
- Ijams Nature Center – 2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville: https://www.ijams.org
- Navitat (tree-based adventure park) – 2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville (located inside Ijams Nature Center): https://navitatknoxville.com/
- The Cutting Edge Classroom (Kids/Family Cooking Classes) – 150 N. Martinwood Rd., #402, Knoxville (Farragut area): https://thecuttingedgeclassroom.com
- Kid Zone (Indoor Playground) - 3043 Clinton Highway, Powell: https://www.kidzonepowell.com/
