Travel Grants for Fellows

Fellows are invited to submit 1 to 3 page case summaries describing problem pediatric peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis cases. $500 travel grants will be awarded to Fellows who submit cases chosen for presentation during The Fundamentals of Dialysis in Children course. In addition, all Fellows who submit cases will have registration fees waived for both the Fundamentals course and the main Dialysis Conference that follows.

Cases should be chosen to illustrate and emphasize important aspects of the management of pediatric dialysis patients especially as they differ from adult patients. Case summaries describing unusual or atypical patients may also be submitted if they serve to call attention to an event or circumstance that may be encountered in the care of pediatric dialysis patients. Finally, cases that seem likely to “stump the consultants” will be given additional consideration. Winning Fellows will be invited to present their cases during the “Fellows’ Case Forum” session during the Fundamentals course. Members of the Fundamentals faculty who have not seen the case summaries will serve as the panel of consultants. Cases should be organized so that they lead to one or more management questions that can be posed to the consultants and the audience.

Case summaries should be submitted as an electronic file attached to an e-mail. Please submit them to:

Sandra L. Watkins, MD
Phone: (206) 987-2524 • Fax: (206) 987-2636
Email: sandra.watkins@seattlechildrens.org and
cheree.white@seattlechildrens.org

The deadline for receipt of case summaries is December 1, 2009. Winners will be notified in Mid-December. All who submit case summaries will be promptly notified by electronic mail that their cases have been received. If you do not receive confirmation that your case summary has been received, please contact Dr. Watkins’ office directly. Please do not send case summaries to the main conference office at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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