1st International Symposium: Interdisciplinary Management of Children with Complex Medical Conditions

CAMPINAS 2025 | August 28–29, 2025

1st International Symposium: Interdisciplinary Management of Children with Complex Medical Conditions

With a focus on aerodigestive conditions, the event will bring together leading experts from Brazil and around the world for two days of scientific immersion based on real clinical cases.

THE EVENT

The 1st International Symposium – Interdisciplinary Management of Children with Complex Medical Conditions – 2025

Is an exclusive scientific gathering that will bring together experts from various healthcare disciplines to explore the challenges and advances in the care of children with complex medical needs from a truly multidisciplinary perspective.

The symposium will be held on August 28–29, 2025, in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, with a special emphasis on aerodigestive conditions. Over two days, participants will engage in a rich exchange of insights grounded in real clinical cases, featuring both national and international specialists. Attendance is available in person or online.

OBJECTIVE

The symposium aims to spark interdisciplinary dialogue and showcase up-to-date, integrated care strategies for managing children with multiple comorbidities. Over the course of two days, attendees will gain access to practical, evidence-based content and cutting-edge clinical experiences.

Scientific Committee

Live networking opportunities and practical knowledge exchange with top specialists from Brazil and around the globe.

Featured Speakers

National and international speakers

Event Schedule

08:00

The aerodigestive patient and evidence of the benefits of working in a multidisciplinary fashion – Dr. Paul Boesch

8:20 — Panel: The Down Syndrome Child

Coordinator: Dra. Andressa Peixoto
Moderator: Dra. Débora Pazinatto

Breathing and sleeping – Dr. Gustavo Moreira
Anatomic levels of obstruction – Dr. Scott Rickert
How to deal with respiratory infections – Dra. Andressa Peixoto
Swallowing disorders, growth / Evaluation of the child with swallowing difficulties – “State of the Art” – Joan Arvedson
Case Presentation round table

10:30 — Panel: Cleft palate – Syndromic and non-syndromic

Coordinator: Sra. Karen Goldshmied
Moderator: Dra. Melissa Avelino

What everyone must know about children with cleft palates – Vera Negrão
Intubation difficulties – tips and pitfalls – Dr. Luv Javia
What to expect for feeding? – Sra. Karen Goldshmied
Treating respiratory obstruction – Dra. Claudia Schweiger
Case presentation round table

14:00 — Panel: The premature child

Coordinator: Dra. Rebecca Maunsell
Moderator: Dra. Emília Gonçalves

Potential complications of prematurity – Dr. Jamil Pedro
Evaluation of swallowing and feeding – Myrian Favaro
Bronchodisplasia and pulmonary function follow-up – Dra. Marcela Linares
Nutritional evaluation and follow-up – Dra. Marise Toffoli
Airway surgery timing – Dr. Scott Rickert
Case presentation round table

16:30 — Panel: Esophageal Atresia

Coordinator: Dra. Luciahelena Prata
Moderator: Dra. Rafaela Miyaoka

Types and most common complications/surgical issues – Dra. Rafaela Miyaoka
Long-term feeding issues – what to expect – Natalia Anastopoulos
Associated airway malformations – Dr. Patricio Varela
Pitfalls in tracheostomy – Dr. Eduardo Leopold
Decannulation protocols – Dr. Luv Javia
Esophageal motility issues – Dra. Mayra Todeschini Assunção
Case presentation round table

8:00 — Panel: Open airway surgery

Coordinator: Dr. Alvaro Pacheco
Moderator: Dra. Rebecca Maunsell

Pre op evaluation – Dr. Alvaro Pacheco
GER – how to diagnose – Dra. Maria Angela Brandão
Evaluation of pulmonary disease/dysfunction – Dr. Paul Boesch
Role of FESS and videofluoroscopy – Deborah Levy
Single x Double Stage Surgery – Dra. Rebecca Maunsell
Case presentation round table

10:30 — Panel: The child that aspirates

Coordinator: Dr. Patricio Bellia
Moderator: Dra. Luciahelena Prata

Aspiration after vocal cord palsy – Dr. Patricio Bellia
Clinical management of drooling – Joan Arvedson
Surgical alternatives to aspiration of saliva – Dra. Monica Saavedra
Managing of chronic aspiration – Dra. Guisela Villarroel
Tracheostomy care – Dra. Isabella Piccinin
Physical therapy techniques and management of high complexity children – Carla Gomez
Case presentation and discussion

14:00 — Panel: Cerebral palsy

Coordinator: Dra. Maria Angela Brandão
Moderator: Lya Mont’Alverne

What to expect from a neurological point of view – Dra. Katia Schmutzler
Indications for alternative feeding – Rodrigo Morales
Nutritional evaluation – Paula Penna
Mechanical ventilation – From the hospital to homecare – Dr. Marcelo Brandão / Dra. Cecilia Von Borries
Open x endoscopic gastrostomy – Dra. Maria de Fátima Servidoni / Dr. Alvaro Weibel
GTube complications – Dra. Elizete Lomazi
Case presentation and discussion

16:30 — Panel: The child with refractory or recurrent respiratory symptoms

Coordinator: Dr. José Lubianca
Moderator: Dr. José Lubianca

Chronic cough – Dra. Adyleia Toro
Persistent stridor – Dr. Hugo Rodriguez
Tracheomalacia – Dr. Cristiano Freijó
Recurrent laryngitis – Dra. Cinthia Pérez
Chronic wheezing – Dr. Dirceu Ribeiro
Case presentation and discussion

18:30 – Closing

Closing remarks – Lucia Mourão

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August 28–29

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