Morning Session 2

Includes a Live Web Event on 02/05/2025 at 10:15 AM (CST)

10:15 – 10:45 AM: What Does Long COVID Look Like in Children and What Do We Do About It?
Ravi Jhaveri, MD

10:50 – 11:20 AM: From the PCP to GI: The Diagnostic Journey of Celiac Disease
Corrie Klepper, MD , MS

11:25 – 11:55 AM: Unmasking “ The Wolf”: Advances in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Pooja Patel, DO

12:00 – 12:30 PM: Boosting Potential: Insights into Supplements for Young Athletes
Alec Bognar, MS, RD, LDN

12:35 – 12:45 PM: Closing Remarks/Final Questions
Ravi Jhaveri, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP and Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD, MPH

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP

Division Head; Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Virginia H. Rogers Professor in Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP, is the Division Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Lurie Children’s and Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Prior to joining Lurie Children’s, he spent time on the faculty at both Duke and UNC School of Medicine.

Dr. Jhaveri’s research spans many aspects of Hepatitis C virus, with a particular focus on the burden, clinical outcomes, and treatment of HCV in infants, children, and pregnant women.   He currently serves on the AASLD/IDSA HCV Guidelines Panel as well as the AASLD Viral Hepatitis Elimination Task Force.  He also has an interest in vaccination of both healthy children and those with immunocompromised conditions. 

Dr. Jhaveri is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, where he served on the PIDS Board of Directors from 2015-2019. Dr. Jhaveri is also the former Chair of the IDSA Standards and Practice Guidelines committee.

He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS) and formerly served as one of the Co-Editors-in-Chief for the journal Clinical Therapeutics.

Dr. Jhaveri sees patients at Lurie Children’s – main hospital location.

Corrie Klepper, MD , MS

Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Pooja Patel, DO

Director of Clinical Services, Rheumatology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Director of Clinical Services, Rheumatology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Alec Bognar, MS, RD, LDN

Metabolic Dietician

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Metabolic Dietician

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