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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Interested in Pediatric Research?
Please join us on Friday, June 1st from 7:30AM-1:00PM for a half-day seminar showcasing on-going pediatric research projects from the Atlanta community.
All faculty, students, residents and fellows are invited to submit an abstract by May 7th for and oral and/or poster presentation. All abstracts will be reviewed and only 12 oral presentations will be selected. We are interested in both clinical and translational research projects.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the best oral and poster presentation!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Robert M. Campbell, M.D.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert M. Campbell Jr., M.D., is a pediatric orthopedist esteemed for his role in inventing the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR). VEPTR is used to treat rare diseases of the spine and chest wall, through surgical expansion of the chest and correction of spinal deformity, without inhibiting children’s growth. The titanium rib, approved by the FDA in 2004, has been introduced in more than 30 countries and is considered the gold standard for treating fragile pediatric patients with lung-restricting deformities. He has also published extensively on the thoracic and pulmonary disability of these patients and was the first to identify the disease Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome (TIS).
