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Neonatal Resuscitation Symposium

Save the date for the eighth annual Neonatal Resuscitation Symposium and Workshop on Sept. 11–12, 2025!

World experts and leaders in the field will present and discuss the latest advances in neonatal resuscitation science, practice, education and ethics.

The symposium is open to physicians, nurses, practitioners, respiratory therapists or anyone else interested in resuscitation. 

Hotel Information

Bottleworks
850 Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Hampton Inn
414 W. Vermont St. 
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Symposium Speakers

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Ju-Lee Oei, MD

Mater Research Institute & University of Queensland, Mater Mother's Hospital

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Naomi Laventhal, MD, HEC-C

University of Michigan
CS Mott Children's Hospital

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Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD, FAAP

University of California, Davis
UC Davis Children’s Hospital

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Georg Smölzer, MD, PhD

University of Alberta

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Zubair Aghai, MD, FAAP

Nemours Children’s Health

Emerging Neonatal Resuscitation Science Research Colloquium

Sept. 11, 2025

Call for Abstract Submissions

We are excited to invite submissions for abstract presentations at the Emerging Neonatal Resuscitation Science Research Colloquium, held in conjunction with the upcoming eighth annual Neonatal Resuscitation Symposium. The deadline to submit an abstract is June 1, 2025.

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Special Considerations in the Delivery Room Workshop: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025

Join us for this hands-on workshop where you will learn to make your own moulage for use in simulating special considerations in the delivery room. You will make abdominal wall and neural tube defects to take back to your teams, learn how to create realistic low-cost manikins for needle decompression of pneumothoraces, review how to recycle materials (and save money) for use in simulation of delayed cord clamping, and many other tips and tricks!  We’ll then apply your newly acquired moulage skills in a simulated delivery room scenario. Teams will collaborate to compete for the title of NeoStars. Let’s learn together and have a great time doing it! 

Workshop Schedule

1:00 p.m. — Welcome and Introduction

1:15 p.m. — Stations

Participants will rotate through four of six stations to develop moulage used in simulating special considerations in the delivery room including abdominal wall defects, neural tube defects, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, premature infant issues and general moulage techniques. Participants will create moulage to take back to their institutions in many of these stations.

3:15 p.m. — Break

3:25 p.m. — Neostars Competition

Fun, interactive, and informative team practice session of one of three special considerations in the delivery room followed by friendly team competition of the delivery room scenario that your team has practiced. 

4:40 p.m. — Competition Winners and Wrap-up

Symposium Schedule: Friday, Sept. 12, 2025

8:00 a.m. — Breakfast and Registration


8:30 a.m. — Welcome: Laura Haneline, MD

Opening Comments: Marilyn Escobedo, MD and Edgardo Szyld, MD, MS


8:45 a.m. — Oxygen Treatment of Preterm Infants at Birth: We need to know more!

Ju-Lee Oei, MD


9:25 a.m. — Panel Discussion Moderated by Vishal Kapadia, MD, MSCS

Discussants: Gary Weiner, MD and Roger Soll, MD


9:55 a.m. — Advances in Neonatal Resuscitation: What is new from animal models?

Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD, FAAP


10: 35 a.m. — Panel Discussion Moderated by Myra Wyckoff, MD

Discussants: Charles Roehr, MD, PhD and Munmun Rawat, MD


11:05 a.m. — Mid-Morning Break


11:30 a.m. — Perinatal Ethics and Care Coordination for Infants with Complex Congenital Anomalies

Naomi Laventhal, MD, HEC-C


12:10 p.m. — Panel Discussion Moderated by Marilyn Escobedo, MD

Discussants: Jessica Illuzi, MD and Jeanne Krick, MD, MA


12:40 p.m. — Lunch


1:40 p.m. — Umbilical Cord Milking: Evidence from non-vigorous newborns in low- and middle-income countries

Zubair H. Aghai, MD, FAAP


2:20 p.m. — Panel Discussion Moderated by Anup Katheria, MD

Discussants: Walid El Naggar, MD, FRCPC and Karen Fairchild, MD


3:00 p.m. — Afternoon Break


3:20 p.m. — Next-Gen Tools for Neonatal Resuscitation: Innovation in technology and care

Georg Schmölzer, MD, PhD


4:00 p.m. — Panel Discussion Moderated by Bobbi Byrne, MD

Discussants: Ryan McAdams, MD and Heidi Herrick, MD


4:30 p.m. — Closing Remarks

Bobbi Byrne, MD



Organizing Committee

Bobbi Byrne, MD
Symposium Co-Chair
IU School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 

Edgardo Szyld, MD, MsC
Symposium Co-Chair
IU School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Marilyn Escobedo, MD
Former Symposium Co-Chair
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Emily Gunselman, MSN, BS, RNC-OB
Indiana University Health

Vishal Kapadia, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Anup Katheria, MD
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital

Stephanie Lipchutz, NNP-BC
Indiana University Health


Deepika Sankaran, MD
UC Davis Children’s Hospital

Georg Schmölzer, MD, PhD
University of Alberta

Birju Shah, MD, MPH, MBA
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Clara Song, MD
Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Kristie L Wells, RN, NNP-BC
Indiana University Health

Liz Wetzel, MD, MS
IU School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Myra Wycoff, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Nicole Yamada, MD, MS
Stanford University School of Medicine

Educational Support

Educational support is provided  in order to optimize widespread
access of the essential updates on neonatal resuscitation. 

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Questions?

Contact Vicki Anderson (vpetrou@iu.edu)