The 39th Annual Pediatrics Symposium will be held May 24-26 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Destin. Titled "Update 2008: Keeping Children Shipshape," the symposium also includes a segment devoted to Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), scheduled for May 22 & 23, also scheduled to be held at the Hilton.   
 This event is presented by The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola in joint sponsorship with Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Nemours Children's Clinic and the Florida State University College of Medicine. Moderators Dr. Jimmy Jones and Dr. William Blanchard, both associated with Nemours Children's Clinic and Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, have arranged nationally known faculty to share the very latest information regarding diagnosis, treatment and management of pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients.

 Faculty include Dr. Franklin D. Abbott, Jr., chairman of the radiology department at Sacred Heart Hospital; Jeff Q. Bostic of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of child psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Dr. Richard Lander, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics who also specializes in practice management topics; Dr. Stanford T. Shulman of Northwestern University who serves as president of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Dr. Robert E. Stanton, chief surgeon at Nemours Children's Clinic; and Dr. Amy M. Wetherby, the Laurel Schendel professor of communication disorders at Florida State University. Local physicians also will be among the guest speakers, including                    

 For more information, call (850) 324-5950, or to register, visit www.mecop.org.