The International Neonatal Hematology and Immunology Meeting has partnered with the ISEH 37th Annual

Scientific Meeting to be held July 9-12 in Boston, MA. The objective is to join together world class experts in developmental
hematology, immunology and infectious disease with a knowledgeable audience of perinatal physicians, nurse practitioners
and nurses to focus discussion on unique features of the maturing immune system and how those characteristics influence
responses to multiorgan injury during host defense. The concurrent meeting format will feature dynamic speakers exploring
controversies in translational immunology, hematology and inflammatory responses to injury. Joint sessions will provide a
unique blend of educational opportunities and small discussion groups to encourage novel opportunities for collaborative
research. CME credits available by Boston University. Register for Neonatal meeting separately; discounts for trainees.
To learn more about this innovative meeting, visit www.iseh.org for on line registration or call 914 493 8558.
Joseph A. Bellanti, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Historical Perspective on Progress in Neonatal Immunology

Ofer Levy, MD, Childrens Hospital Boston & Harvard Medical School
Distinct Functional Expression of the toll-like Receptor System at Birth

Mervin C. Yoder, MD, Cancer Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN
Ontogeny of Hematopoieses in the Mouse: New Insights Using New Models

Mitchell S. Cairo, MD, Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital - New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center
Genetic Dysregulation of Neonatal Cellular and Phagocytic Immunity

Thorsten W. Orlikowsky, MD, University Childrens Hospital, Aachen, Germany
Monocytes/macrophages in Neonatal Sepsis-associated Organ Destruction

Gaetano Chirico, MD, Universit degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Immunologic Factors in Human Milk

Anne Donnet-Hughes, PhD, Nestle Research Centre, Digestive Health Group, Lausanne, Switzerland
Bacterial Imprinting on the Neonatal Immune System via Breast Milk Leukocytes?

E. Richard Stiehm, MD, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA
Diagnosis and Management of Primary Immunodeficiency Syndromes

Lars A. Hanson, MD, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden
Mucosal Immunity of the Neonate

Melissa Halpern, PhD, University of Arizona
TNF Mediated Mechanisms of Injury in Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Edmund F. LaGamma, MD, Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital-New York Medical College
PRBC Transfusions, Mesenteric Oxygen Delivery and Immune Barrier Functions

Robert D. Christensen, MD, Intermountain Healthcare Clinical Research McKay Dee
Hospital - The Dark Side of Platelet Transfusions in the NICU

Rodolfo Bracci, MD, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Generation of Oxygen Free Radicals in the Neonate

Giuseppe Buonocore, MD, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Free Radical Mediated Neonatal Brain Damage


Alan Leviton, MD, Harvard Medical School/Childrens Hospital Boston and
Olaf Dammann, MD, Tufts Floating Hospital for Children
Inflammation and Brain Damage/Cerebral Palsy

Rodney P.A. Rivers, MD, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Paddington, London
The Monocyte in Coagulation

Paul Govaert, MD, Sophia Childrens Hospital-Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Thrombosis in the Newborn Brain

Sandra (Sunny) E. Juul, MD, University of Washington
High Dose Erythopoietin to Rescue Brain Injury in Animal Models: Bench to Bedside

Andrea Lojacono, MD, Universit degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Maternal Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy and its Impact on Fetus

Mario Motta, MD, Universit degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Autoimmunity, Pregnancy and Immune-Related Neonatal Injury

Alexandra H. Filipovich, MD, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Pregnancy and Neonates

John Widness, MD, University of Iowa/College of Medicine
Rational Basis for PRBC Transfusions in Preterm Neonates

Sophie Aronis, MD, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
Prothrombotic Factors in Perinatal Stroke

Antonio DelVecchio, MD, Ospedale A. Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
Disorders of Platelet Functions

A. Claudio Molinari, MD, Istituto Scientifico Giannina Gaslini Childrens Hospital, Genoa, Italy
Neonatal Thrombophilia: Laboratory Evidences

James B. Bussel, MD, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Fetal and Neonatal Immune Thrombocytopenia

Marietta Xanthou, MD, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
Neonatal Infection-Inflammatory Mediators

Josef Neu, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine
NEC, Neonatal Sepsis-Multi-organ Failure and Ststemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Margaret K. Hostetter, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Mechanisms Underlying Candidemia in Neonates

Kim A. Boggess, MD, UNC-Chapel Hill
Impact of Maternal Oral Health on Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age

Paola Saracco, MD and Claudio Fabris, MD, Regina Margherita Childrens Hospital, Turin, Italy
The Italian Registry of Neonatal and Pediatric Thrombosis: treatment and collaborative efforts

Pearay L. Ogra, MD, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY
Conference Summary