Pediatrics Now: Cases Updates and Discussions for the Busy Pediatric Practitioner
Cases, updates, and discussions for the busy pediatric practitioner brought to you by UT Health San Antonio Host and author Holly Wayment.
Episodes
In this episode of Pediatrics Now, two experts present from the Advancing Cancer Research for Latinos conference on why children—especially Hispanic and Latino youth—are being left behind in pediatric cancer care. Dr. Smith reviews genetic and ancestral contributors to increased acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) risk in Latino populations, highlighting IKZF1 and polygenic risk patterns, ancient origins of risk alleles, and ongoing...
Constipation and Abdominal Pain: What To Do and When To Worry
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This episode explains how to distinguish functional constipation from organic causes in children, outlines the key red flags that require further workup or referral, and reviews evidence-based management including clean-outs, mainte...
Dr. Jeff Temple presents findings from the long-running "Dating It’s Safe" longitudinal study tracking youth relationships, dating violence, mental health, substance use, firearms, and sexting from adolescence into adulthood. The episode highlights key findings such as the high cumulative prevalence of bidirectional dating violence, links between parental IPV and later perpetration, and the association between childhood corporal pu...
Imaging With Intention: Optimizing Care Through Collaboration in Diagnostic Radiology
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Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment and UT Health San Antonio's Department of Pediatrics bring us this Grand Rounds episode with Desi Schiess, MD, pediatric radiologist. This episode reviews evidence-based imaging choices, radiation consider...
When to Worry: Neck Lumps, Bumps, and Enlarged Lymph Nodes in Kids
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In this episode of Pediatrics Now, Host Holly Wayment and Pediatric Oncologist Dr. Shafqat Shah discuss how clinicians should evaluate new lumps, bumps, and enlarged lymph nodes in children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Shah explains features that suggest reactive vs. mali...
Stopping Bedwetting: Urology Insights from Dr. Tim Baumgardner
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Dr. Tim Baumgardner discusses his pediatric urology practice at UT Health San Antonio, and University Health, focusing on nocturnal enuresis—its evaluation and treatment (behavioral strategies, alarms, and DDAVP)—and describes multidisciplinary care, transition urol...
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In this episode Host Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Sarah Marucci and they discuss the gut-brain axis, common GI conditions (IBS, H. pylori, celiac), diet, hormones, and mental health for women and children. Sarah reviews red flags for early cancer detection, screening options like colonoscopy and stool tests, and practical prevention...
Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Alice Gong about updated newborn screening guidelines, expanded blood tests (now 59–60), additions like lysosomal storage disorders and SMA, point-of-care screens (hearing and critical congenital heart disease), and newborn blood spot retention and consent policies.
The episode covers testing timelines, follow-up coordination between hospitals and pediatricians, counseling families about results, specia...
Holly Wayment and the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio bring you this episode featuring Dr. Eric Horvitz from Microsoft, who explores the history, recent breakthroughs, and future directions of AI in medicine. He discusses advances from early expert systems to modern generative, multimodal, and agentic AI, and practical applications like diagnostic orchestration and tumor board support.
Dr. Horvitz highlights trend...
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Host Holly Wayment speaks with Dr. Deena Sutter about rising H3N2 influenza activity, a partial vaccine mismatch, and what pediatricians and families should do as cases climb.
They discuss vaccine effectiveness, when to test and treat, masking and infection control, and specific guidance to protect babies too young to be vaccinated.
The episode also covers a local pertussis outbreak, the role of va...
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Dr. Ian Mitchell joins Holly Wayment to review pectus excavatum and carinatum: how they present, typical ages of detection, and practical screening tips for pediatricians.
The episode summarizes evaluation steps including when to order CT with Haller index, echocardiography, and pulmonary testing, and compares treatment options—bracing and vacuum bell t...
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Goat Milk Formula: New U.S. Approval — What Pediatricians Need to Know
In this episode of Pediatrics Now with Host Holly Wayment, Dr. Cynthia Blanco discusses the recent FDA approval of goat milk–based infant formula in the U.S., how it compares to cow’s milk formula, and what pediatricians should know about nutrient composition, al...
When Neurology & Psychiatry Overlap, More on Tics and Tourette's. Plus PANDAS/PANS
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Dr. Sheldon Gross and host Holly Wayment, talk about more about evaluation and management of tics and Tourette's syndrome, plus when psychiatry and neurology in general overlap.
The episode also covers related conditions—PANDAS/PANS, autoimmune encephalitis, functional neurological disorders, and seizures—highlig...
Tics, Twitches and Tourette's: When to Worry and What to Do
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Host Holly Wayment talks with Dr. Sheldon Gross about how to tell tics from twitches, common causes and triggers (stress, stimulants, sleep), and simple first steps families and pediatricians can take to reduce symptoms without medication.
They review Tourette’s criteria, behavioral approaches like CBIT, medication options (guanfacine, cloni...
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Dr. Avinash Boddapati joins Pediatrics Now and builds on the wonderful talk by Dr. Mario Fierro in part one, to explain more about what we know—and don’t—about the causes of autism, highlighting that autism is multifactorial and involves genetics, brain biology, and environmental influences.
He covers early red flags, genetic risk and testing, maternal and prenatal factors, common misconceptions (in...
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Host Holly Wayment and the Department of Pediatrics bring us a recent grand rounds talk by Dr. Mario Fierro where he reviews how autism is defined under DSM‑5, explains core diagnostic areas (social/communication deficits and restricted/repetitive behaviors), and emphasizes age‑based interpretation and the spectrum of severity.
He ...
Drs. Ruby Patel and Rajdeep Pooni present Grand Rounds using a 12-year-old case to illustrate pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and class IV lupus nephritis, covering presentation, biopsy findings, and pathology. The talk explains diagnostic criteria and typical lab features.
They summarize current management including 2024 ACR guidance on induction therapies (steroids, mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide, and biologics), monitori...
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Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment interviews Jacklynn Ware , MPH, CHES about Project YES, a free anonymous online mental health program that’s back, redesigned and improved for 13–17-year-olds to offer short, teen-focused modules to boost mood, reframe negative thoughts, and provide safety resources. And, yes, that includes a...
Seizures in Kids — Practical Diagnosis, Treatments, and When to Refer
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Host Holly Wayment brings us this wonderful grand rounds talk for the general pediatrician by pediatric neurologist Dr. Natasha Varughese, where she reviews childhood epilepsy syndromes (ages ~3–15), covering self-limited epilepsies, foca...
Toxicology Pearls
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Host Holly Wayment talks to the Poison Center's Robert S. Miller about common pediatric toxic exposures — acetaminophen, ibuprofen, THC edibles, nicotine pouches (Zyn), and kratom — and offers practical advice for clinicians and parents. Learn why calling the Poison Center (1-800-222-1222) helps with case documenta...
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