Overall Objective:

1. Discuss role of experience in brain development;
2. Appreciate the consequences early neglect has on brain and biological development;
3. Appreciate the implications that the Bucharest Early Intervention Project has had on policy implications.

Faculty/Planning Committee:

Angela Ellison, MD, Speaker
Robert Vinci, MD, Course Director

Sabrina Karim, MD, Planning Committee

Robert Rosen, MD, Planning Committee

Lukas Gaffney, MD, Planning Committee

Rachel Korus, MD, Planning Committee
Melissa Brennan, Administrative Coordinator, Pediatric
Sakina Flint, Program Manager, Continuing Medical Education

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