Johns Hopkins, Kennedy Krieger to Host Developmental Disabilities Conference in March

The Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities XLVII: Critical Issues in Diagnosis and Management opened Monday at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, with the three-day continuing-education conference running through Wednesday, March 18.

The conference is jointly provided by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Kennedy Fellows Association. Activity directors Eric Chin, MD, an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at both Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Bruce Shapiro, MD, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and vice president emeritus of training at Kennedy Krieger, are leading the program.

The faculty roster draws heavily from the partnership between the two institutions, which sit less than a mile apart in East Baltimore. Martha Bridge Denckla, MD, a professor emerita at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins, joins Lauren L. Jantzie, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics, neurology, and neurological surgery across both institutions, along with Paul Lipkin, MD, professor of pediatrics, and Rajneesh Mahajan, MD, a pediatric psychiatrist with Kennedy Krieger's Center for Autism Services, Science, and Innovation, known as CASSI, formerly CARD. Guest speakers include Kevin M. Antshel, PhD, ABPP, a professor in the department of psychology at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, and Meredith Bergey, PhD, MPH, MSc.

The conference is the 47th installment in what has become an annual series. Last year's edition, subtitled "The Many Flavors of ADHD," ran March 17-19, 2025 as an internet live conference and carried approval for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits as well as up to 1.7 ASHA continuing education units.

The Johns Hopkins Office of Continuing Medical Education, based at 720 Rutland Avenue in Baltimore, administers the program. Registration and program information are available through the CloudCME platform using the organization code HopkinsCME.