LIVE VIRTUAL: Shriners Children’s Boston Abraham Thall and Sadye Stone Thall Educational Symposium (October 29, 2026)

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Pathways to Healing for Pediatric Burn Patients.

The Thall Symposium is made possible by the generosity of Diane Rothstein and her late husband Howard, in honor of Mrs. Rothstein’s parents Abraham Thall and Sadye Stone Thall.

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2026

Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST

Many children with burn injuries require care that encompasses more than just the initial acute phase of treatment. This symposium will focus on a child’s recovery from the point of injury through the acute phase of care and beyond, including long-term scar management and therapeutic services.

This course is being offered fully digital and presented via Zoom.

Price range: $0.00 through $10.00

Description

Overview

Many children with burn injuries require care that encompasses more than just the initial acute phase of treatment. This symposium will focus on a child’s recovery from the point of injury through the acute phase of care and beyond, including long-term scar management and therapeutic services.

Course Format 

This course will be fully digital and presented via Zoom. The dynamic learning format of the course has been optimized for the virtual classroom. 

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

    1. Recognize the need for burn center referral.
    2. Identify patients who would benefit from burn reconstruction.
    3. Understand the role of the multidisciplinary team.
    4. Describe the process of inpatient burn management.
    5. Summarize acute and outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy needs.
Registration

If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.   

 Registration Type  Rate
 General Admission (CE Credits)   $10.00 
 General Admission (No CE Credits/EMS Paramedic)  Free

Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent a few days prior to the course launch. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu.

Online Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy

Due to the propriety materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer.

Other Terms and Conditions:
Online training courses may NOT be transferred to another Participant. Participants have 2 weeks to access any virtual online course content. Participants have until the expiration date to access and complete any enduring material courses. Boston Children’s Hospital CE is not responsible for user technical difficulties including loss of internet, power outages, etc. 

Cancellation of Services
Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.

Refund Policy
Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 2.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy 
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Additional information

Format

Faculty

Rich Grady, BSN, RN, is the Burn Program Coordinator at Shriners Children’s Boston, and he has more than 30 years of experience treating burn injuries. Rich is a certified Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) instructor and facilitates a one-day American Burn Association-approved course focusing on immediate care of the burn patient up to the first 24 hours post injury. He also offers general burn education for medical and EMS professionals, including the care and management of pediatric burn injuries.
Robert L. Sheridan, M.D., is the chief of staff and director of the burn service at Shriners Children’s Boston. He trained in burns, trauma, and critical care at the Army Institute of Surgical Research and subsequently served in Germany as a triage officer in support of Operation Desert Storm. Upon completion of his active-duty military scholarship obligation, he joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Burn and Trauma Services along with Shriners Children’s, where he has been active in burns, trauma, and surgical critical care.
Daniel Driscoll, M.D., FACS, graduated from Dartmouth College and Brown University Medical School. After surgical residency training and completion of the Harvard plastic surgery fellowship, Dr. Driscoll completed a burn reconstruction fellowship at Shriners Children’s Boston, where he eventually joined the staff in 1999. Dr. Driscoll is a board-certified plastic surgeon who, for over 20 years, has specialized in reconstruction for children with burn injuries and congenital problems.
Hilary Smith-Chong, PT, DPT, PCS is a Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist in physical therapy. She completed a pediatric residency program at Oregon Health and Science University in 2013. Hilary has been working as a pediatric physical therapist for 17 years, with 11 of those years dedicated to care of pediatric burn patients.  She is an active member of the American Burn Association, having presented her original research and educational sessions at annual conferences.  Additionally, she is an adjunct professor at Boston University supporting their doctoral physical therapy program.