Details

  • Start: February 27
  • End: February 28

Venue

  • Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Bayside
  • 2137 Pacific Hwy Suite A
    San Diego, CA 92101     + Google Map

The 2026 APA Regions 9 & 10 meeting will be held on February 27 and 28, 2026, at the Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Downtown/Bayside.

 

Hotel
To book a room at the discounted rate, please call 1 619-696-6300 – tell them you would like to book in the APA Region Meeting block

Meeting Agenda

Friday, February 27th

1:00-1:30 PM

Welcome from Co-Chairs

1:30-2:00 PM

APA Presidential Update (Dr. Tiffani Johnson)

2:00-3:30 PM

Workshop: Putting the AI inTrAIning: Preparing Pediatricians for Tomorrow’s Trainees (Dr. Tristan Nichols and Dr. Amy Chong)

3:30-3:40

Break/Networking

3:40-5:00 PM

Works-in-progress table-top discussions

5:00-6:30 PM

Social: Meet and Greet

APA Update: Dr. Tiffani Johnson, Past President of APA

Workshop: Putting the AI inTrAIning: Preparing Pediatricians for Tomorrow’s Trainees (Dr. Tristan Nichols and Dr. Amy Chong)

WIP table-top presentations: see presenter groups on the subsequent page

 

Saturday, February 28th

8:00-8:45 AM

Breakfast/Networking

8:45-10:00 AM

Keynote:  Medicine on a Large Scale (Dr. Richard Pan)

10:00-10:30 AM

Break/Networking

10:30-11:30 AM

Oral platform abstract presentations

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Networking Lunch

12:30 PM-12:45PM

Break

12:45-2:15 PM

Abstract Research table-top presentations

2:15-3:45 PM

Panel Discussion and Q&A: 

From Policies to Practice: Implementing the New ACGME Standards in Pediatrics

(Stanford, UCSD, CHCO, and CHOC/UCI)

Keynote: Medicine on a Large Scale (Dr. Richard Pan)

Oral abstracts: Dr. Zainab Khan (UCSD), Dr. Lindsey Scheller (UCSF), Samantha Duong-Brett (UCR), and Chloe Reese (UCR)

Networking lunch: see lunch table topics on the subsequent page

Abstract table-top presentations: see presenter groups on the subsequent page

Panel Discussion: From Policies to Practice: Implementing the New ACGME Standards in Pediatrics (Dr. Carrie Rassbach (Stanford), Dr. Lisa Mondzelewski (UCSD), Dr. Curtis Ford (CHCO), Dr. Kira Molas-Torreblanca (UCI-CHOC))

 

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Registration Rate

Registration Type   2026 2 Day Meeting Rates  
Member Student/Trainee $100.00 APA Members who are undergraduates, medical students, residents, and/or fellows
Member Faculty $300.00 APA Members who are physician post-training
Member Allied Healthcare Professional $230.00 APA Members who are nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or other allied health care professionals
Non-Member Trainee/Student $160.00 Undergraduates, medical students, residents, and/or fellows who are not active APA members
Non-Member Faculty $330.00 Physician, post-training, who are not active APA members
Non-Member Allied Healthcare Professional $260.00 Nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or other allied health care professionals who are not active APA members