The Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2026 Conference (PHM 2026) is the premier educational and networking conference for pediatric hospitalists and other professionals specializing in the care of hospitalized children. The largest meeting of its kind for pediatric hospitalists, the conference is co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the AAP Section on Hospital Medicine (SOHM), the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).
The conference will take place August 6-9, 2026 at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown in Kansas City, MO.
Continue to visit this page for updated information and links to the various aspects of the conference.
The Call for Mini-Plenaries, Workshops and Quick Hits is Now Open!
The PHM 2026 Planning Committee invites all interested parties to submit content proposals for the PHM 2026 Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
Submit your proposal for Mini-Plenaries, Workshops and Quick Hits. All submissions will be reviewed and considered for presentation at PHM 2026.
Mini-Plenary sessions are 75-minute sessions (~60-minute presentation and ~15 minutes question and answer) and take place throughout PHM. A mini-plenary session is intended to be didactic covering a topic in which you have expertise.
Workshops at PHM 2026 are presented in dedicated workshop tracks allowing for interactive-style sessions. Workshops address innovative ideas, learner-centered knowledge gaps and needs. Workshop sessions are 75-minutes and will take place throughout PHM.
Quick Hits are 35-minute “rapid fire” talks focused on knowledge, “latest and greatest” updates or evolution of a PHM-related topic or of a topic relevant to PHM.
Submissions must be completed by Monday, December 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
Hotel Information
Kansas City Marriott Downtown
200 W. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64105
Hotel Phone: 816/855-4405
Hotel Website
Hotel Reservations can be made beginning in early 2026.
Special group rates beginning at $219 per night, plus tax, for single or double occupancy, have been negotiated at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. These rates represent substantial savings from published rates. The cutoff date for reservations at the group rate is July 7, 2026. The hotel will begin taking reservations in early Spring 2026.
A limited number of guest rooms have been reserved, and they are assigned based on availability (first-come, first-served). Please be aware that the room block may be filled prior to July 7, 2026; in such a case, neither the group rate nor guest room availability can be guaranteed. The AAP, therefore, recommends that you make your reservations as early as possible beginning in Spring 2026.
To accommodate as many course participants as possible, registrants will be permitted to reserve no more than two rooms in the AAP’s hotel room block. If rooms remain available in the AAP room block on July 8, 2026, registrants may reserve additional rooms as needed.
Any reservations not affiliated with a registered AAP course attendee or exceeding the two-room limit per attendee may be removed from the AAP room block, and the room rate will revert to hotel’s published rate.
Last Updated
10/23/2025
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics