Wylder Lecture Series
Register for the 2026 Wylder Lecture Series
Registration is open – early bird rates end September 19!
This year's conference will be held on October 17, 2026, at the Event Center at Sandia Golf Club, 30 Rainbow Road, Albuquerque, NM.
Pre-Conference Dinner and 80th Anniversary Celebration: October 16, 2026
Please join NMPS for our pre-conference gathering at M'Tucci's Bar Roma in Nob Hill, Friday, October 16, 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. We will celebrate the crossing of our 80-year "developmental" milestone as an organization, commemorate our history of caring for kids, reminisce with colleagues, and look forward to where we will take our mission.
You do not need to be registered for the Wylder Conference to register for this event. Space is limited, so register soon!
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. for cocktails and conversation. We have reserved the private event space at M'tucci's Bar Roma.
Wylder Lecture Series Exhibitor Information
Interested in exhibiting at Wylder and connecting with pediatric health care professionals from all over New Mexico? Find the information you need below.
Why Call it Wylder?
Meldrum Wylder was born in Illinois in 1877. The son of a pioneer Methodist minister, he attended Marion College in Indiana and received his medical degree in 1901 from Washington University Medical School. He interned in St. Louis and practiced there for a year. Dr. Wylder contracted tuberculosis and, as a result, moved to Albuquerque by way of El Paso in 1903. He had studied under pediatric specialists at both St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital and was accepted into the newly formed American Academy of Pediatrics in 1930.
Over the years, Dr. Wylder delivered and cared for more than 15,000 babies. He was instrumental in the formation of the New Mexico Department of Public Health and introduced legislation to require immunization against diphtheria in order to be enrolled in public school.
Dr. Wylder, who died in 1964, was the catalyst for the New Mexico Pediatric Society and served as its first president. He authored many scientific medical papers and wrote an enlightening and entertaining book, Rio Grande Medicine Man.