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DATE : 2004-11-19

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Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005, Sound Cafe
Faculty News

Important Dates

Saturday, December 4, 2004, 7:45am, CHRMC, Rm. G1026: Workshop: "Healing the Healer Using Applied Meditation". Offered by Puget Sound Women's Pediatric Society. This workshop is a combination of presentation, experiential practices and discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to gain the skills of Applied Meditation for their own lives as well as learn techniques for use with patients. For more information contact Melissa Parisi, M.D., 987-2056, (mparisi@u.washington.edu).

Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 2004 8:30 a.m. - 12:00pm in the South Campus Center, Room 316L.: Faculty Development Workshops for the UW School of Medicine, presented by the Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, will begin in December. Date and topic for upcoming workshop: December 7, 2004: Clinician-Educators: Staying on Track and Getting Promoted. All School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty are invited to register to attend a 2005 Faculty Development Workshop. Enrollment is limited and registration is required. For more information and registration, visit: http://www.dme.washington.edu/facdev.html.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004: Deadline for NIH repayment applications.

Sunday, January 30, 2005: A one day PALS Provider course for physicians will take place on January 30th and will be advertised by mail to AAFP and AAP members in Washington in the next few weeks. Go to the medical staff web site http://medicalstaff.seattlechildrens.org for additional information and registration. This compressed PALS course should be attractive to the experienced physician who is in need of PALS certification for practice credentials.

Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005: Research Future at UWSOM and CHRMC

The faculty meeting on Monday, February 28, 2005 (Sound Cafe: 5:30-6:00pm buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00pm program) will feature Albert Berger, PhD, Vice Dean for Research, and James Hendricks, PhD, Vice President for Research. Each will discuss the strategic plans of the SOM and CHRMC for research development over the next 5-10 years. Ample time for questions will be provided.

Faculty News

PUBLICATIONS

Congratulations to Jason Debley, MD, and Greg Redding, MD, for their recent publication:

Debley JS, Redding GJ, Critchlow CW. Impact of adolescence and gender on asthma hospitalization: A population-based birth cohort study. Pediatr Pulmonol 2004, 38(6):443-450.

Congratulations to Carol Wallace, MD for her article in the November issue of Journal of Rheumatology:

Wallace CA, Ruperto N, Giannini E . Preliminary Criteria for Clinical Remission for Select Categories of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 31(11): 2290-4, 2004 Nov.

Congratulations to Doug Diekema, MD for the following publication:

Douglas Diekema. Parental refusals of medical treatment: the harm principle as threshold for state intervention. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 25 (4): 243-264, 2004.

Mark Smith, MD, recently contributed a chapter on Chronic Fatigue to the textbook, Pediatrics, edited by Lucy Osborn, MD (a previous UW/CHRMC resident), Thomas Dewill, MD, Lewis First and Joseph A Zenel, MD.

Allison Eddy, MD and other senior scientists authored a paper entitled: "Why is proteinuria an ominous biomarker of progressive kidney disease?" in a supplement to Kidney International, November issue.

Congratulations to Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, Beth Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH, Fred Rivara, MD, MPH, and Fredrick Zimmerman, Phd for their article "Television, Video, and Computer Game Usage in Children Under 11 Years of Age" in the Journal of Pediatrics, November, 2004. 145(5): 652-657

HONORS

George "Tony" Woodward, MD, Sandra Watkins, MD, and Michael Portman, MD, have been elected to the American Pediatric Society. The APS is an elected group based on academic leadership accomplishments. Congratulations to all.

Congratulations to Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD, who was just appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Sam Moksowitz, MD, recently gave an invited talk entitled: "CF: questioning the usual suspects" at the annual ACCP ("Chest") meeting, Seattle, WA. (November 2004)

Congratulations to Mark Del Beccaro, MD, FAAP, who has been appointed to the SCOCIT Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Many of our faculty are playing important leadership roles at the School of Medicine, UW Medical Center and Harborview. To review the committee appointments for 2004-2005 visit the website URL (requires your UW net ID) http://knowl.mcis.washington.edu/umstandcommittees

Bruder Stapleton, MD will head a committee of senior faculty in the School of Medicine, School of Public Health, and community leaders to establish a Department of Global Health at the University and the identify the first chair for this unique department. Maneesh Batra, MD will be a resident/fellow representative on this committee.