Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2004-12-15
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Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005, Sound Cafe
Faculty News
Important Dates
Wednesday, December 15, 2004: Deadline for NIH repayment applications.
Thursday, January 20, 2005, 5:00-7:00 PM, Board room - CUMG Board of Directors Meeting.
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.
Friday, February 25, 2005, 7-8:30 AM, Wright Auditorium -- Mandatory meeting on preparation of a promotion package for faculty being considered for mandatory and non-mandatory promotions in 2005 (must be attended by faculty member, division head and division assistant; only need to attend once).
Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005: Research Future at UWSOM and CHRMCThe 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 NewsPUBLICATIONS
Congratulations to Alison Galbraith, MD and Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH for their recent publication:
Galbraith A, Semura J, McAninch-Dake B, Anderson N, Christakis D. Emergency Department Use and Perceived Delay in Accessing Illness Care Among Children with Medicaid. Ambulatory Peds 2004. 4(6): 509-513Congratulations to Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD for his recent publications:
Loh ML, Reynolds MG, Vattikuti S, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Carlson E, Cheng JW, Lee CM, Lange BJ, Meshinchi S. PTPN11 mutations in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Children's Cancer Group. Leukemia. 2004 Nov;18(11):1831-4. Lacayo NJ, Meshinchi S, Kinnunen P, Yu R, Wang Y, Stuber CM, Douglas L, Wahab R, Becton DL, Weinstein H, Chang MN, Willman CL, Radich JP, Tibshirani R, Ravindranath Y, Sikic BI, Dahl GV. Gene expression profiles at diagnosis in de novo childhood AML patients identify FLT3 mutations with good clinical outcomes.Congratulations to Audrey Odom, MD, PhD, second year resident, on her book review published in the December issue of Archives of Pediatric Medicine.