Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2005-01-13
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Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005, Sound Cafe
Faculty News
Important Dates
Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 5-6:30 PM, G-1026: 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)
Thursday, January 20, 2005, 5:00-7:00 PM, Board room - CUMG Board of Directors Meeting.
Thursday, January 27, 2005, 12:00-1:00PM, T-625 Health Sciences: Science in Medicine New Investigator Lecture: What can fruit flies tell us about Parkinson's disease? Leo Pallanck, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genome Sciences. TeleHealth Video Conference locations: Harborview Medical Center Research and Training building, room 121, and VAPSHCS Bldg. 1, room 518.
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.
Wednesday, February 9, 2005: Puget Sounds Women's Pediatric Society's dinner. The social hour starts at 6:30pm and dinner will begin at 7:30pm at McCormick & Schmick's Harborside (1200 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle). Special guest speaker will be Dr Judith Hall. She is Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and British Columbia's Children's Hospital. Judith will also be giving Grand Rounds at Children's Hospital on Thursday, February 10th. For more information contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu or 987-2150)
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 Caf: 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/Housestaff NewsPeter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD, has been named to the Scientific Program Committee for the Data Integration in the Life Sciences meeting , 2nd International Workshop on Data Integration for the Life Sciences (DILS 2005) San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California, San Diego July 20-22, 2005.
Congratulations to Abraham Bergman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, for getting a grant from the Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Foundation has awarded the 2004 Anne V. Farrell Leadership Grant to Abe and Harborview Medical Center for their Early Learning Referral Project for Children in Foster Care. As part of an effort to improve early learning opportunities for foster youth, Harborview Foster Care Project will, along with the Division of Children and Family Services and Head Start agencies, increase over a two year period the number of foster children in King County ages 0-5 enrolled in Head Start from 3% to 20%. This will be accomplished by establishing a specialized referral and recruitment process. The project objective is to bring about a system change in the local child welfare system that will ensure that pre-school foster children in King County are provided with early learning opportunities that will result in kindergarten readiness. Abe was also featured in the latest quarterly issue of UW Medicine.
Congratulations to Parmi Suchdev, MD (R3), who has received a Resident International Travel Grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Bruder Stapleton, MD will be the first annual Endowed Residency Visiting Professor at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center in Jacksonville.
Wendy E. Mouradian, MD, MS was selected by ADEA President Frank A. Catalanotto as the recipient of a 2005 American Dental Education Association Presidential Citation. This honor recognizes those individuals and institutions that have significantly contributed to the mission of ADEA, especially during the 2004-2005 academic years. The 2005 ADEA Presidential Citations will be awarded at the 2005 ADEA Annual Session in Baltimore, Maryland which will be held from March 5 through March 9. Congratulations on this distinguished achievement!
Thanks to all the faculty and housestaff who have been so generous of their time in interviewing our intern applicants. We have had a record number of applicants and have only a few more interview days to go. Your support in this time in the screening process means so much in sustaining an outstanding residency program!
PUBLICATIONS
Congratulations to Catherine Karr, MD, Fred Rivara, MD, MPH and Peter Cummings, MD, for their recent publication:
CJ Karr, FP Rivara, P Cummings. Severe Injury Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Children in Washington State. Public Health Reports 2005; 120:19-24.Congratulations to Charlotte Lewis MD, MPH, Heather Lynch, MD and Laura Richardson, MD for their recent publication:
Fluoride Varnish Use in Primary Care: What Do Providers Think? Pediatrics 2005;115;69-76Congratulations to Charlotte Lewis MD, MPH, Susan Norton, PhD, and Kath y Sie, MD, who had a publication this month:
RE Stern, CW Lewis, B Yueh, S Norton, K Sie. Recent Epidemiology of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Disparity among Children of Different Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status. The Laryngoscope 115(1):125-131.