Newsletters | Department of Pediatrics | University of Washington

DATE : 2005-02-04

ITEMS COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

Important Dates
Faculty Meeting - February 28, 2005, Sound Cafe
Pediatric Critical Care Named Charter Member of NIH Network
Don McInturff, MD named Idaho WWAMI Teacher of the Year
Faculty News

Important Dates

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)

Wednesday February, 16, 2005, 12:00-1:00 PM: Janet Rasey, PhD presents "NIH Career Development Awards- The K Series" program at UW, South Campus Center, Room 316L. For more information contact rfs@u.washington.edu or 685-8036.

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).

Saturday, March 12, 2005, 7 -11:00 PM: Save the Date for the annual Medical Staff party.

Friday, April 1, 2005: Dr. Catherine Karr, course director, announces a unique educational opportunity for pediatricians: "Controversies and Advances in Pediatric Environmental Health" This 1 day CE course at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the UW campus will provide emerging data, information & resources from nationally recognized experts on pediatric environmental health hazards. Details on program and registration (http://depts.washington.edu/pehsu/) - click on training.

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

The 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.

PICU - Important Member of NICHD Network

Our PCCM Division and Children's PICU are charter members of the National Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. This opportunity should greatly enhance multidisciplinary/multi-institutional clinical research related to critically ill children here and elsewhere. Congratulations to Jerry Zimmerman, MD and the faculty in the Division.

Don McInturff, MD named Idaho WWAMI Teacher of the Year

Each academic year, the UWSOM WWAMI students honor an Idaho physician with the Idaho Track Dr. Judd Lunn Memorial Teacher of the Year award. This year, the Idaho Track medical students presented the award on January 20, 2005 at the Grove Hotel in Boise. They were joined by physicians from throughout the state, Idaho legislators, University of Washington School of Medicine, medical residency program representatives, and Idaho undergraduate university representatives. This year's recipient was Dr. Don McInturff pediatrician and Pediatric Clerkship Coordinator for the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Pocatello. Congratulations Don!

Faculty/Housestaff News

Robin Hornung, MD, Patty Hovik, and Arlene Libby of Dermatology were the recipients of the Family Experience Survey awards for "Respect".

Ben Danielson, MD was the recipient of the Charlie Garcia Distinguished Service Award. This distinguished service award was established in 1994 to honor, recognize and commend the contributions of alumni, faculty and mentors to the Office of Multicultural Affairs, minority students and residents, and the community that the University of Washington School of Medicine serves.

Sam Zinner, MD was the featured physician expert for an article written by Jane E. Brody on the topic of Tourette syndrome in the NY Times Science section, Tuesday, January 25, 2005.

Sam Moskowitz, MD was awarded and Exploratory and Developmental Research Grant, that was submitted in response to an NIH Program Announcement (PA-03-171) for Investigations in Rare Diseases. The grant is titled, "Influence of ENaC Regulators on CF Lung Severity" (1 R21 HL079093-01).

Doug Diekema, MD will become Chair of the AAP Committee on Bioethics as of July 1, 2005.

Ian Glass, MD has received a K24 Award from the NICHD for "Genetic analysis of cerebellar malformations".

PUBLICATIONS

Congratulations to the following faculty members from the Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology for their recent publications:

Tamura GS, Bratt DS, Yim HH, Nittayajarn A. Use of glnQ as a Counterselectable Marker for Creation of Allelic Exchange Mutations in Group B Streptococci Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jan 71(1):587-90. Beckmann C, Brittnacher M, Ernst R, Mayer-Hamblett N, Miller SI, Burns JL. Use of phage display to identify potential Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene products relevant to early cystic fibrosis airway infections. Infect Immun. 2005 Jan;73(1):444-52. Stevens, AM, McDonnell, WM, Mullarkey, MF, Pang, JM, Leisenring, WM, Nelson, JL (2004) Liver Biopsies from Human Females Contain Male Hepatocytes in the Absence of Transplantation. Laboratory Investigation 84(12):1603-9. Stevens, AM, Hermes, HM, Lambert, NC, Nelson, JL, Meroni, PL, Cimaz, R (2004) Maternal and Sibling Microchimerism in Twins and Triplets Discordant for Neonatal Lupus Syndrome-Congenital Heart Block. Rheumatology. Online publication doi:10.1093/rheumtology/keh453. Lambert, NC, Pang, JM, Erickson, TE, Stevens, AM, Yan, Z, Furst, DE, Nelson, JL (2004) Male microchimerism in women with systemic sclerosis and healthy women who never gave birth to a son. Ann Rheum Dis, Nov 18 online publication.

Congratulations to Hans Ochs on his publications:

Ochs HD, Notarangelo LD: X-linked immunodeficiencies; Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 4(5):339-348, 2004. Hallstrand TS, Ochs HD, Zhu Q, Liles WC: Inhaled IFN- for persistent non-tuberculous pulmonary disease due to functional IFN- deficiency. Eur Respir J. 24(3):367-370, 2004. Jin Y, Christie JR, Zhu Q, Giliani S, Fiorini M, Smart B, Mazza C, Mella P, Rodriguez-Perez C, Stewart DM, Notarangelo LD, Ochs HD: Mutations of the Wiskott-Aldrich Protein (WASP): Hotspots, effect on transcription and translation, phenotype/genotype correlation. Blood, 2004 15;104(13):4010-4019.

Congratulations to Jason Debley, MD and Greg Redding, MD for their 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 Nicole Hamblet, PhD, Bonnie Ramsey, MD, and Jane Burns, MD: Goss, C.H., Mayer-Hamblett, N., Aitken, M.L., Rubenfeld, G.D., and Ramsey, B.W. "Association between Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and lung function in Cystic Fibrosis." Thorax 59 (11): 955-959, 2004. (January 2005) Beckmann, C., Brittnacher, M., Ernst, R., Mayer-Hamblett, N., Miller, S.I., and Burns, J.L. "Use of phage display to identify potential Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene products relevant to early cystic fibrosis airway infections." Infec Immun 73(1):444-452, 2005.

Congratulations to Jordan Symons, MD for his publication "Pediatric patients with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome receiving continuous renal replacement therapy" in Kidney International, Vol 67 (2005), 653-658.

Richard Shugerman, MD and colleagues published an article in the American Journal of Medicine entitled, "Part time medical practice: Where is it headed?"