Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2007-01-26
ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
UW Medicine Standing Committee Members
Faculty News
Faculty Publications
PLEASE NOTE-
TO: Pediatric Faculty
FROM: Bruder Stapleton, MD
Dean Ramsey will be giving his address to the School of Medicine faculty on February 5, 2007, 5-6 PM, Hogness Auditorium, HSB. Since our Faculty meeting is also scheduled on this same date, we will delay the start time of our meeting, so faculty will be able to attend both events. The buffet dinner will be served from 5:45-6:15 PM and the program will begin at 6:15 PM, Sound Cafe, CHRMC. Presentations will be given by Ben Wilfond, MD, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Bioethics; Sihoun Hahn, MD, PhD, Head of Biochemical Genetics; Ellie Graham, MD, MPH and Fred Rivara, MD, MPH on work/life balance. Please note this change on your calendars. Thank you for your support.
IMPORTANT DATES2007 Mandatory/Non-Mandatory Promotion Information:
If you are being considered in 2007 for promotion (to be effective July 1, 2008), you, your Division Head and your Division Head's assistant MUST attend one of two following meetings:
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 7:30-8:30 AM, G-1027
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 5:00-6:00 PM, G-1026
The purpose of the mandatory meetings is to make sure that each faculty member being considered for promotion understands the promotion process and can begin to assemble his/her promotions packet in a timely manner. Conversely, the Promotions Committee does not want faculty members to be disadvantaged by trying to put together an outstanding packet at the last minute. For more information, please contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu).
Monday, February 5, 2007: New Pharmacy Opens- On February 5, a new pharmacy will open on the 4th floor of the Ambulatory Care Building. The facility will make filling prescriptions easier for Children’s families because of its longer operating hours - from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekends and holidays. It is conveniently located between the outpatient clinics and the Whale parking garage, and it will be known as the Whale Pharmacy because of its location. The existing pharmacy will be known as the Rocket Pharmacy and will continue to provide medications for inpatients and for Emergency Services patients when the Whale Pharmacy is closed.
Wednesday February 21, 5:00pm: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE- All fellows are invited to submit an abstract to the 2007 Fellows Research Day. The abstract submission deadline is February 21 at 5:00pm. For submission guidelines please contact brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org.
Monday, March 5, 5:00 PM: DEADLINE- Spring 2007 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) proposals are due. The application, packet, and information about previous awards may be found on the Office of Research website at: http://www.washington.edu/research/rrf.html Contact the RRF Program Manager, Barbara Thompson (bthompso@u.washington.edu) if you have questions about the program.
Saturday, March 24, 2007: The Medical Staff Social will be held the evening of Saturday, March 24th at the Science Fiction Museum. Please mark your calendars. Invitations will be in the mail the first week of February.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, Fellows’ Research Day with keynote speaker Joseph St. Geme, MD. Joseph St. Geme, MD is Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. St. Geme is a nationally recognized expert in basic research and clinical treatment for pediatric infectious diseases. All fellows are invited to submit an abstract. The abstract submission deadline is February 21 at 5:00pm. For submission guidelines please contact brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org. Please note on your calendars and come support our fellows!
UW MEDICINE STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERSThe Department would like to recognize the members of the Department of Pediatrics who sit on the following committees for the School of Medicine:
CUMG Board of Directors: Dennis Christie, Mark Del Beccaro, Ruth McDonald, Tony Woodward, Jeff Wright
UW Physicians Network Board: Jeff Wright
Council on Academic Affairs: Helen Dichek, Margaret Rosenfeld
Council on Appointments and Promotions: Christine Gleason, William Osborne, Craig Rubens
Council on Research and Graduate Education: Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
Council on University Relations: John Neff
Academic Affairs, Admissions: Troy Johnston, Amanda Jones, Robert Mazor, Danbin Xu
Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board: Ben Danielson
Telehealth Services Advisory: Mark Lewin
Graduate Medical Education Committee: Heather McPhillips, Kristin Nyweide White, Tom Pendergrass
Institutional Residents/Fellow Advisory: Julie Park
UWMC, Clinical Cancer: Jean Sanders
UWMC, Ethics Advisory: David Woodrum
UWMC Infection Control: Janet Murphy
UWMC, Medical Quality Improvement: William O. Robertson, Thomas Strandjord
UWMC, Medical Records: Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, Jeff Wright
UWMC, Medical Staff Administrative Committee: Christine Gleason
UWMC, Student Progress Committee: Susan Marshall
UWMC, Transfusion Practices Subcommittee: Thomas Strandjord
HMC, Ambulatory Care Advisory: Elinor Graham, Kyle Yasuda
HMC, Critical Care Advisory: Jerry Zimmerman
UW Med/HMC, Pharmacy and Therapeutics: Dennis Mayock
Women in Medicine: Christine Gleason
FACULTY NEWSRussell Migita, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, was named clinical director of Emergency Medicine at Children’s.
Craig Rubens, MD, PhD, was awarded a three year $400,000 grant from the March of Dimes foundation to study a new model of ascending infection related to premature birth.
Ellen Lipstein, MD, Chief Resident, will be presenting at the up-coming 174th NPPS Scientific Medical Conference.The Conference will be held this coming March 15-18, 2007. Dr. Lipstein will be presenting, "The Vulnerable Child Syndrome", on Friday March 16, 2007, from 10:00 to 10:30 AM.
Lincoln Smith, MD: Abstract: Age-Dependent Differences in CD14 Expression in the Lungs in Response to Mechanical Ventilation was accepted as a poster presentation at a Thematic Poster session, A38 - Pediatric Critical Care, scheduled for Sunday 5/20/2007 from 8:15 AM to 4:15 PM at the 2007 ATS International Conference in San Francisco, California. Abstract: TLR4 Blockade Protects Lungs from Interactions between Mechanical Stretch and Innate Immunity was accepted as an oral presentation at a Mini Symposium session, A98 - Toll-Like Receptors: Synergistic Role in Oxidative Stress and Inflammation, scheduled for Sunday 5/20/2007 from 1:30 PM to 4:15 PM.
David B. Shurtleff, MD: Guest Speaker 24 November 2006 Adipositas bei Spina Bifida und Hydrocephalus- Daten und Erfahrungen aus den USA, Wissenschaftliche Tagung des ASBH-Beirats, Fulda, Germany and Guest Speaker, 24 November 2006 Sondervortrag: 50 Jahre Erfahrung in der Behandlung von Spina Bifida in denUSA, Wissenschaftliche Tagung des ASBH-Beirats Fulda, Germany
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD is lead guest editor for the February 2007 special issue of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics on "Bio*Medical Informatics and Genomic Medicine: Research and Training" as well as serving as first author on the editorial (pages 1-4) and senior author on the lead article "Methodological Review: Data Integration and Genomic Medicine" Louie, B, Mork, P, Martin-Sanchez, F, Halevy, A, Tarczy-Hornoch, P. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 40(1):5-15;2007
Tony Woodward, MD, MBA: Woodward GA, Editor in Chief, Guidelines for air and ground transport of neonatal and pediatric patients, 3rd edition:, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006.
John M. Neff, MD: Neff J.M., “Finance matters: “How Do We Pay for the care of Children with Special Health Care Needs?” -Chapter 3 in Optimizing Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Knowledge and Strategies for Navigating the System. Ed: Sobo E.J., Kutin P.S., Brooks Publishing Co. Baltimore, 2007: 49-80
Maxine Hayes, MD: Expanding Access to Emergency Contraception Through State Systems: The Washington State Experience. Marian Weldin, Jane Hutchings, Maxine Hayes, Sharon McAllister, Cynthia Harris and Diana Larsen-Mills Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 38, Number 4, December 2006
Ed Marcuse, MD: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). General Recommendations on Immunization. Kroger, AT, Atkinson WL, Marcuse EK, Pickering LK, , MMWR December 1 2006,Vo. 55; RR-15
Linda Quan, MD: Quan L, Crispin B, Bennett E, et al Beliefs and practices to prevent drowning among Vietnamese-American adolescents and parents. Inj Prev 2006; 12(6): 427-429.
Luke Hoffman, MD, Julia Emerson, MD, Ron Gibson, MD, and Bonnie Ramsey, MD:
Hoffman LR, Deziel E, D'Argenio DA, Lepine F, Emerson J, McNamara S, Gibson RL, Ramsey BW, Miller SI. Selection for Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants due to growth in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 26;103(52):19890-5, 2006.
Harlan R. Gephart, MD, Clinical Professor: "ADHD Pharmacotherapy: Prescribe with safety in mind and monitor results with vigilance."CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS December 2006
Janet Englund, MD: Influenza Vaccine for Young Children: Two doses are better than one. Editorial, Journal of Pediatrics, December 2006.
*Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).