Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2007-09-21
ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Drs. Scharenberg, Rawlings and Juul receive major NIH awards
Irvin Emanuel, MD receives national lifetime achievement award
Faculty News
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Faculty members of UW standing committees
Monday, September 24, by 5:00 PM: The Autumn 2007 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Proposals are due Monday, September 24, by 5:00 PM. 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 staff, Barbara Thompson (bthompso@u.washington.edu), and Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@u.washington.edu), if you have questions about the program.
September 28-29: Centennial celebration- Medical Symposium and Alumni reunion, Children's Hospital and Grand Hyatt Seattle. The Symposium is complimentary.
All participants must pre-register. Space is limited and Registration will close August 1, 2007. Contact Kathie Kohorn, CME Coordinator (kathie.kohorn@seattlechildrens.org) for the form.
October 3, 2007: ABSTRACT DEADLINE for the Western Society for Pediatric Research Meetings January 30-February 2, 2008 in Carmel, California. Contact Curt Bennett, MD, President-Elect, WSPR, with any questions: fbennett@u.washington.edu
October 15, 2007: FACULTY MEETING, 5:30-8:30PM in Sound Café at Children's. Agenda forthcoming. If you require on site child care for children aged 4-12 years, please email patty.adams@seattlechildrens.org
October 24, 2007, 5-6:30 PM in Wright Auditorium: There will be a meeting with Professors and Associate Professors on October 24, 2007, 5-6:30 PM in Wright Auditorium to discuss non-mandatory promotions. It was suggested that we try video teleconferencing this meeting to those faculty located at Seattle Children's Research Institute. Soundgarden has been reserved for this purpose at 9th & Stewart. Please RSVP your attendance to Diane Wade via e-mail (if you will be at the Research Building please indicate so in your e-mail) dmw@u.washington.edu Thank you for your participation in this important process.
October 28, 2007, 6:30-8:30pm: Children's/UW Pediatrics Reception at the AAP National meeting. San Francisco Marriott, Nob Hill Room B. Also, stop by the Children's booth #1443-1445.
Drs. Scharenberg, Rawlings and Juul receive major NIH awards
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Scharenberg and Dr. David Rawlings for receipt of a $23.7 million NIH Award. For more information about this outstanding award, see:
http://www.seattlechildrens.org/home/about_childrens/
press_releases/2007/09/002775.asp
Congratulations to Sandra (Sunny) Juul, MD for her $3.5 million NIH grant: Optimizing neuroprotection following perinatal asphyxia.
Irvin Emanuel, MD receives national lifetime achievement award
Irv Emanuel, MD, Professor Emeritus was awarded the lifetime achievement award in epidemiology from the National Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health.
Former pediatric resident, Su-Ting Lee, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at UC Davis, will receive the AAP Hospitalist research award in San Francisco in October
Margaret Rosenfeld, MD has been awarded a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant: "A Pilot Study to evaluate the Tolerability of Inhaled 7% Hypertonic Saline in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis.
Cate Pihoker, MD and the Endocrine clinic received the third quarter ambulatory achievement award for improving wait times at CHRMC.
Christine Gleason, MD, has received an R21 award entitled: Longterm Behavioral Effects of Neonatal Pain and Morphine Treatment in Mice.
The 14th International Pediatric Nephrology Association had significant representation from the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Pediatrics. Bruder Stapleton, MD, chaired the session on: "Diseases, Growth and Development." Bruder presented a 20 minute overview entitled, "Hypercalceria and Its Effect Upon Children's Bones." He was also a member of the scientific organization committee of the 14th Congress. Joseph Flynn, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, presented three plenary sessions at the international workshop on hypertension and at the Congress. Allison Eddy, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, was a member of the scientific program committee and chaired the session on Renal Physiology and Tubular Interstitial Disorders. Daryl Okamura, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, presented a platform presentation entitled, "Generation of Oxidized Lipoproteins In Obstructive Nephropathy-Atherogenic and Fibrogenic." Sandra Watkins, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, was elected to the 14th Member Council of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association by the membership.
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Doug Opel, Richard Shugerman, Heather McPhillips, Wendy Sue Swanson, Sarah Archibald, and Doug Diekema: Professionalism and the Match: A Pediatric Residency Program's Post interview No-Call Policy and Its Impact on Applicants. Pediatrics (Oct 2007);140(4):e1-e6.
Adoption Of Health Information Technology In Community Health Centers: Results Of A National Survey. Alexandra E. Shields, Peter Shin, Michael G. Leu, Douglas E. Levy, Renée Marie Betancourt, Dan Hawkins, and Michelle Proser. Health Affairs 26(5): 1373-1383 http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1373
Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH: Bridging the Quality Chasm for Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Vol 161, 9, Sept 2007.
Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, PhD and Bonnie Ramsey, MD: Mayer-Hamblett N, Ramsey BW, Kronmal RA. Advancing outcome measures for the new era of drug development in cystic fibrosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2007;4(4):370-7.
Bonnie Ramsey, MD: Ramsey BW. Use of lung imaging studies as outcome measures for development of new therapies in cystic fibrosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2007;4(4):359-63.
Ramsey BW. Outcome measures for development of new therapies in cystic fibrosis: are we making progress and what are the next steps? Proc Am Thorac Soc 2007;4(4):367-9.
Margaret Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Ron Gibson, MD, and Bonnie Ramsey, MD: Treggiari MM, Rosenfeld M, Retsch-Bogart G, Gibson R, Ramsey B. Eradication of initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2007;42(9):751-6.
Margaret Rosenfeld, MD, MPH: Rosenfeld M. Endpoints for cystic fibrosis clinical trials: one size does not fit all. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007 Aug 1;4(4):299-301
Davis SD, Brody A, Emond M, Rosenfeld M. Endpoints for clinical trials in young children with cystic fibrosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007 Aug 1;4(4):418-30.
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH: Can we turn a toxin into a tonic? Toward 21st Century Television Alchemy. Pediatrics Vol 120 No 3, Sept 2007.
Aaron Olson, MD: Olson AK, Protheroe KN Scholz TD, Segar JS. Activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and Akt in Response to Pulmonary Artery Banding in the Fetal Sheep Heart is Developmentally Regulated. Neonatology 2008;93:145-152.
Faculty members of UW standing committees
The following faculty are members of UW standing committees:
Women in Medicine: Christine Gleason
Transfusion Committee: Thomas Strandjord
Clinical Cancer Committee: Jean Sanders, Russ Geyer
Ethics Committee: David Woodrum
Medical Quality Improvement: Thomas Strandjord
MSAC: Christine Gleason, Jeff Wright
UWPN Board: Jeff Wright
Telehealth Services: Mark Lewin
GME Committee: Tom Pendergrass, Heather McPhillips
Resident/Fellow Advisory Committee: Julie Park
Admissions Committee: Ted Carter, Troy Johnston, William Robertson
CME Committee: William Robertson
Multicultural Committee: Ben Danielson
Council on Academic Affairs: Helen Dichek
Council on Appointments and Promotions: Christine Gleason, Richard Shugerman
Council on Graduate Education: Sandra Juul, Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
HMC Ambulatory Care: Ellie Graham
UWP Trustees: Bruder Stapleton
SCCA Board: Bruder Stapleton
HMC Critical Care: Jerry Zimmerman
UW Compliance: Bruder Stapleton
CUMG Board: Ruth McDonald, Dennis Christie, Jeff Wright, Tony Woodward, Bruder Stapleton, Mark Del Beccaro
Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).
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