Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2007-10-12
ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Flu Shots Offered to Patients, Household Contacts and Providers
Richard Shugerman wins AAMC teaching award
Faculty News
Faculty Publications
October 15, 2007: FACULTY MEETING, 5:30-8:30PM in Sound Cafe at Children's. Agenda forthcoming. If you require onsite 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.
November 15, 8:00-9:00am: Grand Rounds- Renee Jenkins, MD, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, will be presenting the Annual Humanism Lecture on the topic of health insurance coverage for children.
November 28, 2007- Abstract Writing Workshop: All fellows and junior faculty are invited to attend 8:00-9:30am in M305 (located in the John Olerud modular building). Refreshments will be served. The deadline for submission of abstracts for the PAS meeting is December 4. In preparation for this deadline, the workshop will cover how to write an effective abstract and have time for critiquing each other's abstracts. Please bring your abstract or draft with you to the workshop, with 20 copies to distribute to the group. Please RSVP to Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).
December 4, 2007: Deadline for submission of abstracts for the PAS meeting.
Flu Shots Offered to Patients, Household Contacts and Providers
Children's has expanded the flu vaccine program to better protect patients. Flu shots are offered to all eligible patients more than 6 months old and all eligible household contacts (family members, siblings and others who live with patients). Starting Monday October 15, free flu shots are provided to household contacts in a designated flu vaccine room, W-671 . The flu vaccine room is open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: appointments are not necessary. For questions regarding the vaccine room please contact: Julie Burns, 987-5812.
Providers who see patients at Children's are encouraged to get a free flu shot from Occupational Health Services (OHS). Flu shots are now available during the drop-in clinic hours from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 7:30 to noon on Thursdays. The yearly OHS flu shot clinic for staff and providers will be held from Nov. 5 to 10 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For questions regarding provider shots, please contact Occupational Health: Suzy Bramwell, 987-6647.
Richard Shugerman wins AAMC teaching award
Richard Shugerman received a Parker Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award from the ACGME. Ten awards are given annually for outstanding contributions to education. Congratulations to Richard for this well-deserved honor.
Charlotte Lewis, MD has received notice of her grant award for Dental Care in Children with and without Special Health Care Needs. Grant Number: 1 R03 DE017199-01A2
Fred Rivara, MD, MPH has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth, and Families by the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Luke Hoffman has won a 2207 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his innovative studies about how antimicrobial agents modify the physiology of microbes, particularly Pseudomonas in the airway of people with cystic fibrosis. The American Society of Microbiology and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) annually recognize five early career scientists from around the world for research excellence with the ICAAC Young Investigator Award. Dr. Hoffman is an Assistant Professor in the Pulmonary Division in the Department of Pediatrics.
Drs. Michael Cunningham, Carrie Heike, and Anne Hing: Cunningham ML, Seto ML, Ratisoontorn C, Heike CL, Hing AV. Syndromic craniosynostosis: from history to hydrogen bonds. Orthod Craniofac Res (Invited review) 2007; 10:67-81.
Dr. Simon Horslen and Frances Malone, ARNP, PhD for recently published an article in "Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology" Vol. 10 #5 Oct 2007.
Glen Tamura, MD, PhD: Hull, JR, Shannon JJ, Tamura, GS, Castner, DG. Atomic force microscopy and surface plasmon resonance investigation of fibronectin interactions with group B streptococci. Biointerphases 2: 64-72.
Amanda Jones, PhD and Craig Rubens, MD, PhD: Jones AL, Mertz RH, Carl DJ, Rubens CE. A streptococcal penicillin-binding protein is critical for resisting innate airway defenses in the neonatal lung. J lmmunol. 2007 Sep 1;179(5):3196-202.
Ben Wilfond, MD:
Myers RE, Weinberg DS, Manne SL, Sifri R, Cocroft J, Kash K, Wilfond B. Genetic and environmental risk assessment for colorectal cancer risk in primary care practice settings: a pilot study. Genet Med. 2007 9(6):378-384.
Wilfond, BS. The Ashley Case: The Public Response and Policy Implications. Hasting Center Report 37(5)12-13
Drs. Naomi Sugar and Ken Feldman: Sugar NF, Feldman KW. Perineal impalements in children: distinguishing accident from abuse. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Sep;23(9):605-16.
Drs. Tom Brogan, Lynn Martin and Greg Redding: Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Regional Pulmonary Blood Flow in Piglets. Brogan, Mellema, Martin, Krueger, Redding, Glenny. Pediatric Research, Vol 62, No 4.
Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH and Bruder Stapleton, MD: Role of a Pediatric Department Chair: Factors leading to satisfaction and burnout. McPhillips, Stanton, Zuckerman, Stapleton. Journal of Pediatrics October 2007.
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH: Associations between media viewing and language development in children under age 2 years. F Zimmerman, D Christakis, A Meltzoff. Journal of Pediatrics October 2007.
Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).
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