Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2008-04-09
ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Congratulations to Ann Giesel, MD
Faculty News
Faculty Publications and Presentations
April 11-12, 2008: The Northwest Pediatric Liver Disease Symposium. The American Liver Foundation Pacific Northwest Chapter, in conjunction with Children’s Hospital, is putting on a 1 ½ day symposium on Pediatric Liver Disease, April 11th & 12th, 2008. The function will take place at Washington Mutual Leadership Center at Cedarbrook. The event will host local (Children’s Medical Staff- Sihoun Hahn, Simon Horslen, Karen Murray, Jorge Reyes, Pat Healey), regional, and national expert speakers on topics of Pediatric Liver Disease. Additionally, Children’s will be hosting a dinner the evening of April 11th for all participants, and there will be a round-table Question and Answer session, over lunch, from 11 AM to 12 PM on Saturday April 12th, at the conclusion of the symposium lectures, for any patient attendees. Registration is free (http://nwped.goliver.org), CME credits will be available.
April 12, 2008: Annual Medical Staff Party. 7-10pm at the Bellevue Arts Museum. Questions? Contact Georganna Biggins (987-5216).
April 23, 2008: The Personal Genome: Consequences for Society. 7pm–9pm Kane Hall. Reservation required, free admission. Speakers: George Church, Harvard University, Bill Gates III, Microsoft, Inc, Eric Lander, Broad Institute, Leena Peltonen, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Moderator: Maynard Olson, University of Washington. Reservations can be made at: http://si.gs.washington.edu/sympreg/register.aspx
April 24, 2008: The Personal Genome: Implications for Medicine. 10am–6pm, Hogness Auditorium. No registration required. Speakers: George Church, PhD, Harvard University, David Haussler, PhD, University of California at Santa Cruz, Eric Lander, PhD, Broad Institute, Richard Lifton, MD,PhD , Yale University, Leena Peltonen, MD,PhD, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Nancy Wexler, Ph.D., Columbia University. Information may be found at: http://www.gs.washington.edu/news/symposium08/index.htm
Questions? Email symposium@gs.washington.edu
April 25, 2008: Fellows’ Research Day, 7:45am-3:00pm at SCHRI. Fellows’ Research Day will highlight the wide range of exciting research being conducted by fellows throughout Children’s Hospital. Join us at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute at Building 1 for oral and poster presentations by fellows, leading off with a keynote presentation by Marlene Rabinovitch, MD. Frequent shuttles to/from the hospital and free parking will be available. The event is free and open to all faculty and staff. Please help us plan for attendance by submitting the registration form by April 11, 2008. This annual event is sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics and the Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute. To register contact Brooke Freed 206-987-2961 or brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org
May 3, 2008: Faculty/Alumni Reception at PAS Hawaii. 6:15-8:15pm, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Room Sea Pearl, Suite 3-4. Also stop by the Children’s booth #910-912.
May 12, 2008: Meeting of Professors and Associate Professors to discuss second term Assistant Professor reappointments, 5-6:30 PM, G1026.
June 2, 2008: Faculty Meeting. 5:30-6:00PM buffet dinner; 6:00-8:00PM program. Sound Café, CHRMC. "Recapturing Your Life: Guidance on Work/Life Balance". Speaker: Cindy Russell, Consultant from McGhee Productivity.
Country Doctor Clinic receives award
The Country Doctor Free Clinic for Homeless Teens received the 2008 Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. The Award was presented by the Society for Adolescent Medicine at the annual convention in Greensboro, NC on March 29th, 2008. Ann Giesel, MD, Medical Director of the Clinic, and Mavis Bonnar, Clinic Coordinator, accepted the award. They also gave a presentation on the 30+ year history of the clinic.
Brian Saelens, MD, will serve as a member of the Community Influences on Health Behavior Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the term beginning July 1, 2008 until June 30, 2012.
Karen Murray, MD, has been selected to serve on the Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Examination, Standard Setting Committee, for the ABP and ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine).
Faculty Publications and Presentations
The journal "Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology" is celebrating its 50th year of publication and the editors chose to select 12 articles (one per month) previously published in the journal to highlight with a commentary as a "notable article" in the history of the journal. This month, Jeff McLaughlin, MD's article from 2002 was selected: McLaughlin J, Bjornson K, Temkin N, et al. Selective dorsal rhizotomy: meta-analysis of three randomized controlled trials. Dev Med Child Neurol 2002; 44: 17–25.
Congratulations, Jeff, for this honor.
Darcy Thompson, MD, Beth Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH, and Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH: Comida en Venta: After-School Advertising on Spanish-Language Television in the United States. DA Thompson, G Flores, BE Ebel, DA Christakis. Journal of Pediatrics, April 2008.
Jeffrey G. Demain, MD presented a symposium at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) in Philadelphia on March 14, 2008, entitled: The Effect of Global Warming on the Distribution of Venomous Insects.
He also has the following recent publications:
1. Seal and Whale Meat: two newly recognized food allergies. Moore L, Rathkopf M, Sanner C, Demain JG, Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007, Jan;98(1):92-6.
2. Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders: Guiding our diagnosis and Treatment. Pratt AC, Demain JG, Rathkopf M. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health care. 2008. In Press
Michael Leu, MD, Informatics Physician: Centers Speak Up: The Clinical Context for Health Information Technology in the Ambulatory Care Setting. Leu MG, Cheung M, Webster TR, Curry L, Bradley EH, Fifield J, Burstin H. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008; 23: 372-378.
Cora Breuner, MD:
1. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Adolescents. Adolescent Health Care A Practical Guide. 2008. Breuner CC, Cirigliano M. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Neinstein L, Katzman D, ED. PP1067-1079.
2. Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Cambridge Textbook of Effective Treatments in Psychiatry. Hodes M, Calderon R, Breuner CC, Varley CK. Tyrer P (ED). 2008.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. PP 841-854.
Richard Wennberg, MD:
1. Cytotoxicity is predicted by unbound and not total bilirubin concentration. Calligaris SD, Bellarosa C, Giraudi P, Wennberg RP, Ostrow JD, Tiribelli C. Pediatr Res 2007 (Nov) 62:576-80
2. Unbound bilirubin: a better predictor of kernicterus? Wennberg R. Clin. Chem. (Jan) 54:207-8.
Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed (brooke.freed@seattlechildrens.org).
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