Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics Newsletter
DATE : 2008-07-25
ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Important Dates
Faculty News
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Promotions
Faculty Publications and Presentations
September 8-12, 2008: Intern Retreat week.
September 15, 2008: Pediatric Small Pilot Project Grant Deadline. Proposals addressing translational research involving any childhood disorder or pediatric antecedents of chronic adult disorders will be considered. Up to $20,000 per accepted applicant will be awarded. For questions contact Charla Jones 206-884-7469 or cctr@seattlechildrens.org
September 16, 2008: Children's Hospital Celebration featuring The Beach Boys at Safeco Field. Doors open at 5:30pm, followed by a special program at 7pm and The Beach Boys in concert at 7:30pm.
September 17, 2008: Meeting of Professors and Associate Professors to discuss mandatory promotions. 7:30-9 AM, Wright Auditorium. A continental breakfast will be served. Contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu or 206-987-1713) with questions.
October 6, 2008: Fall Pediatric Faculty meeting, 5:30-6 PM buffet dinner with the program to follow from 6-8pm in Sound Cafe at Children's Hospital. The major topic of this meeting will include new promotion documents and expectations at the University of Washington School of Medicine, along with small group discussions of our promotion process. This is an important event and your participation is greatly appreciated. Contact Diane Wade (dmw@u.washington.edu or 206-987-1713) with questions.
October 25, 2008: First Annual Nutrition Symposium, 8:00am-3:00pm. Pediatric experts from the fields of medicine and nutrition will address healthy feeding relationships; guiding parents on infant feeding and formulas; the infant or child who is not thriving; when a feeding tube is needed and how to access consultation and services to make the intervention successful; practical approaches for office visits to help children and adolescents achieve healthier weights and fitness levels; the provider’s role in the obesogenic society; motivational interviewing and counseling. For on-line registration: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/nutrition_symposium
Dr. Howard Jeffries has been named Medical Director, Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI). Howard will work closely with the CPI leadership to advance the mission and priorities of the medical center. He will primarily focus on increasing physician engagement with CPI, increasing physician (hospital and community-based) education of CPI principles and directing projects that are relevant to clinical practice.
Drs. Leslie Walker and Ray Hsiao just received a $10,000 award (which is their largest grant award) from the Seattle Foundation (the Youth Grantmaking Board) for the “Teens Mastering Recovery – a pilot post-treatment peer support program for teens who have completed substance abuse treatment programs.”
Maida Lynn Chen, MD received a grant award for: “Sleep Fragmentation in Infants with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure” from the Center for Clinical and Translational Research Mentored Scholar Program (2008-2010).
Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD was selected as the Chair-Elect for the CTSA Pediatrics Oversight Committee (POC).
She also received the following grant: CFF Ramsey, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center. To establish and manage a network of CF Research Centers throughout the US to perform investigational studies for new therapeutics agents for treatment of CF 4/1/2008-4/1/2009.
Sarah Ringold, MD, Division of Rheumatology, received a grant award for: “Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis” from the Center for Clinical and Translational Research Mentored Scholar Program.
David Suskind, MD received an ITSH pilot grant for 24K for Curcumin in ulcerative colitis.
Angela Peck Campbell, MD received an Institute of Translational Health Sciences Pilot Project Award, “Self Collection of Nasal Specimens for Identification of Respiratory Viruses in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Airway Infections.”
Dr. Shaquita Bell, pediatric resident, was selected for the Academic Pediatric Association New Century Scholarship Program and participated in program activities at the 2008 PAS meeting in Hawaii.
The following faculty members have been elected to serve the two-year senate term 2008-2010 for the Department of Pediatrics:
Dr. Charlotte Lewis
Dr. Brian Saelens
Dr. Benjamin Wilfond
Dr. Charles (Skip) Smith
Congratulations to our clinical faculty members for their recent promotions:
Dr. Howard E. Jeffries to Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Russell T. Migita to Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Naomi F. Sugar to Clinical Professor
Volunteer Clinical Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to our volunteer clinical faculty members for their recent promotions.
Promotions to Clinical Assistant Professor: Dr. Mildred O. Bay Dr. Steven S. Bin Dr. Jeffrey S. Blake Dr. Laura K. Bullen Dr. Anne N. Dionisio Dr. Jeffrey J. Flaskerud Dr. Jennifer K. Hall Dr. Erin B. McArthur Dr. Willow L. Monterrosa Dr. Teresa A. Neeno Dr. John Schreuder Dr. Maria Wallington Dr. Scott A. Wellmann Dr. Julie E. Wen
Promotions to Clinical Associate Professor: Dr. Emilio Avilla Dr. Steven Ban Dr. Nancy K. Bischoff Dr. V. Susan Bradford Dr. Jodyne L. Butto Dr. Jonathan M. Chalett Dr. T. Michael Claudson Dr. Jeffrey G. Demain Dr. David M. Denton Dr. Mark C. Farley Dr. Kenneth B. Gass Dr. Kerry A. Harthcock Dr. Thomas L. Hurt Dr. Jack Jacob Dr. Lloyd R. Jensen Dr. Kenneth R. Kesler Dr. Ting-I Tim Lu Dr. Gordon S. Naylor Dr. Stephen J. Pearson Dr. Gregory W Rurik Dr. Jill M. Sells Dr. Steven P. Wisner
Promotions to Clinical Professor: Dr. Lawrence A. Larson Dr. Paula J. Schweich
Faculty Publications, Invited Lectures, Presentations
Jill Sells, MD, Clinical Asst Professor of Pediatrics, had a column published in the Puget Sound Business Journal: “Power of the web not just for the affluent”. MAY 16-22, 2008 PSBJ.
Drs. Doug Opel, Doug Diekema, and Ed Marcuse: Critique of Criteria for Evaluating Vaccines for Inclusion in Mandatory School Immunization. D. Opel, D. Diekema, and E. Marcuse. Pediatrics 2008; 122(2).
Ron Gibson, MD:
- A phase 2 study of aztreonam lysine for inhalation to treat patients with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection. Retsch-Bogart GZ, Burns JL, Otto KL, Liou TG, McCoy K, Oermann C, Gibson RL. Pediatr Pulmonol 43(1): 47-58, 2008.
- Inhaled aztreonam lysine is effective in intensely-treated patients with cystic fibrosis. McCoy KS, Quittner AL, Oermann CM, Gibson RL, Retsch-Bogart GZ, Montgomery AB. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, in press, 2008.
Julia Emerson, MD and Ron Gibson, MD: Oral corticosteroid therapy in cystic fibrosis patients hospitalized for pulmonary exacerbations: a pilot study. Dovey M, Aitken ML, Emerson J, McNamara S, Waltz DA, Gibson RL. Chest 132:1212-8, 2007.
Drs. Ron Gibson and Margaret Rosenfeld: Pharmacogenomic testing to prevent aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss in cystic fibrosis patients: potential impact on clinical, patient and economic outcomes. Veenstra DL, Harris J, Gibson RL, Rosenfeld M, Burke W, Watts C. Genetics in Medicine 9(10):695-704, 2007.
Greg Redding, MD:
- Chronic wet cough: protracted bronchitis, chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis. Chang AB, Redding GJ, Everard ML. Pediatric Pulmonology, 43:519-531, 2008.
- The impact of imposed expiratory resistance in neonatal mechanical ventilation: a laboratory evaluation. DiBlasi R, Zignego J, Salyer J, Redding GJ, Richardson. Accepted, Respiratory Care, 2007.
Suzan S. Mazor, MD, Kenneth W. Feldman, MD, Naomi F. Sugar, MD, and Marcio Sotero, MD: Pediatric Tramadol Ingestion Resulting in Seizurelike Activity: A Case Series. Pediatric Emergency Care. Volume 24, Number 6, June 2008.
Dr. Charlotte Lewis recently had four chapters published in textbook Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach, 3rd Edition: Oral Health and Dental Disorders; Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances; Common Oral Lesions; Childhood Obesity.
Soren Gantt, MD, PhD; Xuan Qin, PhD, Lisa M. Frenkel, MD: Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk are associated with HIV-1 shedding but not with mastitis, AIDS. 22(12): 1453-1460.
Benjamin Wilfond, MD: From Genetics to Genomics: Ethics, Policy, and Parental Decision-making. Benjamin Wilfond, MD and Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2008.
Ann J. Melvin, MD, MPH: Cord blood lipids in infants born to Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-infected women treated with combination antiretroviral therapy. Melvin AJ, Kang M, Hitti J, Livingston E, Cohn SE, Stocker V, Ross A, Watts HD McComsey G. Antivir Ther 2008;13:349-55.
Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD:
- 2008 Countdown to 2015 Conference, “Preterm birth and stillbirths – a major gap in global epidemiology and evidence.” Cape Town, Africa, April 2008.
- WHO Multicountry Study on Maternal & Perinatal Health Steering Committee and Meeting on Maternal & Perinatal Health Research Priorities, “Preterm birth and stillbirth: a major gap in discovery and intervention.” Malaga, Spain, June 2008.
Angela Peck Campbell, MD:
- Augustana College Biology Department Seminar, “Nasal Washes and Respiratory Viruses: From RSV to SARS,” Sioux Falls, SD; April 18, 2008.
- Faculty guest lecturer for the 2008 Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Annual Symposium, plenary lecture entitled “Prevention & Management of Influenza in Adult Cancer Patients,” Houston, TX; June 27, 2008.
Please let us know of your latest publications, awards, and honors by emailing Brooke Freed.
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